Disclosed is a novel vector for plant transformation. The vector is a cosmid vector having the entire length of 15 kb or shorter and also having the following properties: 1) the vector contains a replication initiation point for IncP plasmid but does not contain a replication initiation point for other plasmid; 2) the vector contains trfA1 gene for IncP plasmid; 3) the vector contains oriT for IncP plasmid; 4) the vector contains incC1 gene for IncP plasmid; 5) the vector contains a cos site for a lambda phage and the cos site is located outside of T-DNA; 6) the vector contains a drug-resistant gene which can be expressed in Escherichia coli and a bacterium belonging to the genus