李绍鹏、陈艳丽主编的《热带园艺专业英语》分三部分组成：正文、阅读材料和练习题。正文及阅读材料主要摘选自园艺专业的原版欧美教材、书籍、杂志、国际会议论文以及从网站下载的材料等，内容涵盖了园艺学的基础知识（总论），以及热带果树、热带蔬菜、热带花卉及设施园艺、无土栽培等方面的技术和研究动态（各论），并在最后一篇课文里详细介绍了如何撰写英文科研论文。每课正文为精读内容，阅读材料为泛读内容，用于扩大学生的专业词汇和知识面。教材内容按照从基础到应用，从总论到各论的递进式安排，使学生在掌握园艺专业英语词汇、语言特点的同时，系统地了解和学习热带园艺的一些发展和研究动向，并能够熟悉科研论文的写作方法。部分课文配有插图和表格，力求将知识性和趣味性相结合，便于学生理解，提高其学习兴趣。为巩固学习，我们在每篇课文后面都根据该课学习内容设计了一定的练习题，便于学生对课文理解和掌握。此外，在本教材的附录部分里，我们将本教材的词汇整理成总词汇表，并制作了热带园艺作物名录，以便师生查阅。

Lesson 1

 Part A Introduction and Commercial Branches of Horticulture

 Part B Basic Botanical Background of Horticulture Crop

Lesson 2

 Part A Horticulture Plant Classification

 Part B How plants are named

Lesson 3

 Part A Environments of the Tropics

 Part B Cultural Requirements of Plants

Lesson 4

 Part A The Tropics Soils and Fields Management

 Part B Plantgrowing Media and Soil Properties

Lesson 5

 Part A Physical Control of Growth

 Part B Chemical Control of Growth

Lesson 6

 Part A Mechanisms of Plant Sexual Propagation

 Part B Asexual Propagation

Lesson 7

 Part A Plant Tissue Culture

 Part B Tissue Culture in the Banana Industry

Lesson 8

 Part A Genetic Engineering and Tropical Horticultural Industry

 Part B Mango Cultivar Improvement and Genetic Engineering

Lesson 9

 Part A Seed Production for Horticulture Crops

 Part B Seed Treatment for Disease Control

Lesson 10

 Part A Plant Pathogens in Horticulture Crops

 Part B A Greenhouse Without Pesticides: Fact or Fantasy?

Lesson II

 Part A Handling and Storage before Marketing

 Part B Marketing of Fruits and Vegetables

Lesson 12

 Part A Horticulture and the Home

 Part B House Plants

Lesson 13

 Part A Organic FarmingAgriculture with a Future

 Part B Organic Gardening

Lesson 14

 Part A Subtropical and Tropical Fruits

 Part B Constraints of Lychee Development in China

Lesson 15

 Part A Flowers and Fruit Setting of Evergreen Fruits

 Part B Fruits of Evergreen Tree

Lesson 16

 Part A Physiology in Evergreen Fruit Tree  Building Materials,Photosynthesis and Respiration

 Part B Freezing Injury in Evergreen Orchard

Lesson 17

 Part A Postharvest Physiology of Tropical Fruit

 Part B Harvesting and Postharvest Handling of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

Lesson 18

 Part A Getting the Orchard Established for Macadamia

 Part B Managing Young Trees of Macadamia

Lesson 19

 Part A Olericulture

 Part B Tomato

Lesson 20

 Part A Cucurbits or Vine Crops

 Part B Muskmelon

Lesson 21

 Part A The Type of Tropical Flowers

 Part B Tropical Orchids and its Adaption to Tropical Climate

Lesson 22

 Part A Foliage Plants and Bedding Plants

 Part B Cut Flowers

Lesson 23

 Part A Floral Arrangement

 Part B Bonsai

Lesson 24

 Part A Elements of Landscape Design

 Part B Goals and Principles of Landscaping

Lesson 25

 Part A Establish New Lawns

 Part B Maintaining the Lawn

Lesson 26

 Part A Types of Greenhouses and Characteristics of GreenhouseRelated Equipment and Covering Materials

 Part B Innovative Plant Factories

Lesson 27

 Part A Greenhouse Construction

 Part B Greenhouse Design

Lesson 28

 Part A Environmental Control of Protected Cultivation

 Part B Cooling Greenhouse

Lesson 29

 Part A Hydroponics

 Part B Type and Management of Nutrient Solution

Lesson 30

 Part A Writing a Research Paper

 Part B Common Errors in Student Research Papers

References

Appendix I List of Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Tree Species in Chinese,Latin and English

Appendix II List of Subtropical and Tropical Vegetable Species in Chinese,Latin and English

Appendix III List of Subtropical and Tropical Flower Species in Chinese,Latin and English

Appendix IV Glossary