Plant essential oils synergize various pyrethroid insecticides and antagonize malathion in Aedes aegypti.

ABSTRACT: Pyrethroid resistance is a significant threat to agricultural, urban and public health pest control activities. Because economic incentives for the production of novel active ingredients for the control of public health pests are lacking, this field is particularly affected by the potential failure of pyrethroid-based insecticides brought about by increasing pyrethroid resistance. As a result, innovative approaches are desperately needed to overcome insecticide resistance, particularly in mosquitoes that transmit deadly and debilitating pathogens. Numerous studies have demonstrated the potential of plant essential oils to enhance the efficacy of pyrethroids. The toxicity of pyrethroids combined with plant oils is significantly greater than the baseline toxicity of either oils or pyrethroid

SUBMITTER: Norris EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899815 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature