Colin Booth (mycologist)
Colin Booth (9 December 1924,
Biography
As the son of a
From 1969 to 1983, Booth was assistant director of
Booth's research is important not only for crop production but also in medicine.[2] Cyclosporin A (CS-A), a hendecapeptide isolated from the fungi Cylindrocarpon lucidum Booth and Trichoderma polysporum, is a potent immunosuppressive drug that proved valuable for preventing rejection of kidney transplants.[4][5]
Booth's highly-cited book The genus Fusarium (1971) is acknowledged as a comprehensive, valuable reference and the standard text on this important genus, in which many of the species are plant pathogens.[6][2][7][8] In this 1971 book, he accepted only 50 specific taxonomic names out of more than 1000 proposed names in the genus Fusarium.[9] He lectured in North America, the Middle East and India. He was the president of the British Mycological Society for a one-year term from 1977 to 1978.[2][10]
Booth married his wife Dorothy in 1950. In retirement they lived in Batcombe, Somerset. Upon his death in 2003, he was survived by his widow and their son and daughter.[2]
Selected publications
Articles
- UK, Cab International; Booth, C.; Waterston, J. M. (1964). "Fusarium culmorum . [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. 3. .
- UK, Cab International; Booth, C.; Waterston, J. M. (1964). "Fusarium redolens . [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. 3. .
- Booth, C. (1975). "The Present Status of Fusarium Taxonomy". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 13: 83–93. .
- Kuhlman, E. G.; Dwinell, L. D.; Nelson, P. E.; Booth, C. (1978). "Characterization of the Fusarium Causing Pitch Canker of Southern Pines". Mycologia. 70 (6): 1131–1143. .
- UK, Cab International; Booth, C. (1978). "Fusarium semitectum . [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. 58. .
- Parkinson, Verona O.; Sivanesan, A.; Booth, C. (1981). "The perfect state of the rice leaf scald fungus and the taxonomy of both the perfect and imperfect states". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 76: 59–69. .
- Booth, C. (1984). "The Fusarium problem: historical, economic and taxonomic aspects". In Moss, M.O.; Smith, J. E. (eds.). The applied mycology of Fusarium. Symposium of the British Mycological Society held at Queen Mary College, London, September 1982. pp. 1–13. ISBN 0521279240.
- Booth, C.; Clayton, Y. M.; Usherwood, M. (1985). "Cylindrocarpon species associated with mycotic keratitis" (PDF). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Plant Science). 94 (2): 433–436. S2CID 82222180.
Books and pamphlets
- Booth, Colin. Studies of Pyrenomycetes. Mycological papers, no. 68, no.73, no. 74, no, 83 & no. 94. Kew, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute. LCCN 57059049; volumes published from 1957 to 1964; 6 volumes in 5; illustrated)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link- no. 68. 1957. no. 73 (PDF). 1959. no. 74. 1960. no. 83. 1961. no. 94. 1964.
- Booth, Colin. The genus Cylindrocarpon. Mycological papers, no. 104. Kew, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute. )
- Booth, C. (1971). The Genus Fusarium. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, for the Commonwealth Mycological Institute. ISBN 9780851980461.
- pbk reprint. 1977.
- Booth, C., ed. (20 April 1971). Methods in Microbiology. Vol. 4. Academic Press. ISBN 9780080860305. (Booth contributed 2 chapters.)
- LCCN 81461719.
- Booth, Colin (1976). Fusarium: A Laboratory Guide to the Identification of the Major Species. ISBN 0851983839; hbk; 58 pages)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link - Johnston, A.; Booth, Colin (1992). Plant Pathologists Pocket Book. CABI Publishing. )
References
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- ^ TheGuardian.com. 2 May 2003.
- S2CID 86703831.
- S2CID 4359497.
- ISBN 978-94-010-3905-5.
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- ISBN 9780271002934.
- ^ Ainsworth, Geoffrey Clough (1980). CMI - the First Sixty Years: Commemorating Sixty Years of Service to Plant Pathology and Mycology. Commonwealth Mycological Institute. p. 24.
- ISBN 9780521230322.
- . (presidential address)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. C.Booth.
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