CTenaLouise
03-03-2008, 02:10 PM
Israeli natural pesticide protects crops with turmeric
A Druze researcher from northern Israel has developed a new environmentally friendly pesticide that relies on the herb turmeric to keep insects from crops. Extracted from the plant found in Asia, the liquid developed by Prof. Fadel Mansour, a researcher with the Israel Agriculture Ministry's Volcani Research Center, contains a natural insect repellent. The substance is then inserted between plastic sheets produced by his company BioPack, which are then spread on the ground by farmers before sowing or planting. In preliminary experiments, the sheets prevented the entry of even one insect to the crops.
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A Druze researcher from northern Israel has developed a new environmentally friendly pesticide that relies on the herb turmeric to keep insects from crops. Extracted from the plant found in Asia, the liquid developed by Prof. Fadel Mansour, a researcher with the Israel Agriculture Ministry's Volcani Research Center, contains a natural insect repellent. The substance is then inserted between plastic sheets produced by his company BioPack, which are then spread on the ground by farmers before sowing or planting. In preliminary experiments, the sheets prevented the entry of even one insect to the crops.
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http://www.israel21c.net/21c_my_healthwidgets.htm
http://israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1797&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Health&