Larvicidal and repellent potential of Ageratum houstonianum against Culex pipiens

Abstract Mosquitoes are unquestionably the most medic arthropod vectors of disease. Culex pipiens, usually defined as a common house mosquito, is a well-known carrier of several virus diseases. Crude ethanol extracts of different organs of Agratum houstonianum are tested with Culex pipiens Linnaeus...

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Main Authors: Doaa El Hadidy, Abeer M. El Sayed, Mona El Tantawy, Taha El Alfy, Shaimaa M. Farag, Doaa R. Abdel Haleem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25939-z