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 ...

Pyrethrum is made from an extract from the flower of a pyrethrum daisy, and has been used for over 100 years and is considered a low-toxicity, reasonably fast knockdown insecticide. Pyrethrum 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 ...

The Ulverstone-based company was founded in 1996 when businessman Ian Folder led a management buyout of CIG’s pyrethrum assets. Sumitomo Chemical will own all the shares in BRA after the transfer of ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The fertile soils of the North-West are the heartland for growing pyrethrum, supplying between 60 and 70 ...

The common name daisy is derived from the Old English term "dægesege," which translates to "day's eye," or "eye of the day." The name suggests a daisy looks like the sun with its rays shining out in ...

Pyrethrum flowers, a member of the daisy family, are seen in full bloom in an about 2,000-square-meter terraced field overlooking a fishing port on Innoshima Island, in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, ...