But there's more to these flowers than meets the eye. They are a source of pyrethrum, a key ingredient in natural insecticides, making them a gardener's ally against pests. The Painted Daisy ...

Pyrethrum extract is mainly used in the manufacture of insecticides. The sector nearly collapsed in the 1990s, largely due to mismanagement by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, which failed to pay ...

The easiest way to spot a pyrethroid insecticide, according to Potter, is to look for ingredients ending in “-thrin.” Deltamethrin, pyrethrin, permethrin, resmethrin and others may show up on ...

Often called bug spray (though this is a misnomer in many cases, as insect repellents are often lotions or balms), insect repellent can be a highly effective way to ward off biting pests.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A "highly destructive" and invasive insect new to North America has been discovered for the first time in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced on ...

The sprays, which contain low concentrations of pesticide, have been developed to target the insect physiology to kill them, Jeff Riffell, a professor of biology in the Department of Neuroscience ...

pyrethrum prices plummeted, forcing farmers to turn to potato farming for quick cash. The cash crop whose flowers are used in the production of agrochemicals such as insecticides and pesticides ...

Farming monocultures also pose a threat to pollinators, as the nutritional makeup of nectar and pollen varies between crops.

In New Hampshire, some towns have been quick to respond by spraying insecticides meant to kill adult mosquitoes and lower the risk of them transmitting the disease to humans. But scientists who ...

CREWS WILL START SPRAYING INSECTICIDE TONIGHT IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. NOW HERE IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY, A CONTRACTOR WILL FLY A PLANE OVER EIGHT TOWNS IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY. TRUCK MOUNTED ...

Spotted lanternflies are on the rise in Ohio, with experts fielding more and more reports of the invasive insect across the state.Researchers with Ohio State University Extension said they have ...