tool to overcome issues such as high cost of production, plantation industries. When developing a protocol for ethephon effect on associated latex quality parameters. Therefore, this study elucidated the effect of ethephon on dry rubber yield rheological behaviour and physiological parameters. Five stimulated latex as the control. The results revealed that all the S/2 d3 harvesting system.

The effect of different ethephon concentrations 1%-5% (w/v) on colour of crepe rubber and plasticity retention index (PRI) was studied. The study was conducted with the RRISL 121 clone using S/2, d3 harvesting system. The results revealed that ethephon stimulation affects strongly the antioxidant and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) inhibitory potential. Further, thiol content and PRI values were increased while giving low Lovibond colour index upto 3% ethephon concentration and the properties were found to be inferior above 3% concentration. A probable reaction mechanism is proposed for colour improvement with optimum concentration of ethephon.