Biological Activities of Solanaceous Plants Against Vector Mosquitoes: A Review

Malaria, dengue, chickungunya, filariasis and Japanese encephalitis which are transmitted by mosquitoes cause thousands of deaths in India. Hence, effective mosquito control is required to enhance the health and quality of human life through the reduction of mosquito population. Therefore there is a growing need to use clean non-toxic, eco-friendly biopesticides. In this review we summarize, the current knowledge of the mosquito larvicidal activity by using different plant part extracts of Solanaceae family. Various aspects such as, instar specificity, solvents used during extraction, nature of active ingredient and promising advances made in biological control of mosquito larvae from Solanaceae plant derived secondary metabolites are also discussed . The results of the review reveal that the use of Solanaceous plant extracts have the potential to be utilized as a good, easily available, biodegradable, non-toxic and in having eco-friendly approach for the control of mosquito population.