Day: May 12, 2010

PESTICIDE PLANTS FOR TERMITES

PESTICIDE PLANTS FOR TERMITES

 

It has been researched on and tried at UP Los Baños College of Forestry that we have plants that can control termites. The most effective of these are the Balanoi and dilaw leaves. They contain methanol, which, when extracted and dissolved in water, can control termites.

 

Next to the above are thE leaves of the Adelpha and kakawate, and weakest among those tried was the juice of the makabuhay. The were tried on a sibukaw log that was exposed to termites for two weeks. When the extracts of the mentioned plants were sprayed on the log, no termites touched it.

 

From: PCARRD Farmnews July 1987

RESEARCHES ON BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL

RESEARCHES ON BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL IN THE COUNTRY

 

A group of researchers made investigations on different ways of controlling namely plant

insect pest by our farmers in 13 provinces of the various regions, namely: Quezon, Palawan,

East Samar, Claveria (Misamis Oriental) Argao (Cebu) and Cotabato. The following are their

practices:

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Tubli

Tubli

 

Tubli (Derris) is a low bush that provides insecticides against plant lice, yellow aphids, flies, caterpillars, and ticks, fleas, chicken fleas and others.

 

This is known to be used as fish poison, as traditionally done here and in Indonesia, but this is not legal because it kills the big fishes and their offspring. Tubli is poison to cold blooded creatures like insect insects like insects and marine organisms.

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