Guava is considered a minor tropical fruit (together with lychee, longan, durian etc.), although is the largest in terms of output. This is the first comprehensive book authored by an international team of experts, and covers botany, biotechnology, propagation, production, pests and diseases, postharvest, and processing.

Contributions by: Siti H Ahmad, Martín Aluja, Fredy H Ballen, Anup K. Bhattacherjee, Andrea Birke, Regina M.D.G. Carneiro, Daniel Carrillo, José Mauro C. Castro, Po-An Chen, Rosemary du Preez, Edward A Evans, Larissa Guillén, Azimah Hamidon, Hamizah Hassan, Sandeep Kumar, Rodrigo Lasa, Shu-Yen Lin, Leslie R. Landrum, Maneesh Mishra, Ashok K. Misra, Mohamad Munirah, M. Muthukumar, Pradyot K. Pathak, Pravat K. Ray, Marcilene F.A. Santos, Vinod K. Singh, Manoj K. Soni, Margo Sulistio, Nor E Tajidin, Dileep K. Tandon, Chun-Ta Wu