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Section I Plant Biotechnology in Agriculture I.1 Impact of Plant Biotechnology in Agriculture S.K. Datta 1 Introduction 2 Crops and Genomics 3 Genetic Transformation of Plants 4 Transgenics in Stabilizing Production 5 Plant Protection 6 Enhancing Shelf Life 7 Improving Productivity 8 C4 Pathway in C3 Plants 9 Nutrition-Rich Crops 10 Conclusion References Section II Cereals II.1 Rice Y. Wang, M. Chen, and J. Li 1 Introduction 2 Hybrid Rice 3 Marker-Assisted Selection and Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis 4 Rice Transformation and Genetic Engineering 5 Gene Isolation and Characterization 6 Application of Rice Biotechnology 7 Conclusions References II.2 Wheat F.D. Meyer and M.J. Giroux 1 Introduction 2 Particle Bombardment 3 Integration and Expression of Biolistic Transgenes 4 Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation 5 Biolistics versus Agrobacterium: Which Method is Preferred? 6 Improving Wheat Field Performance 7 Improving the End-Use Quality of Wheat 8 Conclusions References II.3 Maize F. Torney, B. Frame, and K. Wang 1 Introduction 2 Penetration -- Delivery Methods 3 Competence and Regenerability -- Target Tissue 4 Future Prospects 5 Concluding Remarks References II.4 Rye F. Altpeter and V. Korzun 1 Introduction 2 Economic Importance of Rye 3 Molecular Markers, Genetic Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection 4 Androgenesis for the Production of Double Haploids 5 Genetic Transformation 6 Conclusion References II.5 Pearl Millet M. Girgi and M.M. O’Kennedy 1 Introduction 2 Species Origin andEconomic Importance 3 Pearl Millet Biotechnology 4 Conclusions References II.6 Barley K.J. Kasha 1 Introduction 2 Economic Importance of Barley 3 Current Research and Development 4 Practical Applications of Biotechnology in Barley 5 Conclusions and Future Challenges References II.7 Oat A. Carlson and H.F. Kaeppler 1 Introduction 2 Economic Importance 3 Current Research and Development 4 Practical Applications of Transgenic Plants 5 Conclusion and Future Challenges References Section III Vegetables III.1 Tomato G. Tucker, P. Walley, and G. Seymour 1 Origin of Solanum lycopersicum 2 Current Uses of Tomato Fruit 3 Tomato Biodiversity 4 Molecular Biology Tools for Tomato Improvement 5 Applications of Biotechnology to Tomato 6 Conclusions References III.2 Cucumber W. Plader, W. Burza, and S. Malepszy 1 Introduction 2 Current Research and Developments 3 Conclusion and Future Challenges References III.3 Eggplant M.V. Rajam and S.V. Kumar 1 Introduction 2 Tissue Culture 3 Genetic Engineering 4 Future Prospects References III.4 Lettuce M.R. Davey, P. Anthony, P. Van Hooff, J.B. Power, and K.C. Lowe 1 Morphology, Origin and Production of Cultivated Lettuce 2 Genetic Improvement of Lettuce: Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Approaches 3 Culture of Tissues and Isolated Protoplasts of Lettuce 4 Somaclonal Variant Plants Regenerated from Cultured Tissues and Protoplasts of Lettuce 5 Somatic Hybridisation of Lettuce 6 Transformation for the Genetic Manipulation of Lettuce: Direct DNA Uptake into Protoplasts and Agrobacterium-mediated Gene Delivery 7 Intr