part Section I: Introduction to the Tropical Environment -- chapter 1 Land Resources for Forage Production in the Tropics -- chapter 2 Environmental Constraints to Tropical Forage Plant Adaptation and Productivity -- part Section II: The Tropical Forage Plants and Their Development -- chapter 3 Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Grasses -- chapter 4 Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Legumes -- chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement of Tropical Grasses -- chapter 6 Tropical Forage Legume Breeding -- chapter 7 Constraints and Developments in the Enhancement of Tropical Forage Grasses of Economic Importance -- chapter 8 Biotechnology in Tropical Forage Crops -- part Section III: Use of Tropical Forages -- chapter 9 Seed Production Technology of Tropical Forages -- chapter 10 Intensive Management of Forage Grasses in the Humid Tropics -- chapter 11 Pennisetums and Sorghums in an Integrated Feeding System in the Tropics -- chapter 12 The Effect of Arthropods, Diseases, and Nematodes on Tropical Pastures -- chapter 13 Animal Production in Grass-Legume Pastures in the Tropics -- chapter 14 Conservation of Forages in the Tropics and Subtropics -- chapter 15 Importance of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Forage Legume Production -- chapter 16 Contribution of Rangelands to Animal Production in the Tropics -- part Section IV: Global Review of the Latest Research on Tropical Forages -- chapter 17 Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Australia -- chapter 18 Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Africa -- chapter 19 Contrasts in Current Developments with Tropical Forage Research in Asia and the Americas.