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    Evaluation of Some Plants for their Repellency against Some Anopheline and Culicines Mosquitoes in Kolm-Negewo (Central Ethiopia)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2005-07) Atsbaha, AkIilu; Gebre, Teshome(PhD)
    To evaluate and compare the repellency of 7 different local plants against diflcrcnt mosquitoL's. investigations wcrc macle by using fleld experimcnts in Koka NegeIVo village ahoul ')';, repellency against All. arabiellsis rcspectively. Highest repcllcncy showed with the seed or II. cila//apellsis (1'<0.001). The seed or this plant showed similar effee( on AI/. plwmci/sis and Culicines. In the contrary All. araiJiellsis was more repelled by hurning thc kavcs 01'.\ /1/,,//,' (1'<0.05) than the leaves of R. cilallepellsis mid M azedarach. Direct burning J>. a/Jyssillica, 0. /alll(til!illlll showed remarkable repellency against All. arabiellsis (1'<0.05). However, less protection was exhibited to thc other two mosquito species. Less repellency against all the three mosquito species has been (,hlainL'" Iw F gl"h"/,,,\ in ,U)I (est methods. Burning or !lowers. leaves and seeds of L. C(fJI/(//'(/ exhihil similar bUI signiliL"lnl repellency (P