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

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

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Endowment Lecture in India

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  4. Third Triennial Symposium - Section L

Third Triennial Symposium - Section L

Subject: Storage and Conversion

428. Advances in yam storage research in Nigeria [pdf 309Kb]
S.A. Adesuyi
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434. The storage of fresh cassava roots [pdf 494Kb]
R.H. Booth
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443. Reduction of wastage in stored yams [pdf 271Kb]
A. K. Thompson, B.O. Been and C. Perkins
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450. The utilization of cassava (tapioca) in livestock feeding [pdf 1Mb]
R.I. Hutagalung, Phuah Chui Hing and Hew Voon Fong
Abstract

470. Evaluation of two cassava cultivars for starch and chip production [pdf 312Kb]
Seak Khen Chan
Abstract

477. History of the development of the first mechanized continuous gari manufacturing plant [pdf 301Kb]
J.G. Purcell and D.H. Williams
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481. Gad project report [pdf 208Kb]
N.D. Wadhwa
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486. The status of tropical root crop processing research at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad [pdf 318Kb]
G.M. Sammy
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