Pat Coursey Award for the Best Yam Research Paper

K. Abraham: Polyploidy in Greater Yam in Relation to Hybridization and Genetic Improvement

Best Paper Awards

	Arlene Rodriguez Manzano: Morphological and isozymatic variability of taro Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott germplasm in Cuba
	Kazuhiro Komi: Eradication of Sweetpotato Weevil, Cylas formicarius Fabricius, from Muroto City, Kochi, Japan
	Afreen-Zobayed Fawzia: Sweetpotato Transplant Production in a Closed System as Affected by Environmental Parameters
	Quirien Van Oirschot : Cultivar Variation In Wound Healing Efficiency of Sweet Potato and Irish Potato and The Effect on Shelf-Life
	Toshihiko Suganuma: Monosaccharide Composition of Sweetpotato Fiber and Cell WallPolysaccharides from Sweetpotato , Cassava and Potato by HPAEC-PAD Method
	Ibok Nsa Oduro: The Production of Gari(Farinha) from Sweetpotato Tubers

Best Poster Awards

	Amani N'Guessan: Native Yam (Dioscorea sp.) Starches as a Functional Ingredient in Food Products
	Dongxian He: Growth of Sweetpotato Plug Transplants in a Closed System as Affected by Cell Volume and Type of Cutting
	Kazumi Sekiya: Tuber of Sweet Potato can be a Source of Water Supply to Shoot

Adapted from material submitted January and October 2001 by Professor A Westby, ISTRC Councillor for Publications.