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Larvicidal and smoke repellency effect of Toddalia asiatica and Aegle marmelos against the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
Article first published online: 12 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00193.x
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VINEETHA, A. and MURUGAN, K. (2009), Larvicidal and smoke repellency effect of Toddalia asiatica and Aegle marmelos against the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae). Entomological Research, 39: 61–65. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00193.x
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- Issue published online: 12 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 12 JAN 2009
- Received 21 May 2008; accepted 28 June 2008.
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Keywords:
- Aedes aegypti;
- Aegle marmelos;
- larvicidal;
- pupicidal;
- smoke toxicity;
- Toddalia asiatica
Abstract
Investigations were made to evaluate the larvicidal activity and smoke repellent potential of Toddalia asiatica (L.) and Aegle marmelos at different concentrations (20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 p.p.m.) against first to fourth instar larvae and pupae of Aedes aegypti (L.). The LC50 of A. marmelos and T. asiatica against first instars was 50.960 and 47.893 p.p.m., respectively; against second instars, 52.979 and 50.922; third instars, 56.653 and 54.461; and fourth instars, 60.778 and 61.278. The LC50 and LC90 for A. marmelos and T. asiatica against pupae were 56.634 and 112.992, and 53.64 and 116.22 p.p.m., respectively. The smoke toxicity of T. asiatica against Ae. aegypti was greater than that of A. marmelos. Smoke-exposed gravid females oviposited fewer eggs when compared to those that were not exposed to smoke. Smoke-exposed females hatched a lower percentage of eggs compared to unexposed females.