Green Nano-Biotechnology: A New Sustainable Paradigm to Control Dengue Infection

Table 2

Effect of NPs on the efficiency of predators of dengue vector.

S.No	Predator	Plant used	Nanoparticles (NPs)	Salt used (as a precursor)	Efficiency		Reference
					Before	After
1	Mesocyclo ps aspericornis	Cymbopogon citratus	AuNPs	HAuCl4	56%	77.30%	[113]
2	Megacyclo ps formosanus	Hedychium coronarium	AgNPs	AgNO3	7.22, 5.88, 1.28, and 0.28 larvae	8.11, 6.88, 1.95, 1.06 larva/day	[168]
3	Poecilia sphenops	Psychotria nilgiriensis	AgNPs	AgNO3	65% (larva I), 49.62% (larva II)	92.25% (larva I), 76.50% (Larva II)	[148]
4	Gambusia affinis	Mimusops elengi	AgNPs	AgNO3	81.7% (larvae III)	88.60%	[169]
5	Poecilia reticulata	Sonneratia alba	AgNPs	AgNO3	6.5, 4.8, 3.8, 2.6 larvae/day	8.2, 6.4, 5.0, 3.9 larvae/day	[66]
6	Oryzias melastigma	Chenopodium ambrosioides	AgNPs	AgNO3	65.5 (II) and 59.0% (III)	91.0 (II) and 85.5% (III)	[170]