title: Larvicidal activity of Tagetes patula essential oil against three mosquito species.
abstract: Larvicidal activity of Tagetes patula essential oil was tested against the fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi, and Culex quinquefaciatus. Five different concentrations of essential oil were studied and the results were compared with that of synthetic insecticide, malathion. A. aegypti (LC(50) 13.57, LC(90) 37.91) was most susceptible followed by An. stephensi (LC(50) 12.08, LC(90) 57.62) and C. quinquefaciatus (LC(50) 22.33, LC(90) 71.89).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, 128 CE Barnhart Building, Lexington, KY, USA. vidya.swamy@bae.uky.edu
authors.forename: V S S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Dharmagadda
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vasudevan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008294:Malathion / Q000633:toxicity; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000633:toxicity*; D013045:Species Specificity; D031686:Tagetes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D008294:Malathion