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- Title
POISONOUS PLANTS AND THEIR USES AS INSECTICIDES IN CAJAMARCA, PURE.
- Authors
Orozco, Olga L.; Lentz, David L.
- Abstract
This study focuses on the use of botanical pesticides in Cajamarca, Peru. Fieldwork was conducted in four Quechua communities located in different ecological zones. Interviews and collection of specimens yielded 64 poisonous species and 22 species considered useful because of their toxic properties. The yellow fever mosquito bioassay was applied to methanolic extracts of the latter 22 species to determine their toxicity to Aedes aegypti L. larvae. Most extracts showed weak to moderate activity, although three were found to have strong pesticidal activity.
- Subjects
CAJAMARCA (Peru); PERU; BOTANICAL pesticides; FIELD research; POISONOUS plants; INSECTICIDES
- Publication
Economic Botany, 2005, Vol 59, Issue 2, p166
- ISSN
0013-0001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0166:PPATUA]2.0.CO;2