Organic Mosquito Coil From Pulverized Pomelo (Suha) Peelings: Exterminator of Mosquitoes

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main purpose of the study is to make a natural mosquito coil from the Pomelo (Suha) peelings. It sought to determine its efficacy to be used as an alternative for the commercial one. The researchers were motivated to do a project that would convert Pomelo (Suha) peelings into an organic mosquito coil since Pomelo is a citrus fruit has a property that repels mosquitoes and locally available.

METHODS

Testing of the final product is applied through various trials to know if the mosquito coil made from Pomelo peelings would be a better exterminator of mosquitoes same as the commercial ones. After several tests, it was found out that the organic mosquito coil is good as commercial ones.

RESULTS

In this project, the researchers formulated a natural coil made of Pomelo peelings which is effective in dealing with mosquitoes. The natural mosquito coil has been effective in preventing mosquitoes based on the result of different trials. The table shows the testing of effectiveness of the organic mosquito coil versus the commercially sold mosquito coil. It also implies that 60% of the total number of mosquitoes were killed in using organic mosquito coil while 90% of the total number of mosquitoes were killed using the commercially sold mosquito coil in the market.

DISCUSSIONS

Based from the findings and analysis, it can be concluded that there are no significant differences in the effectiveness of the natural mosquito coil made from the Pomelo peelings as compared to the commercially sold mosquito coil in the market. Therefore, Pomelo peeling is a very effective yet natural way of preventing mosquitoes in mosquito prone areas.