Ethephon daidai yake da ethylene. Yawanci yana haɓaka ikon haɗin ribonucleic acid a cikin sel kuma yana haɓaka haɗin furotin. A yankin rabuwa na tsirrai kamar petiole, fruita fruitan itace, da basea basean itace, ƙaruwa da akeyi a furotin yana inganta sake hada kwayar cellulase a cikin sassan rabuwa, wanda ke hanzarta samuwar sassan rabuwa kuma yana haifar da zub da gabobin jiki. Ethephon na iya haɓaka aikin enzymes kuma ya kunna phosphatase da sauran enzymes masu alaƙa da narkar da fruita whenan itace lokacin da fruita fruitan itacen suka nuna, da inganta ripa fruitan fruita fruitan itace. A cikin tsire-tsire masu saukin kamuwa ko mai saukin kamuwa, Ethephon yana haɓaka haɓakar furotin kuma yana haifar da canje-canje na peroxidase.

Ethephon yana da tasirin inganta banbancin fure mace; inganta 'ya'yan itace; inganta dwarf shuka; keta dormancy.

Ethephon shine mai kula da ci gaban shuka. Yana da tasirin ilimin lissafi na homonin tsire don ƙara ɓoyewar emulsions, hanzarta balaga, zubewa, tsufa, da haɓaka fure. Ethylene ana iya sakin sa a cikin asalin sa, kwarzane, ganye, mai tushe, furanni da fruitsa fruitsan tsire-tsire don tsara tsarin metabolism, girma da ci gaban shuke-shuke. Yana iya inganta saurin balaga na kankana da 'ya'yan itace daban-daban, kamar ayaba, citrus, tumatir, kankana, da sauransu, yana iya inganta tofar da roba, sumac; yana iya inganta farkon furannin furannin mata da ƙarin furannin mata na kokwamba; ana iya amfani da shi don hanzarta narkar da auduga da taba, sannan kuma hana haɓakar tsiro, sanya tsire-tsire a gajeru, karya breaka seedan shuka.

An yi amfani dashi a cikin samar da roba na roba, benzoin da lacquer, Ethephon yana da tasirin gaske akan haɓaka samarwa. Ana amfani da Ethephon don inganta balagar farkon auduga, mai da hankali kan tofawa, ƙaruwa a tidbits, da haɓaka maki, wanda ke dacewa da aikin injiniya na noman auduga; Hakanan za'a iya amfani dashi don narkar da ayaba da tumatir, narkar da shinkafa da wuri, sanya launin ganyen taba, sanya furannin abarba, canzawar jinsi na furannin kankana, haifuwa da alkama ta namiji, da launukan tuffa da lemu.