Larvicidal effect of pepper plants on Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Main Authors: Chaithong U., Choochote W., Kamsuk K., Jitpakdi A., Tippawangkosol P., Chaiyasit D., Champakaew D., Tuetun B., Pitasawat B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3176
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Ethanolic extracts derived from three species of the Piperaceae (pepper) family, Piper longum L., P. ribesoides Wall., and P. sarmentosum Roxb. ex Hunt., were evaluated for efficacy against early 4th instar larvae of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes using larvicidal bioassays. The highest larvicidal efficac...