Ginger and Vinegar as Organic Insecticide

International Philippine School in Jeddah

Project in Physics

Year 2012-2013

Ginger ( ZingiberOfficinalis) and Vinegar as Organic Insecticide

Submitted by:

Shiara Kate Louis Petrasanta

Jemaima Ann Marcelo

Ahliya Macabanding

Naifa Edres

Salwa Abdulaziz

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DEDICATION

We dedicate this Investigatory Project to our community and our environment to help lessen the problem of pollution. We also dedicate this project to our parents because they are the reason why we strive to make this project successful.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to thank first and foremost the Lord God Almighty for His never ending grace; Our teachers for giving us the knowledge and advice to finish this project with ease and also to our loving parents who are always there for financial support and they were the ones who showered us with encouragement in order for us to really do our best on this project. Without these people, this project wouldn’t be successful or possible. That’s why we would like to say, “Thank you and May God Almighty bless us all”.

ABSTRACT PAGE

Ginger ( ZingiberOfficinalis) and Vinegar is made as an organic insecticide. Ginger is a tropical plant that was spread around the tropical world during the colonial days. In Africa, Asia, or South America, and many hot spots between those continents, locals have taken to using ginger widely in medicine and food. The entire ginger family is rich in oils that both kill micro-critters and stimulate the immune system to do the same. The ways it stimulates the body are many, and, whether added to food or taken as a medicinal tea, ginger makes your body a little bit stronger and a little bit better and able to resist the damaging forces of nature. The ginger is one of the materials...