Do Chenopodium ambrosioides-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Impact Oryzias melastigma Predation Against Aedes albopictus Larvae?

Journal of Cluster Science

pp 1–24

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• Jayapal Subramaniam
• Kadarkarai Murugan
• Arulsamy Jebanesan
• Philips Pontheckan
• Devakumar Dinesh
• Marcello Nicoletti
• Hui Wei
• Akon Higuchi
• Suresh Kumar
• Angelo Canale
• Giovanni BenelliEmail author

• Jayapal Subramaniam
  • 1
  • 2
• Kadarkarai Murugan
  • 2
  • 3
• Arulsamy Jebanesan
  • 1
• Philips Pontheckan
  • 2
• Devakumar Dinesh
  • 2
• Marcello Nicoletti
  • 4
• Hui Wei
  • 5
• Akon Higuchi
  • 6
• Suresh Kumar
  • 7
• Angelo Canale
  • 8
• Giovanni Benelli
  • 8
  Email author

1. 1.Divison of Vector Biology and Control, Department of Zoology, Faculty of ScienceAnnamalai UniversityChidambaramIndia
2. 2.Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life SciencesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreIndia
3. 3.Department of BiotechnologyThiruvalluvar UniversityVelloreIndia
4. 4.Department of Environmental BiologySapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
5. 5.Institute of Plant ProtectionFujian Academy of Agricultural SciencesFuzhouChina
6. 6.Department of Chemical and Materials EngineeringNational Central UniversityTaoyuanTaiwan
7. 7.Department of Medical Microbiology and ParasitologyUniversiti Putra Malaysia UPMSerdangMalaysia
8. 8.Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment University of PisaPisaItaly

Original Paper

First Online:

07 November 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s10876-016-1113-9

Cite this article as:

Subramaniam, J., Murugan, K., Jebanesan, A. et al. J Clust Sci (2016). doi:10.1007/s10876-016-1113-9

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Abstract

The green synthesis of nanopesticides has been recently proposed to improve the efficacy of mosquito control programs. However, limited efforts shed light on the impact of sub-lethal doses of nanopesticides on behavioral traits of mosquito biocontrol agents. We described the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) at room temperature using the aqueous extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides, and their high toxicity against the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus. LC₅₀ calculated on young instars ranged from 13 ppm (first instar larvae) to 19 ppm (pupae). LC₅₀ calculated on adults was 14 ppm. The chemical composition of the C. ambrosioides extract was characterized by GC–MS analysis. The production of AgNP was confirmed by the surface Plasmon resonance band illustrated in UV–Vis, FTIR spectroscopy, EDX, XRD, TEM, and Zeta Potential analyses. In the field, a single treatment of AgNP (10 × LC₅₀) led to complete elimination of larval populations within 72 h. Sub-lethal doses of the reducing extract and AgNP magnify predation rates of Oryzias melastigma fishes against A. albopictus larvae. Overall, this study highlights the concrete potential of C. ambrosioides-synthesized AgNP to develop effective and cheap tools to control young instars and adults of the invasive mosquito A. albopictus.

Keywords

Biological controlBiosafetyLarvivorous fishesNanobiotechnologyNanocrystals