1. Introductory Chapter: Integrative Technologies for Sustainable Plant Improvement -- By Muhammad Sarwar Khan26 -- 2. Emerging Trends to Improve Tropical Plants: Biotechnological Interventions -- By Irfan Ali, Faiz Ahmad Joyia, Ghulam Mustafa, Safdar Ali Mirza and Muhammad Sarwar Khan 73 -- 3. Applications of Biotechnological Approaches in the Product and Breeding of Phalaenopsis Orchids -- By Shinichi Enoki and Yoshinori Takahara 95 -- 4. Lesser Known African Indigenous Tree and Fruit Plants: Recent Evidence from Literatures and Regular Cultivation Culture -- By Kayode Paul Baiyeri and Kolawole Olajide 53 -- 5. Challenges and Advances in the Production of Export-Quality Macadamia and Its Integral Use with Green Technologies -- By Laura Graciela Mereles, Mario Smidt, Karen Patricia Martínez, Eva Eugenia Soledad Coronel, Edelira Velázquez and Laura Correa 65 -- 6. Papaya: The Versatile Tropical Fruit -- By Parichart Burns, Pimpilai Saengmanee and Uthaiwan Doung-Ngern 125 -- 7. Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.)) Origin, Cultivation, Breeding and Management -- By Rafiq Ahmad Shah, Parshant Bakshi, Hamidullah Itoo and Gaganpreet Kour -- 141 -- 8. The Production and Marketing Issues of Pineapple (Ananas comosus) under Humid Tropical Conditions in the State of Tabasco and Way-out -- By Maritza Alejo Jeronimo, Edward Manuel Arevalo de la Cruz, Hortensia Brito-Vega, Armando Gomez-Vazquez, Jose Manuel Salaya-Dominguez and Edmundo Gomez-Mendez 43 -- 9. Cassava Production Enterprise in the Tropics |