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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes a flower does more than just add beauty to your garden. Pyrethrum daisies not only look beautiful when massed together, but also help keep bugs away from your plants. Pyrethrum daisies are a ...

THE insecticidal properties of the flowers of certain species of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum) have been known for a long period, the very high toxicity of the active principles to insects and their ...

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 ...

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