NOMENCLATURE
Common name ethephon (ANSI, Canada); chorethephon (New Zealand)
IUPAC name
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid
Chemical Abstracts name
(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid
CAS RN [16672-87-0] EEC no. 240-718-3
APPLICATIONS
Mode of action
Plant growth regulator with systemic properties. Penetrates into the plant tissues, and is decomposed to ethylene, which affects the growth processes.
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.
Formulation types
Ethephon 24SL
Ethephon 40%SL
Ethephon 48%SL
Ethephon 72%SL
Packing details
10ML ~200L for liquid formulations, 1G~25KG for solid formulations