Effect of ethephon on bell pepper fruit ripening
Application of 0.75 Ibs per acre ethephon to bell peppers (variety Keystone Resistant Giant) when 10% of the fruit were red or in the breaker stage resulted in highly significant increases in yield of red fruit at harvest 22 days after treatment. Ethephon treated plants produced almost twice as much...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1975-07-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | https://californiaagriculture.org/article/111954-effect-of-ethephon-on-bell-pepper-fruit-ripening |