# Helmut Becker

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{{Short description|German viticulturist (1927–1990)}}
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'''Helmut Becker''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛlmuːt ˈbɛkɐ}}; 8 March 1927 – 19 July 1990) was a German [viticulturist](/source/viticulturist) and was chief of the [Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute](/source/Geisenheim_Grape_Breeding_Institute).<ref>Lon Rombough, ''The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture'' Chelsea Green Publishing, 2002, {{ISBN|9781603580823}}, p. 175</ref><ref>Andrew G Reynolds, ''Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques'' Elsevier, 2015, {{ISBN|9781782420804}}, p. 92 ff</ref> 

He received his doctorate from the University of Mainz; the topic of his thesis was the biology of phylloxera.<ref name="Wein.plus">{{cite web |title=Becker Helmut |url=https://glossary.wein.plus/becker-helmut |website=Wein.Plus |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref> As a successor of [Heinrich Birk](/source/Heinrich_Birk), he viewed [viticulture](/source/viticulture) from a global perspective and promoted the globalization of a quality wine industry. Dr. Becker collaborated with numerous scientists around the world and encouraged the importation of important [clones](/source/Cloning) and varieties in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Japan and other countries. He did early important work in Neustadt/Weinstrasse during the 1950s and 1960s in the European [phylloxera](/source/phylloxera) eradication program.

Some of the grape varieties bred by Helmut Becker at the Research Institute Geisenheim:

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File:Saphira-08-8.JPG|[Saphira](/source/Saphira_(grape))
File:Rondo-07-1.JPG|[Rondo](/source/Rondo_(grape))
File:Prinzipal 04a 6.JPG|[Prinzipal](/source/Prinzipal_(grape))
File:Dakapo 04 6.JPG|[Dakapo](/source/Dakapo)
File:Ehrenbreitsteiner07-3.JPG|[Ehrenbreitsteiner](/source/Ehrenbreitsteiner)              
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==See also==
*[German wine](/source/German_wine)
*[List of wine personalities](/source/List_of_wine_personalities)

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Robinson, Jancis](/source/Jancis_Robinson) (Ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to Wine''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1999.

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