Transgenic Plants

Transgenic Plants: An Historical Perspective.- Transformation.- Plant Transformation: Agrobacterium-Mediated Gene Transfer.- Production of Hairy Root Cultures and Transgenic Plants by Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation.- Stable Transformation of Plant Cells by Particle Bombardment/Biolistics.- Electroporation: Introduction and Expression of Transgenes in Plant Protoplasts.- Floral Dip: Agrobacterium-Mediated Germ Line Transformation.- Production of Transgenic Crops by the Floral-Dip Method.- Chloroplast Genetic Engineering to Improve Agronomic Traits.- Regeneration.- Organogenesis From Transformed Tomato Explants.- Genetic Transformation of Conifers Utilizing Somatic Embryogenesis.- Regeneration of Transgenic Cassava From Transformed Embryogenic Tissues.- Genetic Transformation of Mature Citrus Plants.- Selection.- Selectable Markers: Antibiotic and Herbicide Resistance.- Histochemical and Fluorometric Assays for uidA (GUS) Gene Detection.- Green Fluorescent Protein Quantification in Whole Plants.- Positive Selection.- Elimination of Marker Genes From Transgenic Plants Using MAT Vector Systems.- Simple and Efficient Removal of Marker Genes From Plastids by Homologous Recombination.- Transgene Integration, Expression, and Localization.- The Study of Transgene Copy Number and Organization.- Analysis of Gene Expression in Transgenic Plants.- Transgene Integration: Use of Matrix Attachment Regions.- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization to Localize Transgenes in Plant Chromosomes.- Amplification of Genomic Sequences Flanking T-DNA Insertions by Thermal Asymmetric Interlaced Polymerase Chain Reaction.- Risk Assessment.- Agrobacterium Persistence in Plant Tissues After Transformation.- Transgene Dispersal Through Pollen.- Transgenic Crops.- Transgenic Crops: The Current and Next Generations.- Comparative Development and Impact of Transgenic Papayas in Hawaii, Jamaica, and Venezuela.