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  2. Insecticidal soap - Wikipedia

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    Insecticidal soap's active ingredient is most often a potassium salt of fatty acids. [1] Insecticidal soap should be based on long-chain fatty acids (10–18 carbon atoms) because shorter-chain fatty acids tend to be damaging for the plant (phytotoxicity). [6] Short (8-carbon) fatty-acid chains occur for example in coconut oil and soaps based ...

  3. Horticultural oil - Wikipedia

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    Horticultural oils are prepared from crude petroleum fractions by distillation and various chemical processes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This removes or hydrogenates the unsaturated ( alkene and aromatic ) molecules, which cause plant damage ( phytotoxicity ), and delivers the C20-C25 fractions, which are the most effective insecticides.

  4. Murphy Oil Soap - Wikipedia

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    Murphy Oil Soap is an American brand of cleaning product that is manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive. [1] In 1910, Jeremiah Murphy, director of the Phoenix Oil Company, bought the formula for Murphy Oil Soap from a recent immigrant from Germany. The soap, with its potassium vegetable oil base, and no phosphates, proved to be very popular in Ohio.

  5. White oil - Wikipedia

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    White oil is an insecticide spray used for controlling a wide range of insect pests in the garden. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death.

  6. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    The essential oils of many plants are also well known for their pest-repellent properties. Oils from the families Lamiaceae (mints), Poaceae (true grasses), and Pinaceae (pines) are common haematophagous insect repellents worldwide.

  7. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...