The quarterly scientific journal"Cultivos Tropicales" is edited by Ediciones INCA and sponsored since 1979 by the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (INCA), located in San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba. Accredited by CITMA since November 22, 2007. Original articles, short communications, reports of new cultivars, bibliographical reviews and reviews are published in it, with the aim of disseminating the results of agricultural research carried out by the center and other related institutions both nationally and from other countries in the tropics and subtropics.