Corpus ID: 44101253

Laboratory evaluation of a few plant extracts for their ovicidal, larvicidal and pupicidal activity against medically important human dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus vector, Aedes aegypti Linnaeus 1762 (Diptera: Culicidae)

@article{Raveen2017LaboratoryEO,
  title={Laboratory evaluation of a few plant extracts for their ovicidal, larvicidal and pupicidal activity against medically important human dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus vector, Aedes aegypti Linnaeus 1762 (Diptera: Culicidae)},
  author={R. Raveen and F. Ahmed and Muniyasamy Pandeeswari and Daniel Reegan and S. Tennyson and S. Arivoli and M. Jayakumar},
  journal={International Journal of Mosquito Research},
  year={2017},
  volume={4},
  pages={17-28}
}

• R. Raveen, F. Ahmed, +4 authors M. Jayakumar
• Published 2017
• Biology
• International Journal of Mosquito Research

Vector control is by far the most successful method for reducing incidences of mosquito-borne diseases. Plant products have been tested as insecticides against mosquitoes as they are nontoxic to mammals and are promising candidates to replace conventional insecticides. In the present study, the bioefficacy of crude solvent leaf extracts of Alternanthera sessilis (Amaranthaceae), Amaranthus dubius (Amaranthaceae), Sesbania grandiflora (Fabaceae) and Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae) were tested on the… Expand

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