ISTRC Newsletter

Besides symposia, the other major Society activity has been the publication of the Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Newsletter. The first issue, edited by the Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas (IICA), appeared in January, 1968. The main stated purpose was to facilitate communication among the persons working in genetics and breeding of tropical root crops as well as on allied fields.

Subsequently, the Newsletter broadened its scope to cover all aspects of tropical root crop studies and for many years was edited from the Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Puerto Rico.

More recently, the Newsletter has been edited from the Hawaii Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii, and latterly by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) in the United Kingdom and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The Newsletter, published on an annual basis, is sent free of charge to all members of ISTRC and to anyone else who requests it.