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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.

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From: arab-gen-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu on behalf of Brian Kwan
Sent: Thu 27/03/2008 21:02
To: arab-gen@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

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[mailto:arab-gen-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Xi Chen
Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 4:50 AM
To: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Subject: [Arabidopsis] How to kill the thrip on Arabidopsis seeds

Hello the members of this e-mail group,

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

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Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 4:50 AM
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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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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:

Hi Xi,

The thrips can actually lays eggs that end up INSIDE the seeds. I have sown
sterilized seeds from infested plants on plates and the thrips came out of
the seeds when they germinated. To clear the infestation, in combination
with spraying the room I'd recommend sowing on plates and only pricking
plants that have no thrips.

Josh

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From: arab-gen-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu
[mailto:arab-gen-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Xi Chen
Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 4:50 AM
To: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Subject: [Arabidopsis] How to kill the thrip on Arabidopsis seeds

Hello the members of this e-mail group,

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