CENTRAL AFRICA

Sticking to tamarind

The nutty enricher

Benign banana

Rubber alternative

Meeting rising demand

Potato detector

Super rice

Saline succour

Plants of Salicornia species thrive in saline soils and can feed humans, animals and industry

Dyeing drylands

Two-in-one

Sunshine tomatoes

Bamboo boom

The cultivation of the grass is now less cumbersome

Earth's last frontier

India is setting up an ambitious Antarctica study centre on the west coast

Target: neutrino mass

If neutrinos have mass, one of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may be solved

Natural clones

Researchers look into the possible benefits of producing identical offsprings

Safe and profitable

Fusion reactor

TANZANIA

Sound judgement for whales

Beneficial feat

GM groundnut on the anvil

Whales give clues

Interest in Physics research low among students in sub-Saharan Africa

Lack of encouragement, low awareness about career paths and professional opportunities are key obstacles

Day temperature, not daylight, influences beans flowering: study

The findings of Bengaluru-based researchers may help farmers plant the right varieties to optimise yields

Competing with wheat

Human-made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region