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Using adult immersion test, the acaricidal activity of ethanolic extracts of leaves of Cassia alata L. was studied against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus. The efficacy was assessed by measuring per cent adult mortality, inhibition of fecundity and hatching rate. The ethanolic extract of C. alata produced a concentration dependant increase in the adult tick mortality. The highest mortality (45.8%) and inhibition of fecundity (10.9%) were observed at the highest concentration tested (100 mg/ml). The plant extract did not affect egg hatchability.
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The authors are thankful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for funding through World Bank funded National Agricultural Innovation Project No. NAIP/Compo-04/C2066/2008-09.
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Ravindran, R., Juliet, S., Sunil, A.R. et al. Acaricidal activity of Cassia alata against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus . Exp Appl Acarol 56, 69–74 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-011-9489-6
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