title: Larvicidal efficacy of some Cucurbitacious plant leaf extracts against Culex quinquefasciatus (Say).
abstract: Larvicidal efficacies of extracts of five species of Cucurbitacious plants, Momordica charantia, Trichosanthes anguina, Luffa acutangula, Benincasa cerifera and Citrullus vulgaris were tested against the late third larval age group of Culex quinquefasciatus. The larval mortality was observed after 24 h exposure. The LC50 values of M. charantia, T. anguina, L. acutangula, B. cerifera and C. vulgaris were 465.85, 567.81, 839.81, 1189.30 and 1636.04 ppm respectively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vector Biology, Department of Zoology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar 608 002, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prabakar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jebanesan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019662:Cucurbitaceae; D003465:Culex / Q000187:drug effects*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts