Mosquitoes act as a vector for most of the life threatening diseases like malaria, yellow fever,
dengue fever, chikungunya ferver, filariasis, encephalitis, West Nile Virus infection, etc …

Petroleum ether extracts of ten indigenous plants, viz., Vinca rosea, Leucus aspara,
Clerodendron inerme, Pedalium murax, Turnera ulmifolia, Parthenium hysterophorus …

Mosquitoes are the most important single group of insects in terms of public health
importance, which transmit a number of diseases, such as malaria, filariasis, dengue …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mosquito larvicidal activity of plant extracts. METHODS: The
hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, and methanol leaf, flower and seed extracts of …

Vector control plays a key role in prevention and control of major vector-borne infectious
diseases in tropical and subtropical regions. The three main climatic factors that affect …

In recent years, use of environment friendly and biodegradable natural insecticides of plant
origin have received renewed attention as agents for vector control because they are rich in …

In the last decades, major research efforts have been done to investigate the insecticidal
activity of plant-based products against mosquitoes. This is a modern and timely challenge …

In order to develop an environment-friendly botanical mosquito larvicide alternative to the
chemical larvicides, extracts were made from the leaves of Hyptis suaveolens, Lantana …

Mosquito-borne diseases have an economic impact, including loss in commercial and labor
outputs, particularly in countries with tropical and subtropical climates; however, no part of …

Anopheles subpictus and Culex tritaeniorhynchus have developed resistance to various
synthetic insecticides, making its control increasingly difficult. Insecticides of botanical origin …