Tropical Plant Biology covers rapidly advancing aspects of tropical plant biology including physiology, evolution, development, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, genomics, genomic ecology, and molecular breeding. It presents articles of original research and review articles and publishes occasional special issues focused on a single tropical crop species or breakthrough.Tropical Plant Biology fills a void in current publications; it is the singular, major journal specifically aimed at reporting advances in the science of all tropical plant related fields. It is a repository of knowledge intended for use by geneticists, physiologists, agronomists, breeders, other scientists, and managers to develop improved plants and practices to increase crop productivity and utilization.

熱帶植物生物學涵蓋了熱帶植物生物學快速發展的各個方面，包括生理、進化、發育、細胞和分子生物學、遺傳學、基因組學、基因組生態學和分子育種。它發表原創研究和評論文章，偶爾也會發表一些關注單一熱帶作物品種或突破性進展的特刊。熱帶植物生物學填補了現有文獻的空白;它是一份獨特的，主要的雜志，專門報道所有熱帶植物相關領域的科學進展。它是一個知識庫，旨在為遺傳學家、生理學家、農學家、育種家、其他科學家和管理人員開發改進的植物和實踐，以提高作物的生產力和利用率。