Selective medium for recovering specific populations of rhizobia introduced into tropical soils.

Experiments were designed to evaluate the usefulness of antifungal agents and streptomycin for recovering low densities of rhizobia inoculated into tropical soils. The results showed that yeast-mannitol agar (pH 6.0) containing 500 mug of streptomycin, 400 mug of cycloheximide and 50 mug of benomyl or chlorothalonil per ml was the best selective medium.