Gene Transfer to Plants [Paperback]

I Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Gene Transfer.- 1 Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana Using Root Explants.- 2 Seed Transformation in Arabidopsis thaliana.- 3 In Planta Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Adult Arabidopsis thaliana Plants by Vacuum-Infiltration.- 4 Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Potato (Solanum tuberosum).- 5 Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Rapeseed (Brassica napus).- II Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Gene Transfer.- 6 Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation: Transformed Roots to Transformed Plants.- III Direct Gene Transfer to Protoplasts.- 7 Polyethylene Glycol-Mediated Direct Gene Transfer to Tobacco Protoplasts and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants.- 8 Polyethylene Glycol-Mediated Direct Gene Transfer to Indica Rice Protoplasts and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants.- 9 Plastid Transformation by Polyethylene Glycol Treatment of Protoplasts and Regeneration of Transplastomic Tobacco Plants.- 10 Electroporation-Mediated Gene Transfer to Protoplasts and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants.- 11 Electroporation Mediated Gene Transfer to Japonica Rice Protoplasts and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants.- 12 Regeneration of Transgenic Maize Plants from Embryogenic Protoplasts After Polyethylene Glycol-Mediated DNA Uptake.- 13 Gene Transfer to Protoplasts: Transient Gene Expression Analysis.- IV Biolistic Plant Transformation.- 14 Transient Gene Expression Studies with the Biolistic System.- 15 Maize Transformation by Microprojectile Bombardment of Immature Embryos.- 16 Biolistic Transformation of Microspore-Derived and Immature Zygotic Embryos and Regeneration of Fertile Transgenic Barley Plants.- 17 Transformation of Soybean (Glycine max) Through Electric Discharge Particle Acceleration.- 18 Ballistic Microtargeting of Visible Marker Genes to the Shoot Meristem of Wheat.- 19 Stable Transformation of Wheat by Microprojectile Bombardment.- 20 Biolistic-Based Analysis of Chloroplast Gene Expression.- V MicroinjectionlÓ.