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Ethephon

Ethephon
Ethephon

Product Description

Common name ethephon
Chemical Abstracts name (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid
CAS RN [16672-87-0]

INTRODUCTION
Plant growth regulator with systemic properties. Penetrates into the plant tissues, and is decomposed to ethylene, which affects the growth processes.
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 ball 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.

Company: Nanjing Yami Trading Co., Ltd.

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