MBAI - The Marine Biological Association of India

Larvicidal effect of marine plant extracts on mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus.

Volume 31 Issue 1&2

T.Subramonla Thangam and K. Kathiresan

Abstract

Petroleum-ether extracts of 3 mangrove plants and 2 seaweeds were studied against the mosquito larvae Culex tritaeniorhynchus. Among the five samples tested, the seaweeds Caulerpa scalpelliformis, Dictyota species and the mangrove plant Bruguiera cylindrica were found effective with the Lc ₅₀of 46,74 and 56 ppm respectively.

Date : 31-12-1989

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