Description

Ethephon (Chemical Name: 2 chloroethylphosphonic acid) is a kind of botanic growth adjustment agent which can speed up the maturity of plants. Ethephon enters the bodies of plants through the leaves, barks, fruits or seeds and then is introduced to the parts where it functions and emits the ethane, which can perform the physiological function of endogenous hormone, for instance, speeding up the maturity of fruits and the falloff of leaves and fruits, shortening the plant, changing the ratio of male flower to pistil as well as inducing the sterility of the male flowers of some plants. The product is widely applied to the plants such as cotton, rubber, banana, tomato, tobacco and rice, etc.