Issues on Gene Flow and Germplasm Management

Gene flow, hybridization and introgression: definitions and explanations; Gene flow from crops to their wild relatives; The consequences and implications of introgression in the conservation of forest trees; Introgression and the maintenance of on-farm genepools of crop cultivars; Gene flow and the management of ex situ collections; Gene flow from genetically engineered cultivars; Maize diversity,gene flow and transgenes in Mexico; Dealing with the risk of unintended introgression of GMOs into ex situ germplasm collections: liability issues for genebank curators.