1. Basic information on pepper / Wing Yee Liu, Won-Hee Kang and Byoung-Cheorl Kang -- 2. Classical genetics and traditional breeding in peppers / Wing Yee Liu, Hee-Bum Yang, Yeong Deuk Jo, Hee-Jin Jeong and Byoung-Cheorl Kang -- 3. Molecular linkage maps of capsicum / Ilan Paran -- 4. Candidate gene approaches in capsicum / Michael Mazourek and Lindsay E. Wyatt -- 5. Molecular mapping of complex traits in capsicum / James P. Prince, Davis Cheng and Cristina Fern?dez Otero -- 6. The structure of pepper genome / Minkyu Park and Doil Choi -- 7. Eggplant / Amy Frary and Sami Doganlar