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  • He also used match sticks to dab a little "ethrel" on fresh stalks of mango to ripen the fruit.

    The Times of India 2010

  • (It has been reported that tuber initiation may be accelerated by about 2 weeks by treatment of the young plants with chlormequat or ethephon (ethrel).)

    Chapter 19 1987

  • Sprouting can be stimulated by treatment with ethylene at 3-10 ppm in air or by ethephon (ethrel) at 10-100 ppm in water.

    Chapter 14 1987

  • He also used match sticks to dab a little ethrel on the fresh stalks of mango for ripening.

    The Times of India 2010

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