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An automatic soil-washing apparatus for fungal isolation

Authors :
Hering, T. F.
Source :
Plant and Soil; October 1966, Vol. 25 Issue: 2 p195-200, 6p
Publication Year :
1966

Abstract

Summary An apparatus for serial washing of soil particles is described. When forest humus was washed 50 times in an illustrative experiment, the proportion of dark and slow-growing mycelia among fungal isolates was increased from 5 to over 50 per cent.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0032079X and 15735036
Volume :
25
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Plant and Soil
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs16051408
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01347818