date:Aug 20, 2018
a positive note, Prerna Gupta, assistant professor, food technology and nutrition, Lovely Professional University, said, Ethephon is being used as a source for artificial ripening in plants. Earlier its use was limited to various cereal products, mainly wheat, tobacco, coffee, cotton and rice.
In the United States, it is currently registered for use on apples, barley, blackberries, bromeliads, cantaloupes, grapes, guava, nuts, tobacco, cotton, rye, sugarcane, wheat, walnuts, pineapples cucumbe