Improved methodology for the isolation of false smut pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens of rice - B. M. Bashyal; Pooja Parmar; Najam Waris Zaidi; Sunil Kumar Sunani; G. Prakash; Rashmi Aggarwal (Indian Phytopathology, 2021)

Structural time-series modelling for seasonal surface air temperature patterns in India 1951–2016 - K. V. Narasimha Murthy; G. Kishore Kumar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2021)

Soil loss hinders the restoration potential of tree plantations on highly eroded ravine slopes - Raj Kumar; A. K. Bhardwaj; B. K. Rao; A. K. Vishwakarma; Vijaysinha Kakade; D. Dinesh; Gaurav Singh; Gopal Kumar; V. C. Pande; P. R. Bhatnagar; G. L. Bagdi (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Analysis and removal of pharmaceutical residues from wastewater using membrane bioreactors: a review - C. Femina Carolin; P. Senthil Kumar; G. Janet Joshiba; V. Vinoth Kumar (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

Isoptericola sediminis sp. nov., Isolated from Chilika Lagoon - Dhanesh Kumar; Jagadeeshwari U.; Krishnaiah A.; Suresh G.; Ch. Sasikala; Ch. Venkata Ramana (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Conservation protocols for Ensete glaucum, a crop wild relative of banana, using plant tissue culture and cryopreservation techniques on seeds and zygotic embryos - Shivani Singh; Robert Thangjam; G. D. Harish; Hardeep Singh; Rajeev Kumar; D. P. S. Meena; Anuradha Agrawal (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2021)

IRS-1C Applications in Land Use/Land Cover Studies: Indian Experience - R. Nagaraja; Rajiv Kumar; P. Kesava Rao; G. Ravishankar; Manojraj Saxena; V. Tejaswini (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2021)

IRS-1C Satellite Data Utilization for Groundwater Prospects Mapping for the Entire Country Under National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP): A State of the Art Initiative - I. C. Das; K. Vinod Kumar; D. Rajasekhar; A. Bhattacharya; P. R. Reddy; S. K. Subramanian; K. Seshadri; G. Sreenivasa Reddy; S. K. Srivastav (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Solena amplexicaullis (Lam.) Gandhi: an underutilized cucurbit in India - Meenu Kumari; G. C. Acharya; P. Naresh; P. K. Bhanja; Yogesh Kumar (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2021)

Morphological and nutritional assessment of Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.: a potential tuberous legume of India - Kuldeep Tripathi; P. G. Gore; A. Pandey; E. R. Nayar; C. Gayacharan; R. K. Pamarthi; R. Bhardwaj; A. Kumar (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2021)

Sustainable approach to decolourize methyl orange dye from aqueous solution using novel bacterial strain and its metabolites characterization - C. Femina Carolin; P. Senthil Kumar; G. Janet Joshiba (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2021)

Bearing capacity of model footing on reinforced foundation with crusher dust - Bandita Paikaray; Sarat Kumar Das; Benu G. Mohapatra (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Indian monsoon variability during the last 46 kyr: isotopic records of planktic foraminifera from southwestern Bay of Bengal - P. K. Gautam; A. C. Narayana; P. Kiran Kumar; P. G. Bhavani; M. G. Yadava; A. J. T. Jull (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2021)
The Indian monsoon carries large amounts of freshwater to the northern Indian Ocean and modulates the upper ocean structure in terms of upwelling and productivity. Freshwater‐induced stratification in the upper ocean of the Bay of Bengal is linked to the changes in the Indian monsoon. In this study, we test the usefulness of δ 18 O and δ 13 C variability records for Globigerina bulloides and Orbulina universa to infer Indian monsoon variability from a sediment core retrieved from the southwestern Bay of Bengal encompassing the last 46 kyr record. Results show that the northeast monsoon was dominant during the Last Glacial Maximum. Remarkable signatures are observed in the δ 18 O and δ 13 C records during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 to MIS‐1. Our study suggests that Indian monsoon variability is controlled by a complex of factors such as solar insolation, North Atlantic climatic shifts, and coupled ocean–atmospheric variability during the last 46 kyr.

Towards eradication of peste des petits ruminants: post-vaccination evaluation in sheep and goats in Southern Peninsular India - V. Balamurugan; B. Varghese; D. Muthuchelvan; S. SowjanyaKumari; K. Vinod Kumar; R. Dheeraj; G. Govindaraj; K. P. Suresh; D. Hemadri; P. Roy (VirusDisease, 2020)

Isolation and Characterization of Nuclear Localized Abiotic Stress Responsive Cold Regulated Gene 413 (SsCor413) from Saccharum spontaneum - S. Dharshini; V. M. Manoj; G. S. Suresha; J. Ashwin Narayan; T. S. Sarath Padmanabhan; Ravinder Kumar; Mintu Ram Meena; M. Manickavasagam; Bakshi Ram; C. Appunu (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2020)

Impact of high night temperature stress on different growth stages of wheat - H. M. Mamrutha; Khobra Rinki; K. Venkatesh; K. Gopalareddy; Hanif Khan; C. N. Mishra; Satish Kumar; Yogesh Kumar; Gyanendra Singh; G. P. Singh (Plant Physiology Reports, 2020)

Overexpression of ICE1 gene in mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) for cold tolerance - Gyana Ranjan Rout; Anuradha Bansal; Dhaneswar Swain; Kundansigh Rajpalsingh Jadhao; Rahul G. Shelke; Sanjib Kumar Panda (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

2D thermal modelling along the seismic section Kuppam–Bommidi in Southern Granulitic terrain of Indian Shield - Harini Guruhappa; G N Shinde; T Vijay Kumar; D V Ramana; Kirti Srivastava (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Fluvial facies and petrography of Late Pleistocene Baneta sediments, Central Narmada Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India - M G Kale; Ashwin S Pundalik; Devender Kumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Sensitization of hepatocellular carcinoma cells towards doxorubicin and sorafenib is facilitated by glucose-dependent alterations in reactive oxygen species, P-glycoprotein and DKK4 - Surbhi Chouhan; Snahlata Singh; Dipti Athavale; Pranay Ramteke; Muralidharan Vanuopadath; Bipin G Nair; Sudarslal Sadasivan Nair; Manoj Kumar Bhat (Journal of Biosciences, 2020)

RECK and TIMP-2 mediate inhibition of MMP-2 and MMP-9 by Annona muricata - G Drishya; Jyotsna Nambiar; Sanu K Shaji; Muralidharan Vanuopadath; A Achuthan; Abishek Kumar; Ashna Alias; Ayesha Sherif; Catherine Joseph; P Divya; Damu Sunil Kumar; Chinchu Bose; et al. (Journal of Biosciences, 2020)

Application of in vitro protein solubility for selection of microalgae biomass as protein ingredient in animal and aquafeed - G. Venkata Subhash; Neera Chugh; Supriya Iyer; Ashish Waghmare; Amar S. Musale; Rajesh Nandru; Rakhi Bajpai Dixit; Mahadev S. Gaikwad; Deepthi Menon; Rakesh Thorat; G.Raja Krishna Kumar; Vinod Nagle; et al. (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020)

Molecular Modelling and Insilico Engineering of PapMV-CP Towards Display and Development of Capripox Viral Like Particles Based on Immunogenic P32 Envelop Protein is the Homologous of the Vaccinia-Viral H3L Gene: An Insilico Approach - Burranboina Kiran Kumar; K. M. Kumar; G. B. Manjunatha Reddy; Sunil Abraham; R. Yogisharadhya; C. N. Prashantha (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2020)

Mechanical strength characteristics of fiber-reinforced pond ash for pavement application - Sudhakar Mogili; Ashfaq G. Mohammed; Heeralal Mudavath; Kalyan Kumar Gonavaram (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2020)

Occurrence of cucumber mosaic virus Subgroup I on different plant families in Himachal Pradesh and its infection to new hosts - Ashwini Kumar; Rakesh Kumar Jain; Ajay Bhattarai; Aayushi Singh Rathore; Santosh G. Watpade; Chander Parkash; Virendra Kumar Baranwal; Rajendra Prasad Pant; Baljeet Kaur; Y. B. Basavaraj (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

Utilization of KASP technology for wheat improvement - Bhavjot Kaur; G. S. Mavi; Manpartik S. Gill; Dinesh Kumar Saini (Cereal Research Communications, 2020)

Impact of convection and stability parameters on lightning activity over Andhra Pradesh, India - N. Umakanth; G. Ch. Satyanarayana; B. Simon; Prashant Kumar; M. C. Rao (Acta Geophysica, 2020)

Modeling of ionospheric characteristics based on canonical correlation analysis at Bangalore for the year 2017 - Ravi Kiran Pyla; J. R. K. Kumar Dabbakuti; S. G. Prasad Mutchakayala; Sairam Yashoda; Manikanta Alluri (Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica, 2020)

Low Static Shear Modulus Along Foliation and Its Influence on the Elastic and Strength Anisotropy of Poorman Schist Rocks, Homestake Mine, South Dakota - Katherine J. Condon; Hiroki Sone; Herbert F. Wang; J. Ajo-Franklin; T. Baumgartner; K. Beckers; D. Blankenship; A. Bonneville; L. Boyd; S. Brown; J. A. Burghardt; C. Chai; et al. (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020)

Synthesis of spirooxindolocarbamates based on Betti reaction: antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities - Venkata Bharat Nishtala; Chityala Mahesh; G. Bhargavi; Vijay Kumar Pasala; Srinivas Basavoju (Molecular Diversity, 2020)

Description on variability of shelf-edge hydrography and current structure of the South Eastern Arabian Sea during summer and winter monsoons - K. G. Vimal Kumar; K. Rasheed; B. R. Smitha; S. Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri; M. Sudhakar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

DnaJs, the critical drivers of Hsp70s: genome-wide screening, characterization and expression of DnaJ family genes in Sorghum bicolor - M. Nagaraju; Anuj Kumar; G. Rajasheker; D. Manohar Rao; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Synoptic flow patterns and large-scale characteristics of flash flood-producing rainstorms over northeast Bangladesh - Mohan K. Das; A. K. M. Saiful Islam; Samarendra Karmakar; Md. Jamal Uddin Khan; Khaled Mohammed; G. M. Tarekul Islam; Sujit Kumar Bala; Thomas M. Hopson (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2020)

Fish community and habitat diversity profiling of Luni, an ephemeral saline river from Thar Desert of India for conservation and management - Ajey Kumar Pathak; G. Kantharajan; V. P. Saini; Ravi Kumar; Rajesh Dayal; Vindhya Mohindra; Kuldeep K. Lal (Community Ecology, 2020)

Analysis of various thermodynamic instability parameters and their association with the rainfall during thunderstorm events over Anakapalle (Visakhapatnam district), India - N. Umakanth; G. Ch. Satyanarayana; B. Simon; M. C. Rao; M. Tanooj Kumar; N. Ranga Babu (Acta Geophysica, 2020)

Seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants in sheep and goats in Eastern India - V. Balamurugan; Bibitha Varghese; D. Muthuchelvan; K. Vinod Kumar; G. Govindaraj; K. P. Suresh; Pankaj Kumar; D. Hemadri; Parimal Roy (VirusDisease, 2020)

Recalcitrant behaviour of the seeds of Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels during embryogeny and natural desiccation - Parvathy S. Nair; K. G. Ajith Kumar; Gayatri G. P.; G. Sunil Kesava Deth (Plant Physiology Reports, 2020)

Assessment of Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activity and Phytoactive Compounds of Aqueous Extracts of Avocado Fruit Peel from Ethiopia - M. Kamaraj; V. Dhana Rangesh Kumar; T. G. Nithya; U. Danya (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2020)

Future changes in meteorological drought characteristics over Bangladesh projected by the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble - Jamal Uddin Khan; A. K. M. Saiful Islam; Mohan K. Das; Khaled Mohammed; Sujit Kumar Bala; G. M. Tarekul Islam (Climatic Change, 2020)

The global abundance of tree palms - Robert Muscarella; Thaise Emilio; Oliver L. Phillips; Simon L. Lewis; Ferry Slik; William J. Baker; Thomas L. P. Couvreur; Wolf L. Eiserhardt; Jens‐Christian Svenning; Kofi Affum‐Baffoe; Shin‐Ichiro Aiba; Everton C. de Almeida; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change. Location Tropical and subtropical moist forests. Time period Current. Major taxa studied Palms (Arecaceae). Methods We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure. Results On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work. Conclusions Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests.

Eroding islands of Gulf of Mannar, Southeast India: a consequence of long-term impact of coral mining and climate change - N. Gladwin Gnana Asir; P. Dinesh Kumar; A. Arasamuthu; G. Mathews; K. Diraviya Raj; T. K. Ashok Kumar; Deepak S. Bilgi; J. K. Patterson Edward (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Mixing data for multivariate statistical study of groundwater quality - P. G. Dileep Kumar; Narayanan C. Viswanath; Sobha Cyrus; Benny Mathews Abraham (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Genetic, clinical, molecular, and pathogenic aspects of the South Asian–specific polymorphic MYBPC3Δ25bp variant - Mohammed Arif; Pooneh Nabavizadeh; Taejeong Song; Darshini Desai; Rohit Singh; Sholeh Bazrafshan; Mohit Kumar; Yigang Wang; Richard J. Gilbert; Perundurai S. Dhandapany; Richard C. Becker; Evangelia G. Kranias; et al. (Biophysical Reviews, 2020)

The breeding structure for the small ruminant resources in India - G. R. Gowane; Najif Akram; S. S. Misra; Ashish Chopra; R. C. Sharma; Arun Kumar (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Penetration resistance of second above ground internode in V6–10 stage maize plants confer resistance to stalk boring larvae of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in maize - S. B. Suby; Sunil Kumar Jha; Chikkappa G. Karjagi; Pradyumn Kumar; Javaji Chandra Sekhar; Jaswinder Kaur; Anil Kumar Cholla; P. Lakshmi Soujanya; Rakesh Kumar Sharma; Sujay Rakshit (Phytoparasitica, 2020)

Environmental impact of phytic acid in Maize (Zea mays. L) genotypes for the identification of stable inbreds for low phytic acid - J. Lydia Pramitha; G. Jeeva; R. Ravikesavan; A. John Joel; N. Kumari Vinothana; B. Meenakumari; M. Raveendran; D. Uma; Firoz Hossain; Bhupender Kumar; Sujay Rakshit (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

The EU-ToxRisk method documentation, data processing and chemical testing pipeline for the regulatory use of new approach methods - Alice Krebs; Barbara M. A. van Vugt-Lussenburg; Tanja Waldmann; Wiebke Albrecht; Jan Boei; Bas ter Braak; Maja Brajnik; Thomas Braunbeck; Tim Brecklinghaus; Francois Busquet; Andras Dinnyes; Joh Dokler; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)
Hazard assessment, based on new approach methods (NAM), requires the use of batteries of assays, where individual tests may be contributed by different laboratories. A unified strategy for such collaborative testing is presented. It details all procedures required to allow test information to be usable for integrated hazard assessment, strategic project decisions and/or for regulatory purposes. The EU-ToxRisk project developed a strategy to provide regulatorily valid data, and exemplified this using a panel of > 20 assays (with > 50 individual endpoints), each exposed to 19 well-known test compounds (e.g. rotenone, colchicine, mercury, paracetamol, rifampicine, paraquat, taxol). Examples of strategy implementation are provided for all aspects required to ensure data validity: (i) documentation of test methods in a publicly accessible database; (ii) deposition of standard operating procedures (SOP) at the European Union DB-ALM repository; (iii) test readiness scoring accoding to defined criteria; (iv) disclosure of the pipeline for data processing; (v) link of uncertainty measures and metadata to the data; (vi) definition of test chemicals, their handling and their behavior in test media; (vii) specification of the test purpose and overall evaluation plans. Moreover, data generation was exemplified by providing results from 25 reporter assays. A complete evaluation of the entire test battery will be described elsewhere. A major learning from the retrospective analysis of this large testing project was the need for thorough definitions of the above strategy aspects, ideally in form of a study pre-registration, to allow adequate interpretation of the data and to ensure overall scientific/toxicological validity.

Geochemical characteristics of iron ore deposits and processing of Landsat-8 data (geology, geomorphology and lineaments) in semi-arid region and using geospatial techniques - Pachinella Lakshmi keshava kiran kumar; G. Veeraswamy; K. Raghubabu; E. Balaji (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2020)

Assessing forest cover vulnerability in Uttarakhand, India using analytical hierarchy process - Puneeta Pokhriyal; Sufia Rehman; G. Areendran; Krishna Raj; Rajiv Pandey; Manoj Kumar; Mehebub Sahana; Haroon Sajjad (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2020)

Neuroprotective effect of Reinwardtia indica against scopolamine induced memory-impairment in rat by attenuating oxidative stress - Prabhat Upadhyay; Rashmi Shukla; Kavindra Nath Tiwari; G. P. Dubey; Sunil Kumar Mishra (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2020)

Characterization of exotic germplasm lines for resistance to wheat rusts and spot blotch - Satish Kumar; Garima Singroha; S. C. Bhardwaj; M. S. Saharan; O. P. Gangwar; C. N. Mishra; Anwar Khan; Sunita Mahapatra; M. Sivasamy; Ravish Chatrath; G. P. Singh (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

Impact of tropical and extra tropical climate variability on Indian Ocean surface waves - P. G. Remya; B. Praveen Kumar; G. Srinivas; T. M. Balakrishnan Nair (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

A new trend function-based regression kriging for spatial modeling of groundwater hydraulic heads under the sparse distribution of measurement sites - S. Mohanasundaram; Parmeshwar Udmale; Sangam Shrestha; Triambak Baghel; Smit Chetan Doshi; Balaji Narasimhan; G. Suresh Kumar (Acta Geophysica, 2020)

Changes in climate extremes over Bangladesh at 1.5 °C, 2 °C, and 4 °C of global warming with high-resolution regional climate modeling - Md Jamal Uddin Khan; A. K. M. Saiful Islam; Sujit Kumar Bala; G. M. Tarekul Islam (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

Interaction Between CRIPT and PSD-95 Is Required for Proper Dendritic Arborization in Hippocampal Neurons - Anton Omelchenko; Harita Menon; Sarah G. Donofrio; Gaurav Kumar; Heidi M. Chapman; Joshua Roshal; Eduardo R. Martinez-Montes; Tiffany L. Wang; Mark R. Spaller; Bonnie L. Firestein (Molecular Neurobiology, 2020)

Improved separation of dyes and proteins using membranes made of polyphenylsulfone/cellulose acetate or acetate phthalate - Mithun Kumar; Arun M. Isloor; Somasekhara Rao Todeti; G. P. Syed Ibrahim; Inamuddin; Ahmed Fauzi Ismail; Abdullah M. Asiri (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020)

Planetary waves in the mesosphere lower thermosphere during stratospheric sudden warming: observations using a network of meteor radars from high to equatorial latitudes - N. Koushik; K. Kishore Kumar; Geetha Ramkumar; K. V. Subrahmanyam; G. Kishore Kumar; W. K. Hocking; Maosheng He; Ralph Latteck (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Geochemical evolution of groundwater in hard-rock aquifers of South India using statistical and modelling techniques - Annadasankar Roy; Tirumalesh Keesari; Hemant Mohokar; Diksha Pant; Uday Kumar Sinha; G. N. Mendhekar (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020)

Insect cell culture as a tool in plant virus research: a historical overview - Amalendu Ghosh; Heena Dhall; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Rakesh Kumar Jain (Phytoparasitica, 2020)

NLRP3 inhibitor glibenclamide attenuates high-fat diet and streptozotocin-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rat: studies on oxidative stress, inflammation, DNA damage and insulin signalling pathway - Durgesh Kumar Dwivedi; G. B. Jena (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2020)

Experimental evaluation of stress concentration ratio of soft soil reinforced with stone column - G. Kumar; M. Samanta (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2020)

A singularity removal method for coupled 1D–3D flow models - Ingeborg G. Gjerde; Kundan Kumar; Jan M. Nordbotten (Computational Geosciences, 2020)
In reservoir simulations, the radius of a well is inevitably going to be small compared to the horizontal length scale of the reservoir. For this reason, wells are typically modelled as lower-dimensional sources. In this work, we consider a coupled 1D–3D flow model, in which the well is modelled as a line source in the reservoir domain and endowed with its own 1D flow equation. The flow between well and reservoir can then be modelled in a fully coupled manner by applying a linear filtration law. The line source induces a logarithmic-type singularity in the reservoir pressure that is difficult to resolve numerically. We present here a singularity removal method for the model equations, resulting in a reformulated coupled 1D–3D flow model in which all variables are smooth. The singularity removal is based on a solution splitting of the reservoir pressure, where it is decomposed into two terms: an explicitly given, lower-regularity term capturing the solution singularity and some smooth background pressure. The singularities can then be removed from the system by subtracting them from the governing equations. Finally, the coupled 1D–3D flow equations can be reformulated so they are given in terms of the well pressure and the background reservoir pressure. As these variables are both smooth (i.e. non-singular), the reformulated model has the advantage that it can be approximated using any standard numerical method. The reformulation itself resembles a Peaceman well correction performed at the continuous level.

Analysis on the effect of salinity in underwater wireless optical communication - Sanjay Kumar; Shanthi Prince; Jinka Venkata Aravind; Santosh Kumar G (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2020)

Green Synthesized Luminescent Carbon Nanodots for the Sensing Application of Fe3+ Ions - Smrithi Sailaja Prasannakumaran Nair; Nagaraju Kottam; Prasanna Kumar S G (Journal of Fluorescence, 2020)

Improving the efficiency of wheat breeding experiments using alpha lattice design over randomised complete block design - A. Kumar; B. Bharti; J. Kumar; D. Bhatia; G. P. Singh; J. P. Jaiswal; R. Prasad (Cereal Research Communications, 2020)

Near reef abundance and on–offshore distribution of tuna larvae around Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep Sea, India - K. V. Aneesh Kumar; K. P. Deepa; M. M. Muhammed Rafeeq; G. Sree Renjima; Hashim Manjebrayakath; B. R. Smitha; N. Saravanane; M. P. Prabhakaran; V. N. Sanjeevan; M. Sudhakar (Marine Biology Research, 2020)

Evaluation of INSAT-3D derived TPW with AIRS retrievals and GNSS observations over the Indian region - V.K. Rao; A.K. Mitra; K.K. Singh; G. Bharathi; Ravi Ranjan Kumar; Kamaljit Ray; Ssvs Ramakrishna (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Cerebroprotective Potential of Hesperidin Nanoparticles Against Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion Reperfusion Injury in Rats and In silico Approaches - P. Praveen Kumar; K. T. Sunil kumar; M. Kavya Nainita; A. Sai Tarun; B. G. Raghu Ramudu; K. Deepika; A. Pramoda; C. Yasmeen (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

Science behind biostimulant action of seaweed extract on growth and crop yield: insights into transcriptional changes in roots of maize treated with Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed extract under soil moisture stressed conditions - Ranjeet Kumar; Khanjan Trivedi; K. G. Vijay Anand; Arup Ghosh (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020)

Development of Demerit Score-Based Fish Quality Index (FQI) for Fresh Fish and Shelf Life Prediction Using Statistical Models - C. G. Joshy; George Ninan; S. K. Panda; A. A. Zynudheen; K. Ashok Kumar; C. N. Ravishankar (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2020)

Brucellosis in India: results of a collaborative workshop to define One Health priorities - Johanna F. Lindahl; Catherine E. Vrentas; Ram P. Deka; Razibuddin A. Hazarika; H. Rahman; R. G. Bambal; J. S. Bedi; C. Bhattacharya; Pallab Chaduhuri; Nadeem Mohamed Fairoze; R. S. Gandhi; J. P. S. Gill; et al. (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Characterization of genetic diversity and population structure in wheat using array based SNP markers - Deepender Kumar; Vinod Chhokar; Sonia Sheoran; Rajender Singh; Pradeep Sharma; Sarika Jaiswal; M. A. Iquebal; Akanksha Jaiswar; J. Jaisri; U. B. Angadi; Anil Rai; G. P. Singh; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Genetics of Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Amalendu Ghosh; Shounak S. Jagdale; Basavaraj; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Rakesh Kumar Jain (Journal of Pest Science, 2020)

High resolution genetic mapping and identification of a candidate gene(s) for the purple sheath color and plant height in an interspecific F2 population derived from Oryza nivara Sharma & Shastry × Oryza sativa L. cross - Kishor Kumar; Kumari Neelam; Dharminder Bhatia; Rupinder Kaur; Renu Khanna; G. S. Mangat; Yogesh Vikal; Kuldeep Singh (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)

Marker assisted introgression of genes governing resistance to bacterial blight and blast diseases into an elite Basmati rice variety, ‘Pusa Basmati 1509’ - Vidya Sagar; Gaurav Dhawan; S. Gopala Krishnan; K. K. Vinod; Ranjith K. Ellur; Kalyan K. Mondal; Rajeev Rathour; G. Prakash; M. Nagarajan; Prolay K. Bhowmick; Haritha Bollinedi; Ashok Kumar Singh (Euphytica, 2020)

Numerical Experiments on Fate and Transport of Benzene with Biological Clogging in Vadoze Zone - Berlin Mohanadhas; G. Suresh Kumar (Environmental Processes, 2019)

Performance evaluation of different advanced processes for treating chloro-pesticide intermediate industrial wastewater - K. Srilatha; D. Bhagawan; G. Shankaraiah; P. Kiran Kumar; V. Himabindu; S. Srinivasulu (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2019)

Bio-priming of rice seeds with novel bacterial strains, for management of seedborne Magnaporthe oryzae L. - Narayanappa Amruta; M. K. Prasanna Kumar; Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu; G. Sarika; M. E. Puneeth; H. P. Ranjitha; K. Vishwanath; C. Manjunatha; D. Pramesh; H. B. Mahesh; S. Narayanaswamy (Plant Physiology Reports, 2019)

Present status of bakanae of rice caused by Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg - Ram Singh; Pankaj Kumar; G. S. Laha (Indian Phytopathology, 2019)

Conservation and Sustainable Development of Geoheritage, Geopark, and Geotourism: a Case Study of Cenozoic Successions of Western Kutch, India - Shubhendu Shekhar; Pramod Kumar; Gaurav Chauhan; M. G. Thakkar (Geoheritage, 2019)

Correction to: Late Holocene palaeovegetational and environmental changes inferred from organic geochemical proxies in sediments from Pookot Lake, southern India - Sandeep Kizhur; Rajasekhariah Shankar; Anish Kumar Warrier; Madhusudan G. Yadava; Rengaswamy Ramesh; Rashmikant A. Jani (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Women as Drivers of Change for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Case Study of a Novel Extension Approach in Wardha, India - R Rukmani; R. Gopinath; G. Anuradha; R. Sanjeev; Varun Kumar Yadav (Agricultural Research, 2019)

Evaluation of evapotranspiration estimates from observed and reanalysis data sets over Indian region - G. Purnadurga; T.V. Lakshmi Kumar; K. Koteswara Rao; Humberto Barbosa; R.K. Mall (International Journal of Climatology, 2019)
In this study, we have computed the evapotranspiration (ET) from the input variables of India Meteorological Department (IMD) for different stations in Monsoon Core Region (MCR) of India and Indian Peninsular Region (IPR) and compared with the ERA Interim (ERA‐I) and CRU ET data sets. While studying the discrepancies among the data sets, rainfall (source: IMD gridded), relative humidity (source: ERA Interim gridded), air temperature (source: IMD gridded) and soil moisture (source: TRMM/LPRM/TMI‐Model) were made use to illustrate the ET variations. When compared with IMD ET, our results show the CRU ET is underestimated but maintained the close pattern over MCR and IPR during South West (SW) monsoon (June–September) and North East (NE) monsoon (October–December) period, respectively. ERA‐I ET bounded to have mixed response over MCR and are higher than the IMD ET over IPR. Daily comparison of the IMD and ERA‐I ET data sets shows a large bias during the beginning of SW monsoon (June month) compared to other months. Site wise correlations show the substantial positive correlations between IMD and CRU ET over MCR than IPR. Overall analysis shows the monsoon features were better explained by the variations in IMD ET compared to CRU and ERA‐I ET data sets. The reported disparities among the data sets play an important role in the choice of selection for different applications such as water resource assessments, crop water requirements, monitoring of droughts etc.

Differential expression of endometrial toll-like receptors (TLRs) and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with endometritis - Nitish Singh Kharayat; Chethan Sharma G; Gandham Ravi Kumar; Deepika Bisht; Gangaram Chaudhary; Sanjay Kumar Singh; Gautum Kumar Das; Anil Kumar Garg; Harendra Kumar; Narayanan Krishnaswamy (Veterinary Research Communications, 2019)

Characterization of future climate extremes over Tamil Nadu, India, using high-resolution regional climate model simulation - Rajadurai Geetha; Andimuthu Ramachandran; J. Indumathi; Kandasamy Palanivelu; G. V. Uma; Prasanta Kumar Bal; Perumal Thirumurugan (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019)

Change detection in urban landscapes: a tensor factorization approach - S. Saritha; G. Santhosh Kumar (Spatial Information Research, 2019)

Characterization of internal inertia gravity wave over a low latitude: results from the RONAC-2012 campaign - K. N. Uma; Siddarth Shankar Das; K. Kishore Kumar; K. V. Subrahmanyam; G. Ramkumar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2019)

Stoichiometrically balanced nutrient management using a newly designed nutrient medium for large scale cultivation of Cyanobacterium aponinum - Meghna Rajvanshi; Kshipra Gautam; Suvarna Manjre; G. Raja Krishna Kumar; Chitranshu Kumar; Sridharan Govindachary; Santanu Dasgupta (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Photocatalytic degradation of metformin and amoxicillin in synthetic hospital wastewater: effect of classical parameters - P. Chinnaiyan; S. G. Thampi; M. Kumar; M. Balachandran (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019)

Alpha lipoic acid supplementation ameliorates the wrath of simulated tropical heat and humidity stress in male Murrah buffaloes - H. A. Samad; Y. Y. Konyak; S. K. Latheef; A. Kumar; I. A. Khan; V. Verma; V. S. Chouhan; M. R. Verma; V. P. Maurya; Puneet Kumar; M. Sarkar; G. Singh (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2019)

Impact of semen-derived amyloid (SEVI) on sperm viability and motility: its implication in male reproductive fitness - Vijay Kumar; Pradeep G. Kumar; Jay Kant Yadav (European Biophysics Journal, 2019)

Late Holocene palaeovegetational and environmental changes inferred from organic geochemical proxies in sediments from Pookot Lake, southern India - Sandeep Kizhur; Rajasekhariah Shankar; Anish Kumar Warrier; Madhusudan G. Yadava; Rengaswamy Ramesh; Rashmikant A Jani (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Characterization of Bacillus Species with Keratinase and Cellulase Properties Isolated from Feather Dumping Soil and Cockroach Gut - Sonika Sharma; Rajesh Kumar Prasad; Soumya Chatterjee; Angkita Sharma; Mohan G. Vairale; Kamlesh Kumar Yadav (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2019)

Rootstock scion interaction effects on biochemical and gas exchange drought tolerant traits in arabica (Coffea arabica L.) coffee - Somashekhargouda Patil; D’Souza G. F; Deepika Kumar Umesh; C. Rudragouda (Plant Physiology Reports, 2019)

Multifractal characterization of meteorological drought in India using detrended fluctuation analysis - S. Adarsh; D. Nagesh Kumar; B. Deepthi; G. Gayathri; S. S. Aswathy; S. Bhagyasree (International Journal of Climatology, 2019)
This study presents multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF‐DFA) to describe the multifractality of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) series from 30 meteorological subdivisions of India estimated at different aggregation timescales (3, 6 and 12 months) based on long‐term monthly rainfall data sets of 1871–2016 period. The plots of fluctuation function and generalized Hurst exponents confirmed that multifractality is evident in most of the SPI series; however, it is found that its strength and persistency differ with timescale and space. The Hurst exponents of long‐term (SPI‐12) and medium‐term (SPI‐6) drought series of all subdivisions showed long‐term persistence irrespective of the climatic conditions of the region, while the short‐term droughts (SPI‐3) of six subdivisions displayed short‐term persistence. Further, the analysis by partitioning the data to four time spells: 1871–1905, 1906–1940, 1941–1975 and 1976–2016 showed that the persistency of long‐ and medium‐term drought is rather permanent. The analysis on changes in multifractal properties with respect to the climatic shift of 1976/1977 period showed that there is a clear increase in multifractal properties of all types of drought series in the recent past (post‐1976 period). This study also finds that the Hurst exponents and degree of multifractality of all types of droughts increase with increase in aggregation timescales. The multifractality of all the long‐term drought series (SPI‐12) and most of the SPI‐6 series are found to be due to correlation properties, while that of SPI‐3 is because of joint effect of correlation properties and the broadness of probability distribution.

Portraying manganese biofilms via a merger of EPR spectroscopy and cathodic polarization - A. Lakshman Kumar; M. Eashwar; G. Sreedhar; S. Vengatesan; V. Prabu; V. M. Shanmugam (Biofouling, 2019)

Ocean Observations to Improve Our Understanding, Modeling, and Forecasting of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Variability - Aneesh C. Subramanian; Magdalena A. Balmaseda; Luca Centurioni; Rajib Chattopadhyay; Bruce D. Cornuelle; Charlotte DeMott; Maria Flatau; Yosuke Fujii; Donata Giglio; Sarah T. Gille; Thomas M. Hamill; Harry Hendon; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

Modelling of Flow Through Porous Media Over the Complete Flow Regime - Ashes Banerjee; Srinivas Pasupuleti; Mritunjay Kumar Singh; Sekhar Chandra Dutta; G. N. Pradeep Kumar (Transport in Porous Media, 2019)

Projected changes of inundation of cyclonic storms in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta of Bangladesh due to SLR by 2100 - Shazzadur Rahman; A K M Saiful Islam; Probal Saha; Abdur Rahman Tazkia; Yann Krien; Fabien Durand; Laurent Testut; G M Tarekul Islam; Sujit Kumar Bala (Journal of Earth System Science, 2019)

Identification of seawater intrusion signatures through geochemical evolution of groundwater: a case study based on coastal region of the Mahanadi delta, Bay of Bengal, India - A. K. Behera; G. J. Chakrapani; S. Kumar; N. Rai (Natural Hazards, 2019)

An Experimental and Theoretical Test of Dielectric Friction Models Using Rotational Diffusion of 7-Diethylamino-2-H-1-Benzopyran-2-One in Non-associative Solvents - Anil Kumar; C. G. Renuka; Y. F. Nadaf (Journal of Fluorescence, 2019)

Development of PCR and loop mediated isothermal amplification assay for the detection of bakanae pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi - Sunil Kumar Sunani; Bishnu Maya Bashyal; Kirti Rawat; C. Manjunatha; Sapna Sharma; G. Prakash; S. Gopala Krishnan; A. K. Singh; Rashmi Aggarwal (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of rice germplasm lines and identification of novel source for low soil phosphorus tolerance in rice - H. K. Mahadeva Swamy; M. Anila; Ravindra R. Kale; V. P. Bhadana; M. S. Anantha; P. Brajendra; S. K. Hajira; C. H. Balachiranjeevi; B. Laxmi Prasanna; K. Pranathi; T. Dilip; S. Bhaskar; et al. (Euphytica, 2019)

Seagrass restoration in Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, Southeast India: a viable management tool - J. K. Patterson Edward; K. Diraviya Raj; G. Mathews; P. Dinesh Kumar; A. Arasamuthu; Nisha D’ Souza; Deepak S. Bilgi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019)

Insecticidal fern protein Tma12 is possibly a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase - Sunil K. Yadav; Archana; Rahul Singh; Pradhyumna Kumar Singh; Prema G. Vasudev (Planta, 2019)

Correction to: Antimicrobial Drugs Encapsulated in Fibrin Nanoparticles for Treating Microbial Infested Wounds - B. Maria Alphonsa; P. T. Sudheesh Kumar; G. Praveen; Raja Biswas; K. P. Chennazhi; R. Jayakumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2019)

CRISPR-based genome editing in wheat: a comprehensive review and future prospects - Rakesh Kumar; Amandeep Kaur; Ankita Pandey; H. M. Mamrutha; G. P. Singh (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Identification and expression profiling of MSY genes of yak for bull fertility - Partha Pratim Das; G. Krishnan; Juwar Doley; Tapas Kumar Biswas; Vijay Paul; Prithiviraj Chakravarty; Sitangshu Mohan Deb; Pranab Jyoti Das (Journal of Genetics, 2019)

Exploring the traits for lodging tolerance in wheat genotypes: a review - Rinki Khobra; Sindhu Sareen; Braj Kishor Meena; Arvind Kumar; Vinod Tiwari; G. P. Singh (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2019)

Environmentally Benign Carbon Nanodots Prepared from Lemon for the Sensitive and Selective Fluorescence Detection of Fe(III) and Tannic Acid - S. Stanly John Xavier; T. Raj kumar; M. Ranjani; Dong Jin Yoo; V. Archana; L. Charles; J. Annaraj; G. Gnana kumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2019)

Rotational Diffusion of Medium Sized 7-[Diethylamino]-2H-1-Benzopyran-2-One Molecule in Alcohols: Study of Temperature and Solvent Viscosity Effect - Anil Kumar; Y. F. Nadaf; C. G. Renuka (Journal of Fluorescence, 2019)

Prokaryotic expression, purification and evaluation of goatpox virus ORF117 protein as a diagnostic antigen in indirect ELISA to detect goatpox - M. Dashprakash; G. Venkatesan; Amit Kumar; M. Sankar; Sargam Arya; M. A. Ramakrishnan; A. B. Pandey; B. Mondal (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Comparative RNA editing profile of mitochondrial transcripts in cytoplasmic male sterile and fertile pigeonpea reveal significant changes at the protein level - Tanvi Kaila; Swati Saxena; G. Ramakrishna; Anshika Tyagi; Kishor U. Tribhuvan; Harsha Srivastava; Sandhya; Ashok Chaudhury; Nagendra Kumar Singh; Kishor Gaikwad (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Shallow subsurface imaging of the Wagad active fault system (Kachchh, northwestern India) by time domain electromagnetic studies - G Pavan Kumar; Maul Nagar; Virendar Choudhary; A Durga Prasad (Journal of Earth System Science, 2019)

Combined effects of seasonal variation and drying methods on the physicochemical properties and antioxidant activity of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) - Praveen Kumar Sappati; Balunkeswar Nayak; G. Peter VanWalsum; Owen Thomas Mulrey (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Multienvironmental evaluation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm identifies donors with multiple fungal disease resistance - Satish Kumar; Garima Singroha; S. C. Bhardwaj; Ritu Bala; M. S. Saharan; Vikas Gupta; Anwar Khan; Sunita Mahapatra; M. Sivasamy; Vijay Rana; C. N. Mishra; Om Prakash; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2019)

Gray matter volume covariance patterns associated with gait speed in older adults: a multi-cohort MRI study - Helena M. Blumen; Lucy L. Brown; Christian Habeck; Gilles Allali; Emmeline Ayers; Olivier Beauchet; Michele Callisaya; Richard B. Lipton; P. S. Mathuranath; Thanh G. Phan; V. G. Pradeep Kumar; Velandai Srikanth; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2019)

Assessment of resistance to rice tungro disease in popular rice varieties in India by introgression of a transgene against Rice tungro bacilliform virus - G. Kumar; M. Jyothsna; P. Valarmathi; S. Roy; A. Banerjee; J. Tarafdar; B. K. Senapati; S. Robin; S. Manonmani; R. Rabindran; I. Dasgupta (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Flowering pattern of Schizostachyum dullooa, a thin walled tropical bamboo and impact of flowering on regeneration of canopy trees in evergreen forest in North East India - Mukta Chandra Das; Arun Jyoti Nath; Ashesh Kumar Das; G. W. Sileshi (Tropical Ecology, 2019)

Comparative Immunological and Biochemical Properties of the Epidermal Mucus from Three Brackishwater Fishes - Prem Kumar; T. Rajeshwaran; P. Priya; M. Kailasam; G. Biswas; T. K. Ghoshal; K. K. Vijayan; A. R. T. Arasu (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2019)

Co-seismic grace gravity-based 11-layered 3-D thrust fault model for the Sumatra earthquake 2004 - Rambhatla G Sastry; Mahendra Kumar Sonker (Journal of Earth System Science, 2019)

Seed morphology, quality traits and imbibition behaviour study of atypical lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) from Rajasthan, India - Kuldeep Tripathi; Padmavati G. Gore; Anjula Pandey; Rakesh Bhardwaj; Neeta Singh; Gautam Chawla; Ashok Kumar (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2019)

Nanomaterials as versatile adsorbents for heavy metal ions in water: a review - Gautam Kumar Sarma; Susmita Sen Gupta; Krishna G. Bhattacharyya (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Novel mutation in Cul7 gene in a family diagnosed with 3M syndrome - Shagufta Shaikh; Suresh K. G. Shettigar; Santosh Kumar; Surita Kantharia; Jagannath Kurva; Susan Cherian (Journal of Genetics, 2019)

Genomewide association study of C-peptide surfaces key regulatory genes in Indians - Khushdeep Bandesh; Gauri Prasad; Anil Kumar Giri; V. Saroja Voruganti; Nancy F. Butte; Shelley A. Cole; Anthony G. Comuzzie; Nikhil Tandon; Dwaipayan Bharadwaj (Journal of Genetics, 2019)

Identification of resistance in tomato against root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and comparison of molecular markers for Mi gene - P. Bhavana; A. K. Singh; R. Kumar; G. K. Prajapati; K. Thamilarasi; R. Manickam; S. Maurya; J. S. Choudhary (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2019)

Multiple infections caused by white spot syndrome virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in pond‐reared Penaeus vannamei in India and multiplex PCR for their simultaneous detection - S. Thamizhvanan; S. Sivakumar; S. Santhosh Kumar; D. Vinoth Kumar; S. Suryakodi; K. Balaji; T. Rajkumar; S. Vimal; S. Abdul Majeed; G. Taju; A. S. Sahul Hameed (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2019)
White leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei , were collected on a monthly basis from grow‐out ponds located at Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states along the east coast of India for screening of viral and other pathogens. Totally 240 shrimp samples randomly collected from 92 farms were screened for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP). The number of shrimp collected from shrimp farms ranged from 6 to 20 based on the body weight of the shrimp. All the shrimp collected from one farm were pooled together for screening for pathogens by PCR assay. Among the samples screened, 28 samples were WSSV‐positive, one positive for IHHNV and 30 samples positive for EHP. Among the positive samples, four samples were found to be positive for both WSSV and EHP, which indicated that the shrimp had multiple infections with WSSV and EHP. This is the first report on the occurrence of multiple infections caused by WSSV and EHP. Multiplex PCR (m‐PCR) protocol was standardized to detect both pathogens simultaneously in single reaction instead of carrying out separate PCR for both pathogens. Using m‐PCR assay, naturally infected shrimp samples collected from field showed two prominent bands of 615 and 510 bp for WSSV and EHP, respectively.

Evaluation of performance of seasonal precipitation prediction at regional scale over India - U. C. Mohanty; M. M. Nageswararao; P. Sinha; A. Nair; A. Singh; R. K. Rai; S. C. Kar; K. J. Ramesh; K. K. Singh; K. Ghosh; L. S. Rathore; R. Sharma; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019)

High Degree of Genetic Heterogeneity for Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxias in Australia - Ce Kang; Christina Liang; Kate E. Ahmad; Yufan Gu; Sue-Faye Siow; James G. Colebatch; Scott Whyte; Karl Ng; Philip D. Cremer; Alastair J. Corbett; Ryan L. Davis; Tony Roscioli; et al. (The Cerebellum, 2019)

The first record of active methane (cold) seep ecosystem associated with shallow methane hydrate from the Indian EEZ - A Mazumdar; P Dewangan; A Peketi; S Gullapalli; M S Kalpana; G P Naik; D Shetty; S Pujari; S P K Pillutla; V V Gaikwad; D Nazareth; N S Sangodkar; et al. (Journal of Earth System Science, 2019)

Cultivation of Ascochloris sp. ADW007-enriched microalga in raw dairy wastewater for enhanced biomass and lipid productivity - A. K. Kumar; S. Sharma; E. Shah; B. S. Parikh; A. Patel; G. Dixit; S. Gupta; J. M. Divecha (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019)

Tropical rainfall predictions from multiple seasonal forecast systems - Adam A. Scaife; Laura Ferranti; Oscar Alves; Panos Athanasiadis; Johanna Baehr; Michel Dequé; Tina Dippe; Nick Dunstone; David Fereday; Richard G. Gudgel; Richard J. Greatbatch; Leon Hermanson; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2019)
We quantify seasonal prediction skill of tropical winter rainfall in 14 climate forecast systems. High levels of seasonal prediction skill exist for year‐to‐year rainfall variability in all tropical ocean basins. The tropical East Pacific is the most skilful region, with very high correlation scores, and the tropical West Pacific is also highly skilful. Predictions of tropical Atlantic and Indian Ocean rainfall show lower but statistically significant scores. We compare prediction skill (measured against observed variability) with model predictability (using single forecasts as surrogate observations). Model predictability matches prediction skill in some regions but it is generally greater, especially over the Indian Ocean. We also find significant inter‐basin connections in both observed and predicted rainfall. Teleconnections between basins due to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) appear to be reproduced in multi‐model predictions and are responsible for much of the prediction skill. They also explain the relative magnitude of inter‐annual variability, the relative magnitude of predictable rainfall signals and the ranking of prediction skill across different basins. These seasonal tropical rainfall predictions exhibit a severe wet bias, often in excess of 20% of mean rainfall. However, we find little direct relationship between bias and prediction skill. Our results suggest that future prediction systems would be best improved through better model representation of inter‐basin rainfall connections as these are strongly related to prediction skill, particularly in the Indian and West Pacific regions. Finally, we show that predictions of tropical rainfall alone can generate highly skilful forecasts of the main modes of extratropical circulation via linear relationships that might provide a useful tool to interpret real‐time forecasts.

(I-3,II-3)-Biacacetin-mediated cell death involves mitochondria - Jyotsna Nambiar; Gayathri Vijayakumar; G. Drishya; Sanu K. Shaji; Nanjan Pandurangan; Geetha B. Kumar; Bipin G. Nair (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

Label-free quantitative proteomics analysis reveals distinct molecular characteristics in endocardial endothelium - Abdul Jaleel; A. Aneesh Kumar; G. S. Ajith Kumar; Arun Surendran; Chandrashekaran C. Kartha (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

A report of human papilloma virus-16 associated vaginal carcinoma after thirty-two years of successful radiation therapy for cervical cancer - Gazal Jain; Sasidharanpillai Sabeena; Akhila Vasudeva; Anjali Mundkur; Srilatha Parampalli Srinivas; G. Arunkumar; Pratap Kumar (VirusDisease, 2018)

Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) Orchards in Semi-arid Region of India - Shrikant Wankhede; Mahesh Kumar Saini; S. L. Kothari; N. Bala; G. Singh; Vinod Singh Gour (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2018)

Optimization of process parameters for naphthalene removal onto nano-iron oxide/carbon composite by response surface methodology, isotherm and kinetic studies - J. Aravind Kumar; D. Joshua Amarnath; G. Narendrakumar; K. Vijai Anand (Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2018)

Polymorphism distribution of RYR1, PRKAG3, HFABP, MYF-5 and MC4R genes in crossbred pigs - B. L. Saini; G. K. Gaur; N. R. Sahoo; S. K. Mendiratta; A. Kumar; B. C. Naha; A. Baranwal; V. Yadav; R. K. Jaiswal (Molecular Biology Reports, 2018)

Glibenclamide protects against thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage in Wistar rat: investigation on NLRP3, MMP-2, and stellate cell activation - Durgesh Kumar Dwivedi; G. B. Jena (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2018)

Diversity of marine and brackish water nitrite-oxidizing consortia developed for activating nitrifying bioreactors in aquaculture - P. G. Preena; V. J. R. Kumar; C. Achuthan; R. George; R. Boobal; R. R. Nair; I. S. B. Singh (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2018)

Chemical investigation of metabolites produced by an endophytic fungi Phialemonium curvatum from the leaves of Passiflora edulis - G. R. Nalin Rathnayake; N. Savitri Kumar; Lalith Jayasinghe; Hiroshi Araya; Yoshinori Fujimoto (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Adsorption of Monoazo Dyes (Crocein Orange G and Procion Red MX5B) from Water Using Raw and Acid-Treated Montmorillonite K10: Insight into Kinetics, Isotherm, and Thermodynamic Parameters - Gautam Kumar Sarma; Susmita SenGupta; Krishna G. Bhattacharyya (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2018)

Magnetotelluric Investigations in Tuwa-Godhra Region, Gujarat (India) - Kapil Mohan; Peush Chaudhary; G. Pavan Kumar; Girish Ch. Kothyari; Virender Choudhary; Mehul Nagar; Pruthul Patel; Drasti Gandhi; Dilip Kushwaha; B. K. Rastogi (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2018)

Orcinol Glucoside Loaded Polymer - Lipid Hybrid Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Potential Cytotoxic Agents against Gastric, Colon and Hepatoma Carcinoma Cell Lines - Prasant Nahak; Rahul L. Gajbhiye; Gourab Karmakar; Pritam Guha; Biplab Roy; Shila Elizabeth Besra; Alexey G. Bikov; Alexander V. Akentiev; Boris A. Noskov; Kaushik Nag; Parasuraman Jaisankar; Amiya Kumar Panda (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Improvement of blast resistance of the popular high-yielding, medium slender-grain type, bacterial blight resistant rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri by marker-assisted breeding - G. Rekha; V. Abhilash Kumar; B. C. Viraktamath; K. Pranathi; M. B. V. N. Kousik; B. Laxmi Prasanna; C. Backiyalakshmi; Pragya Sinha; R. K. Ravindra; S. Bhaskar; S. K. Hajira; C. H. Balachiranjeevi; et al. (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2018)

Temporal and spatial variations of PM2.5 organic and elemental carbon in Central India - Rakesh Kumar Sahu; Shamsh Pervez; Judith C. Chow; John G. Watson; Suresh Tiwari; Abhilash S. Panicker; Rajan K. Chakrabarty; Yasmeen Fatima Pervez (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018)

A comprehensive study of radon levels and associated radiation doses in Himalayan groundwater - Mukesh Prasad; G. Anil Kumar; B. K. Sahoo; R. C. Ramola (Acta Geophysica, 2018)

Dose assessment from the exposure to attached and unattached progeny of radon and thoron in indoor environment - Mukesh Prasad; Peter Bossew; G. Anil Kumar; Rosaline Mishra; R. C. Ramola (Acta Geophysica, 2018)

From zero to hero: the past, present and future of grain amaranth breeding - Dinesh C. Joshi; Salej Sood; Rajashekara Hosahatti; Lakshmi Kant; A. Pattanayak; Anil Kumar; Dinesh Yadav; Markus G. Stetter (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2018)

Assessing the restoration time of surface water and groundwater systems under groundwater pumping - S. B. Seo; G. Mahinthakumar; A. Sankarasubramanian; M. Kumar (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2018)

Structure, mechanical properties and evolution of the lithosphere below the northwest continental margin of India - G. Srinivasa Rao; Manish Kumar; M. Radhakrishna (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2018)

Morphological and molecular variability among Indian isolates of Rhizoctonia solani causing banded leaf and sheath blight in maize - Vimla Singh; Bimal S. Amaradasa; Chikappa G. Karjagi; Dilip K. Lakshman; Karambir S. Hooda; Aundy Kumar (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of PM10 over Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), adjoining regions and Indo-Himalayan Range (IHR) during a winter 2014 campaign - Avirup Sen; Supriya G. Karapurkar; Mohit Saxena; Damodar M. Shenoy; Abhijit Chaterjee; Anil K. Choudhuri; Trupti Das; Altaf H. Khan; Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal; Srimata Pal; Dharam Pal Singh; Sudhir Kumar Sharma; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Effect of geojute technique on density, diversity and carbon stock of plant species in landslide site of North West Himalaya - Harsh Mehta; Raj Kumar; M. Ayub Dar; G. P. Juyal; Sridhar Patra; Sneha Dobhal; A. C. Rathore; Rajesh Kaushal; P. K. Mishra (Journal of Mountain Science, 2018)

Arsenic-induced oxidative stress, cholinesterase activity in the brain of Swiss albino mice, and its amelioration by antioxidants Vitamin E and Coenzyme Q10 - Anupama Sharma; Chaoba Kshetrimayum; Harsiddha G. Sadhu; Sunil Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018 - Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos; Ashley C. Banyard; Christopher F. Basler; Sina Bavari; Andrew J. Bennett; Kim R. Blasdell; Thomas Briese; Alexander Bukreyev; Yíngyún Caì; Charles H. Calisher; Cristine Campos Lawson; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2018)

First report of coconut case caterpillar, Mahasena corbetti Tams (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India - D. M. Firake; G. T. Behere; W. R. Arnscheid; R. Kumar; S. V. Ngachan (Phytoparasitica, 2018)

Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Shifting Cultivation Using Landsat Images: Soft Classification Approach - G. Venkata Rao; Anil Kumar; A. Sentil Kumar; M. Shashi (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Evaluation of Potassium Dichromate (K2Cr2O7)-Induced Liver Oxidative Stress and Ameliorative Effect of Picrorhiza kurroa Extract in Wistar Albino Rats - Navya K; Phani Kumar G; Chandrasekhar Y; Anilakumar KR (Biological Trace Element Research, 2018)

A new strain of white spot syndrome virus affecting Litopenaeus vannamei in Indian shrimp farms - S Sivakumar; S Vimal; S Abdul Majeed; S Santhosh Kumar; G Taju; N Madan; T Rajkumar; S Thamizhvanan; K V Shamsudheen; V Scaria; S Sivasubbu; A S Sahul Hameed (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018)
White spot syndrome virus ( WSSV )‐infected shrimp samples collected from grow‐out ponds located at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India, showed WSSV negative and positive by PCR using primer sets specific to ORF 119 and VP 28 gene of WSSV , respectively. This indicated the deletion of genetic fragments in the genome of WSSV . The WSSV isolate along with lab strain of WSSV was subjected to next‐generation sequencing. The sequence analysis revealed a deletion of 13,170 bp at five positions in the genome of WSSV ‐ NS (new strain) relative to WSSV ‐ TH and WSSV ‐ LS (lab strain). The PCR analysis using the ORF 's specific primer sets revealed the complete deletion of 10 ORF s in the genome of WSSV ‐ NS strain. The primer set was designed based on sequence covering ORF 161/162/163 to amplify a product of 2,748 bp for WSSV ‐ LS and 402 bp for WSSV ‐ NS . Our surveillance programme carried out since 2002 revealed the replacement of WSSV ‐ LS by WSSV ‐ NS in Indian shrimp culture system.

Delaying of cataract through intervention of Hemidesmus indicus in STZ induced diabetic rats - Prabhakar Tirumani; S. Venu; G. Sridhar; M. Praveen kumar; A. V. Rajashekhar; T. Naga Raju (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Identification of Ideal Locations and Stable High Biomass Sorghum Genotypes in semiarid Tropics - G. S. Anil Kumar; K. S. Vinutha; Devendra Kumar Shrivastava; S. Jain; B. A. Syed; B. Gami; S. Marimuthu; A. Yuvraj; H. S. Yadava; S. C. Srivastava; K. Yadagiri; V. Ansodariya; et al. (Sugar Tech, 2018)

Enhancement of drug permeability across blood brain barrier using nanoparticles in meningitis - Keerthi G. S. Nair; Velmurugan Ramaiyan; Sathesh Kumar Sukumaran (Inflammopharmacology, 2018)

A stimulus-responsive, in situ-forming, nanoparticle-laden hydrogel for ocular drug delivery - Maryam Kabiri; Syed H. Kamal; Sandip V. Pawar; Protiva R. Roy; Maziar Derakhshandeh; Ujendra Kumar; Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos; Sazzad Hossain; Vikramaditya G. Yadav (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2018)

Genetic diversity of Cahi DRB and DQB genes of caprine MHC class II in Sirohi goat - G. R. Gowane; Najif Akram; S. S. Misra; Ved Prakash; Arun Kumar (Journal of Genetics, 2018)

Pharmaceutical products as emerging contaminant in water: relevance for developing nations and identification of critical compounds for Indian environment - Prakash Chinnaiyan; Santosh G. Thampi; Mathava Kumar; K. M. Mini (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Herd-level risk factors for bovine viral diarrhea infection in cattle of Tamil Nadu - Subbiah Krishna Kumar; K. M. Palanivel; K. Sukumar; B. Samuel Masilamoni Ronald; G. Selvaraju; G. Ponnudurai (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

Pedotransfer functions to estimate soil water content at field capacity and permanent wilting point in hot Arid Western India - Priyabrata Santra; Mahesh Kumar; R N Kumawat; D K Painuli; K M Hati; G B M Heuvelink; N H Batjes (Journal of Earth System Science, 2018)

Bio-fabrication of silver nanoparticles using the leaf extract of an ancient herbal medicine, dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), evaluation of their antioxidant, anticancer potential, and antimicrobial activity against phytopathogens - Rijuta G. Saratale; Giovanni Benelli; Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Dong Su Kim; Ganesh D. Saratale (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Chromogenic detection of yam mosaic virus by closed-tube reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (CT-RT-LAMP) - Chukwuemeka K. Nkere; Joshua O. Oyekanmi; Gonçalo Silva; Moritz Bömer; Gabriel I. Atiri; Joseph Onyeka; Norbert G. Maroya; Susan E. Seal; P. Lava Kumar (Archives of Virology, 2018)

Present status on variability and management of Ascochyta rabiei infecting chickpea - L. Manjunatha; P. R. Saabale; A. K. Srivastava; G. P. Dixit; L. B. Yadav; Krishna Kumar (Indian Phytopathology, 2018)

Regional changes of precipitation and temperature over Bangladesh using bias‐corrected multi‐model ensemble projections considering high‐emission pathways - Md. Golam Rabbani Fahad; A. K. M. Saiful Islam; Rouzbeh Nazari; M. Alfi Hasan; G. M. Tarekul Islam; Sujit Kumar Bala (International Journal of Climatology, 2018)
A multi‐model ensemble provides useful information about the uncertainty of the future changes of climate. High‐emission scenarios using representative concentration pathways (RCP8.5) of the Fifth Phase Coupled Model Inter‐comparison Project (CMIP5) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also aids to capture the possible extremity of the climate change. Using the CMIP5 regional climate modelling predictions, this study analyses the distribution of the temperature and precipitation in Bangladesh in the recent years (1971–2000) and in three future periods (2010–2040, 2041–2070 and 2070–2100) considering RCP8.5 scenarios. Climate changes are expressed in terms of 30‐year return values of annual near‐surface temperature and 24‐h precipitation amounts. At the end of the century, the mean temperature increase over Bangladesh among the 11 RCMs will vary from 5.77 to 3.24 °C. Spatial analysis of the 11 RCMs exhibited that the southwest and the south central parts of Bangladesh will experience a greater temperature rise in the future. Possible changes in rainfall are also exhibited both temporally and spatially. Based on the analysis of all the RCMs, a significant increase of rainfall in the pre‐ and post‐monsoon period is observed. It is also evident that monsoon rainfall will not increase in comparison with pre‐monsoon season. Zonal statistics of 64 districts of Bangladesh are also conducted for the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s to find out the most exposed regions in terms of the highest rise in temperature and changes in precipitation.

Yorkie Regulates Neurodegeneration Through Canonical Pathway and Innate Immune Response - Sandeep Kumar Dubey; Madhu G. Tapadia (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Reconstructing the demographic history of the Himalayan and adjoining populations - Rakesh Tamang; Gyaneshwer Chaubey; Amrita Nandan; Periyasamy Govindaraj; Vipin Kumar Singh; Niraj Rai; Chandana Basu Mallick; Vishwas Sharma; Varun Kumar Sharma; Anish M. Shah; Albert Lalremruata; Alla G. Reddy; et al. (Human Genetics, 2018)

Detection and identification of four 16Sr subgroups of phytoplasmas associated with different legume crops in India - G. P. Rao; Madhupriya; Manish Kumar; Sonica Tomar; Bishnu Maya; S. K. Singh; Joy Michal Johnson (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Investigation of temperature changes over India in association with meteorological parameters in a warming climate - G. Purnadurga; T.V. Lakshmi Kumar; K. Koteswara Rao; M. Rajasekhar; M.S. Narayanan (International Journal of Climatology, 2018)
We have used 1° × 1° resolution maximum temperature ( T MAX ) data sets developed by India Meteorological Department (IMD) to examine the summer time warming over India during the period 2001–2014 in comparison with the period 1971–2000. The two study periods have been arrived at based on the drastic change of Moisture Index ( I M ) trends over India between the two epochs. The T MAX variations over India are discussed with the corresponding changes in Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) data of the Climate Research Unit (CRU) and Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) data of NOAA ESRL. The study shows a considerable warming over northern parts of India compared to southern parts. Western Himalayas (WH) and Northwest (NW) regions experienced highest warming with 1.4 °C and 0.8 °C increases during Epoch 2 (2001–2014) as compared Epoch 1 (1971–2000) during the summer (March, April and May). Using MERRA Black Carbon Surface Mass Concentration (BCSMC) data, we have analysed the relation of increasing BCSMC with the T MAX over different homogeneous temperature regions of India and found that BCSMC has increased upto 1.6 times between the two epochs. Strong linear association is found between T MAX , PET and OLR evidenced by Coherence Wavelet Spectral analysis. It is also found that the highest warming occurred in the month of March and is 2.2 °C in WH and 1.4 °C in NW parts of India. We calculated mass stream function based on zonal mean meridional velocity for the two periods. In the recent periods we observed the weakening of polar cell and northward expansion of Hadley cell. These changes may be related to warming conditions of the atmosphere which may explain the intensification and northward expansion of the Ferrel cell with favourable conditions during the summer season.

Hindcast of breaking waves and its impact at an island sheltered coast, Karwar - G. Udhaba Dora; V. Sanil Kumar (Ocean Dynamics, 2018)

A Tool Assessing Optimal Multi-Scale Image Segmentation - A. Mohan Vamsee; P. Kamala; Tapas R. Martha; K. Vinod Kumar; G. Jai sankar; E. Amminedu (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Lead isotopic ratios in source apportionment of heavy metals in the street dust of Kolkata, India - A. Das; K V. S. S. Krishna; R. Kumar; M. C. Saha; S. Sengupta; J. G. Ghosh (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2018)

Correction to: Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat - Matthew P. Reynolds; Alistair J. D. Pask; William J. E. Hoppitt; Kai Sonder; Sivakumar Sukumaran; Gemma Molero; Carolina Saint Pierre; Thomas Payne; Ravi P. Singh; Hans J. Braun; Fernanda G. Gonzalez; Ignacio I. Terrile; et al. (Euphytica, 2018)
The original article was corrected. Author Muhammad Kundi should instead read: Muhammad Sohail.

Sustainable bioreduction of toxic levels of chromate in a denitrifying granular sludge reactor - G Kiran Kumar Reddy; Y V Nancharaiah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Habitat selection by an avian top predator in the tropical megacity of Delhi: human activities and socio-religious practices as prey-facilitating tools - Nishant Kumar; Urvi Gupta; Yadvendradev V. Jhala; Qamar Qureshi; Andrew G. Gosler; Fabrizio Sergio (Urban Ecosystems, 2017)

Use of secA Gene for Characterization of Phytoplasmas Associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Disease in India - Shailender Kumar; Vikas Singh Jadon; G. P. Rao (Sugar Tech, 2017)

A Biocompatible Synthetic Lung Fluid Based on Human Respiratory Tract Lining Fluid Composition - Abhinav Kumar; Wachirun Terakosolphan; Mireille Hassoun; Kalliopi-Kelli Vandera; Astrid Novicky; Richard Harvey; Paul G. Royall; Elif Melis Bicer; Jonny Eriksson; Katarina Edwards; Dirk Valkenborg; Inge Nelissen; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2017)

β-carotene at physiologically attainable concentration induces apoptosis and down-regulates cell survival and antioxidant markers in human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells - G. Sowmya Shree; K. Yogendra Prasad; H. S. Arpitha; U. R. Deepika; K. Nawneet Kumar; Priya Mondal; P. Ganesan (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2017)

Vertical structure of orographic precipitating clouds observed over south Asia during summer monsoon season - Shailendra Kumar; G S Bhat (Journal of Earth System Science, 2017)

Estimation of potential zones for offshore mariculture in the Indian Sea using geographical information system as a management tool - Dilip Kumar Jha; G. Rajaprabhu; R. Kirubagaran; R. Sendhil Kumar; G. Dharani; Anup Das; G. Gopinath; J. Santhanakumar (Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2017)

A real-time ocean reanalyses intercomparison project in the context of tropical pacific observing system and ENSO monitoring - Yan Xue; C. Wen; A. Kumar; M. Balmaseda; Y. Fujii; O. Alves; M. Martin; X. Yang; G. Vernieres; C. Desportes; T. Lee; I. Ascione; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

Genomic characterization of a novel calicivirus, FHMCV-2012, from baitfish in the USA - Sunil Kumar Mor; Nicholas B. D. Phelps; Terry Fei Fan Ng; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Alexander Primus; Anibal G. Armien; Rebekah McCann; Corey Puzach; Thomas B. Waltzek; Sagar M. Goyal (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Estimating carbon sequestration potential of existing agroforestry systems in India - Ajit; S. K. Dhyani; A. K. Handa; Ram Newaj; S. B. Chavan; Badre Alam; Rajendra Prasad; Asha Ram; R. H. Rizvi; Amit Kumar Jain; Uma; Dharmendra Tripathi; et al. (Agroforestry Systems, 2017)

Effect of processing on nutritive values of milk protein - Sanket G. Borad; Anuj Kumar; Ashish K. Singh (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2017)

Inhibitory activity of bio-active compounds isolated from Anadara granosa in shrimp health management - D. Sunil Kumar; P. Janakiram; M. Murali Krishna Kumar; G. Krishna Geetha (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017)

Co-transformation mediated stacking of blast resistance genes Pi54 and Pi54rh in rice provides broad spectrum resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae - Mandeep Kumari; Amit Kumar Rai; B. N. Devanna; Pankaj Kumar Singh; Ritu Kapoor; H. Rajashekara; G. Prakash; Vinay Sharma; Tilak Raj Sharma (Plant Cell Reports, 2017)

Erratum to: Synthesis and characterization of new s-triazine bearing benzimidazole and benzothiazole derivatives as anticancer agents - G. Jagadeesh Kumar; S. Naveen Kumar; Dinesh Thummuri; Lavanya Bindu Sree Adari; V. G. M. Naidu; Kolupula Srinivas; V. Jayathirtha Rao (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat - Matthew P. Reynolds; Alistair J. D. Pask; William J. E. Hoppitt; Kai Sonder; Sivakumar Sukumaran; Gemma Molero; Carolina Saint Pierre; Thomas Payne; Ravi P. Singh; Hans J. Braun; Fernanda G. Gonzalez; Ignacio I. Terrile; et al. (Euphytica, 2017)
To accelerate genetic gains in breeding, physiological trait (PT) characterization of candidate parents can help make more strategic crosses, increasing the probability of accumulating favorable alleles compared to crossing relatively uncharacterized lines. In this study, crosses were designed to complement “source” with “sink” traits, where at least one parent was selected for favorable expression of biomass and/or radiation use efficiency—source—and the other for sink-related traits like harvest-index, kernel weight and grains per spike. Female parents were selected from among genetic resources—including landraces and products of wide-crossing (i.e. synthetic wheat)—that had been evaluated in Mexico at high yield potential or under heat stress, while elite lines were used as males. Progeny of crosses were advanced to the F 4 generation within Mexico, and F 4 -derived F 5 and F 6 generations were yield tested to populate four international nurseries, targeted to high yield environments (2nd and 3rd WYCYT) for yield potential, and heat stressed environments (2nd and 4th SATYN) for climate resilience, respectively. Each nursery was grown as multi-location yield trials. Genetic gains were achieved in both temperate and hot environments, with most new PT-derived lines expressing superior yield and biomass compared to local checks at almost all international sites. Furthermore, the tendency across all four nurseries indicated either the superiority of the best new PT lines compared with the CIMMYT elite checks, or the superiority of all new PT lines as a group compared with all checks, and in some cases, both. Results support—in a realistic breeding context—the hypothesis that yield and radiation use efficiency can be increased by improving source:sink balance, and validate the feasibility of incorporating exotic germplasm into mainstream breeding efforts to accelerate genetic gains for yield potential and climate resilience.

Eco-concrete for sustainability: utilizing aluminium dross and iron slag as partial replacement materials - Shriraksha Javali; A. R. Chandrashekar; Sujay Raghavendra Naganna; D. S. Manu; Parameshwar Hiremath; H. G. Preethi; N. Vinod Kumar (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017)

Estimates of direct and maternal (co)variance components as well as genetic parameters of growth traits in Nellore sheep - Satish Kumar I; Vijaya Kumar C; Gangaraju G; Sapna Nath; Thiruvenkadan A.K. (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

Automatic procedures analyzing remote sensing data to minimize flood response time: a step towards National flood mapping service - Vinod Kumar Sharma; G. Srinivasa Rao; C. M. Bhatt; Abhinav Kumar Shukla; Ashish Kumar Mishra; V. Bhanumurthy (Spatial Information Research, 2017)

Monitoring nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur in hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) using hyperspectral remote sensing - G. R. Mahajan; R. N. Pandey; R. N. Sahoo; V. K. Gupta; S. C. Datta; Dinesh Kumar (Precision Agriculture, 2017)

Zebra chip disease enhances respiration and oxidative stress of potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) - G. N. Mohan Kumar; Lisa O. Knowles; N. Richard Knowles (Planta, 2017)