Sarita Kumar/Research publications

=Publications in National and International Journals=

Sarita Kumar

(1) Anita Thomas, Sarita Kumar and M. K. K. Pillai (1991) Piperonyl Butoxide as a countermeasure for deltamethrin resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus Say. Entomon, 16:1-10. Abstract

(2) Sarita Kumar, Anita Thomas and M. K. K. Pillai (1991) Involvement of mono-oxygenases as a major mechanism of deltamethrin-resistance in larvae of three species of mosquitoes. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 29: 379-384. Abstract

(3) Sarita Kumar, Arunima Sahgal and M. K. K. Pillai (1994) Development and Biochemical mechanisms of deltamethrin resistance in three species of mosquitoes. In: Proceedings of IV symposium on vector and vector borne Diseases, Bhubaneswar, Nov., 12-15, India. Abstract

(4) Arunima Sahgal, Sarita Kumar and M. K. K. Pillai (1994) Microplate Assay of elevated esterase activity in individual pyrethroid resistant mosquitoes. Journal of Biosciences, 19: 193-199. Abstract

(5)Sarita Kumar, Thomas, A., Sahgal, A., Verma, A., Samuel, T. and Pillai, M. K. K. (2002). Effect of the synergist, Piperonyl Butoxide, on the development of deltamethrin resistance in yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 50: 1-8. Abstract

(6)Sarita Kumar, Thomas, A., Sahgal, A., Verma, A., Samuel, T. and Pillai, M. K. K. (2004) Variations in the insecticide resistance spectrum of Anopheles stephensi Liston on selections with deltamethrin and deltamethrin/PBO combinations. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 98: 861-871. Abstract

(7)Sarita Kumar, Thomas, A., Samuel, T., Sahgal, A., Verma, A. and Pillai, M. K. K. (2004) Stage-specific expression of resistance and behavioural response to deltamethrin and DDT selection pressure in Indian strain of Culex quinquefasciatus Say. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 28: 102-114. Abstract

(8)Sarita Kumar, Anita Thomas, Thomas Samuel, Arunima Sahgal, Anita Verma and M. K. K. Pillai (2009) Diminished Reproductive Fitness associated with the Deltamethrin Resistance in an Indian Strain of Dengue Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. Tropical Biomedicine, 26: 155-164. Abstract

(9)Sarita Kumar and M. K. K. Pillai (2011) Correlation between the Reproductive Potential and the Pyrethroid Resistance in an Indian Strain of Filarial Vector, Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae).Bulletin of Entomological Research, 101:25-31. Abstract

(10)Sarita Kumar and M. K. K. Pillai (2010) Reproductive Disadvantage in an Indian Strain of Malarial Vector, Anopheles stephensi Liston on selections with deltamethrin/synergized deltamethrin. Acta Entomologica Sinica 53; 1111-1118.

(11)Sarita Kumar, Radhika Warikoo and Naim Wahab (2010) Larvicidal Potential of Commercially Available Pine (Pinus longifolia) and Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Oils Against an Indian Strain of Dengue Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae). Communicated to Acta Entomologica Sinica

(12) Sarita Kumar, Radhika Warikoo and Naim Wahab (2010) Larvicidal Potential of Ethanolic Extracts of Dried Fruits of Three Species of Peppercorns Against Different Instars of an Indian Strain of Dengue Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasitology Research. Abstract

(13) Sarita Kumar, Abhay Pratap Singh, Gokul Nair, Sahil Batra, Anubha Seth, Naim Wahab and Radhika Warikoo (2011) Impact of Parthenium hysterophorus leaf extracts on the fecundity, fertility and behavioural response of Aedes aegypti L. Parasitology Research 108: 853-859. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2126-1

(14) Radhika Warikoo, Naim Wahab and Sarita Kumar (2011) Oviposition-altering and ovicidal potentials of five essential oils against female adults of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti L. Parasitology Research, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2355-y.

(15) Sarita Kumar, Naim Wahab and Radhika Warikoo (2011) Bioefficacy of Mentha piperita essential oil against dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. Asia Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2: 90-93.

(16) Sarita Kumar, Radhika Warikoo and Naim Wahab (2010) Relative Larvicidal Efficacy of the Hexane Extracts of Three Species of Peppercorns against Dengue Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. Communicated to Journal of Entomological Research Society.

(17) Kumar S., Thomas A. and Pillai M.K.K. (2010) Deltamethrin: Promising mosquito control agent against adult stage of Aedes aegypti L. Communicated to Asia Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine.