Paraffin wax enhances aphicidal action of vegetable oils

Abstract

The paper presents a study about aphicidal activity of mixtures composted from emulsified vegetable oils and ceresin (kind of paraffin wax) widely used in numerous medicinal and especially cosmetic products. The results show that the addition of ceresin to the oils can greatly increase the effectiveness of the mixtures towards different aphid species. This approach can be cheap, easy to be perform and effective way to grow the place of such kind naturally friendly plant protection products among the pesticides.