Workers harvest pyrethrum. The number of farmers growing the crop has dropped to 10,000 from 200,000 in 1980s. [PHOTO: FILE] KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers in Nakuru and Nyandarua counties recall with ...

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

The price of pyrethrum extract, the main product obtained from the processing of pyrethrum flowers, jumped by 38.8 percent last year to hit the highest level on available record, due to a weak ...

Pyrethrum farming is slowly making a comeback in Kenya as county governments take initiatives to promote the crop that was once a major foreign exchange earner. Over the past six years, production of ...

IN a general investigation of the effectiveness of pyrethrum formulations for the control of a variety of species of cattle ticks in South Africa, a laboratory study of the effect of pyrethrum on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE pyrethrin content as determined by the chemical process is the only factor that influences the market value of pyrethrum, as it is held that a close relationship exists between the amount of ...