. Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:24:20 -0400 (EDT) From: blhass@xxxxxxx Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Net-Gold] Is This an Urban Myth? . . Will this do? http://etd.auburn.edu/etd/bitstream/handle/ 10415/1942/thesis%20draft%209.pdf?sequence=1 Toxicity and Repellency of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) by Alicia Kyser Phillips "...Linalool can be extracted from sweet basil (Yousif et al. 1999)...." "...Strong contact insecticidal activity (LC50 value of 0.12 mg/cm2) was observed when linalool was tested against adult German cockroaches for contact toxicity (filter paper bioassay) (Jang et al.2005)...." . search terms roaches repellant basil university . Best wishes, Barbara, retired librarian . . From: Richard Lee Holbert <rlhintexas@xxxxxxx> To: Net-Gold <Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat, Jun 30, 2012 3:25 pm Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Net-Gold] Is this an urban myth? I have been told my an aunt of mine ( since passed ) that flies, fleas and mosquito's do not like basil but I am unaware of roaches. SeanG wrote:
Do insects (specifically roaches) hate Basil?
I've read it everywhere on the net,
yet not from any article from a scientific point of view. . .