Functional Coatings by Natural and Synthetic Agents for Insect Control and Their Applications

Insect repellent textiles offer protection against disease-causing vectors such as mosquitoes, flies, and ticks. Protection is based on the incorporation of insect compounds present in plant oil derivatives or synthetic oils. The effectiveness application natural repellents citronella grass, lemongrass, rosemary, peppermint, holy basil, tea tree, neem, lavender, thyme, lemon eucalyptus, clove, cinnamon oils, well permethrin, allethrin, malathion, DEET, DETA, IR3535, picaridin, are compared here. insecticidal their pure form very low due to high volatility. has been greatly improved through slow-release systems encapsulation essential oils comparable used for control purposes. Due lasting toxicity humans environment, use should become a more preferred method control.