Abstract:
In order to develop new mosquito repellent of plant origin,on the campus of Jiangxi Agricultural University in 2021,the repellent activity of ethanol extracts from ten Leguminous plants on female adult
Culex pipiens pallen was tested,including
Sophora japonica Linn,Cercis chinensis Bunge,
Senna surattensis,Gymnocladus chinensis Baill.,
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet,
Sophora japonica Pendula,
Bauhinia hupehana,Albizia julibrissin Durazz.,
Lespedeza Formosa,Desmodium caudatum,using the self-made insect repellency testing device in the laboratory.The results were as follows: the four plant extracts of
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet,
Cercis chinensis Bunge,
Senna surattensis,Gymnocladus chinensis Baill.had better repellent effect on female
Culex pipiens pallens in ten Leguminous plants. Repellent effect of
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet on adult
Culex pipiens pallens was the best (repellent rate 78.66%),followed by
Cercis chinensis Bunge (repellent rate 70.95%).Meanwhile,three Leguminous plant extracts from
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.,
Desmodium caudatum,Lespedeza formosa can induce female
Culex pipiens pallens,and
Lespedeza formosa had the strongest attractive effect (repellent rate -55.67%). Two plant extracts from
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet and
Cercis chinensis Bunge had better repellent effects on
Culex pipiens pallens,and had the potential to be developed as mosquito repellents.The plant extracts from
Lespedeza Formosa had a good attractive effect on
Culex pipiens pallens,and had the potential to be developed as mosquito attractants.