How can I isolate DNA from a single Thrips? Can anyone suggest to me protocols for this?

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Vladimir Krumov

I use Qiagen - DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit for DNA isolation of single thrips specimens. I recommend you to crush the insect with micropestle in the ATL buffer and to finish the extraction using the producers protocol. Good luck!

Ashish Anil Ingle

Thanks for your valuable suggestion, I will follow the same....

Tomas Chrudimsky

if you have small amout of starting material, you can try this one-works really good:

http://www.qiagen.com/Products/Catalog/Sample-Technologies/DNA-Sample-Technologies/Genomic-DNA/QIAamp-DNA-Micro-Kit