date:Jun 14, 2019
o the onion plants so that they could pick up the virus and lay eggs.
They then allowed the resulting eggs to develop to pupation. They removed pupae and placed them on discs of cabbage leaf as a growing medium. When onion thrips emerged from pupation, the researchers monitored their survival and reproduction every 24 hours throughout their lifespan. All thrips in the experiment were female, and their eggs developed into larval thrips parthenogenically (without fertilization).
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