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THE 14TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL ROOT CROPS -AFRICA BRANCH (ISTRC-AB)

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Call for abstracts for the 10th Triennial Conference of the African Potato Association

Tuesday, 01 December 2015

World Congress on Root & Tuber Crops, Nanning, China, 18-22 January 2016

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Endowment Lecture in India

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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  4. Sixth Triennial Symposium - Section 1

Sixth Triennial Symposium - Section 1

Subject: Invitational Papers and General Topics

3. Presidential Address: Tropical Root Crops in the Eighties [pdf 313Kb]
D.L. Plucknett

9. Root Crops in Developing Countries - An Economic Appraisal [pdf 1.6Mb]
D. Horton, J. Lynam, and H. Knipscheer

41. Tropical Root Crop Statistics: A world Perspective [pdf 288Kb]
S. Chandra

47. Developing Scientific Manpower for Root and Tuber Crops Research and Extension [pdf 322Kb]
C. Dominguez, F. Fernandez, and M. Pina Jr

55. Progress on Root and Tuber Improvement at IITA [pdf 222Kb]
S.K. Hahn

59. The Disease Disposition of Tuber Crops as Compared to other Annual Crops [pdf 297Kb]
R. Delhey

67. The Potential for Producing Root and Tuber Crops from Seed [pdf 598Kb]
P.M. Harris

81. The Origins and History of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops [pdf 445Kb]
D.G. Coursey

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