Assessment of plant waste-derived essential oils as nanopesticide against larvae of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

There is an urgent need for effective safe alternatives to the chemical for the control of the insect vectors of diseases. Nanotechnology is a promising field for such innovative products. This study was conducted under the laboratory conditions to assess the larvicidal efficacy of two nano-emulsions formulated from the seesntial oils extracted from two agricaultural wastes; peels of Citrus sinensis (orange) and Citrus aurantifolia (lime) against the 3rd instar larva of Culex pipiens, the efficacy of these two nano-emulsions were compared to that of both the bulk emulsions of the same EOs and the Eos dissolved in the absolute ethanol as a convetional formulation method.