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Essential oils (EOs) are the natural alternatives of synthetic larvicides. This study was aimed to encapsulate the\n                    <jats:italic>Curcuma longa<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Cymbopogon citratus<\/jats:italic>\n                    EOs in hydrogel nurdles, and to evaluate their larvicidal activities against\n                    <jats:italic>Aedes aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n                    . The EOs were extracted by hydro\u2010distillation method and their components were analyzed by using GC\u2010MS analysis. Hydrogel nurdles were characterized using dynamic light scattering (DLS) for size distribution, Zeta potential for surface charge, UV\u2010vis spectrophotometry for optical properties, FT\u2010IR for chemical composition, swelling studies for absorbency and floatability tests for buoyancy behavior. The plant essential oil (EO) filled hydrogel nurdles were stable and exhibited significant larvicidal activity (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001) against\n                    <jats:italic>Ae. Aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n                    , with\n                    <jats:italic>C. longa<\/jats:italic>\n                    EO (LC\n                    <jats:sub>50\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a0146.86\u00a0ppm, LC\n                    <jats:sub>90\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a0290.50\u00a0ppm) and\n                    <jats:italic>C. citratus<\/jats:italic>\n                    EO (LC\n                    <jats:sub>50\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a0246.17\u00a0ppm; LC\n                    <jats:sub>90\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a0516.36\u00a0ppm) as compared to pure EO of\n                    <jats:italic>C. longa<\/jats:italic>\n                    (LC\n                    <jats:sub>50\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a047.70\u00a0ppm, LC\n                    <jats:sub>90\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a090.51\u00a0ppm) and\n                    <jats:italic>C. citratus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (LC\n                    <jats:sub>50\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a095.69\u00a0ppm; LC\n                    <jats:sub>90\u00a0<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a0160.94\u00a0ppm). The present study concluded that EOs filled hydrogel nurdles offers promising and effective larvicides against\n                    <jats:italic>Ae. aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n                    larvae.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/cbdv.202503739","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]],"date-time":"2026-04-10T05:52:49Z","timestamp":1775800369000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Larvicidal Activity of\n                    <i>Curcuma longa<\/i>\n                    and\n                    <i>Cymbopogon citratus<\/i>\n                    Essential Oils Based Floating Hydrogel Nurdles Against\n                    <i>Aedes aegypti<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Noor Ul","family":"Huda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2631-0651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hafiz Muhammad","family":"Tahir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aamir","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Asjid","family":"Ghaffar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammad Tayyab","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fariha","family":"Munir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ayesha","family":"Muzamil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatima","family":"Ijaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rabia Fajar","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoology Government College University Lahore  Punjab Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-981-97-4163-2_12"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.virol.2020.12.023"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1615\/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2017019937"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","volume-title":"The Mosquito: A human History of Our Deadliest Predator","author":"Winegard T. 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