Description: Contributors. Preface. Contents to Volume 2 Introduction: From Hybrid Plants to Transgenic Plants, S.-D. Kung. Basic Techniques for Engineering Transgenic Plants: Vectors for Gene Transfer in Higher Plants, F.F. White. Molecular Genetics of T-DNA Transfer from Agrobacterium to Plants, S.B. Gelvin. Markers for Plant Gene Transfer, B.A. Bowen. Techniques for Gene Transfer, B. Jenes, H. Moore, J. Cao, W. Zhan, and R. Wu. Cell Culture and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants, S.W. Ritchie and T.K. Hodges. Transgenic Plants and Basic Research: Transgenic Plants for Studying Genes Encoding Amino Acid Biosynthetic Enzymes, F.-Y. Tsai and G.M. Coruzzi. Transgenic Plants for Studying Responses to the Hormones Auxin and Cytokinin, S.H. Howell. Gene Tagging in Transgenic Plants, S.A. Coomber and K.A. Feldmann. Transgenic Plants and Crop Improvement: Herbicide-Tolerant Crops, M.A.W. Hinchee, S.R. Padgette, G.M. Kishore, X. Delannay, and R.T. Fraley. Production of Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Resistance to Microbial Pathogens, R. Broglie, K. Broglie, D. Roby, and I. Chet. Transgenic Plants for Conferring Virus Tolerance: Satellite Approach, P.B. McGarvey and J.M. Kaper. Production of Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Proteins in Plants, K.A. Barton and M.J. Miller. Transgenic Plants for Conferring Insect Tolerance: Protease Inhibitor Approach, V.A. Hilder, A.M.R. Gatehouse, and D. Boulter. Transgenic Plants for Improving Seed Storage Proteins, S.S.M. Sun and B.A. Larkins. Chapter References. Index.

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