Development of Plant-Based Larvicide and Herbal Mosquito Repellent Fast Card with Reference to Identification of the Functional Bioactive Compounds Effective Against Culex Mosquito.

Warm and humid climate creates ideal conditions for mosquito breeding. The ability of these vectors to spread a number of diseases to humans causes millions of deaths every year. Indiscriminate use of synthetic insecticides leads to the development of resistance in vector mosquitoes and along with this, these pesticides cause biological magnification of toxic components and affects adversely the non-target organisms including human being.