Tobacco Leave Extract Against Aedes aegypti Larvae

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the efficacy of eliminating mosquito larvae. Plant extracts of tobacco leaves were used as toxin. The fermentation method and Soxhlet extraction were extracted plant for effectiveness in eliminating mosquito larvae in the third stage. It was found that tobacco leaves to ferment for one day at a concentration of 6,000 mg/L was the most effective to eliminate mosquito larvae at 56.66 percent. The tobacco leaves were extracted by Soxhlet method at concentrations of 5 percent had effective in eliminating mosquito larvae 92.22 percent at 24 hours.