Sir Otto Frankel (1900 to 1998) was an Austrian-born geneticist who worked in New Zealand and Australia and became renowned for his pioneering work in plant genetics and conservation. In the 1960s and 1970s he was among the first scientists to warn of the risks of plant biodiversity loss, and his advocacy after retirement helped lay the groundwork for the modern field of conservation genetics.
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Defining ContributionWith Erna Bennett, introduced the terms genetic resources and genetic erosion at the 1967 FAO/IBP conference on crop plant exploration and conservation, concepts that became central to the modern field of plant genetic resources conservation. 1 Sources
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Sir Otto Herzberg Frankel (4 November 1900, Vienna - 21 November 1998, Canberra) was an Austrian-born New Zealand and Australian geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in plant genetics and conservation.
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At the 1967 FAO/IBP conference on crop plant exploration and conservation, Frankel and Erna Bennet introduced the terms "genetic resources" and "genetic erosion," which became central concepts in the field and keep influencing international conservation policy.
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