Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a worldwide pest of onion, Allium cepa L. In Þeld studies on onion resistance conducted in 2007 and 2008 using 49 cultivars, 11 showedlowleafdamagebyT. tabaci. In laboratorystudies, the11cultivars, alongwith twosusceptiblechecks and four additional cultivars, were evaluated to characterize resistance to T. tabaci and to determin...