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  2. Tobacco water - Wikipedia

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    Tobacco water, tobacco juice, tobacco dust juice, or tobacco lime is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In The English Physician Enlarged of 1681, Nicholas Culpeper recommended tobacco juice to kill lice on children's heads, referencing it as an insecticide poison.

  3. Lasioderma serricorne - Wikipedia

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    Insect monitoring traps are available for L. serricorne, which contain specific pheromones to attract male beetles, and help detect and monitor infestations. Infested bulk tobacco in the form of bales or hogsheads can be fumigated using phosphine. Methyl bromide is labeled for tobacco, but is not approved for use by Corresta.

  4. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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    Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod-bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic plague, river blindness, and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include insects such as flea, fly, and mosquito; and ticks (arachnids). [citation ...

  5. Nicotiana insecticida - Wikipedia

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    A wild tobacco, it is covered in sticky glandular hairs that trap and kill small insects, including gnats, aphids, and flies. It is the first wild tobacco plant discovered to kill insects. It grows to a height of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) and has leaves that are between 3.6–20.2 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –8 in) long and 1.1–8 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in ...

  6. List of tobacco diseases - Wikipedia

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    Rosette disease Tobacco vein distorting virus and tobacco mottle virus in combination Stolbur: Phytoplasma: Tobacco etch Tobacco etch virus: Tobacco leaf curl Tobacco leaf curl virus: Tobacco mosaic Tobacco mosaic virus and Satellite Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Tobacco necrosis Tobacco necrosis virus: Tobacco rattle Tobacco rattle virus: Tobacco ring ...

  7. Eight ways to repel insects without bug spray - AOL

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    Many of these species pose a significant threat to outdoor enthusiasts, transmitting diseases such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF ...

  8. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    repellent to many pests [3] Parsley: repels asparagus beetles [3] Peppermint: repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White [3] Petunias: repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers, [2] and squash bugs [3] Pitcher plants: traps and ingests insects Radish: repels cabbage maggot and ...

  9. Tobacco tea toxic to plants, gardens, people - AOL

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