Global papaya production has increased significantly over the last few years, mainly as a result of increased production in India. This is the first comprehensive book authored by an international team of experts at the forefront of research and covers botany, biotechnology, production, postharvest physiology and processing.

Contributions by: Siti H Ahmad, Christian Alcocer, Fredy H Ballen, Luis Barboza-Barquero, Paul R Campbell, A Chan, Fure-Chyi Chen, Nancy Jung Chen, Ting-Chi Cheng, Shih Wen Chin, Rod Drew, Franscisco Espadas, Humberto Estrella, Edward A Evans, João Paulo Fabi, Rebecca Ford, Gabriela Fuentes, Víctor Galán Saúco, Amaranta Giron, Amalendu Ghosh, Julián Cuevas González, Eric Guevara, Marco V Gutiérrez-Soto, Eudaldo Pérez Hernández, Jian-Zhi Huang, Víctor M Jiménez, Chutchamas Kanchana-Udomkan, Matiyar Rahaman Khan, Chen-Yu Lee, Wen-Li Lee, Pauziah Muda, Mohamad Munirah, Usana Nantawan, Robert E Paull, Eder Dutra de Resende, Jorge Manuel Santamaria-Fernandez, S K Sharma, N I A Shukor, Nor E Tajidin, Carlos Talavera, Lynton L Vawdrey, Ziwei Zhou