insecticidal
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Campaigners want a deep clean of all buses more frequently, and the use of insecticidal treatments, heat treatments, improved vacuuming and sealed barriers in known hotspots.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
"This new knowledge also enables engineering of highly specific insecticidal toxins," says Stefan Raunser hinting at another future direction of research: creating new toxin variants useful for ecological pest control.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
This belief likely came from nutmeg's insecticidal qualities, which would have helped keep fleas carrying the plague off people sporting a nutmeg necklace.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2023
Singh, a plant biotechnologist at the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, “We thought to explore nonobvious and unrelated sources for insecticidal activity.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2023
These important studies establish the fact that the insecticidal poison affects a generation once removed from initial contact with it.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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