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ETHEPHON [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Agricultural Chemicals
Universal entry(ies)
C2H6ClO3P
formula, see observation
16672-87-0
CAS number
OBS

Plant growth regulator.

OBS

Chemical formula: C2H6ClO3P

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C2H6ClO3P
formula, see observation
16672-87-0
CAS number
OBS

Régulateur de croissance des plantes

OBS

Formule chimique : C2H6ClO3P

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

(...) the ripening can be speeded up by treating [pink and mature-green tomatoes] with ethylene gas, the fruit's natural inducer of maturation. The same result can be achieved by spraying unripe fruit(on the plant or in storage) with ethephon, a compound that generates ethylene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

[...] on peut [...] accélérer le mûrissement en traitant les (tomates roses et les tomates vertes-mûres) à l'éthylène, inducteur naturel de la maturation des fruits. On obtient le même résultat en vaporisant le fruit vert (sur la plante ou en entrepôt) avec de l'éthrel, un composé qui libère de l'éthylène.

Spanish

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