Larvicidal Property Of Essential Oils Against Mosquito Larvae : Larvicidal property: Essential oils

ISBN-13: 9783846591512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 92 str.

Farkhanda Manzoor; Khush Bakhat Samreen

Opis

Five essential oils from various parts of plant species were investigated for their larvicidal properties against Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus. Results showed that all the five essential oils produced significant larval mortality against two mosquito species. However the highest larvicidal activity was observed in O. basilicum oil against Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus with the LC50 values 75.35 ppm and 92.30 ppm respectively. However the LC50 values for A. calamus , M. arvensis, S. lappa and C. citrates against Ae. Aegypti were 99.41, 114.33, 128.89 and 136.28ppm respectively and against Cx. quinquefasciatus were 107.81, 112.18, 141.43 and 148.54ppm respectively. So according to the larvicidal activity, the essential oils were arranged in the following ascending order of preference i.e. O. bacilicum A. calamus M. arvensis S. lappa C. citrates.

O autorze

Dr. Farkhanda Manzoor has done MSc. (Zoology), PhD and Post doctorate (Entomology) from Ohio State University, US. She has 45 publications in her record. Ms. Khush Bakhat Samreen has done BS (Zoology) from Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. Her specific area of research is control of mosquito larvae through essential oils.