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Hartel PG, Billingsley JW, Williamson JW. Styrofoam Cup-Membrane Assembly for Studying Microorganism-Root Interactions. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:1291-4. [PMID: 16347920 PMCID: PMC184294 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.5.1291-1294.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
An assembly consisting of Styrofoam cups with membranes of varying porosities was developed to study microorganism-root interactions. The assembly permitted uniform distribution of a bacterium in soil and was simple, easy to use, and disposable. In tests with the bacterium
Pseudomonas solanacearum
, little difference in
P. solanacearum
survival was observed in the rhizosphere or nonrhizosphere of tomato.
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Affiliation(s)
- P G Hartel
- Department of Agronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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