Ethephon ndi chimodzimodzi ndi ethylene. Amathandizira makamaka kuthekera kwa ribonucleic acid kaphatikizidwe m'maselo ndikulimbikitsa mapuloteni. M'magawo olekanitsa azomera monga petiole, phesi la zipatso, ndi petal base, kuchuluka kwa protein kaphatikizidwe kumalimbikitsa kuphatikizanso kwa cellulase mu gawo losiyanitsa, lomwe limathandizira kupangika kwa gawo losiyanalo ndikupangitsa kukhetsa kwa ziwalo. Ethephon imatha kulimbikitsa magwiridwe antchito a michere ndikuyambitsa phosphatase ndi ma enzyme ena okhudzana ndi kupsa kwa zipatso chipatso chikacha, ndikulimbikitsa kukhwima kwa zipatso. Muzomera zam'mimba kapena zotengeka, Ethephon imalimbikitsa mapuloteni ndipo imayambitsa kusintha kwa peroxidase.

Ethephon ali ndi zotsatira zolimbikitsa kusiyanitsa kwa maluwa achikazi; kulimbikitsa kupsa zipatso; kulimbikitsa zazing'ono zazomera; kuthyola chipinda chogona.

Ethephon ndi wowongolera kukula kwazomera. Imakhala ndi zotsatira zakuthupi zam'madzi azomera zomwe zimapangitsa kuti madzi azisungunuka kwambiri, kuthamangitsa kusasitsa, kukhetsa, senescence, ndikulimbikitsa maluwa. Ethylene imatha kutuluka m'mizu, nyemba, masamba, zimayambira, maluwa ndi zipatso za zomera kuti zithandizire pakukula, kukula ndi chitukuko cha zomera. Itha kulimbikitsa kukhwima koyambirira kwa mavwende ndi zipatso zosiyanasiyana, monga nthochi, zipatso, tomato, mavwende, ndi zina zambiri, zitha kulimbikitsa kulavulidwa kwa mphira, sumac; imatha kulimbikitsa maluwa oyamba achikazi ndi maluwa ambiri achikazi; itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kufulumizitsa kucha kwa thonje ndi fodya, komanso kuletsa kukula kwa mbewu, kupangitsa mbewu kukhala zazifupi, kuswa dormancy ya mbewu.

Pogwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mphira wachilengedwe, benzoin ndi lacquer, Ethephon imathandizira pakuwonjezera kupanga. Ethephon imagwiritsidwa ntchito kulimbikitsa kukhwima koyambirira kwa thonje, kuyang'ana kwambiri kulavulira, kukulitsa ziphuphu, ndikuwonjezera magiredi, zomwe zimathandizira makina olima thonje; itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito kupsa nthochi ndi tomato, kucha kwa mpunga woyambirira, masamba achikaso achikaso, kuwongolera pachimake cha chinanazi, kutembenuka kwa jenda maluwa a vwende, kutsekeka kwa tirigu kwamphongo, ndi mitundu ya maapulo ndi malalanje.