Anonymous ID: b794c1 Oct. 12, 2023, 5:40 a.m. No.19720778   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1089

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Tobacco and nicotine have been used as pesticides for centuries. It is only relatively recently that it has been demonized, this coincides with the burgeoning chemical pharma industries who want to sell their products rather than something natural and easily available.

The scientists tested tobacco bio-oil against a wide variety of insect pests, including 11 different fungi, four bacteria, and the Colorado potato beetle, a major agricultural pest that is increasingly resistant to current insecticides. The oil killed all of the beetles and blocked the growth of two types of bacteria and one fungus.

 

Even after removal of the nicotine, the oil remained a very effective pesticide. Its ability of the oil to block some but not all of the microorganisms suggests that tobacco bio-oil may have additional value as a more selective pesticide than those currently in use, the report indicates.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101027124734.htm