| Customization: | Available |
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| CAS No.: | 16672-87-0 |
| Formula: | C2h6clo3p |
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Ethephon is a plant growth regulator. Upon metabolism by the plant, it is converted into ethylene, a potent regulator of plant growth and ripeness. It is also a butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor.
| Product name | Ethephon |
| CAS# | 16672-87-0 |
| Appearance | White crystal |
| Purity | 98% |
| Applications | Action: plant growth regulator with systemic properties. It penetrates into plant tissue, and is decomposed to ethylene; which affects growth processes. Uses: Widely used to accelerate ripening of fruits, tomato, sugar beet, coffee, etc; to increase the tillering of wheat and rice; to prevent lodging in rice, maize and flax; to accelerate boll opening and defoliation in cotton; 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. |
| Use: | 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 stimulate latex flow in rubber trees, and resin flow in pine trees; to stimulate early uniform hull split in walnuts; etc. |
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