Fatal flowers

Compounds found in chrysanthemum daisies have been successfully exploited commercially for many years as pyrethrin insecticides. Now researchers have found, high in the Andes, another plant which they hope will have the same potential. The delicate...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1996
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47331
Description
Summary:Compounds found in chrysanthemum daisies have been successfully exploited commercially for many years as pyrethrin insecticides. Now researchers have found, high in the Andes, another plant which they hope will have the same potential. The delicate...