Trên cơ sở quyết định, người nông dân nên để lưu trữ cây trồng của họ trong các hố, thông thoáng, điều này đã hỗ trợ chống lại sự phát triển nấm. Việc phát hiện ra rằng loại nấm Phytophthora infestans là cơ sở của bệnh bạc lá khoai tây đại diện cho bệnh đầu tiên được biết là gây ra bởi vi sinh vật | shared this information with Berkeley who surmised that the fungus was the cause of the disease. Berkeley was alone in this view. Indeed Dr. John Lindley a botany professor at University College in London and a professional rival of Berkeley s hotly and publicly disputed the idea. Lindley blamed the famine on the damp weather of Ireland. Their differing opinions were published in The Gardener s Chronicles. With time Berkeley s view was proven to be correct. A committee formed to arbitrate the debate sided with Berkeley. On the basis of the decision farmers were advised to store their crop in well-ventilated pits which aided against fungal growth. The discovery that the fungus Phytophthora infestans was the basis of the potato blight represented the first disease known to be caused by a microorganism and marked the beginning of the scientific discipline of plant pathology. Berkeley also contributed to the battle against poultry mildew a fungal disease that produced rotting of vines. The disease could e devastating. For example the appearance of poultry mildew in Madeira in the 1850s destroyed the local wine-based economy which led to widespread starvation and emigration. Berkeley was one of those who helped established the cause of the infestation. Beveridge Terrance J. 1945- Canadian microbiologist Terrance Terry J. Beveridge has fundamentally contributed to the understanding of the structure and function of bacteria. Beveridge was born in Toronto Ontario Canada. His early schooling was also in that city. He graduated with a . from the University of Toronto in 1968 a Dip. Bact. in 1969 and an . in oral microbiology in 1970. Intending to become a dentist he was drawn to biological research instead. This interest led him to the University of Western Ontario laboratory of Dr. Robert Murray where he completed his . dissertation in 1974. His . research focused on the use of various techniques to probe the structure of bacteria. In particular he developed
