LARVICIDAL AND PUPICIDAL ACTION OF KITCHEN USED PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST Culex MOSQUITO (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)

Screening of twenty five plant extracts for larvicidal activity against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Screening of twenty five plant extracts for larvicidal activity against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) Samuel Tennyson, K John Ravindran, S Arivoli Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, 600 059, Tamilnadu, India National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR), Field Unit Chennai, National Institute of Epidemiology Campus, Chennai 600 077, Tamilnadu, India P.G. & Resear...

Larvicidal Activity of Nerium oleander against Larvae West Nile Vector Mosquito Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)

Background. Outbreaks of the West Nile virus infection were reported in Morocco in 1996, 2003, and 2010. Culex pipiens was strongly suspected as the vector responsible for transmission. In the North center of Morocco, this species has developed resistance to synthetic insecticides. There is an urgent need to find alternatives to the insecticides as natural biocides. Objective. In this work, the...

Mosquito larvicidal properties of Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae) against Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti & Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Larvicidal, pupicidal and repellent activities of Gaultheria oil (Plantae: Ericaceae) against the filarial vector, Culex quinquefasciatus (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)

Over the world, more than 50% of persons with filariasis receive their infections from the bites of mosquitoes, particularly C. quinquefasciatus. Some photochemical comprise toxic compounds that can be exploited to control mosquito larvae. Gaultheria oil or wintergreen oil which contains methyl salicylate as a major component and has been used in the present study to investigate the larvicidal,...

Larvicidal activity of Nerium oleander L. (Apocynaceae) flower extracts against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Culex quinquefasciatus is the vector responsible for serious disease filariasis among human beings. Plant derived products have received increased attention from scientists as they serve as a rich source for novel natural substances possessing insecticidal properties which are safe to human and ecosystem. During the last decade, various studies on natural plant products against vector mosquito ...