Another example of cryptic diversity in lichen-forming fungi: the new species Parmelia mayi (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) - M. Carmen Molina; Ruth Del-Prado; Pradeep Kumar Divakar; Daniel Sánchez-Mata; Ana Crespo (Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2011)

Mapping QTL for resistance to botrytis grey mould in chickpea - Chetukuri Anuradha; Pooran M. Gaur; Suresh Pande; Kishore K. Gali; Muthyl Ganesh; Jagdish Kumar; Rajeev K. Varshney (Euphytica, 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)

Long-term variations in outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR), convective available potential energy (CAPE) and temperature in the tropopause region over India - R SAPRA; S K DHAKA; V PANWAR; R BHATNAGAR; K PRAVEEN KUMAR; Y SHIBAGAKI; M VENKAT RATNAM; M TAKAHASHI (Journal of Earth System Science, 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)

Strategies for B-lymphocyte repertoire remodeling in transplantation tolerance - Kumar Vivek; Moiz M. Mustafa; Eduardo Rodriguez; Robert R. Redfield; Ronald F. Parsons; Susan Rostami; Thi-Sau Migone; Michael P. Cancro; Ali Naji; Hooman Noorchashm (Immunologic Research, 2011)

Origin of ~2.5 Ga potassic granite from the Nellore Schist Belt, SE India: textural, cathodoluminescence, and SHRIMP U–Pb data - K. Vijaya Kumar; W. G. Ernst; C. Leelanandam; J. L. Wooden; M. J. Grove (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2011)

Estimation of nuclear DNA content of various bamboo and rattan species - Prakash P. Kumar; Ian M. Turner; A. Nagaraja Rao; K. Arumuganathan (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2011)

Prediction of Uniaxial Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength and Porosity of Sedimentary Rocks Using Sound Level Produced During Rotary Drilling - B. Rajesh Kumar; Harsha Vardhan; M. Govindaraj (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2011)

Experimental validation and docking studies of flavone derivatives on aldose reductase involved in diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy - Pagadala Nataraj Sekhar; P. B. Kavi Kishor; P. K. Zubaidha; A. M. Hashmi; T. A. Kadam; Lakkireddy Anandareddy; Marc De Maeyer; K. Praveen Kumar; B. Vijaya Bhaskar; T. Munichandrababu; G. Jayasree; P. V. B. S. Narayana; et al. (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

Climate Change Studies Using Coupled Model: Land Surface Perspective - Sukanta Kumar Das; Sanjib Kumar Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. C. Joshi; Pradip Kumar Pal (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2011)

GPS-derived deformation rates in northwestern Himalaya and Ladakh - Sridevi Jade; H. J. Raghavendra Rao; M. S. M. Vijayan; V. K. Gaur; B. C. Bhatt; Kireet Kumar; Saigeetha Jaganathan; M. B. Ananda; P. Dileep Kumar (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 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)

Tissue Engineering of Blood Vessels: Functional Requirements, Progress, and Future Challenges - Vivek A. Kumar; Luke P. Brewster; Jeffrey M. Caves; Elliot L. Chaikof (Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2011)

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated genetic transformation of selected elite clone(s) of Eucalyptus tereticornis - Diwakar Aggarwal; Anil Kumar; M. Sudhakara Reddy (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2011)

Meso-scale atmospheric events promote phytoplankton blooms in the coastal Bay of Bengal - K MANEESHA; V V S S SARMA; N P C REDDY; Y SADHURAM; T V RAMANA MURTY; V V SARMA; M DILEEP KUMAR (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Elevational and geographic variation in army ant swarm raid rates - S. O’Donnell; M. Kaspari; A. Kumar; J. Lattke; S. Powell (Insectes Sociaux, 2011)

Impacts of Public Policies and Farmer Preferences on Agroforestry Practices in Kerala, India - S. Guillerme; B. M. Kumar; A. Menon; C. Hinnewinkel; E. Maire; A. V. Santhoshkumar (Environmental Management, 2011)

Characterization of two freshwater silurid catfish using conventional and molecular cytogenetic techniques - JYOTI VERMA; W. S. LAKRA; B. KUSHWAHA; M. SIRAJUDDIN; N. S. NAGPURE; RAVINDRA KUMAR (Journal of Genetics, 2011)

Evaluation of the Diurnal Cycle in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Land as Represented by a Variety of Single-Column Models: The Second GABLS Experiment - G. Svensson; A. A. M. Holtslag; V. Kumar; T. Mauritsen; G. J. Steeneveld; W. M. Angevine; E. Bazile; A. Beljaars; E. I. F. de Bruijn; A. Cheng; L. Conangla; J. Cuxart; et al. (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2011)

Association Between the M268T Polymorphism in the Angiotensinogen Gene and Essential Hypertension in a South Indian Population - M. Gopi Chand; J. Srinath; R. S. Rao; Bhaskar V. K. S. Lakkakula; Satish Kumar; V. R. Rao (Biochemical Genetics, 2011)

A new hybrid spectral similarity measure for discrimination among Vigna species - M. Naresh Kumar; M. V. R. Seshasai; K. S. Vara Prasad; V. Kamala; K. V. Ramana; R. S. Dwivedi; P. S. Roy (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2011)

Cytotoxic effect of a polymer–copper(II) complex containing 2,2′-bipyridyl ligand on human lung cancer cells - R. Senthil Kumar; V. S. Periasamy; C. Preethy Paul; A. Riyasdeen; S. Arunachalam; M. A. Akbarsha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

Validation of SSR markers linked to null kunitz tryspin inhibitor allele in Indian soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] population - Anita Rani; Vineet Kumar; Vaishali Mourya; R. K. Singh; S. M. Husain (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2011)

Ursolic acid inhibits multiple cell survival pathways leading to suppression of growth of prostate cancer xenograft in nude mice - Muthu K. Shanmugam; Peramaiyan Rajendran; Feng Li; Tarang Nema; Shireen Vali; Taher Abbasi; Shweta Kapoor; Ashish Sharma; Alan Prem Kumar; Paul C. Ho; Kam M. Hui; Gautam Sethi (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 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)

Thermoactive β-N-acetylhexosaminidase production by a soil isolate of Penicillium monoverticillium CFR 2 under solid state fermentation: parameter optimization and application for N-acetyl chitooligosaccharides preparation from chitin - P. V. Suresh; P. K. Anil Kumar; N. M. Sachindra (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2011)

Real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of anthrax spores in spiked soil and talcum powder - Neha Jain; Jyoti S. Kumar; M. M. Parida; S. Merwyn; G. P. Rai; G. S. Agarwal (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2011)

Bioremediation of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent by Tannic Acid Degrading Enterobacter sp. - Yogendra Prakash Singh; Purnima Dhall; R. M. Mathur; R. K. Jain; Vasanta vadde Thakur; Virendra Kumar; Rita Kumar; Anil Kumar (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2011)

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)

Low-frequency internal waves and their influence on transmission loss variability - P. V. Hareesh Kumar; A. Raghunadha Rao; K. Anilkumar; M. Padmanabham; K. G. Radhakrishnan (Natural Hazards, 2011)

Solar eclipse-induced variations in solar flux, j(NO2) and surface ozone at Kannur, India - T. Nishanth; K. M. Praseed; M. K. Satheesh Kumar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2011)

CsF–Celite catalyzed facile N-alkylation of 2(3H)-benzoxazolones and antimicrobial properties of 2-substituted benzoxazole and 3-substituted-2(3H)-benzoxazolone derivatives - M. S. R. Murty; Kesur R. Ram; Rayudu Venkateswara Rao; J. S. Yadav; U. S. N. Murty; K. Pranay Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

Stratification and population structure of the genetic resources of ancient medicinal rice (Oryza sativa L.) landrace Njavara - Sreejayan; U. Suresh Kumar; George Varghese; T. M. Jacob; George Thomas (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2011)

Noninvasive genetic monitoring of tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) population of Orang National Park in the Brahmaputra floodplain, Assam, India - Udayan Borthakur; Rumi Dev Barman; Chatrapati Das; Ajit Basumatary; Anjan Talukdar; M. Firoz Ahmed; Bibhab Kumar Talukdar; Rupjyoti Bharali (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2011)

Heme iron state in various oxyhemoglobins probed using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution - M. I. Oshtrakh; A. L. Berkovsky; A. Kumar; S. Kundu; A. V. Vinogradov; T. S. Konstantinova; V. A. Semionkin (BioMetals, 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)

Synthesis, Characterization Luminiscence Studies and Microbial Activity of Ethylenediamine Ruthenium (II) Complexes with Dipyridophenazine Ligands - Mynam Shilpa; Penumaka Nagababu; Y. Praveen Kumar; J. Naveena Lavanya Latha; M. Rajender Reddy; K. S. Karthikeyan; Nazar Gabra; Sirasani Satyanarayana (Journal of Fluorescence, 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)

Dairy Farm Age and Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents in Escherichia coli Isolated from Dairy Topsoil - Suzanna E. Jones; Jonathan M. Burgos; Marvin M. F. Lutnesky; Johnny A. Sena; Sanath Kumar; Lindsay M. Jones; Manuel F. Varela (Current Microbiology, 2011)

Determination of genetic relationships among elite thermosensitive genic male sterile lines (TGMS) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) employing morphological and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers - VIKAS KUMAR SINGH; PRITI UPADHYAY; PALLAVI SINHA; ASHISH KUMAR MALL; SANJAY KUMAR JAISWAL; ATUL SINGH; RANJITH KUMAR ELLUR; SUNIL BIRADAR; R. M. SUNDARAM; SUKHPAL SINGH; ILYAS AHMED; B. MISHRA; et al. (Journal of Genetics, 2011)

Temporal changes in circulating levels of plasma interleukin-8 during peripartum period in Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) under subtropical climate - Vijay Kumar; Parveen Kumar; Krishna Mohan; Mihir Sarkar; K. P. Suresh; M. S. Chauhan; B. S. Prakash (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2011)

On the relative roles of El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole events on the Monsoon Onset over Kerala - Syam Sankar; M. R. Ramesh Kumar; Chris Reason (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2011)

Influence of Higher Doses of Nitrogen on Yield and Quality of Early Maturing Sugarcane Varieties - K. V. Naga Madhuri; M. Hemanth Kumar; N. V. Sarala (Sugar Tech, 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)

Codon optimization of the major antigen encoding genes of diverse strains of influenza a virus - Indra Mani; Vijai Singh; Dharmendra Kumar Chaudhary; Pallavi Somvanshi; M. P. S. Negi (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2011)

Identification of aquifer-recharge zones and sources in an urban development area (Delhi, India), by correlating isotopic tracers with hydrological features - Manish Kumar; M. Someshwar Rao; Bhishm Kumar; Algappan Ramanathan (Hydrogeology Journal, 2011)

Factors affecting in vitro formation of cormlets in Gladiolus hybridus Hort. and their field performance - Anil Kumar; L. M. S. Palni; Anil Sood (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2011)

Physicochemical Characterization of NPC 1161C, A Novel Antimalarial 8-Aminoquinoline, in Solution and Solid State - Asish Kumar Dutta; Steven P. Stodghill; Christy M. Wyandt (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2011)

Application of Native Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) for Fermentative Recovery of Lipids and Proteins from Fish Processing Wastes: Bioactivities of Fermentation Products - Amit Kumar Rai; R. Jini; H. C. Swapna; N. M. Sachindra; N. Bhaskar; V. Baskaran (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2011)

Comparative sequence analysis of B5R gene of zoonotic buffalo pox virus isolates with other orthopoxviruses - B. M. Chandranaik; Raj Kumar Singh; Mahusudan Hosamani; Giriappa Krishnappa; Balur R. Harish; C. S. Chethana; C. Renukaprasad (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2011)

Rapid recovery- and characterization of transformants following Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA transfer to sorghum - Vinod Kumar; LeAnne M. Campbell; Keerti S. Rathore (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2011)

First record of the entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga aulicae on the Bihar hairy caterpillar Spilarctia obliqua in Manipur, India - C. M. Senthil Kumar; K. Jeyaram; H. Birkumar Singh (Phytoparasitica, 2011)

Daytime boundary layer behavior over eastern region (per-humid climate) and western regions (semi-arid climate) of India: a case study - Manoj Kumar; Anil Kumar; Chinmay Mallik; N. C. Mahanti; A. M. Shekh (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2011)

Measurement of marine productivity using 15N and 13C tracers: Some methodological aspects - NAVEEN GANDHI; SANJEEV KUMAR; S PRAKASH; R RAMESH; M S SHESHSHAYEE (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Doppler SODAR observations of the temperature structure parameter during monsoon season over a tropical rural station, Gadanki - M SHRAVAN KUMAR; V K ANANDAN; AMIT KESARKAR; P NARASIMHA REDDY (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Persistence and Dissipation of Fluopicolide in/on Grape Berries and Soil Under Semi Arid Tropical Climatic Conditions of India - Soudamini Mohapatra; A. K. Ahuja; M. Deepa; G. K. Jagdish; N. Rashmi; Sampath Kumar; G. S. Prakash (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2011)

Human immunodeficiency virus infection in the CNS and decreased dopamine availability: relationship with neuropsychological performance - Adarsh M. Kumar; Raymond L. Ownby; Drenna Waldrop-Valverde; Benny Fernandez; Mahendra Kumar (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2011)

Association of toll-like receptor four single nucleotide polymorphisms with incidence of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) in cattle - Ranjit S. Kataria; Richard G. Tait; Dinesh Kumar; Manuel A. Ortega; Jose Rodiguez; James M. Reecy (Immunogenetics, 2011)

Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater in Neyveli Basin, Cuddalore District, South India - M. V. Prasanna; S. Chidambaram; G. Senthil Kumar; AL Ramanathan; H. C. Nainwal (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2011)

Hypothyroidism of gene-targeted mice lacking Kcnq1 - Henning Fröhlich; Krishna M. Boini; Guiscard Seebohm; Nathalie Strutz-Seebohm; Oana N. Ureche; Michael Föller; Melanie Eichenmüller; Ekaterina Shumilina; Ganesh Pathare; Anurag Kumar Singh; Ursula Seidler; Karl E. Pfeifer; et al. (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 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)

Glutamoyl diester of the dietary polyphenol curcumin offers improved protection against peroxynitrite-mediated nitrosative stress and damage of brain mitochondria in vitro: implications for Parkinson’s disease - Rajeswara Babu Mythri; G. Harish; Shiv Kumar Dubey; Krishna Misra; M. M. Srinivas Bharath (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2011)

Identification of differentially expressed genes during bud stage of cotton boll development using suppression subtractive hybridization and cDNA macroarray - K. P. Raghavendra; M. L. V. Phanindra; B. Kiran Kumar; G. Dhandapani; P. Ananda Kumar (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2011)

Artificial neural networks approach in evapotranspiration modeling: a review - M. Kumar; N. S. Raghuwanshi; R. Singh (Irrigation Science, 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)

Genomic mapping and testing for quantitative trait loci in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) - S. M. Kamunya; F. N. Wachira; R. S. Pathak; R. Korir; V. Sharma; R. Kumar; P. Bhardwaj; R. Chalo; P. S. Ahuja; R. K. Sharma (Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2010)

Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) - K. Sri Shilpa; V. Dinesh Kumar; M. Sujatha (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Verification of cloud cover forecast with INSAT observation over western India - Shivani Shah; B. M. Rao; Prashant Kumar; P. K. Pal (Journal of Earth System Science, 2010)

Estimating aquifer thickness using multiple pumping tests - Jean-Christophe Maréchal; Jean-Michel Vouillamoz; M. S. Mohan Kumar; Benoit Dewandel (Hydrogeology Journal, 2010)

Effect of Chronic Fenvalerate Intoxication on Tissue Concentration of Copper in Goats and Further Exploration of Its Mechanism - Kaushal Kumar Singh; M. K. Gupta; Mahendra Ram; Vishakha Singh; B. K. Roy (Biological Trace Element Research, 2010)

Resistance against various fungal pathogens and reniform nematode in transgenic cotton plants expressing Arabidopsis NPR1 - Vilas Parkhi; Vinod Kumar; LeAnne M. Campbell; Alois A. Bell; Jyoti Shah; Keerti S. Rathore (Transgenic Research, 2010)

Coal fly ash utilization in agriculture: its potential benefits and risks - Rajeev Pratap Singh; Amit K. Gupta; M. Hakimi Ibrahim; Atul Kumar Mittal (Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2010)

Geotechnical Characteristics of Marine Sediments in Selected Sectors off West Coast of India vis-a-vis Provenances - M. R. Asoka Kumar; Satish Kumar; Thomas Mathai; M. Suresh Chandran; K. N. Rajarama (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2010)

Molecular characterization and functional analysis of Glycine max sterol methyl transferase 2 genes involved in plant membrane sterol biosynthesis - Anjanasree K. Neelakandan; Hanh T. M. Nguyen; Rajesh Kumar; Lam-Son Phan Tran; Satish K. Guttikonda; Truyen Ngoc Quach; Donovan L. Aldrich; W. David Nes; Henry T. Nguyen (Plant Molecular Biology, 2010)

Waterlogging and flood hazards vulnerability and risk assessment in Indo Gangetic plain - A. C. Pandey; Suraj Kumar Singh; M. S. Nathawat (Natural Hazards, 2010)

Analysis of physicochemical properties for drugs from nature - B. R. Prashantha Kumar; Mukesh Soni; U. Bharvi Bhikhalal; Ismayil R. Kakkot; Meghana Jagadeesh; Praveen Bommu; M. J. Nanjan (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2010)

Comparative molecular similarity indices analysis for predicting the antihyperglycemic activity of thioglitazones - B. R. Prashantha Kumar; M. J. Nanjan (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2010)

Estimation of heavy metals in commonly used medicinal plants: a market basket survey - Ajay Kumar Meena; Parveen Bansal; Sanjiv Kumar; M. M. Rao; V. K. Garg (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetric determination of simeton in its formulations and vegetables - N. Y. Sreedhar; M. Sankara Nayak; K. N. Shashi Kumar; K. Srinivasa Prasad; P. Reddy Prasad (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Major ash eruptions of Barren Island volcano (Andaman Sea) during the past 72 kyr: clues from a sediment core record - Neeraj Awasthi; Jyotiranjan S. Ray; Amzad H. Laskar; Alok Kumar; M. Sudhakar; Rajneesh Bhutani; Hetu C. Sheth; Madhusudan G. Yadava (Bulletin of Volcanology, 2010)

Candidate OP Phyla: Importance, Ecology and Cultivation Prospects - M. Rohini Kumar; V. S. Saravanan (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2010)

Chemical constituents and antibacterial activity of the leaf essential oil of Feronia limonia - A. Senthil Kumar; V. Venkatesalu; K. Kannathasan; M. Chandrasekaran (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2010)

Retro-transposon based genetic similarity within the genus Citrus and its relatives - Manosh Kumar Biswas; M. N. R. Baig; Yun-Jiang Cheng; Xiu-Xin Deng (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2010)

Complete nucleotide sequence of the envelope gene of pseudocowpox virus isolates from Indian dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) - G. Nagarajan; S. K. Ghorui; Sanjay Kumar; K. M. L. Pathak (Archives of Virology, 2010)

Analysis of seagrass reflectivity by using a water column correction algorithm - Chaoyu Yang; Dingtian Yang; Wenxi Cao; Jun Zhao; Guifen Wang; Zhaohua Sun; Zhantang Xu; M. S. Ravi Kumar (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2010)

A multi-sensor study of conditions leading to the formation of a cyclone over the Arabian Sea during 5–9 May 2004 - M. R. Ramesh Kumar; P. Byju (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 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)

Synthesis, chemical characterization of novel 1,3-dimethyl acridones as cytotoxic agents, and their DNA-binding studies - N. K. Sathish; P. GopKumar; V. V. S. Rajendra Prasad; S. M. Shanta Kumar; Y. C. Mayur (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 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)

Comparative fatty acid profiles of wild and farmed tropical freshwater fish rohu (Labeo rohita) - Prakash Sharma; Vikas Kumar; Amit Kumar Sinha; Jayant Ranjan; H. M. P. Kithsiri; Gudipati Venkateshwarlu (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2010)

Determination of lead and cadmium concentration limits in agricultural soil and municipal solid waste compost through an approach of zero tolerance to food contamination - Jayanta Kumar Saha; N. R. Panwar; M. V. Singh (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Molecular markers for the DNA fingerprinting of Paphiopedilum dayanum and Paphiopedilum lowii, two endangered slipper orchids - K. F. Rodrigues; Z. A. Aziz; S. V. Kumar; M. A. Latip (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2010)

Environmental and genetic factors that contribute to Escherichia coli K-12 biofilm formation - Birgit M. Prüß; Karan Verma; Priyankar Samanta; Preeti Sule; Sunil Kumar; Jianfei Wu; David Christianson; Shelley M. Horne; Shane J. Stafslien; Alan J. Wolfe; Anne Denton (Archives of Microbiology, 2010)

Sustaining Urban Water Supplies in India: Increasing Role of Large Reservoirs - Sacchidananda Mukherjee; Zankhana Shah; M. Dinesh Kumar (Water Resources Management, 2010)

Isolation and characterization of Indian isolates of camel pox virus - V. Bhanuprakash; V. Balamurugan; M. Hosamani; G. Venkatesan; Bina Chauhan; V. A. Srinivasan; R. S. Chauhan; K. M. L. Pathak; Raj Kumar Singh (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 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)

Education Effects on the International HIV Dementia Scale - Drenna Waldrop-Valverde; Ritu Nehra; Sunil Sharma; Ashima Malik; Deborah Jones; Adarsh M Kumar; Raymond L Ownby; Ajay Wanchu; Steve Weiss; Sudesh Prabhakar; Mahendra Kumar (Journal of NeuroVirology, 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)

Sleep is neither a passive nor an active phenomenon - Velayudhan M KUMAR (Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2010)

Shoot organogenesis in elite clones of Eucalyptus tereticornis - Diwakar Aggarwal; Anil Kumar; M. Sudhakara Reddy (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Ultimate Bearing Capacity of a Footing Considering the Interference of an Existing Footing on Sand - K. M. Kouzer; Jyant Kumar (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 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)

Bacterial biodiversity from Roopkund Glacier, Himalayan mountain ranges, India - Suman Pradhan; T. N. R. Srinivas; Pavan Kumar Pindi; K. Hara Kishore; Z. Begum; Pawan Kumar Singh; Ashish Kumar Singh; M. S. Pratibha; Arun K. Yasala; G. S. N. Reddy; S. Shivaji (Extremophiles, 2010)

Recent coal-fire and land-use status of Jharia Coalfield, India from satellite data - Tapas Ranjan Martha; Arindam Guha; Kumranchat Vinod Kumar; M. V. V. Kamaraju; E. V. R. Raju (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2010)

Elucidation of antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and genotyping of Salmonella enterica isolates from clinical cases of salmonellosis in New Mexico in 2008 - Kenneth P. Smith; Jeffy George; Kathleen M. Cadle; Sanath Kumar; Steven J. Aragon; Ricardo L. Hernandez; Suzanna E. Jones; Jody L. Floyd; Manuel F. Varela (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010)

Isolation of High Molecular Weight DNA from Marine Sponge Bacteria for BAC Library Construction - Yongchang Ouyang; Shikun Dai; Lianwu Xie; M. S. Ravi Kumar; Wei Sun; Huimin Sun; Danling Tang; Xiang Li (Marine Biotechnology, 2010)

Blue Light Exposure Targets NADPH Oxidase to Plasma Membrane and Nucleus in Wheat Coleoptiles - Kumar Chandrakuntal; Ashish K. Shah; Neena M. Thomas; V. Karthika; Malini Laloraya; Pradeep G. Kumar; Manmohan M. Laloraya (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2010)

Deferasirox Decreases Age-Associated Iron Accumulation in the Aging F344XBN Rat Heart and Liver - Ravi Kumar Arvapalli; Satyanarayana Paturi; Joseph P. Laurino; Anjaiah Katta; Sunil K. Kakarla; Murali K. Gadde; Miaozong Wu; Kevin M. Rice; Ernest M. Walker; Paulette Wehner; Eric R. Blough (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2010)

Treatment development for systemic Tetrahymena sp. infection in guppies, Poecilia reticulata Peters - M Pimenta Leibowitz; J Kumar Chettri; R Ofir; D Zilberg (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2010)
Antibacterial and antiparasitic agents and a cysteine protease inhibitor (E‐64) were tested against Tetrahymena infection, a serious problem in guppy production worldwide. Chemicals were tested in vitro by a colorimetric assay for Tetrahymena survival. The most effective were niclosamide, albendazole and chloroquine, with 23%, 35% and 60% survival, respectively, following 2‐h exposure to 100 ppm. Longer incubation periods resulted in greater reductions in survival. Niclosamide was further studied in vivo at different dosages, administered orally to Tetrahymena ‐infected guppies. Mortality rates were significantly lower in all treatment groups; in trial I, 30% and 33% mortality in 5 and 40 mg kg −1 niclosamide‐fed fish vs. 59% mortality in controls; in trial II, 35%, 13% and 10% in 50, 100 and 200 mg kg −1 niclosamide‐fed fish vs. 64% in controls. The effect of the cysteine protease inhibitor E64 was tested in tissue culture, by measuring histolytic activity of the parasite (Tet‐NI) on a guppy‐fin cell line, based on cell depletion. Tet‐NI feeding activity was significantly reduced following pretreatment with E‐64 relative to non‐treated Tet‐NI. E‐64‐pretreated Tet‐NI was injected i.p. into guppies: recorded mortality rates were significantly lower (35%) than that in non‐treated Tet‐NI (60%), suggesting inhibition of the parasite’s cysteine protease as a possible therapeutic approach.

Evidence for cross-talk between atrial natriuretic peptide and nitric oxide receptors - Kumar U. Kotlo; Mark M. Rasenick; Robert S. Danziger (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2010)

Development of a recurrent apple breeding programme in New Zealand: a synthesis of results, and a proposed revised breeding strategy - Satish Kumar; Richard K. Volz; Peter A. Alspach; Vincent G. M. Bus (Euphytica, 2010)

Fate of Fipronil and its Metabolites in/on Grape Leaves, Berries and Soil Under Semi Arid Tropical Climatic Conditions - Soudamini Mohapatra; M. Deepa; G. K. Jagdish; N. Rashmi; Sampath Kumar; G. S. Prakash (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010)

Objective assessment of sperm motion characteristics of Malpura ram lambs raised under intensive management system in semiarid tropical environment - Davendra Kumar; Anil Joshi; S. M. K. Naqvi (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2010)

Genetic transformation and pyramiding of aprotinin-expressing sugarcane with cry1Ab for shoot borer (Chilo infuscatellus) resistance - S. Arvinth; S. Arun; R. K. Selvakesavan; J. Srikanth; N. Mukunthan; P. Ananda Kumar; M. N. Premachandran; N. Subramonian (Plant Cell Reports, 2010)

Synthesis and in vivo anticancer and antiangiogenic effects of novel thioxothiazolidin-4-one derivatives against transplantable mouse tumor - S. Chandrappa; H. Chandru; A. C. Sharada; K. Vinaya; C. S. Ananda Kumar; N. R. Thimmegowda; P. Nagegowda; M. Karuna Kumar; K. S. Rangappa (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2010)

Relevance of Helicobacter pylori genotypes in gastric pathology and its association with plasma malondialdehyde and nitric oxide levels - Santosh K. Tiwari; G. Manoj; Vishwas Sharma; G. Sivaram; R. Saikant; Avinash Bardia; Varun K. Sharma; Zakia Abid; Aleem A. Khan; M. Aejaz Habeeb; C. M. Habibullah; B. Santhosh Kumar; et al. (Inflammopharmacology, 2010)

Enhanced protection against two major fungal pathogens of groundnut, Cercospora arachidicola and Aspergillus flavus in transgenic groundnut over-expressing a tobacco β 1–3 glucanase - S. Sundaresha; A. Manoj Kumar; S. Rohini; S. A. Math; E. Keshamma; S. C. Chandrashekar; M. Udayakumar (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2010)

Convection in a Lid-Driven Heat-Generating Porous Cavity with Alternative Thermal Boundary Conditions - M. Muthtamilselvan; Manab Kumar Das; P. Kandaswamy (Transport in Porous Media, 2010)

Relative efficiency of diammonium phosphate and mussoorie rock phosphate on productivity and phosphorus balance in a rice–rapeseed–mungbean cropping system - S. N. Sharma; R. Prasad; Y. S. Shivay; M. K. Dwivedi; Sandeep Kumar; M. R. Davari; Moola Ram; Dinesh Kumar (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2010)

Short-term accumulative signatures of heavy metals in river bed sediments in the industrial area, Tehran, Iran - M. H. Sayadi; M. R. G. Sayyed; Suyash Kumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Virulence of Puccinia triticina on Lr28 in wheat and its evolutionary relation to prevalent pathotypes in India - S. Bhardwaj; M. Prashar; S. Jain; S. Kumar; Y. Sharma; M. Sivasamy; I. Kalappanavar (Cereal Research Communications, 2010)

Trace Element Studies on Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae), Ocimum sanctum (Lamiaceae), Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae), and Phyllanthus niruri (Euphorbiaceae) Using PIXE - Ramadurai Gowrishankar; Manish Kumar; Vinay Menon; Sai Mangala Divi; M. Saravanan; P. Magudapathy; B. K. Panigrahi; K. G. M. Nair; K. Venkataramaniah (Biological Trace Element Research, 2010)

Numerical Modeling of Long Bone Adaptation due to Mechanical Loading: Correlation with Experiments - Natarajan Chennimalai Kumar; Jonathan A. Dantzig; Iwona M. Jasiuk; Alex G. Robling; Charles H. Turner (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2010)

Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae outbreak strains with altered El Tor biotype from southern India - A. K. Goel; M. Jain; P. Kumar; S. C. Jiang (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010)

Increased physical activity cosegregates with higher intake of carbohydrate and total calories in a subcongenic mouse strain - K. Ganesh Kumar; Lisa M. DiCarlo; Julia Volaufova; Aamir R. Zuberi; Brenda K. Smith Richards (Mammalian Genome, 2010)

The physics of flagellar motion of E. coli during chemotaxis - M. Siva Kumar; P. Philominathan (Biophysical Reviews, 2010)

Partial genetic characterization of viruses isolated from pox-like infection in cattle and buffaloes: evidence of buffalo pox virus circulation in Indian cows - S. Yadav; M. Hosamani; V. Balamurugan; V. Bhanuprakash; Raj Kumar Singh (Archives of Virology, 2010)

Mass Loadings of Triclosan and Triclocarbon from Four Wastewater Treatment Plants to Three Rivers and Landfill in Savannah, Georgia, USA - Kurunthachalam Senthil Kumar; S. Mahalakshmi Priya; Aaron M. Peck; Kenneth S. Sajwan (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010)

Development of a New Comprehensive Ocean Atlas for Indian Ocean utilizing ARGO Data - B. Prasad Kumar; Rahul Barman; S. K. Dube; P. C. Pandey; M. Ravichandran; Shailesh Nayak (International Journal of Climatology, 2010)
The World Ocean Atlas (WOA), also termed ‘Levitus Climatology’, is a global ocean climatology containing monthly, seasonal and annual means of temperature (T) and salinity (S) fields at standard ocean depths. The monthly climatology for T and S is available for standard depths up to 1000 m. The database used in the preparation of this climatology (WOA) are historical records of Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) casts and other available marine observations collected in the past. The methodology used in preparation of this WOA is objective analysis which is essentially non‐synoptic and widely scattered in the space domain. We understand that ARGO data has so far not been blended with WOA, nor has its impact for improving WOA climatology been attempted. Presently, with the wealth of marine data from ARGO profilers in the Indian Ocean, we propose a new approach to reconstruct T and S fields optimally utilizing the ARGO data. Here we develop a new model using Delaunay Tessellation with QHull algorithm delivering three‐dimensional T and S fields from a non‐uniform scattered database up to a depth of 1000 m. For gaps in a data‐sparse region, we use all available quality‐checked Ocean Station Data (OSD) and Profiling Float Data (PFL) information on T and S, in addition to the existing ARGO data. The initiative here was to replace WOA data points with realistic information from ARGO and in situ data, thereby producing a new climatology atlas. We demonstrate the robustness of our approach, and the final climatology on T and S is better compared with the existing state‐of‐the‐art WOA. The advantage of the proposed methodology is the scope of improving the ocean atlas with the addition of more ARGO data in the near future. The clustered approach in modelling enables ocean parameter retrieval in geometrically disconnected regions with an option for hot restart. We believe that the new climatology will benefit the research community immensely. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society

PREFACE - Velayudhan M KUMAR (Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2010)

Oil and Seed Meal Quality Indices of Indian Rapeseed-Mustard Varieties - J. S. Chauhan; Satyanshu Kumar; K. H. Singh; S. S. Meena; M. L. Meena (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2010)

A nonsynonymous SNP within PCDH15 is associated with lipid traits in familial combined hyperlipidemia - Adriana Huertas-Vazquez; Christopher L. Plaisier; Ruishuang Geng; Blake E. Haas; Jenny Lee; Marleen M. Greevenbroek; Carla van der Kallen; Tjerk W. A. de Bruin; Marja-Riitta Taskinen; Kumar N. Alagramam; Päivi Pajukanta (Human Genetics, 2010)

Virulence profile and clonal relationship among the Vibrio cholerae isolates from ground and surface water in a cholera endemic area during rainy season - A. K. Goel; M. Jain; P. Kumar; D. V. Kamboj; L. Singh (Folia Microbiologica, 2010)

Enhanced proline accumulation and salt stress tolerance of transgenic indica rice by over-expressing P5CSF129A gene - Vinay Kumar; Varsha Shriram; P. B. Kavi Kishor; Narendra Jawali; M. G. Shitole (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2010)

Role of plasma amino acids and gaba in alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-a pilot study - S. Mukherjee; K. Vaidyanathan; D. M. Vasudevan; Subir Kumar Das (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2010)

Root activity of young Acacia mangium Willd trees: influence of stand density and pruning as studied by 32P soil injection technique - T. K. Kunhamu; B. M. Kumar; S. Viswanath; P. Sureshkumar (Agroforestry Systems, 2010)

Identification and characterization of large-effect quantitative trait loci for grain yield under lowland drought stress in rice using bulk-segregant analysis - Ramaiah Venuprasad; C. O. Dalid; M. Del Valle; D. Zhao; M. Espiritu; M. T. Sta Cruz; M. Amante; A. Kumar; G. N. Atlin (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009)

Microbially mediated redox transformations of manganese (II) along with some other trace elements: a study from Antarctic lakes - K. P. Krishnan; Rupesh Kumar Sinha; Kiran Krishna; Shanta Nair; S. M. Singh (Polar Biology, 2009)

Effect of Novel Amino Acids and Dipeptides Substituted 3-Morpholino Arecoline Derivatives as Muscarinic Receptor 1 Agonists in Alzheimer’s Dementia Models - S. R. Ranganatha; Manish Malviya; Y. C. Sunil Kumar; K. Vinaya; D. S. Prasanna; M. N. Subhash; K. S. Rangappa (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2009)

Assessment of groundwater quality and hydrogeochemistry of Manimuktha River basin, Tamil Nadu, India - S. Krishna Kumar; V. Rammohan; J. Dajkumar Sahayam; M. Jeevanandam (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009)

Mulberry biodiversity conservation through cryopreservation - Ananda Rao Atmakuri; Rekha Chaudhury; S. K. Malik; Suseel Kumar; Radhakrishnan Ramachandran; S. M. H. Qadri (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2009)

Exploiting rice–sorghum synteny for targeted development of EST-SSRs to enrich the sorghum genetic linkage map - P. Ramu; B. Kassahun; S. Senthilvel; C. Ashok Kumar; B. Jayashree; R. T. Folkertsma; L. Ananda Reddy; M. S. Kuruvinashetti; B. I. G. Haussmann; C. T. Hash (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009)

PLGA Nanoparticles Stabilized with Cationic Surfactant: Safety Studies and Application in Oral Delivery of Paclitaxel to Treat Chemical-Induced Breast Cancer in Rat - V. Bhardwaj; D. D. Ankola; S. C. Gupta; M. Schneider; C.-M. Lehr; M. N. V. Ravi Kumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2009)

Bayesian inference in camera trapping studies for a class of spatial capture–recapture models - J. Andrew Royle; K. Ullas Karanth; Arjun M. Gopalaswamy; N. Samba Kumar (Ecology, 2009)
We develop a class of models for inference about abundance or density using spatial capture–recapture data from studies based on camera trapping and related methods. The model is a hierarchical model composed of two components: a point process model describing the distribution of individuals in space (or their home range centers) and a model describing the observation of individuals in traps. We suppose that trap‐ and individual‐specific capture probabilities are a function of distance between individual home range centers and trap locations. We show that the models can be regarded as generalized linear mixed models, where the individual home range centers are random effects. We adopt a Bayesian framework for inference under these models using a formulation based on data augmentation. We apply the models to camera trapping data on tigers from the Nagarahole Reserve, India, collected over 48 nights in 2006. For this study, 120 camera locations were used, but cameras were only operational at 30 locations during any given sample occasion. Movement of traps is common in many camera‐trapping studies and represents an important feature of the observation model that we address explicitly in our application.

Fully Developed Mixed Convection Flow in a Vertical Channel Containing Porous and Fluid Layer with Isothermal or Isoflux Boundaries - J. Prathap Kumar; J. C. Umavathi; I. Pop; Basavaraj M. Biradar (Transport in Porous Media, 2009)

Assessment of seasonal effects of municipal sewage pollution on the water quality of an urban canal—a case study of the Buckingham canal at Kalpakkam (India): NO3, PO4, SO4, BOD, COD and DO - A. Yudhistra Kumar; M. Vikram Reddy (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009)

Complete genome sequence of a virulent Newcastle disease virus isolated from an outbreak in chickens in Egypt - Mahmoud H. A. Mohamed; Sachin Kumar; Anandan Paldurai; Mohamed M. Megahed; Ibrahim A. Ghanem; Mohamed A. Lebdah; Siba K. Samal (Virus Genes, 2009)

Karyotypic diversity and evolution of seven mahseer species (Cyprinidae) from India - I. Mani; R. Kumar; M. Singh; B. Kushwaha; N. S. Nagpure; P. K. Srivastava; K. Murmu; D. S. K. Rao; W. S. Lakra (Journal of Fish Biology, 2009)
Mahseer is a group of fish species that are well known as food and game fishes. The taxonomy of the mahseer species is confusing owing to the morphological variations and habitat adaptation. Detailed karyomorphological investigations have been carried out in seven species of mahseer, using karyotyping, Ag‐NOR and fluorescent staining techniques. The basic diploid chromosome number (2n), in all mahseer species, was observed to be 100; however, the karyotype formula varied among the species, which were recorded as: 20m + 14sm + 22st + 44t (fundamental arm number, FN = 134) in Tor khudree ; 22m + 24sm + 24st + 30t (FN = 146) in Tor mussullah; 12m + 22sm + 14st + 52t (FN = 134) in Tor putitora ; 20m + 24sm + 24st + 32t (FN = 144) in Tor tor ; 20m + 30sm + 24st + 26t (FN = 150) in Tor chelynoides; 20m + 20sm + 20st + 40t (FN = 140) in Tor progeneius; and 20m + 18sm + 14st + 48t (FN = 138) in Neolissochilus hexagonolepis . Silver staining of the chromosomes revealed the presence of multiple nucleolar organizer regions (NOR) in these mahseer species. The highest number of NORs was observed in T. tor (four pairs of chromosomes), whereas the other six species possessed Ag‐NOR signals on only two pairs of chromosomes. Although chromomycin A 3 (CMA 3 ) staining induced bright fluorescence signals on same Ag‐NORs sites, with CMA 3 , one additional signal was observed on the p arm of subtelocentric chromosomes in T. tor , T. chelynoides , T. progeneius and N. hexagonolepis , which may indicate the presence of inactive NOR in these species. The information on cytogenetic profile of these mahseer species is discussed in the light of cytotaxonomic implications and understanding the karyoevolution of these fish species.

Effect of model selection on computed water balance components - Raj Kumar Jhorar; A. A. M. F. R. Smit; C. W. J. Roest (Irrigation and Drainage, 2009)
Soil water flow modelling approaches as used in four selected on‐farm water management models, namely CROPWAT, FAIDS, CERES and SWAP, are compared through numerical experiments. The soil water simulation approaches used in the first three models are reformulated to incorporate an evapotranspiration process similar to that used in SWAP. Computations are carried out for three soil types, representing sandy loam, loam and sandy clay loam. The reformulated models are calibrated against simulation results obtained with SWAP. All the modelling approaches predict nearly equal estimates of cumulative actual evapotranspiration for a wheat crop. When compared with SWAP simulation results, the CERES type approach outperformed the other two approaches in respect of estimated cumulative deep percolation losses. A new criterion is proposed to interpret simulation results under deep water table conditions to suggest appropriate depth of water application. The resulting recommendations for irrigation planning suggest that any of the modelling approaches may be used to suggest practical irrigation considered in the present study. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Performance of somaclones developed from intergeneric hybrids of sugarcane - S. Rajeswari; M. Krishnamurthi; Shinisekar; S. Prem Anand; S. Thirugnana Kumar (Sugar Tech, 2009)

Molecular characterization of Jatropha genetic resources through inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers - R. Senthil Kumar; K. T. Parthiban; M. Govinda Rao (Molecular Biology Reports, 2009)

Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Levels in HIV-1 Seropositive Injecting Drug Users - Raymond L. Ownby; Adarsh M. Kumar; J. Benny Fernandez; Irina Moleon-Borodowsky; Louis Gonzalez; Seth Eisdorfer; Drenna Waldrop-Valverde; Mahendra Kumar (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2009)

Development and validation of class I SSR markers targeting (GATA) n repeat motifs in rice - Passoupathy Rajendrakumar; Akshaya Kumar Biswal; Kannabiran Sakthivel; Maganti Sheshu Madhav; Chirravuri Neeraja; Sena M. Balachandran; Kommoju Srinivasarao; Podishetty Natarajkumar; Yadla Hari; Kalidindi Sujatha; Raman M. Sundaram (Euphytica, 2009)

Relative Microalgal Concentration in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica during Late Austral Summer, 2006 - Rahul Mohan; Sunil Kumar Shukla; N. Anilkumar; M. Sudhakar; Satya Prakash; R. Ramesh (Algae, 2009)

Fate and Degradation of POP-Hexachlorocyclohexane - Praveena Bhatt; M. Suresh Kumar; Tapan Chakrabarti (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2009)

Development of tiger habitat suitability model using geospatial tools—a case study in Achankmar Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWLS), Chhattisgarh India - R. Singh; P. K. Joshi; M. Kumar; P. P. Dash; B. D. Joshi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009)

Endothelial cell–laminin interaction: modulation of LDH expression involves α6β4 integrin–FAK–p38MAPK pathway - P. R. Sudhakaran; R. I. Viji; M. S. Kiran; V. B. Sameer Kumar (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2009)

A metabolic and functional overview of brain aging linked to neurological disorders - Najma Z. Baquer; Asia Taha; Pardeep Kumar; P. McLean; S. M. Cowsik; R. K. Kale; R. Singh; Deepak Sharma (Biogerontology, 2009)

Defense-related gene expression and enzyme activities in transgenic cotton plants expressing an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens in response to interaction with Rhizoctonia solani - Vinod Kumar; Vilas Parkhi; Charles M. Kenerley; Keerti S. Rathore (Planta, 2009)

Isolation and Characterization of Plastidial Localized, Seed Expressive Lysophosphatidyl Acyl Transferase (LPAAT) cDNA from Brassica juncea L - Ranjeet R. Kumar; I. M. Santha (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2009)

Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004) - Bin Wang; June-Yi Lee; In-Sik Kang; J. Shukla; C.-K. Park; A. Kumar; J. Schemm; S. Cocke; J.-S. Kug; J.-J. Luo; T. Zhou; B. Wang; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2009)

Effects of chronic ethanol consumption in blood: A time dependent study on rat - Subir Kumar Das; L. Dhanya; Sowmya Varadhan; Sukhes Mukherjee; D. M. Vasudevan (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

A sensitive assay for ornithine amino transferase in rat brain mitochondria by ninhydrin method - H. Ravi Kumar; S. Ananda; K. S. Devaraju; B. M. Prakash; S. Sampath Kumar; S. V. Suresh Babu; N. Ramachandraswamy; H. P. Puttaraju (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

Out‐of‐phase relationships between convection over northwest India and warm pool region during the winter season - R. K. Yadav; K. Rupa Kumar; M. Rajeevan (International Journal of Climatology, 2009)
In this paper, we investigate the effect of convection over warm pool region of Indonesia on northwest India winter precipitation (NWIWP) using an analysis of latest available observed climate data. The analysis is based on correlations and composites performed using India Meteorological Department (IMD) records of station data. We find that there is an out‐of‐phase relationship between convection over warm pool region and northwest India during the winter season. In particular, a positive precipitation anomaly over northwest India is typically found in correspondence to subdued convection over warm pool region. A physical mechanism for such effect is proposed, by which during excess years of NWIWP the tropical cooling over the warm pool region due to suppressed convection generates an upper‐level convergence (cyclonic circulation) anomaly over south Asia which intensifies the westerly jet stream over Indian region. Also, the reduced convection over the warm pool may be due to reduced Madden‐Julian oscillation (MJO) activities on the intra‐seasonal timescale. The Rossby‐gyre dynamics with the strong vertical and westward meridional tilts in the tropical baroclinic atmosphere forms cyclonic circulation anomalies at the upper troposphere due to a weak MJO which intensifies the westerly jet stream over the Indian region. The jet stream guides the western disturbances (WDs) and hence increases precipitation over northwest India. The seasonal persistence in migration of convective maximum from south Asia (foothills of the Himalayas) to Indonesia during the peak months of boreal summer to winter increases the seasonal predictability of NWIWP. Copyright © 2008 Royal Meteorological Society

Developmentally linked changes in proteases and protease inhibitors suggest a role for potato multicystatin in regulating protein content of potato tubers - Sarah M. Weeda; G. N. Mohan Kumar; N. Richard Knowles (Planta, 2009)

Biodegradable Nanoparticles Improve Oral Bioavailability of Amphotericin B and Show Reduced Nephrotoxicity Compared to Intravenous Fungizone® - J. L. Italia; M. M. Yahya; D. Singh; M. N. V. Ravi Kumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2009)

Radiological changes following second-line zoledronic acid treatment in breast cancer patients with bone metastases - E. Amir; C. Whyne; O. C. Freedman; M. Fralick; R. Kumar; M. Hardisty; M. Clemons (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2009)

Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell - Sanjay Kumar; Valerie M. Weaver (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2009)

Field assessment of an H5N1 inactivated vaccine in chickens and ducks in Lao PDR - David A. Boltz; Bounlom Douangngeun; Settha Sinthasak; Phouvong Phommachanh; Phetlamphone Midouangchanh; David Walker; Rachael Keating; Alexey M. Khalenkov; Mahesh Kumar; Robert G. Webster (Archives of Virology, 2009)

Farming of spiny lobsters in sea cages in India - M. Vijayakumaran; R. Venkatesan; T. Senthil Murugan; T.S. Kumar; Dilip Kumar Jha; M.C. Remany; J. Mary Leema Thilakam; S. Syed Jahan; G. Dharani; S. Kathiroli; K. Selvan (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2009)
Pueruli and post‐pueruli, early juveniles and sub‐adults of the spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus and juveniles of P. ornatus were grown in different floating sea cages along the southeast coast of India from May 2003 to May 2007. The first type of cage had a galvanised iron pipe frame (2.0 m × 2.0 m × 1.2 m) with steel woven mesh and four inner detachable compartments (0.75 m × 0.75 m × 1.10 m). Fibre‐reinforced plastic was used subsequently to fabricate cages (1 m × 1 m × 1 m). Pueruli and post‐pueruli of P. homarus (1.58 ± 0.62 g SD), stocked at 60 individuals/m 2 , grew to an average weight of 123.10 ± 26.22 g in 266 days with a survival rate of 70%. Sub‐adults of P. homarus with an average weight (± SD) of 123.61 ± 29.26 g reached 341.25 ± 46.22 g in 225 days at a stocking density of 21 individuals/m 2 with a survival of 73 ± 6%. The post‐pueruli grew by 0.46 ± 0.10 g per day with a specific growth rate (SGR) of 1.64, whereas sub‐adults had a growth rate of 0.97 ± 0.20 g per day with a SGR of 0.43. At a higher stocking density of 80 individuals/m 2 , juveniles (51.83 ± 10.32 g and 58.20 ± 28.22 g) of P. homarus recorded growth rates of 0.86 ± 0.25 (SGR 0.82) and 0.97 ± 0.34 g (SGR 0.96) per day. This study indicates that post‐pueruli of P. homarus can be grown to over 200 g in 12 months and up to 350 g in 16 to 17 months in sea cages. Juveniles (average weight 76.35 ± 34.50 g) of P. ornatus , reared with P. homarus at a stocking density of 80 individuals/m 2 , recorded a weight gain of 139 g in 155 days at arate of 0.89 ± 0.32 g per day with an SGR of 0.67. Marine live clam, Donax spp., was the main feed supplemented with the gastropod, Xancus pyrum , the green mussel, Perna viridis , marine crab (Charibdis sp.), squid (Loligo sp.), and fish such as clupeids and Leognathus sp. Pueruli and post‐pueruli settled in large numbers (up to 35 individuals/month in one cage) both inside and outside the cages.

Demarcation of inland vessels’ limit off Mormugao port region, India: a pilot study for the safety of inland vessels using wave modelling - P. Vethamony; V. M. Aboobacker; K. Sudheesh; M. T. Babu; K. Ashok Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2009)

Genetic loci responding to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield under drought stress in a rice breeding population - R. Venuprasad; M. E. Bool; C. O. Dalid; J. Bernier; A. Kumar; G. N. Atlin (Euphytica, 2009)

Identification of a novel UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) from Vibrio fischeri that confers high fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli - Sanath Kumar; Ammini Parvathi; Ricardo L. Hernandez; Kathleen M. Cadle; Manuel F. Varela (Archives of Microbiology, 2009)

In vitro evaluation of UV opacity potential of Aloe vera L. gel from different germplasms - M. Shyam Kumar; P. K. Datta; S. Dutta Gupta (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2009)

Clinicopathological spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among patients in Kerala - Subir Kumar Das; Sukhes Mukherjee; Gaurav Pandey; V. Balakrishnan; D. M. Vasudevan (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

Evidence for the Transport of Maltose by the Sucrose Permease, CscB, of Escherichia coli - Yang Peng; Sanath Kumar; Ricardo L. Hernandez; Suzanna E. Jones; Kathleen M. Cadle; Kenneth P. Smith; Manuel F. Varela (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2009)

Design of Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery of Doxorubicin: In vivo Pharmacokinetics and Toxicity Studies in Rats - D. R. Kalaria; G. Sharma; V. Beniwal; M. N. V. Ravi Kumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2009)

Modulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by fibronectin - R. I. Viji; V. B. Sameer Kumar; M. S. Kiran; P. R. Sudhakaran (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2009)

Genetic heterogeneity in the Indian stocks of seahorse (Hippocampus kuda and Hippocampus trimaculatus) inferred from mtDNA cytochrome b gene - Mukunda Goswami; Kumarasamy Thangaraj; Binod Kumar Chaudhary; L. V. S. K. Bhaskar; Achamveettil Gopalakrishnan; M. B. Joshi; Lalji Singh; Wazir S. Lakra (Hydrobiologia, 2009)

Javanicin, an Antibacterial Naphthaquinone from an Endophytic Fungus of Neem, Chloridium sp. - Ravindra N. Kharwar; Vijay C. Verma; Anuj Kumar; Surendra K. Gond; James K. Harper; Wilford M. Hess; Emil Lobkovosky; Cong Ma; Yuhao Ren; Gary A. Strobel (Current Microbiology, 2009)

Octamer and heat shock elements regulate transcription from the AcMNPV polyhedrin gene promoter - M. Senthil Kumar; Aruna Ramachandran; Seyed E. Hasnain; Murali Dharan Bashyam (Archives of Virology, 2009)

In vitro clonal propagation of Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon (barangi): a rare and threatened medicinal plant - M. Sharma; S. K. Rai; D. K. Purshottam; M. Jain; D. Chakrabarty; A. Awasthi; K. N. Nair; Ashok Kumar Sharma (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2009)

Captive breeding and larval development of the scyllarine lobster Petrarctus rugosus - T.S. Kumar; M. Vijayakumaran; T. Senthil Murugan; Dilip Kumar Jha; G. Sreeraj; S. Muthukumar (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2009)
The scyllarinid lobster, Petrarctus rugosus was reared to the postlarval nisto in 51 days at 24.9–26.5°C between November 2003 and April 2004 in Chennai, India. The lobster had eight phyllosomal instars. The eighth instars died while moulting to nisto. Instar VI was attained in 34 days with an average intermoult period of 5.4 days, whereas the last two moults took 17 days to complete. The captive breeders mated and bred several times between November and April with peak spawning in February. Repetitive breeding was observed with the brooding period varying from 11 to 17 days. Mean fecundity was 17 004 eggs ± 11 486 (SD). Hatching percentage was between 0.00 and 87.44.

Development and characterization of cell lines derived from rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton), and catla, Catla catla (Hamilton) - V P Ishaq Ahmed; V Chandra; R Sudhakaran; S Rajesh Kumar; M Sarathi; V Sarath Babu; B Ramesh; A S Sahul Hameed (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2009)
Two new cell lines, designated RE and CB, were derived from the eye of rohu, Labeo rohita , and the brain of catla, Catla catla , respectively. The cell lines were maintained in Leibovitz’s L‐15 supplemented with 20% foetal bovine serum. The RE cell line was sub‐cultured for more than 70 passages and the CB cell line for more than 35 passages. The RE cells are rounded and consist predominantly of epithelial cells. The CB cell line consists of predominantly fibroblastic‐like cells. Both cell lines are able to grow at temperatures between 25 and 32 °C with an optimum of 28 °C. The growth rate of the cells increased as the foetal bovine serum concentration increased from 2% to 20% at 28 °C, with optimum growth at concentrations of 15% or 20% foetal bovine serum. The cells were successfully cryopreserved and revived at different passage levels. The cell lines were not susceptible to four marine fish viruses. Extracellular products from Aeromonas sp . were toxic to the cell lines. When the cells were transfected with plasmid eukaryotic green fluorescent protein (pEGFP [Clontech, Carlsbad, CA, USA]) vector DNA, a significant fluorescent signal was observed suggesting that these cell lines could be a useful tool for transgenic and genetic manipulation studies. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of mitochondrial 12S rRNA from rohu and catla confirmed that the cell lines originated from these fish species. The cell lines were further characterized by immunocytochemistry using confocal laser scanning microscopy.

Assessment of different topographic corrections in AWiFS satellite imagery of Himalaya terrain - V. D. Mishra; J. K. Sharma; K. K. Singh; N. K. Thakur; M. Kumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2009)

Analysis of diversity and distribution of Jatropha curcas L. germplasm using Geographic Information System (DIVA-GIS) - N. Sunil; N. Sivaraj; K. Anitha; Babu Abraham; Vinod Kumar; E. Sudhir; M. Vanaja; K. S. Varaprasad (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2009)

Assessing impact of industrialization in terms of LULC in a dry tropical region (Chhattisgarh), India using remote sensing data and GIS over a period of 30 years - P. K. Joshi; M. Kumar; Ambica Paliwal; Neha Midha; P. P. Dash (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009)

Color removal from paper mill effluent through adsorption technology - C. K. Jain; Arvind Kumar; M. Hayssam Izazy (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009)

Air Quality Impact of Sponge Iron Industries in Central India - Padma S. Rao; A. Kumar; M. F. Ansari; P. Pipalatkar; T. Chakrabarti (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2009)

Multidisciplinary investigations exploring indicators of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna–Godavari Basin offshore, east coast of India - M. V. Ramana; T. Ramprasad; A. L. Paropkari; D. V. Borole; B. Ramalingeswara Rao; S. M. Karisiddaiah; M. Desa; M. Kocherla; H. M. Joao; P. Lokabharati; Maria-Judith Gonsalves; J. N. Pattan; et al. (Geo-Marine Letters, 2009)

Complete nucleotide sequences of okra isolates of Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus and their associated DNA-β from Niger - S. L. Shih; S. Kumar; W. S. Tsai; L. M. Lee; S. K. Green (Archives of Virology, 2009)

Studying the feasibility of using microirrigation systems for vegetable production in a canal command area - Satyendra Kumar; M. Imtiyaz; A. Kumar (Irrigation and Drainage, 2009)
Field investigations were carried out for 3 years with the aim of studying the feasibility of using microsprinkler and drip irrigation systems for vegetable production in a canal command area. These systems were compared with the existing flood irrigation method for onion production with four irrigation levels, viz. 0.60, 0.80, 1.00 and 1.20 of irrigation water to cumulative pan evaporation ratio (IW/CPE). Microsprinkler and drip irrigation systems were also compared with fertigation rate of 100 (50:25:25 NPK), 150 (75:37.5:37.5 NPK) and 200 (100: 50: 50 NPK) kg ha −1 . Microirrigation systems resulted in higher onion yield and greater profitability than surface irrigation at each irrigation schedule. However, microsprinklers indicated better economics than a drip irrigation system. Microsprinkler, drip and surface irrigation system with 1.20 IW/CPE of irrigation produced maximum crop yields of 34.34, 33.10 and 22.57 t ha −1 , respectively. Increased crop yield with microsprinkler and drip irrigation is the factor behind higher profitability than existing surface irrigation. Reduction in nutrient application by 25% in fertigation from the dose of flood irrigation did not reduce yield and net returns significantly. But net return was significantly higher in microsprinkler (Rs 67 334 ha −1 ) than drip (Rs 59 930 ha −1 ) fertigation. The overall results of the present study favoured microsprinkler over existing irrigation methods for onion production in a canal command area with higher profit under limited available surface water. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Determinants of bone mass, density and growth in growing dogs with normal and osteopenic bones - K. Kumar; I. V. Mogha; H. P. Aithal; Amarpal; P. Kinjavdekar; G. R. Singh; A. M. Pawde; H. C. Setia (Veterinary Research Communications, 2009)

An investigation into the conditions leading to monsoon onset over Kerala - M. R. Ramesh Kumar; S. Sankar; C. Reason (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2009)

Interaction between sugarcane and Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot: Understanding disease resistance at transcription level - R. Viswanathan; A. Ramesh Sundar; P. Malathi; P. R. Rahul; V. Ganesh Kumar; R. Banumathy; P. T. Prathima; M. Raveendran; K. K. Kumar; P. Balasubramanian (Sugar Tech, 2009)

Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Oral Estradiol Nanoparticles in Estrogen Deficient (Ovariectomized) High-Fat Diet Induced Hyperlipidemic Rat Model - G. Mittal; G. Chandraiah; P. Ramarao; M. N. V. Ravi Kumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2009)

Homocysteine effects classical pathway of GPCR down regulation: Gαq/11, Gα12/13, Gi/o - T. P. Vacek; U. Sen; N. Tyagi; M. Kumar; K. S. Moshal; J. C. Passmore; S. C. Tyagi (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2009)