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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Biological nanopesticides: a greener approach towards the mosquito vector control.

Prabhakar Mishra, Brij Kishore Tyagi, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Amitava Mukherjee

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Prabhakar MishraCentre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
Brij Kishore TyagiDepartment of Zoology & Environment Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India.
Natarajan ChandrasekaranCentre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India. nchandrasekaran@vit.ac.in.
Amitava MukherjeeCentre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India. amit.mookerjea@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8682-4278

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mosquitoes, being a vector for some potentially dreadful diseases, pose a considerable threat to people all around the world. The control over the growth and propagation of mosquitoes comprises conventional pesticides, insect growth regulators and other microbial control agents. However, the usage of these common chemicals and conventional pesticides eventually has a negative impact on human health as well as the environment, which therefore becomes a major concern. The lacuna allows nanotechnology to come into action and exploit nanopesticides. Nanopesticides are majorly divided into two categories-synthetic and biological. Several nanoformulations serve as a promising nanopesticide viz. nanoparticles, e.g. biologically synthesised nanoparticles through plant extracts, nanoemulsions prepared using the essential oils like neem oil and citronella oil and nanoemulsion of conventional pesticides like pyrethroids. These green approaches of synthesising nanopesticides make use of non-toxic and biologically derived compounds and hence are eco-friendly with a better target specificity. Even though there are numerous evidences to show the effectiveness of these nanopesticides, very few efforts have been made to study the possible non-target effects on other organisms prevalent in the aquatic ecosystem. This study focuses on the role of these nanopesticides towards the vector control and its eco-safe property against the other non-target species.

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Mosquito VectorsAnimalsHumansMosquito ControlNanoparticlesOils, VolatilePesticidesPlant ExtractsPyrethrinsOils, VolatilePesticidesPlant ExtractsPyrethrinsEco-safetyMosquitoesNanopesticidesNon-target speciesVector-borne diseases

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