• T.Elizabeth
• Alagusanthiya

Mosquito repellant have an important role in protection of individual against vector borne diseases such as Malaria, Denguefever, Filariasis , Yellow fever etc., Several synthetic products are available in the market as repellant against mosquitoes most of them are having side effects and causing illness to human, so find an alternative is to use natural products that possess good efficacy and are environmentally friendly . Among those chemicals, essential oils from plants belonging to several species have been extensively tested to assess their repellent properties as a valuable natural resource.The Intervals between time of repellant application and the landing of the first mosquito biting is considered as the protection time. The result were obtained from investigation of herbal cream an goodknight was found to be more effective than odomos cream. However neem oil was exhibited high protection time than castor and coconut oils. In the present investigation , we have identified that essential oils were better than the synthetic cream to control the mosquitoes . Plants can provide safer alternatives than synthetic chemicals , as a result it is the hour to launch extensive search to explore ecofriendly biological materials for control of insect pests.

Mosquito repellant activity, plant extract, essential oil, Synthetic creams, repellancy

"The Efficacy of Repellant activity of synthetic creams and Essential oils against the mosquito", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.181-190, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902C32.pdf

"The Efficacy of Repellant activity of synthetic creams and Essential oils against the mosquito", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp181-190, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902C32.pdf