Organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis have been critical to the development of transgenic plants
in most major crop plants, and historically empirical studies have been used to develop the regeneration systems
used in crop plants. With a greater understanding of the genetic and developmental pathways leading to
organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis better methods of producing transgenic plants might be developed.
Ultimately non-tissue culture based methods of plant transformation should result from these efforts to deliver
transgenic plants more rapidly and economically.
