Hi
I have used -80°C for overnight many time and seems working pretty
well. The seed viability was not affected. I have been told that 2h
was enough, but I have never tried.
Good Luck
Dominique
On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Michael J. Prigge wrote:
> 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
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