Mosquitoes are the backyard guests that no one wants to welcome. Here is the gorgeous flower that doubles as a mosquito ...

JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS: When it comes to dealing with problem pests in the garden, pyrethrum is a really good tool. Natural pyrethrum comes from flowers - flowers are the pyrethrum plant which 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 ...

DODOMA: A NEW five-year strategy seeks to revive the pyrethrum industry by boosting production, improving productivity and ...

Tasmanian-grown pyrethrum is now becoming a bigger part of other local industries. When the pyrethrum plant is processed for its natural insecticide (the chemical pyrethrin), the leftover parts of the ...

One of the oldest pesticides known, pyrethrum is also the strongest insecticide allowed under National Organic Standards guidelines. Made from the dried flowers of a little white daisy now classified ...

Cyrus Nderitu from Kieni, Nyeri county, vividly remembers his childhood in the 1990s when pyrethrum farming was part of their daily life. “When we weren’t in school, my younger sister and I would ...

Botanical Resources Australia looking the grow its Tasmanian pyrethrum production base into some new areas to cater for a projected increase in demand for Pyrethrins, the natural insecticide extracted ...

Nairobi-based pyrethrum company Kentegra Biotechnology will receive Sh2.1 billion (USD 15 million) in equity and loan financing from Finnish development financier Finnfund and the United States ...

Pyrethrum growers in the Rift Valley are optimistic about the government's revival plans. Besides support from the Treasury, the government has introduced a Miraa and Pyrethrum Bill, which is in ...