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the
Austrian
industrialist
Johan E. Zacherl
made a fortune in the late
19th century
by selling dried flower heads of
Chrysanthenum cinerariifolum
as
insecticide
?
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Question 1
:
It is also the name of a natural
________
made from the dried flower heads of
C. cinerariifolium
and
C. coccineum
.
Organophosphate
Pesticide
Malathion
Insecticide
[report]
Question 2
:
Pyrethrum
refers to several Old World plants of the genus
________
(e.g.,
C. coccineum
) which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads.
Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum
Asteraceae
Japan
[report]
Question 3
:
It was sold worldwide under the brand
________
by Austrian industrialist
J. Zacherl
.
Johann Zacherl
Antisemitism
Adolf Hitler
The Holocaust
[report]
Question 4
:
Both genera are members of the daisy (or aster) family,
________
.
Flower
Asteraceae
Flowering plant
Plant
[report]
Question 5
:
Pyrethrum was used for centuries as an insecticide
[
1
]
and as a lice remedy ("
Persian
Insect Powder," "Persian Pellitory") in the
________
.
Middle East
Turkey
Western Asia
Asia
[report]
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