[Arabidopsis] How to kill the thrip on Arabidopsis seeds

[Michael J. Prigge]

I have heard that freezing the (dry) seed in the -80°C freezer  
overnight can kill the eggs without affecting seed viability too  
much.  (I haven't tried it myself.)
Good Luck,
Mike

On Mar 25, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Xi Chen wrote:

> Hello the members of this e-mail group,
>
> When I grew the Arabidopsis, the plants were affected by thrip. Now  
> I guess
> the seed may have the eggs of thrip. So do you guys have any good  
> idea for
> killing the eggs of thrip on Arabidopsis seed? Thanks so much!
>
> Best,
>
> Xi