Larvicidal potential of silver nanoparticles synthesized using fungus Cochliobolus lunatus against Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) and Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera; Culicidae)

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 823 - 831
• Main Authors: Salunkhe, Rahul B., Patil, Satish V., Patil, Chandrashekhar D., Salunke, Bipinchandra K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.09.2011; Springer
• Subjects: Aedes - drug effects; Aedes aegypti; Animals; Anopheles - drug effects; Anopheles stephensi; Ascomycota - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cochliobolus lunatus; Culicidae; Diptera; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models; Immunology; Insecta; Insecticides - metabolism; Insecticides - pharmacology; Invertebrates; Larva - drug effects; Medical Microbiology; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; Metal Nanoparticles - toxicity; Metal Nanoparticles - ultrastructure; Microbiology; Original Paper; Poecilia reticulata; Silver - metabolism; Silver - pharmacology; Survival Analysis; Chikungunya; Silver Nanoparticles; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Malaria; Larvicidal Activity; Ascomycota; Fungi; Anopheles stephensi; Arthropoda; Insecta; Culicidae; Parasite; Aedes aegypti; Ectoparasite; Invertebrata; Diptera; Cochliobolus lunatus

Larvicides play a vital role in controlling mosquitoes in their breeding sites. The present study was carried out to establish the larvicidal activities of mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against vectors: Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi responsible for diseases of public health im...