Plant Transformation via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens

Plant Transformation via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens compiles fundamental and specific information and procedures involving in vitro soybean transformation, which forms the basis for the Agrobacterium-mediated genetic manipulation of soybean using plant tissue culture. This method serves as one of the most preferred, reliable and cost-effective mechanism of transgene expression in both leguminous recalcitrant species and non-legume crops. The technology is favoured due to its simplicity, feasibility and high transformation rates that are so far achieved mostly in monocot plants and a few dicot genotypes.


This book provides a comprehensive review of plant transformation which remains necessary for many researchers who are still facing protocol-related hurdles. Among some of the major topics covered in Plant Transformation via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens are the history and discovery of Agrobacterium bacterium, longstanding challenges causing transformation inefficiencies, types and conditions of explants, development of transgenic plants for stress resistance, and the role of transgenic plants on animal/human health, including the environment.


Plant Transformation via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens helps the reader to understand how soybean, like many other orphan legume crops, faces the risk of overexploitation which may render the currently available varieties redundant and extinct should its narrow gene pool not improve. Plant transformation serves as a key technique in improving the gene pool, while developing varieties that are drought tolerant, have enhanced nutritional value, pest resistant and reduce the destruction by disease causing microorganims. This book is an essential foundation tool that is available for researchers and students to reinforce the application of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in soybean.

Overview of Genetic Transformation in Plants
Plant Transformation History
Agrobacterium Tumefaciens
Getting Started with In Vitro Soybean Transformation
In Vitro Cultures Commonly used for Plant Transformation
Current and Longstanding Challenges facing Soybean Transformation
Alternative Techniques for Genetic Manipulations via A. Tumefaciens
Molecular Aspects of Indirect Gene Transfer via A. Tumefaciens
Genetic Transformation in Other Leguminous Crops
Transgenic Plants for Biotic Stress Resistance
Transgenic Plants for Abiotic Stress Resistance
Potential Health Safety Concerns and Environmental Risks
The Regulatory Management of Transgenic Plants
Current and Future Prospects in Genetic Engineering
Photographic Index of Soybean Transformation Cultures