The rate of degreening increased proportionally to the increase in ethephon concentration.
R.V. da MOTA, P.Z. BASSINELLO, E. MELOTTO, P.R.C. CASTRO 1997, 'Desverdecimento e Conservação em Pós-Colheita de Frutos de Kunquat (Fortunella margarita,Swingle) em Resposta a Tratamentos com Ethephon e Cera', Scientia Agricolahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90161997000200020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stock and scion girth was found to be increased with ethephon treatments.
Jaswinder Singh BRAR 2010, 'Influence of Paclobutrazol and Ethephon on Vegetative Growth of Guava (Psidium guajavaL.) Plants at Different Spacing', Notulae Scientia Biologicaehttp://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/4649. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ethephon did not show significant variation for the form and concentrations used.
Adilson Tonietto, Leonardo Ferreira Dutra, Elio Kersten 1997, 'Influência do ácido indolbutírico e ethefon no enraizamento de estacas de pessegueiro(Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) Influence of indolebutyric acid and ethephon on rootingof cuttings of peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84781997000400007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ethephon used solely or in combination with other treatments usually was ineffective.
Jan Borkowski, Leszek S. Jankiewicz 2013, 'Effect of chlormequat chloride, ß-naphthoxyacetic acid and ethephon on early andtotal yield of tomato in open field', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/2190. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Neither yield nor fruit set were affected by ethephon applied during dormancy in both years.
Raúl Leonel Grijalva-Contreras, Gerardo Martínez-Díaz, Rubén Macías-Duarte, FabiánRobles-Contreras 2011, 'Effect of Ethephon on Almond Bloom Delay, Yield, and Nut Quality under Warm ClimateConditions in Northwestern Mexico Efecto del Ethephon en el Retraso de la Floración,la Producción y la Calidad del Almendro, bajo Condiciones de Clima Caliente del Noroestede México', Chilean Journal of Agricultural Researchhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392011000100004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All ethephon treatments were effective in promoting chlorophyll breakdown.
R.V. da MOTA, P.Z. BASSINELLO, E. MELOTTO, P.R.C. CASTRO 1997, 'Desverdecimento e Conservação em Pós-Colheita de Frutos de Kunquat (Fortunella margarita,Swingle) em Resposta a Tratamentos com Ethephon e Cera', Scientia Agricolahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90161997000200020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fruits treated with ethephon showed a quality like control fruits.
Cristiano André Steffens, Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer Giehl, Auri Brackmann 2005, 'Maçã 'Gala' armazenada em atmosfera controlada e tratada com aminoetoxivinilglicinae ethephon 'Gala' apple stored in controlled atmosphere and treated with aminoethoxyvinylglycineand ethephon', Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2005000900001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The total number of flowers per inflorescence was reduced as ethephon concentration was increased.
Anne P. Costa, Wagner Vendrame, Sílvia Nietsche, Jonathan Crane, Kimberly Moore, BruceSchaffer 2016, 'Branching, flowering and fruiting of Jatropha curcas treated with ethephon or benzyladenineand gibberellins', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000300989&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The defoliation percentage enhanced with increasing thidiazuron and ethephon doses.
Fernando Mendes Lamas, Manoel Luiz Ferreira Athayde, David Ariovaldo Banzatto, Paulode Andrade Fortuna 1999, 'Cloreto de mepiquat, thidiazuron e ethephon aplicados no algodoeiro em Ponta Porã,MS Mepiquat chloride, thidiazuron and ethephon applied on cotton in Ponta Porã, MS,Brazil', Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X1999001000014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results were similar when ethephon was applied to leaves only or to fruits only.
Janusz Czapski, Marcin Horbowicz, Jan Borkowski 2013, 'Effect of chlormequat (CCC) on the accumulation of ethephon in tomatoes and on ethephon-stimulatedripening', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/2096. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)