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Plants have been found to be rich some of food and medicine. Man has been search for new phytochemicals secondary metabolites in plants. After harvesting the flowers the remaining plant body is discarded. Tagetes erecta is known to possess insecticidal activity. To test the insecticidal property different parts (leaf, stem and flower) were used. The powdered material was used to make incense sticks and burnt to assess the mosquito repellent activity. The leaf powder (25%) has shown promising results when compared with a commercial product. It was found to be without side effects. The cost of production is quite less (75%) compared to commercial product.
Keywords:
repellent, incense stick, insecticidal
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"Development of economical mosquito repellent using marigold plant", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no.47 - 54, November-2018, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI1811009.pdf
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2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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