William B. Brierley

William Broadhurst Brierley (born February 19, 1889 in Manchester , † February 20, 1963 in Keswick , Cumbria ) was a British mycologist .

Life

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Brierley grew up in poor conditions. In 1911 he graduated from Manchester University with honors. In 1914 he moved to the newly created Plant Pathology Laboratory in the Kew Botanical Garden . In 1916 he got a position as head of the mycology department at the Rothamsted Experimental Station . In 1934 he became professor of agricultural botany at Reading University .

plant

Brierley was particularly interested in Botrytis cinerea , the causative agent of gray mold rot:

Botrytis cinerea is perhaps the commonest and best known fungus and has been the center of mycological research since the time of de Bary. The species B. cinerea may be visualized as, at any one moment, a cluster of numerous races or strains morphologically congruent on the host plant but in vitro showing marked and constant cultural differences.

“ Botrytis cinerea is perhaps the most common and well-known fungus that has been at the center of mycological research since the days of de Bary . The species B. cinearea can be imagined as a combination of many races or strains that are morphologically similar on the host plant, but show pronounced differences in vitro. "

- William B. Brierley: On a Form of Botrytis cinerea, with Colorless Sclerotia . In: Phil Trans B.. . tape 210 , no. 372-381 , January 1921, pp. 83–114 , doi : 10.1098 / rstb.1921.0003 ( PDF ).

In 1950 he translated Ernst Gäumann's “Plant Infection Theory ” into English ( Principles of Plant Infection ). He was also the longtime editor of the Annals of Applied Biology .

literature

• GC Ainsworth: British mycologists 15. WB Brierley (1889-1963) . In: Mycologist . tape 5 , no. 2 , January 1, 1991, doi : 10.1016 / s0269-915x (09) 80112-2 .
• Raymond Henry Stoughton: Obituary: Professor William Broadhurst Brierley . In: Annals of Applied Biology . tape 51 , no. 3 , 1863, p. 509-510 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1744-7348.1963.tb03719.x .