ESCUDO (ETHEPHON)
| A. Physical and chemical properties: |
Structural Formula: |
| Chemical Name: | 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid |
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| Empirical Formula: |
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| Melting point: | 74℃-75℃ |
| Vapor pressure: | <0.01 mPa at 20℃ |
| Corrosive properties: | |
| Solubility: | Readily soluble in water, c. 1 kg/l (23℃). Readily soluble in methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, diethyl ether, and other polar organic solvents. Sparingly soluble in non-polar organic solvents. Insoluble in kerosene and diesel oil. |
| ◆ Technical grade: |
| Content of A.I.: 80% and 85% |
| ◆ Formulations: |
48% w/v SL
72% w/v SL
40% w/w SL |
| ◆ Application: |
| Plant growth regulator with systemic properties. Used to promote pre-harvest ripening in apples, currants, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, citrus fruit, tomatoes, sugar beet and fodder beet seed crops, coffee, capsicums, etc.; to accelerate post-harvest ripening in bananas, mangoes, and citrus; 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. Rate: 125-600 g a.i./ha. |
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PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR LIST
ESCUDO (ETHEPHON)
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