TAMMY: Pyrethrum is a natural insecticide, made from plants in the now-obsolete genus of daisies that included chrysanthemums and tanacetum. The active chemicals in these plants are called pyrethrins ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Pyrethrum is made from an extract from the flower of a pyrethrum daisy, and has been used for over ...

Pyrethrum, a natural insecticide, is ideally suited to the climate in the foothills of the Virunga mountains where gorillas live Musanze, Rwanda: Tourists flock to Rwanda’s mountains to see its famed ...

Following the failure of traditional drugs like Chroloquin, Fansidar and Quinine to treat malaria, hope seems to lie in a crop, which has been found to have vast natural insecticidal properties ...

IN my article published in NATURE of June 27 (p. 720) on “Biological Assay of Insecticidal Sprays”, it was stated that a solution of pyrocatechol in ether was recommended as a stabilizer for the ...

For 10 years, Boyd Huneycutt was bitten repeatedly by mosquitoes while doing in his outdoor lighting work. Sick of itching and scratching, he’s now made a business out of erasing pests. Huneycutt is ...

Pyrethrum is a naturally occurring mixture of chemicals found in certain chrysanthemum flowers. It was first recognised to have insecticidal properties around 1800AD in Asia and was used to kill ticks ...