eChem Ethephon 900 Growth Regulator

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)

Active ingredient:

ETHEPHON

Available from:

ECHEM (AUST) PTY LIMITED

INN (International Name):

ethephon(900g/L)

Pharmaceutical form:

SOLUBLE CONCENTRATE

Composition:

ETHEPHON ORGANOPHOSPHORUS Active 900.0 g/L

Units in package:

1L-1000L

Class:

A - Agricultural

Manufactured by:

ECHEM (AUST)

Therapeutic area:

GROWTH REGULATOR

Product summary:

Poison schedule: 6; Withholding period: Apples Cherries Macadamia nuts Pin eapples Tomatoes Wine grapes: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 7 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION. Table Grapes and Cotton: DO NOT HARV EST FOR 14 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION. Pe aches and Sugar Cane: DO NOT HARVEST F OR 6 WEEKS AFTER APPLICATION. DO NOT FEED COTTON STUBBLE OR GIN TRASH TREAT ED WITH ECHEM ETHEPHON 900 TO LIVESTOCK . DO NOT GRAZE LIVESTOCK ON TREATED P LANTS.; Host/pest details: APPLE: [AID COMPLETE REMOVAL OF FRUIT FROM TREES, ENCOURAGE BIENNIAL BEARING HABIT, STIMULATE FLOWERING IN FOLLOWING SEASON]; APPLE - LEGANA: [FRUIT THINNING]; APPLE - STARK CRIMSON: [FRUIT THINNING]; CHERRY - FLORENCE: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - NAPOLEON: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - RON'S SEEDLING: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - ST MARGARET: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; COTTON: [ACCELERATION OF BOLL OPENING, DEFOLIATION OF COTTON PLANTS, PRE-CONDITIONING PRIOR TO DEFOLIATION]; GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; GRANNY SMITH APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; GRAPE - BARLINKA: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - CARDINAL: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - FLAME SEEDLESS: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - MUSCAT OF HAMBURG: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED EMPEROR: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED MALAGA: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED PRINCE: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - SEMILLON: [AID MECHANICAL HARVESTING]; GRAVENSTEIN APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; IMPERIAL MANDARIN: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; JONATHAN APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING, INCREASE FRUIT MATURITY AND/OR COLOUR]; LADY WILLIAMS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; MACADAMIA - H2 VARIETY: [PROMOTE UNIFORM NUTFALL]; MACADAMIA - OWN CHOICE: [PROMOTE UNIFORM NUTFALL]; NAVEL ORANGE: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; PEACH: [ADVANCE/CONCENTRATE FRUIT MATURITY]; PINEAPPLE: [ACCELERATE RIPENING]; PINEAPPLE - UREA: [INITIATING FLOWERING]; PINEAPPLE - WITHOUT UREA: [INITIATE FLOWERING IN RATOON]; RED DELICIOUS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; SUGAR CANE: [CANE RIPENING]; TOMATO: [ACCELERATE RIPENING, INCREASE FRUIT YIELD]; TYDEMAN'S EARLY APPLE: [INCREASE FRUIT MATURITY AND/OR COLOUR]; VALENCIA ORANGE: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; Poison schedule: 6; Withholding period: ; Host/pest details: APPLE: [AID COMPLETE REMOVAL OF FRUIT FROM TREES, ENCOURAGE BIENNIAL BEARING HABIT, STIMULATE FLOWERING IN FOLLOWING SEASON]; APPLE - LEGANA: [FRUIT THINNING]; APPLE - STARK CRIMSON: [FRUIT THINNING]; CHERRY - FLORENCE: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - NAPOLEON: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - RON'S SEEDLING: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; CHERRY - ST MARGARET: [EARLY COLOUR DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE EVENESS OF MATURITY]; COTTON: [ACCELERATION OF BOLL OPENING, DEFOLIATION OF COTTON PLANTS, PRE-CONDITIONING PRIOR TO DEFOLIATION]; GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; GRANNY SMITH APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; GRAPE - BARLINKA: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - CARDINAL: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - FLAME SEEDLESS: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - MUSCAT OF HAMBURG: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED EMPEROR: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED MALAGA: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - RED PRINCE: [ENHANCE COLOUR UNIFORMITY & QUALITY]; GRAPE - SEMILLON: [AID MECHANICAL HARVESTING]; GRAVENSTEIN APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; IMPERIAL MANDARIN: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; JONATHAN APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING, INCREASE FRUIT MATURITY AND/OR COLOUR]; LADY WILLIAMS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; MACADAMIA - H2 VARIETY: [PROMOTE UNIFORM NUTFALL]; MACADAMIA - OWN CHOICE: [PROMOTE UNIFORM NUTFALL]; NAVEL ORANGE: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; PEACH: [ADVANCE/CONCENTRATE FRUIT MATURITY]; PINEAPPLE: [ACCELERATE RIPENING]; PINEAPPLE - UREA: [INITIATING FLOWERING]; PINEAPPLE - WITHOUT UREA: [INITIATE FLOWERING IN RATOON]; RED DELICIOUS APPLE: [FRUIT THINNING]; SUGAR CANE: [CANE RIPENING]; TOMATO: [ACCELERATE RIPENING, INCREASE FRUIT YIELD]; TYDEMAN'S EARLY APPLE: [INCREASE FRUIT MATURITY AND/OR COLOUR]; VALENCIA ORANGE: [EVEN OUT PRODUCTION CYCLE, FRUIT THINNING, REDUCE SIZE OF HEAVY CROP]; For crop thinning, loosening or ripening in various crops and for accelerating boll opening, defoliation and pre-conditioning before defoliation of cotton.See Restraints on label

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

2023-07-01

Patient Information leaflet

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ECHEM (AUST) PTY LIMITED
ECHEM ETHEPHON 900 GROWTH REGULATOR
81899/104370
COMPANY NAME:
PRODUCT NAME:
APVMA APPROVAL NO:
LABEL NAME:
eChem Ethephon 900 Growth Regulator
SIGNAL HEADINGS:
POISON
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS BEFORE OPENING OR USING
CONSTITUENT
STATEMENTS:
900 g/L ETHEPHON (an anti-cholinesterase compound)
MODE OF ACTION:
STATEMENT OF
CLAIMS:
For crop thinning, loosening or ripening in various crops and for
accelerating boll opening,
defoliation and pre-conditioning before defoliation of cotton as
specified in the Directions for
Use
NET CONTENTS:
1L - 1000L
RESTRAINTS:
DO NOT apply to weak or stressed plants.
DO NOT apply if rain is expected within 8 hours of application.
DO NOT apply if day/night temperatures are expected to fall below
18°C.
DO NOT apply if cotton if bolls have been burned by frost.
DO NOT pretreat with a desiccant (chlorate) before using eChem
Ethephon 900 Growth
Regulator.
DO NOT mix with hard (alkaline) water.
DO NOT apply before sufficient mature unopened bolls have developed to
produce the
desired yield.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
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WITHHOLDING
PERIODS:
Apples, Cherries, Macadamia nuts, Pineapples, Tomatoes, Wine grapes:
DO NOT
HARVEST FOR 7 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.
Table Grapes and Cotton: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 14 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.
Peaches and Sugar Cane: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 6 WEEKS AFTER APPLICATION.
DO NOT FEED COTTON STUBBLE OR GIN TRASH TREATED WITH ECHEM
ETHEPHON 900 TO LIVESTOCK.
DO NOT GRAZE LIVESTOCK ON TREATED PLANTS.
TRADE ADVICE:
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
When adding a non-ionic wetter, use a rate as recommended on the
wetter label.
IMPORTANT
APPLES - Advancement of fruit maturity and improvement of red colour.
• Ensure fruit has reached marketable size before treatment and keep
trees under
observation after spraying.
• Ensure fruit is picked at the corr

Summary of Product characteristics

PRODUCT NAME: ECHEM ETHEPHON 900 GROWTH REGULATOR
PAGE: 1 OF 7
THIS VERSION ISSUED: JULY, 2016
SAFETY DATA SHEET
Issued by: eChem Australia Pty Ltd
Phone: [phone] (office hours)
POISONS INFORMATION CENTRE: 13 1126 FROM ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, (0800
764 766 IN NEW ZEALAND)
SECTION 1 - IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER
ECHEM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
PHONE: [phone] (OFFICE HOURS)
LEVEL 4, LANTOS PLACE, 80 STAMFORD RD
FAX: [phone]
INDOOROOPILLY, QLD 4068
EMERGENCY 1800 033 111 (ANY TIME)
CHEMICAL NATURE:
Ethephon is (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid - an ethylene generator.
TRADE NAME:
ECHEM ETHEPHON 900 GROWTH REGULATOR
APVM CODE:
81899
PRODUCT USE:
Plant growth regulator for use as described on the product label.
CREATION DATE:
JULY, 2016
THIS VERSION ISSUED:
JULY, 2016
and is valid for 5 years from this date.
POISONS INFORMATION CENTRE: PHONE 13 1126 FROM ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
SECTION 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION
STATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS NATURE
This product is classified as:
Xn, Harmful. N, Dangerous to the environment. C, Corrosive. Hazardous
according to
the criteria of SWA.
Dangerous according to Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code, IATA and
IMDG/IMSBC criteria.
SUSMP CLASSIFICATION:
S6
ADG CLASSIFICATION:
Class 8: Corrosive Substances.
UN NUMBER:
3265, CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S. (Ethephon).
GHS SIGNAL WORD: DANGER
Acute Toxicity Dermal Category 4
Skin Corrosion /Irritation Category 1
Acute Toxicity Inhalation Category 4
Hazardous to aquatic environment Short term/Chronic Category 3
HAZARD STATEMENT:
H312: Harmful in contact with skin.
H314: Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
H332: Harmful if inhaled.
H412: Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
PREVENTION
P102: Keep out of reach of children.
P260: Do not breathe fumes, mists, vapours or spray.
P261: Avoid breathing fumes, mists, vapours or spray.
P262: Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing.
P264: Wash contacted areas thoroughly after handling.
P271: Use only outdoors or in a well ventilated area.
P273: Avoid r