ABSRACT 2

In combating household pests particularly flies, many harmful chemical pesticides in the form of sparing bottle that use chlorofluorocarbon have been used. Therefore, these chemicals have resulted in depletion of ozone layer and contribute to another biggest problem which is global warming. “Flies Fly Away” is a study of the effectiveness of extracted oil from a Malaysian plant called Pelargonium radula against household flies. We are innovating a biopesticide which is eco-friendly. Pelargonium radula is also known as geranium and Malaysians call it as jeremin or “pokok halau nyamuk”. In the first year, our study was conducted to identify the most optimum and cost effective concentration in repellent activity against flies. We discovered that 3% concentration of formulated extracted is the optimum concentration in repelling the flies. Through analysis using automated Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) of the phytochemicals analysis and based on database in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), three chemical compounds proved to be the major component of the biopesticide were found that are 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol, 2,6 Octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl- and Aristolene Aristol-9-ene. Hence, our second year project on our innovation is to determine the comparisons among other biopesticide products in Malaysian market and to analyse the repellent activity of those products. We found out that jeremin oil has the best repellent activity compared to Serai Wangi Haniff and Pine Oil Antifly. Our second year project result further confirms that jeremin oil is the most effective flies repellent in Malaysia based on the bioassay that have been conducted.