Part I: Natural History and Genetic Diversity
1: Papaya (Carica papaya L.): Origin, Domestication, and Production
Gabriela Fuentes and Jorge M. Santamaría
2: Biology of the Papaya Plant
Víctor M. Jiménez, Eric Mora Newcomer, and Marco V. Gutiérrez-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-Pérez
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
About the Author: Ray Ming, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL, USA
Paul H. Moore, PhD
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Kunia, HI
Texas AgriLife Research Center, Weslaco, TX, USA