Ethephon

Common Name

Ethephon

CAS NO.

16672-87-0

Chemical Formula

C2H6ClO3P


144.5

Structural Formula

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Uses

To promote   pre-harvest ripening in apples, currants, blackberries, blueberries,   cranberries, morello cherries, citrus fruit, figs, tomatoes, sugar beet and   fodder beet seed crops, coffee, capsicums, etc.; to accelerate post-harvest   ripening in bananas, mangoes and citrus fruit; to facilitate harvesting by   loosening of the fruit in currants, gooseberries, cherries and apples; to   increase flower bud development in young apple trees; to prevent lodging in   cereals, maize and flax; to induce flowering of Bromeliads; to stimulate   lateral branching in azaleas, geraniums and roses; to shorten the stem length   in forced daffodils; to induce flowering and regulate ripening in pineapples;   to accelerate boll opening in cotton; to modify sex expression in cucumbers   and squash; to increase fruit setting and yield in cucumbers; to improve the   sturdiness of onion seed crops; to hasten the yellowing of mature tobacco   leaves; to stimulate latex flow in rubber trees, and resin flow in pine   trees; to stimulate early uniform hull split in walnuts; etc. Maximum   application rate per season 2.18 kg/ha for cotton, 0.72 kg/ha for cereals,   1.44 kg/ha for fruit.


Ethephon 90% TC Quick inquiry

Content of a.i.

≥90%

PH

1.5-2.0

1, 2-dichloroethane

≤0.05%

Water insoluble

≤0.2%


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