Ethephon 40% SL/PGR/Homogeneous liquid

Ethephon 40% SL/PGR/Homogeneous liquid

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.

Qiaochang Agricultural Group Co., Ltd. is located in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, which is an excellent city of “High-efficiency Ecological Economic Zone of the Yellow River Delta” and “Blue Economic Zone of Shandong Peninsula”. It has Shandong Qiaochang Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd. and Shandong Qiaochang Chemical. Co., Ltd., Shandong Yier Chemical Co., Ltd., Shandong Qiaochang Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and other eight subsidiaries, Shanghai Zhongke Qiaochang Crop Protection Co., Ltd., a scientific research structure, twenty three holding subsidiaries and marketing branches of modern agriculture The enterprise group covers the fields of research and development, production and sales of chemical intermediates, pesticides, fertilizers and seeds.