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Plant proteins as natural, biodegradable, low cost larvicides against mosquitoes

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Title Plant proteins as natural, biodegradable, low cost larvicides against mosquitoes
 
Contributor Kirar, Manisha; Sehrawat, Neelam
 
Subject Bio-insecticide
Larvicidal
Mosquitoes
Lectin
Transmission blocking
 
Description 89-96
Vectors spread infectious and deadly diseases among human beings and animals. The best-known vector of many infectious diseases is mosquito. Some other vectors are flies, ticks, fleas, aquatic snails and triatomine bugs. Mosquitoes are the major group of arthropods which causes millions of deaths every year. The availability of vector control methods, drugs and transmission blocking vaccine reduced the number of deaths caused by mosquito but the emergence of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes and drug- resistant parasites leads to the requirement of a new and safe method to control mosquito borne diseases. Plant extracts have been used as an alternative mosquito control strategy from ancient times. Plant contains many phytochemicals which act as mosquito repellents, larvicidal agents, insect growth regulators and transmission blocking sources. There are many reports available showing larvicidal activities of plant crude extracts and some compounds isolated from crude extracts. But there is very little information available about plant proteins as larvicides. Plant proteins have been used as own protective system against insect pest. Plant proteins have several deleterious effects in target organism. Mosquitoes breed in the water and the larval stage is attractive target for botanical insecticides to deal with them in their habitat. The present study shade light on mosquito larvicidal role of crude plant proteins extracts, some toxic proteins (lectins, RIPs, proteinases inhibitors) derived from different plants and plant-based expression system for transmission blocking vaccine. This review may straighten out the complete investigations of the potency of anti-larvicidal properties of plant derived proteins and these proteins could be targeted for drug formation, natural bio-insecticide and transmission blocking agents for the control of vector borne diseases
 
Date 2022-02-15T09:08:37Z
2022-02-15T09:08:37Z
 
Identifier http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59159
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(1) [January 2022]