TESTING THE INSECTICIADAL ACTIVITY OF THE CRUDE EXTRACT S OF VITEX NUGENDO L AGAINST TWO ADULT INSECTS BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS AND COPTOTERMES HEIMI

NEERU BALA; SONU GABBA

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2015

TESTING THE INSECTICIADAL ACTIVITY OF THE CRUDE EXTRACT S OF VITEX NUGENDO L AGAINST TWO ADULT INSECTS BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS AND COPTOTERMES HEIMI

Neeru Bala, Sonu Gabba

Abstract :

In the study an investigation was made to study the effect of Vitex nugendo L an important medicinal plant against two adult insects Boophilus microplus (Ticks) and Coptotermes heimi (Termites). This initial study has shown that the ethanolic extract of the leaves of this plant does have a good potential for use against these two insect pests. The crude leaf extract has shown mortality percentages of 60% in the case of Ticks and 80% in the case of Termites after exposure to 1000 ppm of the extract for 48 hours, further studies with the purified extract can be carried out as a part of future investigation