Longitudinal variations of coral reef features in the Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh - J. S. Yogesh Kumar; N. Marimuthu; S. Geetha; Ch. Satyanarayana; K. Venkataraman; R. D. Kamboj (Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2014)

Lead and Trace Element Levels in Milk and Blood of Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from Hyderabad, India - M. Shailaja; Yathapu Srinivasa Reddy; B. D. P. Kalakumar; S. A. Brinda; Gottimukkula Manohar; B. Dinesh Kumar (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

An updated assessment of trends and variability in total and extreme rainfall in the western Pacific - S. McGree; K. Whan; D. Jones; L. V. Alexander; A. Imielska; H. Diamond; E. Ene; S. Finaulahi; K. Inape; L. Jacklick; R. Kumar; V. Laurent; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)

Trends and variability of temperature extremes in the tropical Western Pacific - K. Whan; L. V. Alexander; A. Imielska; S. McGree; D. Jones; E. Ene; S. Finaulahi; K. Inape; L. Jacklick; R. Kumar; V. Laurent; H. Malala; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)

H alomonas sulfidaeris ‐dominated microbial community inhabits a 1.8 km‐deep subsurface C ambrian S andstone reservoir - Yiran Dong; Charu Gupta Kumar; Nicholas Chia; Pan‐Jun Kim; Philip A. Miller; Nathan D. Price; Isaac K. O. Cann; Theodore M. Flynn; Robert A. Sanford; Ivan G. Krapac; Randall A. Locke; Pei‐Ying Hong; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2014)
Summary A low‐diversity microbial community, dominated by the γ ‐proteobacterium H alomonas sulfidaeris , was detected in samples of warm saline formation porewater collected from the C ambrian Mt. S imon S andstone in the I llinois B asin of the N orth A merican M idcontinent (1.8 km/5872 ft burial depth, 50° C , pH 8, 181 bars pressure). These highly porous and permeable quartz arenite sandstones are directly analogous to reservoirs around the world targeted for large‐scale hydrocarbon extraction, as well as subsurface gas and carbon storage. A new downhole low‐contamination subsurface sampling probe was used to collect in situ formation water samples for microbial environmental metagenomic analyses. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that this H . sulfidaeris ‐dominated subsurface microbial community is indigenous and not derived from drilling mud microbial contamination. Data to support this includes V 1‐ V 3 pyrosequencing of formation water and drilling mud, as well as comparison with previously published microbial analyses of drilling muds in other sites. Metabolic pathway reconstruction, constrained by the geology, geochemistry and present‐day environmental conditions of the Mt . S imon S andstone, implies that H . sulfidaeris ‐dominated subsurface microbial community may utilize iron and nitrogen metabolisms and extensively recycle indigenous nutrients and substrates. The presence of aromatic compound metabolic pathways suggests this microbial community can readily adapt to and survive subsurface hydrocarbon migration.

Reversible redox system-based drug design, synthesis, and evaluation for targeting nitrogen mustard across brain - Rajesh K. Singh; Sahil Kumar; D. N. Prasad; T. R. Bhardwaj (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-(1-(4(sulphanilamide)phenyl)-3-(methyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)dine urea and N-acyl derivatives as a soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors - Vijaykumar D. Nimbarte; Hadianawala Murtuza; Sahishna Phaniraj; Shweta Shrivastava; V. G. M. Naidu; N. Satheesh Kumar; Krishnam Raju Atcha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Ursolic acid differentially modulates apoptosis in skin melanoma and retinal pigment epithelial cells exposed to UV–VIS broadband radiation - Yuan-Hao Lee; Exing Wang; Neeru Kumar; Randolph D. Glickman (Apoptosis, 2014)

Biotechnological advances in bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystems: an overview with special reference to phytoremediation - D. Mani; Chitranjan Kumar (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

A site-specific study on the measurement of sorption coefficients for radionuclides - A. A. Dalvi; S. D. Kumar; A. V. R. Reddy (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

Stem and leaf rust resistance in wild relatives of wheat with D genome (Aegilops spp.) - V. K. Vikas; M. Sivasamy; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; Sundeep Kumar; R. Parimalan; Arun Kumar; Kalyani Srinivasan; J. Radhamani; Sherry Rachel Jacob; Mamata Yadav; Jyotisna Rani; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2014)

Water pollution of Sabarmati River—a Harbinger to potential disaster - Soumya Haldar; Subir Kumar Mandal; R. B. Thorat; Sangita Goel; Krushnakant D. Baxi; Navalsang P. Parmer; Vipul Patel; S. Basha; K. H. Mody (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Effects of carbohydrate supplementation on water quality, microbial dynamics and growth performance of giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) - Sujeet Kumar; P. S. Shyne Anand; D. De; J. K. Sundaray; R. Ananda Raja; G. Biswas; A. G. Ponniah; T. K. Ghoshal; A. D. Deo; A. Panigrahi; M. Muralidhar (Aquaculture International, 2014)

Multi‐site downscaling of maximum and minimum daily temperature using support vector machine - V. V. Srinivas; Bidroha Basu; D. Nagesh Kumar; Sanjay K. Jain (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
Climate change impact assessment studies involve downscaling large‐scale atmospheric predictor variables ( LSAPVs ) simulated by general circulation models ( GCMs ) to site‐scale meteorological variables. This article presents a least‐square support vector machine ( LS‐SVM )‐based methodology for multi‐site downscaling of maximum and minimum daily temperature series. The methodology involves (1) delineation of sites in the study area into clusters based on correlation structure of predictands, (2) downscaling LSAPVs to monthly time series of predictands at a representative site identified in each of the clusters, (3) translation of the downscaled information in each cluster from the representative site to that at other sites using LS‐SVM inter‐site regression relationships, and (4) disaggregation of the information at each site from monthly to daily time scale using k ‐nearest neighbour disaggregation methodology. Effectiveness of the methodology is demonstrated by application to data pertaining to four sites in the catchment of Beas river basin, India. Simulations of Canadian coupled global climate model ( CGCM3 .1/ T63 ) for four IPCC SRES scenarios namely A1B , A2 , B1 and COMMIT were downscaled to future projections of the predictands in the study area. Comparison of results with those based on recently proposed multivariate multiple linear regression ( MMLR ) based downscaling method and multi‐site multivariate statistical downscaling ( MMSD ) method indicate that the proposed method is promising and it can be considered as a feasible choice in statistical downscaling studies. The performance of the method in downscaling daily minimum temperature was found to be better when compared with that in downscaling daily maximum temperature. Results indicate an increase in annual average maximum and minimum temperatures at all the sites for A1B , A2 and B1 scenarios. The projected increment is high for A2 scenario, and it is followed by that for A1B , B1 and COMMIT scenarios. Projections, in general, indicated an increase in mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures during January to February and October to December.

Impact of climate change on rainfall in Northwestern Bangladesh using multi‐ GCM ensembles - Dipak Kumar; D. S. Arya; A. R. Murumkar; M. M. Rahman (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
Teesta River basin, located in the northwest of Bangladesh, is more vulnerable to floods if compared to other parts of the country. In this context, daily rainfall data of ten raingauge stations located in the catchment of the Jamuneswari River, part of the Teesta River basin, were analysed to study the impact of climate change on rainfall. Length of wet and dry series and mean monthly rainfalls along with their variances were used for validating Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator ( LARS‐WG ). The analysis was carried out for A1B , A2 and B1 emission scenarios using 15 Global Climate Models GCMs simulations for the periods 2011–2030 centred at 2020, 2046–2065 centred at 2055 and 2080–2099 centred at 2090. The analysis of the data shows that the uncertainty in the prediction increases with the timescale. It was also found that the variability in the predictions is smaller in annual values followed by seasonal. Ensemble of seasonal analysis shows that most of the GCM are in agreement for changes in monsoon season. The LARS‐WG has reasonable skill to downscale the point rainfall data and the results obtained so are useful to analyse the impact of climate change on the hydrology of the basin.

Instability Analysis of Gyrotactic Microorganisms: A Combined Effect of High-Frequency Vertical Vibration and Porous Media - Virendra Kumar; Y. D. Sharma (Transport in Porous Media, 2014)

Development and molecular characterization of genic molecular markers for grain protein and calcium content in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) - M. Nirgude; B. Kalyana Babu; Y. Shambhavi; U. M. Singh; H. D. Upadhyaya; Anil Kumar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Developing Spectral Library of Major Plant Species of Western Himalayas Using Ground Observations - K. R. Manjunath; Amit Kumar; Mehra Meenakshi; R. Renu; S. K. Uniyal; R. D. Singh; P. S. Ahuja; S. S. Ray; Sushma Panigrahy (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Modeling the Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Crop Residue Potential for the North Central Region of the United States - Rajesh Chintala; Gemechis D Djira; Mitra L Devkota; Rishi Prasad; Sandeep Kumar (Agricultural Research, 2014)

Temporal Regulation of Apoptotic and Anti-apoptotic Molecules After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Followed by Reperfusion - Bharath Chelluboina; Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein; Meena Gujrati; Jasti S. Rao; Krishna Kumar Veeravalli (Molecular Neurobiology, 2014)

Comparative assessment of pesticide residues in grain, soil, and water from IPM and non-IPM trials of basmati rice - Sumitra Arora; Irani Mukherjee; Aman Kumar; D. K. Garg (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Indian rivers - Govindaraj Shanmugam; Srimurali Sampath; Krishna Kumar Selvaraj; D. G. Joakim Larsson; Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Erratum to: Isolation of proline-based cyclic dipeptides from Bacillus sp. N strain associated with rhabditid entomopathogenic nematode and its antimicrobial properties - Nishanth Kumar; C. Mohandas; Bala Nambisan; D. R. Soban Kumar; Ravi S. Lankalapalli (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2013)

Observed and Forecasted Intraseasonal Activity of Southwest Monsoon Rainfall over India During 2010, 2011 and 2012 - D. R. Pattanaik; L. S. Rathore; Arun Kumar (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2013)

Expression of recombinant antibody (single chain antibody fragment) in transgenic plant Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi - S. Dobhal; V. K. Chaudhary; A. Singh; D. Pandey; A. Kumar; S. Agrawal (Molecular Biology Reports, 2013)

3-Decadal Changes in Sea Ice Melting and Freezing Pattern in Antarctica Using SSM/I Data - K. K. Singh; V. D. Mishra; Sahil Sood; Manoj Kumar (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2013)

High-resolution seismic imaging of the Sohagpur Gondwana basin, central India: Evidence for syn-sedimentary subsidence and faulting - K Dhanam; P Senthil Kumar; D Mysaiah; P Prabhakara Prasad; T Seshunarayana (Journal of Earth System Science, 2013)

Assessment of lexical semantic judgment abilities in alcohol-dependent subjects: An fMRI study - D Bagga; N Singh; S Modi; P Kumar; D Bhattacharya; ML Garg; S Khushu (Journal of Biosciences, 2013)

Erratum to: Atorvastatin exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties in adjuvant-induced monoarthritis - V. L. Kumar; B. Guruprasad; V. D. Wahane (Inflammopharmacology, 2013)

Age and geochemistry of the Newania dolomite carbonatites, India: implications for the source of primary carbonatite magma - Jyotiranjan S. Ray; Kanchan Pande; Rajneesh Bhutani; Anil D. Shukla; Vinai K. Rai; Alok Kumar; Neeraj Awasthi; R. S. Smitha; Dipak K. Panda (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2013)

Extractability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals present in petrochemical industry sludge - Narendra Kumar; Kuldeep Bauddh; Sanjeev Kumar; Neetu Dwivedi; D. P. Singh; S. C. Barman (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2013)

Molecular characterization of Citrus macroptera Montr. (Satkara): An endangered wild species from northeast India - S.K. Malik; A. Uchoi; S. Kumar; R. Choudhary; D. Pal; P.R. Kole; R. Chaudhury; K.V. Bhat (Plant Biosystems, 2013)

Upper and Lower Concentration Thresholds for Bulk Organic Substrates in Bioremediation of Acid Mine Drainage - R. Naresh Kumar; Cherie D. McCullough; Mark A. Lund (Mine Water and the Environment, 2013)

Effect of Actin Polymerization Inhibitor During Oocyte Maturation on Parthenogenetic Embryo Development and Ploidy in Capra hircus - R. Ranjan; R. K. Singh; T. Yasotha; Manish Kumar; Gopal Puri; Kuldeep Kumar; Renu Singh; Sanjeev Bhure; D. Malakar; S. K. Bhanja; M. Sarkar; B. C. Das; et al. (Biochemical Genetics, 2013)

Depth-wise distribution, mobility and naturally occurring glutathione based phytoaccumulation of cadmium and zinc in sewage-irrigated soil profiles - D. Mani; B. Sharma; C. Kumar; S. Balak (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2013)

Oxidative Stress is Associated with Genetic Polymorphisms in One-Carbon Metabolism in Coronary Artery Disease - S. V. Vijaya Lakshmi; Shaik Mohammad Naushad; D. Seshagiri Rao; Vijay Kumar Kutala (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2013)

Functional Characterization of a Glucosyltransferase Specific to Flavonoid 7-O-Glucosides from Withania somnifera - R. J. Santosh Kumar; Ruby; Somesh Singh; Prashant D. Sonawane; R. K. Vishwakarma; B. M. Khan (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Synthesis, anticancer, and molecular docking studies of pyranone derivatives - P. M. Gurubasavaraja Swamy; B. Ramya Sri; D. Giles; B. V. Shashidhar; Amit Kumar Das; Y. S. Agasimundin (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Integrated Sustainable Irrigation Planning with Multiobjective Fuzzy Optimization Approach - D. V. Morankar; K. Srinivasa Raju; D. Nagesh Kumar (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Effect of Different Crushing Treatments on Sweet Sorghum Juice Extraction and Sugar Quality Traits in Different Seasons - S. S. Rao; J. V. Patil; D. Chandrasekara Reddy; B. S. Vijay Kumar; P. Srinivasa Rao; S. R. Gadakh (Sugar Tech, 2013)

Erratum to: Synthesis and biologic activities of some novel heterocyclic chalcone derivatives - Punita Sharma; Suresh Kumar; Furqan Ali; Sumati Anthal; Vivek K. Gupta; Inshad A. Khan; Surjeet Singh; Payare L. Sangwan; Krishan A. Suri; Bishan D. Gupta; Devinder K. Gupta; Prabhu Dutt; et al. (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Synthesis, DNA-binding, Cytotoxicity, Photo Cleavage, Antimicrobial and Docking Studies of Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes - A. Srishailam; Yata Praveen Kumar; Nazar M. D. Gabra; P. Venkat Reddy; N. Deepika; Nageti Veerababu; S. Satyanarayana (Journal of Fluorescence, 2013)

Replication and fine mapping of asthma-associated loci in individuals of African ancestry - David B. Kantor; Cameron D. Palmer; Taylor R. Young; Yan Meng; Zofia K. Gajdos; Helen Lyon; Alkes L. Price; Samuela Pollack; Stephanie J. London; Laura R. Loehr; Lewis J. Smith; Rajesh Kumar; et al. (Human Genetics, 2013)

The radius spectrum of solid grains settling in gaseous giant protoplanets - G. C. Paul; M. M. Rahman; D. Kumar; M. C. Barman (Earth Science Informatics, 2013)

Quantification and Inheritance of Antioxidant Properties and Mineral Content in Ridge Gourd (Luffa acutangula) - Pradip Karmakar; A. D. Munshi; T. K. Behera; Ravinder Kumar; A. K. Sureja; C. Kaur; B. K. Singh (Agricultural Research, 2013)

Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance of growth and yield components of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas Linn.) genotypes - Atul Tripathi; D. K. Mishra; Jitendra Kumar Shukla (Trees, 2013)

Synthesis and biologic activities of some novel heterocyclic chalcone derivatives - Punita Sharma; Suresh Kumar; Furquan Ali; Sumati Anthal; Vivek K. Gupta; Inshad A. Khan; Surjeet Singh; Payare L. Sangwan; Krishan A. Suri; Bishan D. Gupta; Devinder K. Gupta; Prabhu Dutt; et al. (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

TLR4, IL10RA, and NOD2 mutation in paediatric Crohn’s disease patients: an association with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and TLR4 and IL10RA expression - Josef Wagner; Narelle A. Skinner; Anthony G. Catto-Smith; Donald J. S. Cameron; Wojtek P. Michalski; Kumar Visvanathan; Carl D. Kirkwood (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2013)

Biological impacts of ocean acidification: a postgraduate perspective on research priorities - Samantha L. Garrard; R. C. Hunter; A. Y. Frommel; A. C. Lane; J. C. Phillips; R. Cooper; R. Dineshram; U. Cardini; S. J. McCoy; M. Arnberg; B. G. Rodrigues Alves; S. Annane; et al. (Marine Biology, 2013)

Synergistic action of tropospheric ozone and carbon dioxide on yield and nutritional quality of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.) - Satyavan Singh; Arti Bhatia; Ritu Tomer; Vinod Kumar; B. Singh; S. D. Singh (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Polyamine metabolism and lipoxygenase activity during Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ricini -Castor interaction - Somnath D. Mhaske; Mahesh Kumar Mahatma; Sanjay Jha; Pushpendra Singh; Taslim Ahmad (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2013)

Semiquinone derivative isolated from Bacillus sp. INM-1 protects cellular antioxidant enzymes from γ-radiation-induced renal toxicity - S. Mishra; D. S. K. Reddy; V. S. Jamwal; D. D. Bansal; D. D. Patel; P. Malhotra; A. K. Gupta; P. K. Singh; S. Jawed; Raj Kumar (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2013)

IMPROVING WATER PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH MICRO‐IRRIGATION IN ARID PUNJAB REGIONS - Satyendra Kumar; Rajbir Singh; M. J. Kaledhonkar; D. D. Nangare; Ashwani Kumar (Irrigation and Drainage, 2013)
Inadequate water supply in a canal command area is a major limiting factor for sustainable crop production, as well as for adoption of crop diversification options. Shifting from conventional (surface) irrigation to micro‐irrigation in conjunction with an auxiliary reservoir is a possible alternative for managing irrigation water shortages. The auxiliary reservoir provides a reliable water supply for the micro‐irrigation system during the period when the canal system is not operational. To study the techno‐economic feasibility of a proposed technological package, an auxiliary reservoir of 1500 m 3 capacity was constructed at the Research Farm of Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Abohar, India, which received a canal supply from an outlet of the Panjawa minor of the Abohar distributory of the Sirhind canal system. Drip irrigation was used to irrigate kinnow ( Citrus reticulata Blanco.), guava ( Psidium guajava L.), pomegranate ( Punica granatum L.), tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum L.) and capsicum ( Capsicum annuum L.). Drip and micro‐sprinkler both were used for potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) and onion ( Allium cepa L.). These crops were also grown with surface irrigation methods (border or furrow depending upon the crop) as control. Results of the study indicated that the interventions were able to save a substantial amount of irrigation water (3–46%) compared to surface methods, along with higher yields, a doubling of water productivity and more profits per mm of irrigation water. The study clearly showed that micro‐irrigation in conjunction with an auxiliary reservoir should be recommended in canal‐irrigated commands in order to improve water productivity and farmers' income in arid regions of Punjab. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Tobacco Stem Ash as an Adsorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution: Equilibrium, Kinetics, and Mechanism of Adsorption - Rakesh Kumar Ghosh; D. Damodar Reddy (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2013)

Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Keeping Quality of Jaggery - Dilip Kumar; Jarnail Singh; D. R. Rai; Mahesh Kumar; S. Bhatia (Sugar Tech, 2013)

Molecular Cloning, Biochemical Characterization, and Differential Expression of an Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase Gene (AACT) of Brahmi (Bacopa monniera) - Rishi K. Vishwakarma; Ruby; Somesh Singh; Prashant D. Sonawane; Sameer Srivastava; Uma Kumari; R. J. Santosh Kumar; Bashir M. Khan (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Remote Sensing and GIS Approach for Delineation of Groundwater Potential and Groundwater Quality Zones of Western Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India - A. S. Jasrotia; B. D. Bhagat; Ajay Kumar; Rajesh Kumar (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2013)

Cultured buffalo umbilical cord matrix cells exhibit characteristics of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells - Jarnail Singh; Anita Mann; D. Kumar; J. S. Duhan; P. S. Yadav (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2013)

Beta-glucan: an ideal immunostimulant in aquaculture (a review) - D. K. Meena; Pronob Das; Shailesh Kumar; S. C. Mandal; A. K. Prusty; S. K. Singh; M. S. Akhtar; B. K. Behera; Kundan Kumar; A. K. Pal; S. C. Mukherjee (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013)

Cryopreservation and Quality Assessment of Buffalo Bull Semen Collected from Farmer’s Doorstep - Pawan Singh; D. Kumar; Pradeep Kumar; Inderjeet Singh; P. S. Yadav (Agricultural Research, 2013)

Comparison between urban aerosol products retrieved from collocated Cimel and Prede Sun/sky radiometers at Pune, India - P. C. S. Devara; Sumit Kumar; G. Pandithurai; P. D. Safai; S. Dipu (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2013)

Hermaphrodite inbreds with better combining ability improve antioxidant properties in ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (Roxb.) L.] - Pradip Karmakar; A. D. Munshi; T. K. Behera; Ravinder Kumar; C. Kaur; B. K. Singh (Euphytica, 2013)

Substrate utilization of stress tolerant methylotrophs isolated from revegetated heavy metal polluted coalmine spoil - D. D. Giri; P. N. Shukla; Singh Ritu; Ajay Kumar; K. D. Pandey (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2013)

Polymorphisms of four pigmentation genes (SLC45A2, SLC24A5, MC1R and TYRP1) among eleven endogamous populations of India - MEETA MUKHERJEE; SANJUKTA MUKERJEE; NEETA SARKAR-ROY; TANIA GHOSH; D KALPANA; ANIL KUMAR SHARMA (Journal of Genetics, 2013)

Effects of C:N ratio and substrate integration on periphyton biomass, microbial dynamics and growth of Penaeus monodon juveniles - P. S. Shyne Anand; Sujeet Kumar; A. Panigrahi; T. K. Ghoshal; J. Syama Dayal; G. Biswas; J. K. Sundaray; D. De; R. Ananda Raja; A. D. Deo; S. M. Pillai; P. Ravichandran (Aquaculture International, 2013)

FUZZY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM - K. Srinivasa Raju; D. Nagesh Kumar (Irrigation and Drainage, 2013)
Sixteen irrigation subsystems of the Mahi Bajaj Sagar Project, Rajasthan, India, are evaluated and selection of the most suitable/best is made using data envelopment analysis (DEA) in both deterministic and fuzzy environments. Seven performance‐related indicators, namely, land development works (LDW), timely supply of inputs (TSI), conjunctive use of water resources (CUW), participation of farmers (PF), environmental conservation (EC), economic impact (EI) and crop productivity (CPR) are considered. Of the seven, LDW, TSI, CUW, PF and EC are considered inputs, whereas CPR and EI are considered outputs for DEA modelling purposes. Spearman rank correlation coefficient values are also computed for various scenarios. It is concluded that DEA in both deterministic and fuzzy environments is useful for the present problem. However, the outcome of fuzzy DEA may be explored for further analysis due to its simple, effective data and discrimination handling procedure. It is inferred that the present study can be explored for similar situations with suitable modifications. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Design and synthesis of positional isomers of 1-alkyl-2-trifluoromethyl-5 or 6-substituted benzimidazoles and their antimicrobial activity - G. Sathaiah; A. Ravi Kumar; A. Chandra Shekhar; K. Raju; P. Shanthan Rao; B. Narsaiah; A. Raghuram Reddy; D. Lakshmi; B. Sridhar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Usefulness of multiplex PCR in the diagnosis of genital tuberculosis in females with infertility - M. M. Sankar; P. Kumar; A. Munawwar; M. Kumar; J. Singh; A. Singh; D. Parashar; N. Malhotra; S. Duttagupta; S. Singh (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2013)

Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Real-Time Monitoring of Product Attributes of Ribbed Roller Compacted Flakes - Asim Kumar Samanta; Atul D. Karande; Ka Yun Ng; Paul Wan Sia Heng (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2013)

High diversity and widespread occurrence of mitotic spore mats in ectomycorrhizal Pezizales - R. A. Healy; M. E. Smith; G. M. Bonito; D. H. Pfister; Z. ‐W. Ge; G. G. Guevara; G. Williams; K. Stafford; L. Kumar; T. Lee; C. Hobart; J. Trappe; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2013)
Fungal mitospores may function as dispersal units and/ or spermatia and thus play a role in distribution and/or mating of species that produce them. Mitospore production in ectomycorrhizal (EcM) Pezizales is rarely reported, but here we document mitospore production by a high diversity of EcM Pezizales on three continents, in both hemispheres. We sequenced the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and partial large subunit (LSU) nuclear rDNA from 292 spore mats (visible mitospore clumps) collected in Argentina, Chile, China, Mexico and the USA between 2009 and 2012. We collated spore mat ITS sequences with 105 fruit body and 47 EcM root sequences to generate operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Phylogenetic inferences were made through analyses of both molecular data sets. A total of 48 OTUs from spore mats represented six independent EcM Pezizales lineages and included truffles and cup fungi. Three clades of seven OTUs have no known meiospore stage. Mitospores failed to germinate on sterile media, or form ectomycorrhizas on Quercus, Pinus and Populus seedlings, consistent with a hypothesized role of spermatia. The broad geographic range, high frequency and phylogenetic diversity of spore mats produced by EcM Pezizales suggests that a mitospore stage is important for many species in this group in terms of mating, reproduction and/or dispersal.

Isolation of proline-based cyclic dipeptides from Bacillus sp. N strain associated with rhabitid entomopathogenic nematode and its antimicrobial properties - Nishanth Kumar; C. Mohandas; Bala Nambisan; D. R. Soban Kumar; Ravi S. Lankalapalli (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2013)

Influence of Nickel and Cadmium Resistant PGPB on Metal Accumulation and Growth Responses of Lycopersicon esculentum Plants Grown in Fly Ash Amended Soil - Kalpna V. Kumar; D. D. Patra (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2013)

Prediction of Ground Water Levels in the Uplands of a Tropical Coastal Riparian Wetland using Artificial Neural Networks - L. Karthikeyan; D. Nagesh Kumar; Didier Graillot; Shishir Gaur (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Application of ANN, Fuzzy Logic and Decision Tree Algorithms for the Development of Reservoir Operating Rules - A. R. Senthil kumar; Manish Kumar Goyal; C. S. P. Ojha; R. D. Singh; P. K. Swamee; R. K. Nema (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Particle Swarm Optimization for the Management of Groundwater Resources - Shishir Gaur; Sudheer Ch; Didier Graillot; B. R. Chahar; D. Nagesh Kumar (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Intensified oxygen minimum zone on the western shelf of Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon: influence of river discharge - V. V. S. S. Sarma; M. S. Krishna; R. Viswanadham; G. D. Rao; V. D. Rao; B. Sridevi; B. S. K. Kumar; V. R. Prasad; Ch. V. Subbaiah; T. Acharyya; D. Bandopadhyay (Journal of Oceanography, 2013)

Global NeuroAIDS Roundtable - Jeymohan Joseph; Cristian L. Achim; Michael J. Boivin; Bruce J. Brew; David B. Clifford; Deborah A. Colosi; Ronald J. Ellis; Robert K. Heaton; Amadou Gallo-Diop; Igor Grant; Georgette D. Kanmogne; Mahendra Kumar; et al. (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2013)

Environmental Determinants of Soil Methane Oxidation and Methanotrophs - Prabhu Nath Shukla; K. D. Pandey; Virendra Kumar Mishra (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2013)

Diffusion-Thermo and Radiation Effects on Unsteady MHD Flow Through Porous Medium Past an Impulsively Started Infinite Vertical Plate with Variable Temperature and Mass Diffusion - J. Prakash; D. Bhanumathi; A. G. Vijaya Kumar; S. V. K. Varma (Transport in Porous Media, 2013)

Differential expression of heat shock protein and alteration in osmolyte accumulation under heat stress in wheat - Ranjeet R. Kumar; Suneha Goswami; Sushil K. Sharma; Khushboo Singh; Kritika A. Gadpayle; S. D. Singh; Himanshu Pathak; Raj D. Rai (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2013)

A verification framework for interannual-to-decadal predictions experiments - L. Goddard; A. Kumar; A. Solomon; D. Smith; G. Boer; P. Gonzalez; V. Kharin; W. Merryfield; C. Deser; S. J. Mason; B. P. Kirtman; R. Msadek; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2013)

In vitro plant regeneration from cotyledonary nodes of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal and assessment of clonal fidelity using RAPD and ISSR markers - S. A. Nayak; S. Kumar; K. Satapathy; A. Moharana; B. Behera; D. P. Barik; L. Acharya; P. K. Mohapatra; P. K. Jena; S. K. Naik (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2013)

Molecular Evolution of Translin Superfamily Proteins Within the Genomes of Eubacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes - Gagan D. Gupta; Avinash Kale; Vinay Kumar (Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2012)

Alteration in haematological and biochemical parameters of Catla catla exposed to sub-lethal concentration of cypermethrin - T. Vani; N. Saharan; S. D. Roy; Ritesh Ranjan; A. K. Pal; G. M. Siddaiah; Rajesh Kumar (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2012)

Acaricide resistance status in Indian isolates of Hyalomma anatolicum - K. P. Shyma; Sachin Kumar; Anil Kumar Sharma; D. D. Ray; S. Ghosh (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2012)

Aptamer-conjugated polymeric nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy - Athulya Aravind; Yasuhiko Yoshida; Toru Maekawa; D. Sakthi Kumar (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2012)

Sibling species in South Indian populations of the rufous horse-shoe bat Rhinolophus rouxii - Balaji Chattopadhyay; Kritika M. Garg; Vinoth Kumar A. K.; Paramanantha Swami Doss D.; Uma Ramakrishnan; Sripathi Kandula (Conservation Genetics, 2012)

Light-induced dissociation of antenna complexes in the symbionts of scleractinian corals correlates with sensitivity to coral bleaching - R. Hill; A. W. D. Larkum; O. Prášil; D. M. Kramer; M. Szabó; V. Kumar; P. J. Ralph (Coral Reefs, 2012)

Modeling of Tomato Seedling Growth in Greenhouse - Manoj Kumar Gupta; Pitam Chandra; D. V. K. Samuel; Balraj Singh; Awani Singh; M. K. Garg (Agricultural Research, 2012)

Management of organic amendments in rice-wheat cropping system determines the pool where carbon is sequestered - D. K. Benbi; A. S. Toor; Shrvan Kumar (Plant and Soil, 2012)

Isolation and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose of Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) in tropical islands of Andaman and Nicobar, India - Krishna Kumar; D. R. Singh; Natarajan Amaresan; Kuttum Madhuri (Phytoparasitica, 2012)

Influence of pesticides and application methods on pest and predatory arthropods associated with cotton - Rishi Kumar; S. Kranthi; M. Nitharwal; S. L. Jat; D. Monga (Phytoparasitica, 2012)

Integrated approach for disease management and growth enhancement of Sesamum indicum L. utilizing Azotobacter chroococcum TRA2 and chemical fertilizer - D. K. Maheshwari; R. C. Dubey; Abhinav Aeron; Bhavesh Kumar; Sandeep Kumar; Sakshi Tewari; Naveen Kumar Arora (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012)

Spatial asymmetry of temperature trends over India and possible role of aerosols - D. R. Kothawale; K. Krishna Kumar; G. Srinivasan (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2012)

Coastal vulnerability assessment for Chennai, east coast of India using geospatial techniques - A. Arun Kumar; Pravin D. Kunte (Natural Hazards, 2012)

Modelling near subsurface temperature with mixed type boundary condition for transient air temperature and vertical groundwater flow - RAJEEV RANJAN KUMAR; D V RAMANA; R N SINGH (Journal of Earth System Science, 2012)

Genetic structure and diversity of India hybrid tea - S. N. Raina; P. S. Ahuja; R. K. Sharma; S. C. Das; P. Bhardwaj; R. Negi; V. Sharma; S. S. Singh; R. K. Sud; R. K. Kalia; V. Pandey; J. Banik; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2012)

Temporal Trends of Malondialdehyde in Stored Human Plasma - Arun Kumar; B. S. Dhillon; D. N. Rao; Geetha Menon; Hari Shankar; L. K. Dhaliwal; Maiti Leema; Nomita Chandhiok; Neeta Kumar; Rohini Sehgal; Suneeta Mittal; Sumitu Sahdev; et al. (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2012)

Coat protein-mediated transgenic resistance in tomato against a IB subgroup Cucumber mosaic virus strain - D. Pratap; S. K. Raj; S. Kumar; S. K. Snehi; K. K. Gautam; A. K. Sharma (Phytoparasitica, 2012)

Regulation of insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins by thyroid stimulating hormone in human osteoblast-like (SaOS2) cells - G. Ramajayam; R. C. Vignesh; S. Karthikeyan; K. Senthil Kumar; G. D. Karthikeyan; S. Veni; M. Sridhar; J. Arunakaran; M. Michael Aruldhas; N. Srinivasan (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2012)

Ecological Characterization of High Altitude Himalayan Landscapes in the Upper Satluj River Watershed, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India - Amit Chawla; Amit Kumar; Brij Lal; R. D. Singh; Ashwani Kumar Thukral (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012)

Comparison of Different Mapping Techniques for Classifying Hyperspectral Data - Vinay Kumar; R. D. Garg (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012)

Studies on Exo-Chitinase Production from Trichoderma asperellum UTP-16 and Its Characterization - D. Praveen Kumar; Rajesh Kumar Singh; P. D. Anupama; Manoj Kumar Solanki; Sudheer Kumar; Alok K. Srivastava; Pradeep K. Singhal; Dilip K. Arora (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2012)

Synthesis of 3-methylflavones and their antioxidant and antibacterial activities - B. S. Jayashree; Afroze Alam; Yogendra Nayak; D. Vijay Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2012)

Correlation of partial env gene sequences with disease progression parameters in HIV-positive pregnant women from India - Supriya Singh; Shashi Khare; Sudha Prasad; R. L. Ichhpujani; S. S. Negi; Sachin Kumar; D. S. Rawat; L. S. Chauhan; Arvind Rai (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2012)

Diversity and relationships of multipurpose seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.) germplasm from the Indian Himalayas as assessed by AFLP and SAMPL markers - S. N. Raina; S. Jain; D. Sehgal; A. Kumar; T. H. Dar; V. Bhat; V. Pandey; S. Vaishnavi; A. Bhargav; V. Singh; V. Rani; R. Tandon; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2012)

Rock Mass Classification and Slope Stability Assessment of Road Cut Slopes in Garhwal Himalaya, India - S. Sarkar; D. P. Kanungo; Sandeep Kumar (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2012)

Isoform specific regulation of divalent metal (ion) transporter (DMT1) by proteasomal degradation - Michael D. Garrick; Lin Zhao; Jerome A. Roth; Houbo Jiang; Jian Feng; Natalie J. Foot; Hazel Dalton; Sharad Kumar; Laura M. Garrick (BioMetals, 2012)

Letter to the Editor: Characterization of a Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 from India showing incongruence in its phylogeny - Sandeep Kumar; Virendra K. Baranwal; Priyanka Singh; Rakesh K. Jain; Sanjay D. Sawant; Sanjay K. Singh (Virus Genes, 2012)

Promiscuous mating in the harem‐roosting fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx - KRITIKA M. GARG; BALAJI CHATTOPADHYAY; PARAMANATHA SWAMI DOSS D.; VINOTH KUMAR A.K.; SRIPATHI KANDULA; UMA RAMAKRISHNAN (Molecular Ecology, 2012)
Observations on mating behaviours and strategies guide our understanding of mating systems and variance in reproductive success. However, the presence of cryptic strategies often results in situations where social mating system is not reflective of genetic mating system. We present such a study of the genetic mating system of a harem‐forming bat Cynopterus sphinx where harems may not be true indicators of male reproductive success. This temporal study using data from six seasons on paternity reveals that social harem assemblages do not play a role in the mating system, and variance in male reproductive success is lower than expected assuming polygynous mating. Further, simulations reveal that the genetic mating system is statistically indistinguishable from promiscuity. Our results are in contrast to an earlier study that demonstrated high variance in male reproductive success. Although an outcome of behavioural mating patterns, standardized variance in male reproductive success ( I m ) affects the opportunity for sexual selection. To gain a better understanding of the evolutionary implications of promiscuity for mammals in general, we compared our estimates of I m and total opportunity for sexual selection ( I m / I f , where I f is standardized variance in female reproductive success) with those of other known promiscuous species. We observed a broad range of I m / I f values across known promiscuous species, indicating our poor understanding of the evolutionary implications of promiscuous mating.

In vitro propagation of spine gourd (Momordica dioica Roxb.) and assessment of genetic fidelity of micropropagated plants using RAPD analysis - Govind Kumar Rai; Major Singh; Neha Prakash Rai; D. R. Bhardwaj; Sanjeev Kumar (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2012)

Immunolocalization of Notch1, Hes1, and Nf-Kb in the Murine Hippocampal Subgranular Zone (SGZ): Possible Role of the Notch Pathway in the Maintenance of the SGZ Neural Stem Cell Population - D. Udaya Kumar; R. Nagaraj; H. Devaraj (Neurophysiology, 2012)

TECHNO‐ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF INTEGRATING CANAL WATER HARVESTING AND DRIP IRRIGATION FOR POMEGRANATE PRODUCTION IN A DRY ECO‐REGION - Satyendra Kumar; Rajbir Singh; Ram Asrey; D. D. Nangare (Irrigation and Drainage, 2012)
Water management plays an important role in sustainable and quality production of pomegranate. The present study envisaged the scope for water resource development and its utilization through a drip system in a canal irrigated dry eco‐region where water is a limited resource. Canal water harvested in a secondary reservoir and re‐used by a drip system in a pomegranate orchard to enhance quality and productivity. Results showed better soil moisture availability under a drip irrigation regime compared to existing surface irrigation practices. Drip irrigation saved 32% water and resulted in a 10.9% reduction in fruit cracking, resulting in a higher marketable yield and water productivity compared to surface irrigation. Drip irrigated trees produced larger size arils and resulted in higher juice recovery compared to surface irrigated fruit. Better quality and productivity resulted in higher economic benefits under the drip system. Net present value of additional income was INR 139,000 for the drip system. Results showed the potential of integrating a drip system and canal water harvested for enhancing quality and productivity of pomegranate growth in a dry eco‐region. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Apple, from genome to breeding - M. Troggio; A. Gleave; S. Salvi; D. Chagné; A. Cestaro; S. Kumar; R. N. Crowhurst; S. E. Gardiner (Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2012)

Detection of Mg spinel lithologies on central peak of crater Theophilus using Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data from Chandrayaan-1 - D LAL; P CHAUHAN; R D SHAH; S BHATTACHARYA; AJAI; A S KIRAN KUMAR (Journal of Earth System Science, 2012)

Highly Expressed Recombinant SEB for Antibody Production and Development of Immunodetection System - Ranu Agrawal; Pawan Kumar Singh; Sushil Kumar Sharma; D. V. Kamboj; Ajay Kumar Goel; Lokendra Singh (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2012)

Diversity of 21 taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) accessions of Andaman Islands - Shrawan Singh; D. R. Singh; F. Faseela; Naresh Kumar; V. Damodaran; R. C. Srivastava (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2012)

GGE biplot analysis to evaluate genotype, environment and their interactions in sorghum multi-location data - Sujay Rakshit; K. N. Ganapathy; S. S. Gomashe; A. Rathore; R. B. Ghorade; M. V. Nagesh Kumar; K. Ganesmurthy; S. K. Jain; M. Y. Kamtar; J. S. Sachan; S. S. Ambekar; B. R. Ranwa; et al. (Euphytica, 2012)

Assessing spatial variability in soil characteristics with geographically weighted principal components analysis - Sandeep Kumar; Rattan Lal; Christopher D. Lloyd (Computational Geosciences, 2012)

Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Fetal Skin Derived Fibroblast Cells Exhibit Characteristics of Stem Cells - P. S. Yadav; Anita Mann; Jarnail Singh; D. Kumar; R. K. Sharma; Inderjeet Singh (Agricultural Research, 2012)

Proteins derived from latex of C. procera maintain coagulation homeostasis in septic mice and exhibit thrombin- and plasmin-like activities - Márcio V. Ramos; Carolina A. Viana; Ayrles F. B. Silva; Cléverson D. T. Freitas; Ingrid S. T. Figueiredo; Raquel S. B. Oliveira; Nylane M. N. Alencar; José V. M. Lima-Filho; Vijay L. Kumar (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2012)

Development of ESTs and data mining of pineapple EST-SSRs - W. D. Ong; C. L. Y. Voo; S. V. Kumar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

PEG Coated Biocompatible Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dots for Targeted Imaging of Cancer Cells - Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose; Srivani Veeranarayanan; M. Sheikh Mohamed; Sreejith Raveendran; Yutaka Nagaoka; Yasuhiko Yoshida; Toru Maekawa; D. Sakthi Kumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2012)

Enhanced abundance of tintinnids under elevated CO2 level from coastal Bay of Bengal - Haimanti Biswas; Subhadra Devi Gadi; V. Venkata Ramana; M. Durga Bharathi; R. Kesava Priyan; D. Taruni Manjari; M. Dileep Kumar (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2012)

Milk, Milk Products, and Disease Free Health: An Updated Overview - R. Nagpal; P. V. Behare; M. Kumar; D. Mohania; M. Yadav; S. Jain; S. Menon; O. Parkash; F. Marotta; E. Minelli; C. J.K. Henry; H. Yadav (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2012)

Daily relative humidity projections in an Indian river basin for IPCC SRES scenarios - Aavudai Anandhi; V. V. Srinivas; D. Nagesh Kumar; Ravi S. Nanjundiah (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2012)

Impact of Annular Solar Eclipse of 15 January 2010 on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics Over Thumba: A Case Study - D. Bala Subrahamanyam; T. J. Anurose; Mannil Mohan; M. Santosh; N. V. P. Kiran Kumar; S. Sijikumar (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2012)

Comparative palynology and wood anatomy of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. and Taxodium mucronatum Ten. - S. P. Tiwari; Deepika Yadav; Pradeep Kumar; D. K. Chauhan (Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2012)

Location-specific weather predictions for Sriharikota (13.72°N, 80.22°E) through numerical atmospheric models during satellite launch campaigns - D. Bala Subrahamanyam; Radhika Ramachandran; S. Indira Rani; S. Sijikumar; T. J. Anurose; Asish Kumar Ghosh (Natural Hazards, 2012)

Bioremediation potential of genus Portulaca L. collected from industrial areas in Vadodara, Gujarat, India - Sanjay Dwivedi; A. Mishra; A. Kumar; P. Tripathi; R. Dave; G. Dixit; K. K. Tiwari; S. Srivastava; M. K. Shukla; R. D. Tripathi (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2012)

FITC Labeled Silica Nanoparticles as Efficient Cell Tags: Uptake and Photostability Study in Endothelial Cells - Srivani Veeranarayanan; Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose; Sheikh Mohamed; Athulya Aravind; Yutaka Nagaoka; Yasuhiko Yoshida; Toru Maekawa; D. Sakthi Kumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2012)

Seminal Plasma Proteome: Promising Biomarkers for Bull Fertility - Pradeep Kumar; D. Kumar; Inderjeet Singh; P. S. Yadav (Agricultural Research, 2012)

Diazotrophic diversity in the rhizosphere of two exotic weed plants, Prosopis juliflora and Parthenium hysterophorus - B. Cibichakravarthy; R. Preetha; S. P. Sundaram; K. Kumar; D. Balachandar (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012)

About the observed and future changes in temperature extremes over India - J. V. Revadekar; D. R. Kothawale; S. K. Patwardhan; G. B. Pant; K. Rupa Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2012)

Vertical structure of sea-breeze circulation over Thumba (8.5°N, 76.9°E, India) in the winter months and a case study during W-ICARB field experiment - T. J. Anurose; D. Bala Subrahamanyam; C. B. S. Dutt; N. V. P. Kiran Kumar; Sherine Rachel John; Sandhya K. Nair; M. Santosh; Mannil Mohan; P. K. Kunhikrishnan; S. Sijikumar; S. S. Prijith (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2012)

In vitro plant regeneration through direct organogenesis in Populus deltoides clone G48 from petiole explants - Ajay Kumar Thakur; A. Saraswat; D. K. Srivastava (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2012)

New advanced glycation end-products inhibitors from Dichrostachys cinerea Wight & Arn. - G. Suresh; Ashok K. Tiwari; M. Radha Krishna Murthy; D. Anand Kumar; K. Rajendra Prasad; R. Ranga Rao; A. Zehra Ali; K. Suresh Babu (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2012)

Phosphorus threshold for arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of crops and tree seedlings - Ashok Shukla; Anil Kumar; Anuradha Jha; Ajit; D. V. K. Nageswara Rao (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2012)

Radiative effects of elevated aerosol layer in Central Himalayas - Kishore Reddy; P. Pant; D. V. Phanikumar; U. C. Dumka; Y. Bhavani Kumar; N. Singh; H. Joshi (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2011)

In situ measurements of radon levels in water and soil and exhalation rate in areas of Malwa belt of Punjab (India) - Sanjeev Kumar; Surinder Singh; Bikramjit S. Bajwa; Arvind D. Sabharwal (Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 2011)

Bioanalytical method development and validation for simultaneous estimation of (R)- and (S)-isomers of S002-333: a potent novel anti-thrombotic agent using LC–MS/MS - R. S. Bhatta; Y. S. Chhonker; D. Kumar; A. K. Saxena; G. K. Jain (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

Development of regional wheat VI-LAI models using Resourcesat-1 AWiFS data - SASMITA CHAURASIA; R NIGAM; B K BHATTACHARYA; V N SRIDHAR; K MALLICK; S P VYAS; N K PATEL; J MUKHERJEE; CHANDER SHEKHAR; DHIRAJ KUMAR; K R P SINGH; G D BAIRAGI; et al. (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Supplementation of zinc mitigates the altered uptake and turnover of 65Zn in liver and whole body of diabetic rats - Ashima Pathak; Vishawjyoti Sharma; Sanjeev Kumar; D. K. Dhawan (BioMetals, 2011)

Sourcing Organic Materials for Pit Lake Bioremediation in Remote Mining Regions - R. Naresh Kumar; Cherie D. McCullough; Mark A. Lund; Michelle Newport (Mine Water and the Environment, 2011)

Overstability Analysis of Thermo-bioconvection Saturating a Porous Medium in a Suspension of Gyrotactic Microorganisms - Y. D. Sharma; Virendra Kumar (Transport in Porous Media, 2011)

Mapping cell fate decisions that occur during soybean defense responses - Prachi D. Matsye; Ranjit Kumar; Parsa Hosseini; Christina M. Jones; Arianne Tremblay; Nadim W. Alkharouf; Benjamin F. Matthews; Vincent P. Klink (Plant Molecular Biology, 2011)

Uptake of FITC Labeled Silica Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots by Rice Seedlings: Effects on Seed Germination and Their Potential as Biolabels for Plants - Remya Nair; Aby C. Poulose; Yutaka Nagaoka; Yasuhiko Yoshida; Toru Maekawa; D. Sakthi Kumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2011)

Atmospheric Surface-Layer Response to the Annular Solar Eclipse of 15 January 2010 over Thiruvananthapuram, India - D. Bala Subrahamanyam; T. J. Anurose; Mannil Mohan; M. Santosh; N. V. P. Kiran Kumar; S. Sijikumar; S. S. Prijith; Marina Aloysius (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2011)

The cellulose contents of Indian seaweeds - A. K. Siddhanta; Mahesh U. Chhatbar; Gaurav K. Mehta; Naresh D. Sanandiya; Sanjay Kumar; Mihir D. Oza; Kamalesh Prasad; Ramavatar Meena (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2011)

Isolation and Typing of Canine Parvovirus in CRFK Cell Line in Puducherry, South India - S. Parthiban; Hirak Kumar Mukhopadhyay; D. Panneer; P. X. Antony; R. M. Pillai (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2011)

Promotion of Growth in Mungbean (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.) by Selenium is Associated with Stimulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism - Jahid Ali Malik; Sanjeev Kumar; Prince Thakur; Suchi Sharma; Navneet Kaur; RamanPreet Kaur; D. Pathania; Kalpna Bhandhari; Neeru Kaushal; Kamaljit Singh; Alok Srivastava; Harsh Nayyar (Biological Trace Element Research, 2011)

Argonaute-2-null embryonic stem cells are retarded in self-renewal and differentiation - P Chandra Shekar; Adnan Naim; D Partha Sarathi; Satish Kumar (Journal of Biosciences, 2011)

Comprehensive structural and functional characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis UDP-NAG enolpyruvyl transferase (Mtb-MurA) and prediction of its accurate binding affinities with inhibitors - B. Babajan; M. Chaitanya; C. Rajsekhar; D. Gowsia; P. Madhusudhana; M. Naveen; Suresh Kumar Chitta; C. M. Anuradha (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2011)

Antidiatom and antibacterial activity of epiphytic bacteria isolated from Ulva lactuca in tropical waters - V. Kumar; D. Rao; T. Thomas; S. Kjelleberg; S. Egan (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2011)

First report on molecular detection and identification of Tomato aspermy virus naturally occurring on gladiolus in India - S. K. Raj; S. Kumar; D. K. Verma; S. K. Snehi (Phytoparasitica, 2011)

Bioassay as monitoring system for lead phytoremediation through Crinum asiaticum L. - Mayank Varun; Rohan D’Souza; Devendra Kumar; Manoj S. Paul (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011)

The crucial role of ocean–atmosphere coupling on the Indian monsoon anomalous response during dipole events - R. Krishnan; Suchithra Sundaram; P. Swapna; Vinay Kumar; D. C. Ayantika; M. Mujumdar (Climate Dynamics, 2011)

The long‐lived monsoon depressions of 2006 and their linkage with the Indian Ocean Dipole - R. Krishnan; D. C. Ayantika; Vinay Kumar; Samir Pokhrel (International Journal of Climatology, 2011)
A highlight of the 2006 boreal summer monsoon season was the enhanced activity of long‐lived monsoon depressions and low‐pressure systems (LPS) over the Indian region. Another important phenomenon during this period was the evolution of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (PIOD) event. Although previous studies have investigated the impact of PIOD on the large‐scale monsoon response, their influence on monsoon LPS activity is not well understood. Based on detailed diagnostic analyses of monsoon LPS during 2006, as well as those associated with other PIOD events during 1958–2007, the present work addresses two specific issues concerning the roles of (a) PIOD‐induced large‐scale circulation changes and (b) internal feedbacks between latent heating and dynamics, in sustaining the monsoon LPS activity. The results show that PIOD conditions generally favour increased propensity of long‐lived (>5 days) LPS with long westward tracks extending into northwest India. The average contribution of long‐lived monsoon LPS to the total is found to be approximately 12% higher during PIOD episodes as compared to non‐PIOD. The PIOD events showed two important large‐scale elements conducive for enhancement of LPS activity: (a) strengthening of cross‐equatorial moisture transport from south‐eastern tropical Indian Ocean into the Bay of Bengal and (b) enrichment of barotropic instability of monsoon flow. Estimates of latent‐heating profiles from TRMM‐satellite products during the 2006 LPS showed heating in the mesoscale updrafts above 600 hPa with maximum approximately 400 hPa; while cooling prevailed in lower levels. Stratiform precipitation covered approximately 70–85% of rain area during the prolonged LPS; and the large‐scale monsoon Hadley‐type circulation was found to be intensified with strong mid‐level inflows entering the stratiform rain region. The overall findings suggest that the PIOD‐induced background circulation together with internal feedbacks between mesoscale convective systems and large‐scale circulation can effectively enhance the longevity of monsoon LPS. These results should serve as important inputs for numerical weather forecasting of extreme rainfall events associated with the regional monsoon phenomenon. Copyright © 2010 Royal Meteorological Society

Analysis of Genetic Differentiation and Phylogenetic Relationships among Sugarcane Genotypes Differing in Response to Red Rot - R. K. Singh; M. S. Khan; R. Singh; D. K. Pandey; S. Kumar; S. Lal (Sugar Tech, 2011)

Elastic thickness estimates at northeast passive margin of North America and its implications - R T RATHEESH KUMAR; TANMAY K MAJI; SURESH CH KANDPAL; D SENGUPTA; RAJESH R NAIR (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Development and use of genic molecular markers (GMMs) for construction of a transcript map of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) - Neha Gujaria; Ashish Kumar; Preeti Dauthal; Anuja Dubey; Pavana Hiremath; A. Bhanu Prakash; Andrew Farmer; Mangla Bhide; Trushar Shah; Pooran M. Gaur; Hari D. Upadhyaya; Sabhyata Bhatia; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2011)

Manganese and iron both influence the shoot transcriptome of Typha angustifolia despite distinct preference towards manganese accumulation - D. Chakraborty; S. Abhay Kumar; M. Sen; S. K. Apte; S. Das; R. Acharya; T. Das; A. V. R. Reddy; S. Roychaudhury; H. Rajaram; A. Seal (Plant and Soil, 2011)

Transmission and detection of toria [Brassica rapa L. subsp. dichotoma (Roxb.)] phyllody phytoplasma and identification of a potential vector - Mehdi Azadvar; Virendra Kumar Baranwal; D. K. Yadava (Journal of General Plant Pathology, 2011)

Growth and metabolic responses of contrasting chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes to chilling stress at reproductive phase - Sanjeev Kumar; Jahid Malik; Prince Thakur; Suchi Kaistha; Kamal Dev Sharma; H. D. Upadhyaya; J. D. Berger; Harsh Nayyar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2011)

Nucleotide variation and physical mapping of ribosomal genes using FISH in genus Tor (Pisces, Cyprinidae) - Indra Mani; Ravindra Kumar; Mamta Singh; N. S. Nagpure; B. Kushwaha; P. K. Srivastava; D. S. Krishna Rao; W. S. Lakra (Molecular Biology Reports, 2011)

Improved protocol for processing stented porcine coronary arteries for immunostaining - Arun H. S. Kumar; Scott D. McCauley; Brian G. Hynes; John O’Dea; Noel M. Caplice (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2011)

Contrasting cDNA-AFLP profiles between crown and leaf tissues of cold-acclimated wheat plants indicate differing regulatory circuitries for low temperature tolerance - Seedhabadee Ganeshan; Pallavi Sharma; Lester Young; Ashwani Kumar; D. Brian Fowler; Ravindra N. Chibbar (Plant Molecular Biology, 2011)

Soil Iodine Determination in Deccan Syneclise, India: Implications for Near Surface Geochemical Hydrocarbon Prospecting - Devleena Mani; T. Satish Kumar; M. A. Rasheed; D. J. Patil; A. M. Dayal; T. Gnaneshwar Rao; V. Balaram (Natural Resources Research, 2011)

Effects on rice plant morphology and physiology of water and associated management practices of the system of rice intensification and their implications for crop performance - Amod K. Thakur; Sreelata Rath; D. U. Patil; Ashwani Kumar (Paddy and Water Environment, 2011)

Indigenous design and development of a micro-pulse lidar for atmospheric studies - P. K. Dubey; S. L. Jain; B. C. Arya; Y. N. Ahammed; Arun Kumar; D. K. Shukla; Pavan S. Kulkarni (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2011)

A macroeconomic analysis of adaptation to climate change impacts on forests in India - Asbjørn Aaheim; Ranjith Gopalakrishnan; Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi; N. H. Ravindranath; Anitha D. Sagadevan; Nitasha Sharma; Taoyuan Wei (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2011)

Probabilities for the occurrences of medium to large earthquakes in northeast India and adjoining region - R. B. S. Yadav; J. N. Tripathi; D. Shanker; B. K. Rastogi; M. C. Das; Vikas Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2011)

Effects of Long Term Ethanol Consumption on Cell Death in Liver - Subir Kumar Das; Sukhes Mukherjee; D. M. Vasudevan (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2011)

Atorvastatin exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties in adjuvant-induced monoarthritis - V. L. Kumar; B. Guruprasad; V. D. Wahane (Inflammopharmacology, 2010)

Study of betasatellite molecule from leaf curl disease of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) in India - A. Kumar; J. Kumar; Z. A. Khan; N. Yadav; V. Sinha; D. Bhatnagar; J. A. Khan (Virus Genes, 2010)

Pre-bleaching of mixed hardwood pulp with sulphuric acid - D. Weley Siddhartha; Pradeep Kumar; Surendra P. Singh (Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science, 2010)

Molecular and morphological characterization of somatic hybrids between Solanum tuberosum L. and S. etuberosum Lindl. - Jagesh K. Tiwari; Poonam; D. Sarkar; SK. Pandey; Jai Gopal; S. Raj Kumar (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Evaluating a New Deposition Velocity Module in the Noah Land-Surface Model - U. Charusombat; D. Niyogi; A. Kumar; X. Wang; F. Chen; A. Guenther; A. Turnipseed; K. Alapaty (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2010)

Comparative evaluation of hydro-, chemo- , and hormonal-priming methods for imparting salt and PEG stress tolerance in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) - Ashish Kumar Srivastava; Vinayak H. Lokhande; Vikas Y. Patade; Penna Suprasanna; Rinaldi Sjahril; Stanislaus Francis D’Souza (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2010)

Isolation, Characterization and Identification of a Potential Probiont from South Indian Fermented Foods (Kallappam, Koozh and Mor Kuzhambu) and Its Use as Biopreservative - R. Satish Kumar; D. Ragu Varman; P. Kanmani; N. Yuvaraj; K. A. Paari; V. Pattukumar; V. Arul (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2010)

Bioremediation of Fungicides by Spent Mushroom Substrate and Its Associated Microflora - O. P. Ahlawat; Pardeep Gupta; Satish Kumar; D. K. Sharma; K. Ahlawat (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2010)

Biological Control of Chickpea Collar Rot by Co-inoculation of Antagonistic Bacteria and Compatible Rhizobia - B. Hameeda; G. Harini; O. P. Rupela; J. V. D. K. Kumar Rao; Gopal Reddy (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2010)

Arsenic affects mineral nutrients in grains of various Indian rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes grown on arsenic-contaminated soils of West Bengal - Sanjay Dwivedi; R. D. Tripathi; Sudhakar Srivastava; Ragini Singh; Amit Kumar; Preeti Tripathi; Richa Dave; U. N. Rai; Debasis Chakrabarty; P. K. Trivedi; R. Tuli; B. Adhikari; et al. (Protoplasma, 2010)

Generation of marker-free Bt transgenicindica rice and evaluation of its yellow stem borer resistance - S. Kumar; L. Arul; D. Talwar (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2010)

The development of an assessment system to evaluate the ecological status of rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: introduction to the special feature - I. Stubauer; D. Hering; T. Korte; A. Hoffmann; K. Brabec; S. Sharma; M. Shrestha; M. A. Kahlown; M. A. Tahir; A. Kumar; M. P. Sharma; M. F. Bari; et al. (Hydrobiologia, 2010)

Characterization of 2T engine oil degrading indigenous bacteria, isolated from high altitude (Mussoorie), India - Pankaj Kumar Jain; Vijai K. Gupta; Hardik Pathak; Madan Lowry; D. P. Jaroli (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010)

Divergent development of testosterone secretion in male zebu (Bos indicus) and crossbred cattle (Bos indicus x Bos taurus) and buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) during growth - S. Gulia; M. Sarkar; Vijay Kumar; H. H. D. Meyer; B. S. Prakash (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2010)

Centromere identity: a challenge to be faced - Gunjan D. Mehta; Meenakshi P. Agarwal; Santanu Kumar Ghosh (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2010)

Oral bioavailability, efficacy and gastric tolerability of P2026, a novel nitric oxide-releasing diclofenac in rat - Asif R. Pathan; Manoj Karwa; Venu Pamidiboina; Jagannath J. Deshattiwar; Nitin J. Deshmukh; Parikshit P. Gaikwad; Sunil V. Mali; Dattatraya C. Desai; Mini Dhiman; T. Thanga Mariappan; Somesh D. Sharma; Apparao Satyam; et al. (Inflammopharmacology, 2010)

AFLP-Based Genetic Diversity Assessment of Commercially Important Tea Germplasm in India - R. K. Sharma; M. S. Negi; S. Sharma; P. Bhardwaj; R. Kumar; E. Bhattachrya; S. B. Tripathi; D. Vijayan; A. R. Baruah; S. C. Das; B. Bera; R. Rajkumar; et al. (Biochemical Genetics, 2010)

Internal Tides in the Coastal Waters of NE Arabian Sea: Observations and Simulations - P. V. Hareesh Kumar; S. Lekshmi; P. S. V. Jagadeesh; K. Anilkumar; G. V. Krishnakumar; A. D. Rao (Marine Geodesy, 2010)

Genetics of resistance in Luffa cylindrica Roem. against Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus - Sabina Islam; A. D. Munshi; Bikash Mandal; Ravinder Kumar; T. K. Behera (Euphytica, 2010)

Evaluation of drinking quality of groundwater through multivariate techniques in urban area - Madhumita Das; A. Kumar; M. Mohapatra; S. D. Muduli (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Intercomparison and analyses of the climatology of the West African Monsoon in the West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) first model intercomparison experiment - Yongkang Xue; Fernando De Sales; W. K.-M. Lau; Aaron Boone; Jinming Feng; Paul Dirmeyer; Zhichang Guo; Kyu-Myong Kim; Akio Kitoh; Vadlamani Kumar; Isabelle Poccard-Leclercq; Natalie Mahowald; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2010)

Searching for an Earthquake Precursor—A Case Study of Precursory Swarm as a Real Seismic Pattern Before Major Shocks - D. Shanker; H. N. Singh; H. Paudyal; A. Kumar; A. Panthi; V. P. Singh (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2010)

Anomalous Seismicity and Earthquake Forecast in Western Nepal Himalaya and its Adjoining Indian Region - H. N. Singh; H. Paudyal; D. Shanker; A. Panthi; A. Kumar; V. P. Singh (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2010)

Evaluation of synergistic effects of bacterial and cyanobacterial strains as biofertilizers for wheat - Lata Nain; Anuj Rana; Monica Joshi; Shrikrishna D. Jadhav; Dinesh Kumar; Y. S. Shivay; Sangeeta Paul; Radha Prasanna (Plant and Soil, 2010)

Influence of beneficial microorganisms during in vivo acclimatization of in vitro-derived tea (Camellia sinensis) plants - Jibu Thomas; D. Ajay; R. Raj Kumar; A. K. A. Mandal (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Alternative splicing generates a novel FADS2 alternative transcript in baboons - Woo Jung Park; Holly T. Reardon; Cynthia Tyburczy; Kumar S. D. Kothapalli; J. Thomas Brenna (Molecular Biology Reports, 2010)

Geostatistical and visualization analysis of crop suitability for diversification in sub-mountain area of Punjab, North-West India - R. Kumar; P. K. Mehra; B. Singh; H. S. Jassal; B. D. Sharma (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2010)