I have not tried it with Arabidopsis (only because I never had this
problem), but a very clean way to deal with this is to put the seeds
under a high level of CO2 (from a few pellets of dry ice in a plastic
bag). Seeds are much more tolerant of elevated CO2 than eggs and other
forms of live insects. Usually 2-3 days of such treatment works well,
but we have had no problems with much longer times with many kinds of
seeds. Cheers, Jerry
Thomas Girin (JIC) wrote:
> In our institut we leave the seeds (in 2 bag layers) in the freezer over night, it is supposed to kill all the eggs.
> Regards,
> Thomas.
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: arab-gen-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu on behalf of Brian Kwan
> Sent: Thu 27/03/2008 21:02
> To: arab-gen from magpie.bio.indiana.edu> Subject: RE: [Arabidopsis] How to kill the thrip on Arabidopsis seeds
>>> You could put the seeds in a box with a pest strip. These are available from supermarkets for hanging in cupboards to kill cockroaches, silverfish etc. The active ingredient is often dichlorovos. Also effective in growth chambers for killing aphids.
>> Regards Brian
>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: arab-gen-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu> [mailto:arab-gen-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Xi Chen
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 4:50 AM
> To: arab-gen from magpie.bio.indiana.edu> Subject: [Arabidopsis] How to kill the thrip on Arabidopsis seeds
>> 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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