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[Lethal effect of Cuban Myrtaceae on Aedes aegypti (Diptera Cuilicidae)]
Lucita Aguilera1, Agustín Navarro, Juan E Tacoronte
1Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí", Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. ciipk@ipk.sld.cu
Abstract:
The biological activity of the essential foliar oils from 2 Cuban endemic Myrtaceae: Eugenia melanadenia and Psidium rotundatum on A. aegypti larvae was evaluated for the first time at the laboratory level. The probit-log analysis of the results showed the larvicidal effect of both oils with values of CL50 = 0.0085% and CL95 = 0.0104% for E. melanadenia and CL50 = 0.0063% and CL95 = 0.0071% for O. rotundatum. Besides, the diagnostic concentration for both essential oils are given and the possible implications of these findings on field populations of A. aegypti are suggessted.