What these two scientists are independently trying to do with the plant in question, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, commonly known as pyrethrum, is to eventually grow large enough quantities of this ...

A Tasmanian botanical company has plans to greatly increase the state's production of the natural insecticide pyrethrum. Botanical Resources Australia has an extraction plant and pyrethrum farms in ...

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 ...

Mosquito-borne diseases kill about 700,000 people every year. Lives can be spared by applying insect repellents, including a chrysanthemum flower extract called pyrethrum that humans have used for ...

Neem oil is extracted from neem tree seeds and is effective against a variety of pests. To create a spray, combine neem oil, water, and a little bit of liquid soap. Soybean or canola oil can suffocate ...

Now Botanical Resources Australia – which produces 80 per cent of the world’s pyrethrin-based insecticides – is hoping to more than double the production of the active ingredient in Victoria and is on ...

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 ...

A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings ...

A research team has elucidated the biosynthetic pathways of pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium), identifying key genes responsible for pyrethrin production. These findings highlight pyrethrum's ...

Every summer, the rugged northern Tasmanian coastline is covered with white blossoms, as fields of pyrethrum, a perennial white daisy, come into bloom. Botanical Resources Australia (BRA) is the world ...