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Part I. Agrobacterium Handling Culture and Maintenance of Agrobacterium Strains Arlene A. Wise, Zhenying Liu, and Andrew N. Binns Binary Vectors and Super-binary Vectors Toshihiko Komari, Yoshimitsu Takakura, Jun Ueki, Norio Kato, Yuji Ishida, and Yukoh Hiei Three Methods for the Introduction of Foreign DNA into Agrobacterium Arlene A. Wise, Zhenying Liu, and Andrew N. Binns Integration of Genes into the Chromosome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Lan-Ying Lee Nucleic Acid Extraction from Agrobacterium Strains Arlene A. Wise, Zhenying Liu, and Andrew N. Binns Agrobacterium Virulence Gene Induction Stanton B. Gelvin Part II. Model Plants Arabidopsis thaliana Floral Dip Transformation Method Andrew Bent Agrobacterium Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots: A Quantitative Assay Stanton B. Gelvin Medicago truncatula Transformation Using Leaf Explants Viviane Cosson, Patricia Durand, Isabelle d'Erfurth, Adam Kondorosi, and Pascal Ratet Medicago truncatula Transformation Using Cotyledon Explants Elane Wright, Richard A. Dixon, and Zeng-Yu Wang Medicago truncatula Transformation Using Root Explants Cynthia Crane, Richard A. Dixon, and Zeng-Yu Wang Nicotiana (Nicotiana tobaccum, Nicotiana benthamiana) Tom Clemente Generation of Composite Plants Using Agrobacterium rhizogenes Christopher G. Taylor, Beth Fuchs, Ray Collier, and W. Kevin Lutke Part III. Cereal Crops Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) John Jacobsen, Ingrid Venables, Ming-Bo Wang, Peter Matthews, Michael Ayliffe, and Frank Gubler Maize (Zea mays L.) Bronwyn R. Frame, Tina Paque, and Kan Wang Indica Rice (Oryza sativa, BR29 and IR64) Karabi Datta and Swapan Kumar Datta Japonica Rice Varieties (Oryza sativa, Nipponbare, and Others) Philippe Herve and Toshiaki Kayano Rye (Secale cereale L.) Fredy Altpeter Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Zuo-yu Zhao Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yuechun Wan and Jeanne Layton Part IV. Industrial Plants Canola (Brassica napus L.) Vinitha Cardoza and C. Neal Stewart, Jr. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Keerti S. Rathore, Ganesan Sunilkumar, and LeAnne M. Campbell Indian Mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.] Ksenija Gasic and Schuyler S. Korban Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Dalia M. Lewi, H. Esteban Hopp, and Alejandro S. Escandon Part V. Legume Plants Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Deborah A. Samac and Sandra Austin-Phillips Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Kiran Kumar Sharma, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, and Boddu Jayanand Clovers (Trifolium spp.) Aidyn Mouradov, Stephen Panter, Marcel Labandera, Emma Ludlow, Michael Emmerling, and German Spangenberg Peas (Pisum sativum L.) Jan Grant and Pauline Cooper Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Kiran Kumar Sharma and Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) Kiran Kumar Sharma, Gopinath Sreelatha, and Sunitha Dayal Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Michael L. Sullivan and Kenneth H. Quesenberry Soybean (Glycine max) Transformation Using Mature Cotyledonary Node Explants Paula M. Olhoft, Christopher M. Donovan, and David A. Somers Soybean (Glycine max) Transformation Using Immature Cotyledon Explants Tae-Seok Ko, Schuyler S. Korban, and David A. Somers Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) Mukund Zambre, Marc Van Montagu, Geert Angenon, and Nancy Terryn Part VI. Vegetable Plants Brassica oleracea Penny A. C. Sparrow, Philip J. Dale, and Judith A. Irwin Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Wojciech Burza, Sabina Zuzga, Zhimin Yin, and Stefan Malepszy Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Joyce Van Eck and Ada Snyder Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Ian S. Curtis Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) Joyce Van Eck, Dwayne D. Kirk, and Amanda M. Walmsley Index