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Authors
Peacock, W. J. and Dennis, Elizabeth S.
Title
Frankel, Sir Otto Herzberg (1900 - 1998), plant scientist
In
Australian dictionary of biography
Imprint
National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 2023
Url
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frankel-sir-otto-herzberg-32204
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Published online in 2023.

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"The Frankels settled in Canberra in 1951, after Otto was appointed chief of the division of plant industry at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). His lack of progress in promoting the need for basic plant science in New Zealand had probably stimulated him to make the move. Ian Clunies Ross, the chairman of CSIRO, charged him with building up fundamental research in the division, and supported him in appointing top plant scientists from around the world. Frankel organised the division in groupings of scientists in research disciplines rather than in projects on specific crops and pastures."

"At the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, Frankel gave an address that initiated broad public knowledge of the issue of genetic conservation. His recommendations on the care and use of genetic resources were adopted by the conference, and he became one of the most important scientists in the field. In 1974 he was active in establishing the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources in the CGIAR. "

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