Erna Bennett (1925 to 2012) was a plant geneticist and one of the early pioneers of genetic conservation. She was among the first researchers to raise the issue of biodiversity loss before the United Nations.
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Defining ContributionPlant geneticist who coined the term genetic resources and was an early pioneer of crop genetic conservation, raising the issue of biodiversity loss at the United Nations. 1 Connections
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Erna Bennett (1925-2012) was a plant geneticist and one of the early pioneers of genetic conservation (biodiversity conservation).
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In it, she coined the term "genetic resources" to express the idea that genes themselves are a resource - one that has been disappearing rapidly, as diverse traditional peasant seeds have been replaced by uniform modern, elite seeds.
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Erna Bennett (1925-2012) was a plant geneticist and one of the early pioneers of genetic conservation (biodiversity conservation).
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