Product Name: Ethephon
Function: Plant Growth Regulator
Specification: 85%Tech, 400 g/l SL, 300 g/l SL
Chemical Name: (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid
CAS No.: 16672-87-0
Empirical Formula: C2H6ClO3P
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 deve…