@article {4634,
	title = {The Environmentally Benign form of Pesticide in Hydrodispersive Nanometric form with Improved Efficacy Against Adult Mosquitoes at Low Exposure Concentrations},
	journal = {Bull Environ Contam ToxicolBulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology},
	year = {2015},
	note = {MEDLINE AN 2016257669(Journal; Article; (JOURNAL ARTICLE))},
	month = {2015///},
	abstract = {Permethrin, a poorly water-soluble synthetic pesticide belonging to the pyrethroid family, was formulated into water-dispersive nanometric form by rapid evaporation of pesticide loaded oil-in-water microemulsion. The mean hydrodynamic diameter of Nanopermethrin was found to be 199.01 {\textpm} 1.4 nm. The efficacy of the Nanopermethrin was comparatively investigated with its bulk form against 2-3 days old adult mosquitoes by WHO cone bioassay for 60 min. The median knockdown concentration of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus were found to be 7.20 {\texttimes} 10(4), 7.53 {\texttimes} 10(4), 0.42 {\texttimes} 10(3) mg/L for Bulk permethrin, and 0.98 {\texttimes} 10(4), 1.17 {\texttimes} 10(4), 0.05 {\texttimes} 10(3) mg/L for Nanopermethrin, respectively. The obtained results extrapolate the improved efficacy of Nanopermethrin even at low-level concentrations. Hence, the formulated Nanopermethrin will serve as an effective alternative pesticide in controlling the mosquito population with reduced environmental toxicity.[on SciFinder (R)]},
	keywords = {contact toxicity, environmental safety, knockdown, Nanopesticide, Permethrin, who cone bioassay},
	isbn = {1432-0800},
	author = {Balaji, A. P. B. and Mishra, Prabhakar and Suresh, Kumar R. S. and Ashu, Abhijeet and Mukherjee, Amitava and Chandrasekaran, Natarajan and Margulis, Katherine and Magdassi, Shlomo}
}
