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VOL. 6, ISSUE 6 (2021)
Promising mosquito repellent and mosquito larvicidal plants from the genus Coleus: A review
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Kumar M, Beesha S Kamal
Abstract
Mosquitoes are important group of arthropods in terms of public health. Most of the life-threatening diseases like Malaria, Filaria, Yellow Fever, Vest Nile Virus infection, Japanese Encephalitis, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Zika fever are transmitted by the mosquitoes that lead to millions of deaths every year. The continuous application of synthetic insecticides has disrupted the natural biological control systems and led to development of resistance in the mosquito population. This has also resulted in the development of resurgence of mosquito population, biological manifestation of toxic substances through food chain, undesirable effects on non-target organisms including human beings. Bio-pesticides are an alternate mosquito control strategy as it is long lasting, eco-friendly, less expensive, and harmless. The family Lamiaceae is specially noted for plants having abundance in the volatile constituents, ease of propagation, wide distribution and therapeutic implications. In addition to all the family is preferably known to contain genera like Ocimum, mentha, lavendula having potentiality for controlling mosquito population. The present review focusses only on the genus Coleus, one of the largest genera of the family Lamiaceae.The genus contain so many plants found to have detrimental effect on mosquitos and other insect pests but only few studies are conducted to prove their activities and also have a need to isolate and identify the phytoconstituents responsible for the same. The objective of the review also extends to the adaptation of modern techniques such as nanoparticle technology to improve the biological activities of the phytoconstituents attributed to be responsible for toxic effect on mosquitos.
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Pages:479-484
How to cite this article:
Kumar M, Beesha S Kamal "Promising mosquito repellent and mosquito larvicidal plants from the genus <em>Coleus</em>: A review ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 479-484
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