Part I: Natural History and Genetic Diversity

1: Papaya (Carica papaya L.): Origin, Domestication, and Production
Gabriela Fuentes and Jorge M. Santamara

2: Biology of the Papaya Plant
Vctor M. Jimnez, Eric Mora Newcomer, and Marco V. Gutirrez-Soto

3: Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity of Papaya
Paul H. Moore

4: Vasconcellea for Papaya Improvement
Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, Rod Drew, Tina Kyndt, and Xavier Scheldeman

5: The Phylogeny of the Caricaceae
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho and Susanne S. Renner

Part II: Classical and Molecular Genetics and Breeding

6: History and Future of the Solo Papaya
Richard Manshardt

7: Hawaii's Transgenic Papaya Story 1978-2012: A Personal Account
Dennis Gonsalves

8: Molecular Genetic Mapping of Papaya
Jennifer Han and Ray Ming

9: Molecular Cytogenetics of Papaya
Wenli Zhang and Jiming Jiang

10: Physical Map of Papaya Genome
Qingyi Yu

Part III: The Papaya Genome

11: Sequencing and Assembly of the Transgenic Papaya Genome
Robert VanBuren and Ray Ming

12: Syntenic Sequence Conservation Between and Within Papaya Genes
Eric Lyons and Haibao Tang

13: Papaya Repeat Database
Niranjan Nagarajan and Rafael Navajas-Prez

14: Genomics of Papaya Fruit Development and Ripening
Robert E. Paull, Pingfang Wu, Nancy J. Chen

15: Genomics of Papaya Disease Resistance
Brad W. Porter, David A. Christopher, and Yun J. Zhu

16: Genomics of Papaya Sex Chromosomes
Robert VanBuren and Ray Ming

Part IV: Early Applications and Future Prospect

17: Physical Mapping of Papaya Sex Chromosomes
Jianping Wang, Jong-Kuk Na, and Ray Ming

18: Cloning Major Genes Controlling Fruit Flesh Color in Papaya
Rishi Aryal and Ray Ming

19: Molecular Markers in Papayas
Chutchamas Kanchana-udomkan, Rebecca Ford, and Rod Drew

20: Papaya Nutritional Analysis
Marisa M. Wall and Savarni Tripathi

21: Papaya as a Medicinal Plant
Timothy J. O'Hare and David J. Williams

22: Allele Discovery Platform (ADP) in Papaya (Carica papaya L.)
P.K. Anish Kumar, Anjanabha Bhattacharya, O. P. Dutta, and Manash Chatterjee