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Pulicidal activity of some indigenous plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

D. M. Renapurkar  and
P. B. Deshmukh
D. M. Renapurkar
Affiliation:
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India
P. B. Deshmukh
Affiliation:
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India
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Abstract

Fleas are vectors of bubonic plague, murine typhus and several other rodent borne diseases. As with other vectors of medical importance there is widespread insecticide resistance among the flea population. In our efforts to find alternative insecticides 20 plants were screened for their pulicidal properties by obtaining extracts from these plants. It was observed that extracts of plants Acorus calamus, Allium sativum, Anona Squamosa, Brassica nigra, Croton tiglium, Ocimum sanctum, Piper nigrum possessed pulicidal activity.

Keywords

Fleasbubonic plagueinsecticide resistanceplant extractspulicidal activity
Type
Research Articles
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 101 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1984

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