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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Oriental Scientific Publishing Company</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia</journalTitle>
          <issn>0973-1245</issn>
            <publicationDate>2021-10-27</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>18</volume>
        <issue>3</issue>

 
    <startPage>487</startPage>
    <endPage>495</endPage>

	 
      <doi>10.13005/bbra/2934</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>39457</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Larvicidal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts Against the Screwworm Fly Chrysomya Albiceps</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Mohammad M. Al-Jameeli</name>

 
		
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Biology Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and arts, Northern Border University</affiliationName>
    

		
		
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p style="text-align: justify;">Myiasis is a kind of parasitic disease originating from the invasion of tissues of domestic animals by dipteran larvae. <em>Chrysomya albicebs</em> is a type of screwworm fly spread in the tropical areas and known to cause myiasis among live human and animals leading to health problems and high economic losses to dairy producers. Management and control of this pest is needed to overcome these losses.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nowadays, natural botanical products have been increasingly investigated as controlling agents against insects of medical and veterinary importance. This research was designed to evaluate the larvicidal effect of the total extracts of three plants, <em>Ficus palmate</em>, <em>Juniperus procera</em> and <em>Nerium oleander</em> against screwworm fly <em>Chrysomya</em> <em>albiceps</em>. The plants leaves were extracted with organic solvents mixture methanol : chloroform (1:1)  and were tested against the second larval instar of C. <em>albiceps </em>using feeding and dipping methods. The extracts caused larval mortalities in the order of F<em>. palmate</em>&gt; N<em>. oleander</em> &gt; J<em>. procer</em> with IC50 values of 15.97, 33.73 and 37.24, respectively using feeding method and in the order <em>N. oleander</em> &gt; F<em>.  palmate</em> &gt; J.<em> procera</em> with IC50 values of 43.12, 47.41 and 73.39, respectively using dipping method. It is concluded that the <em>F</em>. <em>palmate</em> followed by <em>N</em>. <em>oleander</em> and <em>J</em>. <em>procera</em> are candidates to use in controlling the larvae of myiasis-caused fly <em>C</em>. <em>albiceps</em>.</p></abstract>

    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol18no3/larvicidal-activity-of-selected-plant-extracts-against-the-screwworm-fly-chrysomya-albiceps/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>Botanical Extracts; Chrysomya Albiceps;<em> </em> Larvicidal Bioassay; Myiasis</keyword>
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