Vegetables repelling insects from

REPELLENT. 1. A substance that causes and insect of animal to turn away from it or reject it as food. Repellents may be in the form of gases (olfactory), liquids, or solids (gustatory). Standard repellents for mosquitos, ticks, etc., arc dtronella oil, dimethyl phthalatc, w-butylmcsityl oxide oxalate, DEET, and 2-ethyl hexanediol-1,3. Actidione is the most effective rodent repellent, but is too toxic and too costly to use. Copper naphthenate and lime/sulfnr mixtures protect vegetation against rabbits and deer. Shark repellents are copper acetate or formic acid mixed with ground asbestos. Bird repellents are chiefly based on taste, but this sense varies widely with the type of bird so that generalization is impossible. G -Naphthol, naphthalene, sandalwood oil, quinine, and ammonium compounds have been used, with no uniformity or result. 

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