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What are the uses of ethylene in agriculture ?

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(i) Ethylene normally reduces flowering in plants except in Pine apple and Mango.
(ii) It increases the number of female flowers and decreases the number of male flowers.
Ethylnee spray in cucumber crop produces female flowers and incrases the yield.
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