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Ethephon 91% TC/PGR/White to light brown wax solid/Syria
| Chemical: Ethephon | |
| Use category: Plant growth regulator |
| Chemical | Ethephon |
| Structure Formula |  |
| Common Name | Ethephon (ANSI, Canada); Chorethephon (New Zealand) |
| CAS No. | 16672-87-0 |
| CAS Name | (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid |
| Molecular Formula | C2H6ClO3P |
| Agrochemical Type | Plant growth regulator, ethylene generator |
| Mode of Action | Plant growth regulator with systemic properties. Penetrates into the plant tissues, and is decomposed to ethylene, which affects the growth processes. |
| Characteristics and 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. Max. application rate per season 2.18 kg/ha for cotton, 0.72 kg/ha for cereals, 1.44 kg/ha for fruit. |
| Ethephon 91% TC | |||
 | ITEMS | STANDARDS | |
| Appearance | White to light brown wax solid | ||
| Content of a.i. | ≥91% | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethane | ≤0.05% | ||
| Water | ≤0.2% | ||
| pH | 1.5~2.0 | ||
| Ethephon 40% SL | |||
 | ITEMS | STANDARDS | |
| Appearance | Homogeneous liquid | ||
| Content of a.i. | ≥40% | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethane | ≤0.02% | ||
| pH | 1.5~3.0 | ||
| Solution stability (as 5% aqueous solution) | No color change; Sediment maxium: trace; Solid particles: pass throug 45μm sieve. | ||
Stability at 0℃ | The volume of solid and/or liquid which separates shall not be more than 0.3 ml. | ||
