Table 5.

Comparative study of heavy metal nanoparticles towards mosquito larvicidal activity

Plant species	Mosquito sp.	Mortality rate	Metal nanoparticles	References
Mimosa pudica	Anopheles subpictus	LC50-13.90 mg/l	Ag	Marimuthu et al. (2011)
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-11.73 mg/l
Gmelina. asiatica	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-22.44 µg/ml	Ag	Muthukumaram et al. (2015)
		LC90-40.15 µg/ml
	Aedes aegypti	LC50-25.77 µg/ml
		LC90-45.98 µg/ml
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-27.83 µg/ml
		LC90-48.92 µg/ml
Avicennia marina	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-4.928 mg/l	Ag	Balakrishnan et al. (2014)
	Aedes aegypti	LC50-9.865 mg/l
Heliotropium indicum	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-18.40 µg/ml	Ag	Veerakumar et al. (2014)
		LC90-32.45 µg/ml
	Aedes aegypti	LC50-20.10 µg/ml
		LC90-35.97 µg/ml
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-21.84 µg/ml
		LC90-38.10 µg/ml
Cocos nucifera	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-87.24 mg/l	Ag	Roopan et al. (2013)
		LC90-230.90 mg/l
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-49.89 mg/l
		LC90-84.85 mg/l
Cadaba indica	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-15.41 mg/l	Ag	Kalimuthu et al. (2013)
		LC90-61.07 mg/l
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-15.44 mg/l
		LC90-58.37 mg/l
Pedilanthus tithymaloides	Aedes aegypti	LC50-1.461 mg/l	Ag	Sundaravadivelan et al. (2013)
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-4.56 mg/l
		LC90-13.14 mg/l
Vinca rosea	Anopheles stephensi	LC50-16.84 mg/ml	Ag	Subarani et al. (2013)
		LC90-68.62 mg/ml
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-43.80 mg/ml
		LC90-120.54 mg/ml
Tinospora cordifolia	Anopheles subpictus	LC50-6.34 mg/l	Ag	Jayaseelan et al. (2011)
	Culex quinquefasciatus	LC50-6.96 mg/l
Tagetes erecta		5 ppm-45.7 % at 24 h	Cd	Present work
		10 ppm-68.9 % at 24 h
Rosa sp.	Aedes albopictus	5 ppm-35.5 % at 24 h
		10 ppm-43.5 % at 24 h