author(s)
Dr. Prathyusha Kantheti, Dr. I. Rajitha and Dr. Alapati Padma

abstract
Mosquitoes are one of the most significant vectors in transmitting diseases like malaria, dengue, chikungunya and many other deadly diseases. Traditionally, many substances have been used in repelling mosquitoes and the most common of them are plant extracts, oils, smoke, etc. Several plants growing in the vicinity may contain essential oils and compounds that are found to be effective insect repellents and are often considered as weeds. The present study focused on the development of eco-friendly, non-hazardous mosquito repellent fabrics using thirteen different plant sources collected based on ethnobotanical review. Fabrics treated using aqueous extracts of thirteen different plant sources namely leaves of holy basil, sweet basil, neem, lemongrass, eucalyptus, custard apple, moringa, betel, wild sage and spearmint, flowers of French marigold and rind of lemon and orange were tested using modified cage test method. Three plant sources namely flowers of french marigold, leaves of sweet basil and eucalyptus were proven to have excellent mosquito repellent property compared to the rest of the tested sources.