Dalmatian daisies contain natural pyrethrins that repel and kill a wide range of insect pests. All mums can slightly deter bugs with their scent, but only Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium has enough ...

Gaddum, E. W., Ann. Rep. Senior Agric. Officer (Pyrethrum) in Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric., Kenya, 80 (1949). Gaddum, E. W., Ann. Rep. Senior Agric. Officer (Pyrethrum) in ...

THE Chinese developed more than 100 varieties of chrysanthemums by the early Middle Ages. A recent festival in Iran, celebrating that country’s emerging cut-flower industry, boasted 700 types of the ...

When mosquito control districts spray to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus, they use the pesticide pyrethrin, which comes from chrysanthemum flowers. Pyrethroids — pyrethrin's synthetic cousins — ...

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 ...

TRENT, S.D. - Lice and flies are the bane of cattle and their caretakers. So perhaps it's not so strange that Ted Lacey of Trent, S.D., took the step of alerting Agweek when he found a solution - ...