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 ...

Using digital image analysis, scientists developed a rapid, nondestructive method for determining pyrethrum flower number. The utility of using this approach for biomass assessment in pyrethrum is ...

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 ...

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 ...

One hundred twenty acres of pyrethrum flowers will be planted in immigrant settlements in the Jerusalem and Galilee areas, it was reported today. Pyrethrum is a raw material for insecticides for local ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA - Pyrethrum is a perennial, herbaceous plant grown mainly for the production of pyrethrins. Pyrethrins have insecticidal properties and are commonly used in natural and ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- With mosquito season upon us, people are stocking up on repellents to prevent itchy bites. Bug repellents are important because they don't just protect against the buzzing, ...