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  • Researchers develop a low-cost, biodegradable larvicide to fight Aedes aegypi
  • Its active ingredient, thyme essential oil, is contained in a corn starch shell
  • When in stagnant water, the shell disperses the oil that is lethal to mosquitoes

 

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Volume 136, 15 September 2019, Pages 110-120