Table 1.

Species in which plastid transformation has been demonstrated.

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Selection Marker	Resistance	Method	Reference
Chlamydomonadaceae	Chlamydomonas reindhartii	Chlamydomonas	aphA6	Kan 1	Biolistic	[20]
Euglenaceae	Euglena gracilis	Euglena	aadA	Spec 2/Strep 3	Biolistic	[21]
Funariaceae	Physcomitrella patens	moss	aadA	Spec	PEG 4	[22]
Asteraceae	Lactuca sativa	lettuce	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[23]
Amaranthaceae	Beta vulgaris	sugarbeet	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[24]
Asteraceae	Artemisia annua	sweet wormwood	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[17]
Brassicaceae	Arabidopsis thaliana	Arabidopsis	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[25]
Brassicaceae	Brassica capitate	cabbage	aadA	Spec/Strep	Biolistic	[26]
Brassicaceae	Brassica napus	oilseed rape	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[27]
Brassicaceae	Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	cauliflower	aadA	Spec	PEG	[28]
Brassicaceae	Lesquerella fendleri	popweed	aadA/GFP	Spec/Strep	Biolistic	[29]
Cucurbitaceae	Momordica charantia	bitter squash	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[16]
Fabaceae	Glycine max	soybean	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[30]
Malvaceae	Gossypium spp.	cotton	aphA6/nptII	KNO3/Kan	Biolistic	[31]
Poaceae	Oryza sativa	rice	hpt	Hygromycin	Biolistic	[32]
Salicaceae	Populus alba	poplar	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[33]
Scrophulariaceae	Scoparia dulcis	licorice weed	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[19]
Solanaceae	Capsicum annuum	pepper	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[34]
Solanaceae	Nicotiana tabacum	tobacco	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[8]
Solanaceae	Solanum lycopersicum	tomato	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[35]
Solanaceae	Scoparia melongena	eggplant	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[36]
Solanaceae	Solanum tuberosum	potato	aadA	Spec/Strep	Biolistic	[37]
Solanaceae	Petunia xhybrida	petunia	aadA	Spec/Strep	Biolistic	[38]
Umbelliferae	Daucus carota	carrot	aadA	Spec	Biolistic	[39]

¹ Kanamycin; ² Spectinomycin; ³ Streptomycin; ⁴ PEG-mediated transformations.