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Some promising insecticidal plants

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In addition to tobacco, pyrethrum and the rotenonebearing plants of the genera Derris and Lonchocarpus, seventeen of which are discussed in this paper, have been found promising as sources of insecticides.

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Roark, R.C. Some promising insecticidal plants. Econ Bot 1, 437–445 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858908

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