Beetroots combat mosquitoes
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Sweden and the USA have discovered a substance in beetroot peel that is highly effective in combatting mosquitoes. The substance, geosmin, is extremely expensive and difficult to get hold of. The new discovery changes all that. Marcus Stensmyr and Nadia Melo at Lund University in Sweden, together with
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/beetroots-combat-mosquitoes - 2026-05-05
