Chapter 18
Essential Oil Used as Larvicides and Ovicides
Gurleen Kaur,
Rajinder Kaur,
Sukhminderjit Kaur,
Gurleen Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorRajinder Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorSukhminderjit Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorGurleen Kaur,
Rajinder Kaur,
Sukhminderjit Kaur,
Gurleen Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorRajinder Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorSukhminderjit Kaur
Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s): Inamuddin,
First published: 28 June 2023
Summary
Essential oil, naturally concentrated oil elicited from herbs and shrubs are indispensably renowned due to the embellishment of eminent applications associated with essential oil which are beneficial to mankind. The distribution of separate chemical compounds within specific essential oil engenders miscellaneous qualities such as antifungal, antimicrobial, anticancer, antibacterial, larvicidal, and ovicidal activities. Larvicidal and ovicidal activities hold special attention due to the acceleration of various pests and insects that are pernicious to substantial economical crops and human beings. Malaria is one of the severe as well as sometimes deadly vectors borne disease, known to infect millions of people universally. Worldwide, about millions of people are infected by the head lice, wingless insect causing scalp infection and irritation. Considerable crops like cotton, sorghum, legumes maize, and tomato suffer extensively due to enormous economical crop yield loss by American bollworm. To eradicate such harmful pests and insects, crucial focus is on utilization of chemical based products consequently insurgence resistance by pest and insects towards synthetic pesticides originates. Essential oil benefits overpower the use of synthetic chemical based products. The chapter elucidates about the essential oil acting as larvicide against mosquito vectors comprising of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi, Aedes Albopictus and the ovicidal activity against human head lice ( Pediculus humanus ), domestic animal gastrointestinal nematode ( Haemonchus contortus ) and American bollworm ( Armigera Helicoverpa Hubner ).
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