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 ...

One of the oldest pesticides known, pyrethrum is also the strongest insecticide allowed under National Organic Standards guidelines. Made from the dried flowers of a little white daisy now classified ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A pyrethrum farm in Temoyetta Village, Kuresoi North on November 26, 2021. [Kennedy ...

The yellow center of the 'killer chrysanthemum' contains a natural toxin that is a powerful insecticide. This flower, the pyrethrum plant, contains a potent chemical that is made into an effective, ...

THE need for economy in the use of pyrethrum extracts in insecticidal practice makes necessary the continuous search for substitute toxic agents or at least for activator substances which may be added ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- With mosquito season upon us, people are stocking up on repellents to prevent itchy bites. Bug repellents are important because they don't just protect against the buzzing, ...