The Chilies to the Chili There are many myths and legends regarding the origin of chili. One myth states The Lady in Blue; a nun from Spain had an out of body experience and when she returned she wrote down the very first recipe for chili in the 1600s. Also‚ it is said that travelers from the Canary Islands were in Houston‚ Texas and used peppers‚ onions‚ and meat to make a chili concoction. Although‚ the most accepted version is that chili originated from San Antonio‚ Texas by poor families of
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The chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum‚ members of the nightshade family‚ Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia‚ New Zealand‚ India‚ Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without "pepper". Chili peppers originated in the Americas. After the Columbian Exchange‚ many cultivars of chili pepper spread across the world‚ used in both food and medicine. India is the world’s largest producer‚ consumer and exporter of chili peppers. Among which the city
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Does Garlic repel Mosquitoes? *Answer Mosquitoes have almost no olfactory powers whatsoever--they have‚ in fact‚ a very selective and narrow olfactory "spectrum". But this is actually irrelevant; you see‚ the way a mosquito "repellent" works is NOT by being detected and driving insects away‚ but by blocking their ability to smell things that otherwise would attract them‚ so they ignore you. (In the same way‚ household "deodorizers" don’t actually eliminate odors‚ but merely block your ability
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alternative Mosquito Killer. Specifically‚ it will be sought to answer the following questions: 1. Is Cayenne Pepper and Garlic as an alternative Mosquito Killer comparable to the commercial product in terms of: 2.1. Affordability 2.2. Effectiveness 2. What are the properties of Cayenne Pepper and Garlic that can kill mosquitoes? Hypotheses The following hypotheses were generated to be tested: 1. The Cayenne Pepper and Garlic as an alternative Mosquito Killer is comparable
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A Mosquito Coil made from Lanzones Peelings Investigatory project in Science 03 Submitted to: Ma’am de Felipe Submitted by: Leader: Mary Elena c. Uy Ass. Leader Trisha Ann palmero Members: Lorenz tabilog‚ Oswald takeda Sean bragat‚ Yno gullan‚ Anthon carbungco Abstract “How will a Lanzones peel become a mosquito coil?’’ First the materials are Starch‚ aluminum foil‚ Lanzones peelings‚ and commercial katol. Then‚ the steps are Sun dried the Lanzones for a few days. If the Lanzones is
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Rationale of the study There are more than 3 000 known mosquito species. However‚ of the 150 species that are potential vectors‚ only 30 are considered dangerous. The three genera Anopheles‚ Aedes and Culex‚ from three sub-families‚ are disease relevant. The epidemiology and the life cycle stages demonstrate the importance of climatic factors and that water is the essential environmental component for mosquitoes. The immature
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CALABARZON Division of Laguna District of San Pedro PACITA COMPLEX NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL Sampaguita St. Phase. 6A-1 Pacita Complex I Brgy. San Vicente San Pedro‚ Laguna Tel. and fax No. (02) 8475316 E-mail: pcnhs_m2c99@yahoo.com OREGANO MOSQUITO REPELLENT A Science Investigatory Project (S.I.P) presented to the Science Teacher of PCNHS By: Jade Congcong Elizabeth Jacinto Zyra Calibara Anndrie Gaspar Tricia Arcabos Neale Teope September 24‚ 2014 Republic
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Abstract Mosquito repellents are essentially required these days. Mosquito coils are one of the cheapest and effective way of avoiding them‚ but this coils are made up of chemicals which can harm our health. So we thought about making a substitute mosquito coil that is not harmful to our health and that is the Anstor katol a natural and environmental friendly coil. Introduction Background of the Study: We chose this project because a mosquito coil made up from natural mosquito repelling
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of Citronella leaf based herbal mosquito repellents using natural binders Nandini Rani‚ Aakanksha Wany‚ Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi and Dev Mani Pandey* Department of Biotechnology‚ Birla Institute of Technology‚ Mesra‚ Jharkhand- 835215‚ India * Corresponding author: Dev Mani Pandey‚ email: dmpandey@bitmesra.ac.in Received: 15 April 2013 Accepted: 27 April 2013 Online: 04 May 2013 ABSTRACT Citronella grass has been serving from years as a mosquito repellent in the field of ancient
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Impact of amphibians on mosquitoes It is important for every ecosystem to maintain a balance between all the food chains so that nature can maintain its balance. Although natural ecosystems are under diverse challenges from anthropogenic activities‚ the ecological impacts of such processes often are unclear. Some “threats” may be worse than we think‚ but others may be less harmful. For example‚ invasive species disrupt the functioning
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