DDT, the “wonder insecticide” that had millions of dollars ... They should contain both DDT and pyrethrum (or some similar toxicant). The pyrethrum knocks flies and mosquitoes down quickly.

In ancient Persia (current-day Iran), the natural insecticide Pyrethrum, made from dried Chrysanthemum flowers, was utilized ...

Q: Please recommend a ready to use houseplant spray containing insecticidal soap or pyrethrin that you suggested using to get ...

Jussieu), pyrethrin formulated with piperonyl butoxide and certain synthetic organic pyrethroid, carbamate, organophosphorus and chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides were applied to mixed lifestage ...

THE award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for 1948 has been made to Dr. Paul Mü ller for his discovery of the effects as an insecticide ... War when the supplies of pyrethrum were rapidly falling ...

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 ...

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 ...