chapter 1 Genetic Engineering for Forage Quality in Alfalfa -- chapter 2 Genetic Transformation in Trifolium and Medicago -- chapter 3 Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Alfalfa -- chapter 4 Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Medicago truncatula -- chapter 5 Biotechnological Approaches to Soybean Improvement -- chapter 6 Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Soybean -- chapter 7 Genetic Transformation of Soybean Using Particle Bombardment and SAAT Approaches -- chapter 8 Genetic Transformation as a Tool for Improvement of Pigeon Pea, / chapter 9 Genetic Transformation of Chickpea Node Explants / chapter 10 Genetic Transformation of Phaseolus and Vigna Species -- chapter 11 Genetic Engineering in Azuki Bean / chapter 12 Somaclonal Variation and Genetic Transformation in Lathyrus sativus -- chapter 13 Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) -- chapter 14 Genetic Transformation of Pea by Microprojectile Bombardment -- chapter 15 In Planta Transformation of Pisum sativum L. Using Microinjection and Electroporation -- chapter 16 Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Peanut -- chapter 17 Cotyledonary Node and Embryo Axes as Explants in Legume Transformation with Special Reference to Peanut -- chapter 18 A Novel In Planta Approach to Gene Transfer for Legumes -- chapter 19 Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Faba Bean -- chapter 20 Genetic Transformation of Lotus Species / chapter 21 Genetic Transformation of Tree Legume, Leucaena leucocephala -- chapter 22 Genetic Transformation of Tree Legume, Robinia -- chapter 23 Medicago truncatula As a Model System in Plant Molecular Biology -- chapter 24 Reverse Genetic Approaches in Medicago truncatula -- chapter 25 Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization on Medicago truncatula Chromosomes -- chapter 26 Molecular and Genetic Analyses of Transgenic Plants -- chapter 27 Tagging Regulatory Elements in Plants / chapter 28 cDNA-AFLP Transcriptome Analysis in Legumes -- chapter 29 Suppression Subtractive Hybridization to Identify Novel Genes in Legumes -- chapter 30 Quantitative PCR in the Analysis of Transgenic Plants -- chapter 31 Gene Expression Analysis with DNA Array Technology in Legumes -- chapter 32 Advent of Diverse DNA Markers to Decipher Genome Sequence Polymorphism -- chapter 33 Applicability of DNA Markers for Genome Diagnostics of Grain Legumes -- chapter 34 Genetic Maps and Molecular Markers in the Genus Medicago -- chapter 35 Management of Abiotic Stresses in Grain Legumes Through Manipulation of Genes for Compatible Solutes -- chapter 36 Legume-Nematode Interactions with Reference to Model Legumes -- chapter 37 Defensins in Legumes