“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In a letter to PointBlank last year, "depressed workers" painted a grim picture of the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK), alleging mismanagement and expressing fear that an impending retrenchment would ...

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 ...

A pyrethrum farm in Temoyetta Village, Kuresoi North on November 26, 2021. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]. The county government has partnered with the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) to ...

As many major cities have discovered, bed bug infestations can be notoriously difficult to eradicate. Bed bugs can survive indefinitely on the human organic material that collects in mattresses and ...