| In Botanical Files, a study of the real chances for gene flow from cultivated plants to the wild a system of dispersal codes (Dpdf) was introduced (see text box Dpdf).³7 They are indications of already occurring gene flow from cultivated plants to the wild flora, as can be deduced from herbarium collections and florisdc archives. These codes apply to the Netherlands only. One of the crops of which the real chances for gene flow could not be determined, because of uncertainties regarding the relationship between the cultivated plant and its wild relatives, is Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Its relationship with the wild L. serriola L. is accepted to be very close, but the species are considered to be distinguishable. In a field trial, using 350 specimens from... |
