GARDENERS have a lot of different options when it comes to pest control remedies. While you can opt for the traditional insecticides on the market, you can also go the organic route with all-natural ...

When faced with a pest problem, gardeners often wish for a solution that comes in a spray bottle and not the safer option of organic pesticides. It’s true that many poisons sold in garden centers will ...

Every summer, the rugged northern Tasmanian coastline is covered with white blossoms, as fields of pyrethrum, a perennial white daisy, come into bloom. Botanical Resources Australia (BRA) is the world ...

What these two scientists are independently trying to do with the plant in question, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, commonly known as pyrethrum, is to eventually grow large enough quantities of this ...

Last week I started discussing some of the pesticides that can be used if you consider yourself an organic gardener. I started this discussion to help gardeners realize that in organic farming and ...

Neem oil is extracted from neem tree seeds and is effective against a variety of pests. To create a spray, combine neem oil, water, and a little bit of liquid soap. Soybean or canola oil can suffocate ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Pyrethrum is made from an extract from the flower of a pyrethrum daisy, and has been used for over ...

Now Botanical Resources Australia – which produces 80 per cent of the world’s pyrethrin-based insecticides – is hoping to more than double the production of the active ingredient in Victoria and is on ...

A Tasmanian botanical company has plans to greatly increase the state's production of the natural insecticide pyrethrum. Botanical Resources Australia has an extraction plant and pyrethrum farms in ...