Modeling and optimization of premix burner utilizing low calorific value gaseous fuels for industrial applications - Sujeetkumar P. Deore; Kiran Thammina; Sandeep Kumar; Sanjay M. Mahajani (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2027)

Circular water management in oil and gas industry using EC–UF–RO treatment of produced water - Partho Mukherjee; Pramod Kumar; Mitil Koli; Swatantra P. Singh (Desalination, 2026)

Foliar Nano-Nitrogen and Nano-Potassium Integration Enhances Potato Productivity and Resource Efficiency in Semi-Arid India - Vishwanatha V. E.; Chitranjan Kumar; K. D. Lamani; Rajath H. P.; Bhanuprakash H. R.; Girish Kumar Killada; Vidyashree B. S.; Sumanth Kumar G. V. (Potato Research, 2026)

Identification of condition-specific optimal reference genes for qPCR data normalisation in pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) - Joy Das; Rakesh Kumar; K. P. Raghavendra; Suhas G. Karkute; Vivek Shah; Kishor U. Tribhuvan; Rahul M. Phuke; G. T. Behere; Vinita Gotmare; V. N. Waghmare (Molecular Biology Reports, 2026)

Rapid and visually interpretable LAMP assay for detection of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa in artificial sputum - Shukla Banerjee; Sukesh Kumar Bajire; Adarsh B. Mynalli; Rajesh P. Shastry (Molecular Biology Reports, 2026)

Targeting the extracellular matrix in precision medicine: opportunities for diagnostics and therapeutics - Kanaka Durga Devi Nelluri; K. N. V. Chenchu Lakshmi; Minakshi Kommoju; Bhavana Alaparthi; Anil Kumar Kakani; P. Sai Rohith; N. Vineela Nirmala (Molecular Biology Reports, 2026)

Molecular, morphological, chemical characterization, ideotypes identification, and genetic improvement of Indian Flammulina germplasm - Anupam Barh; Manoj Nath; Sudheer Kumar Annepu; Babita Kumari; Kirti Kaundal; Annu Sharma; Shwet Kamal; Kanika Sharma; V. P. Sharma; Anil Kumar; Satish Kumar; Shweta Bijla; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2026)

Smart Peptide Design of a Novel Melittin-Based Inhibitor of Tyrosinase and MITF Using Machine-Learning Techniques - P. Manjusha Govindh; Avinash Mishra; Manoj Kumar Tembhre (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2026)

MicroRNAs in dilated cardiomyopathy: from biomarkers to therapeutic targets - Abisha Vince Jeo V S; P. S. Sneha Sandra; Mahesh Mundalil Vasu; Jeemon Panniyammakal; Sanjay Ganapathi; Madhusoodanan Urulangodi; Neethu Mohan; P. R. Anil Kumar; Srikant Ambatipudi; Jyothi Vijay; Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan (Molecular Biology Reports, 2026)

Methane dynamics in tropical wetland ecosystems of Kerala coast, south west coast of India: Influence of salinity, tidal activity, and anthropogenic input - P. Resmi; Anu Gopinath; C.R. Emil John; T.R. Gireeshkumar; Neema Job; Arya P. Kumar (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026)

Breaking the permeability-selectivity-fouling trade-off: Electroconductive PES-LIG-GO composite membrane with integrated passive and active biofouling control - Kritika Jashrapuria; Utkarsh Misra; Pawan Kumar; Swatantra P. Singh (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Development of a novel scarabaeid-specific Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticide using cost-effective sugar and agro-industrial byproducts, and its efficacy against the white grub Holotrichia serrata F. - P. Mahesh; B. Singaravelu; J. Srikanth; K. Hari; C. Appunu; G.S. Suresha; C. Sankaranarayanan; T. Arumuganathan; D. Puthira Prathap; P. Govindaraj; R. Nirmala; M. Rajesh Kumar; et al. (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Microplastics in Atmospheric Fallout of Delhi: Unveiling the Hidden Threats of Urban Pollution and Emerging Risks - Prerna Singh; Anuradha Singh; Archana Rani; Surinder P. Singh; Manoj Kumar (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2026)

Exploring the performance of pressure swing adsorption for upgradation of biogas using zeolite as a suitable media - Sanchali Bose; Senthil Rathi B; P. Senthil Kumar; Moses Prabu H; Gayathri Rangasamy; N. Vijai (Next Research, 2026)

Compound droughts as emergent outcomes of cascading drought propagation - Prashant Prashant; Surendra Kumar Mishra; Anil Kumar Lohani; Vijay P. Singh (Journal of Hydrology, 2026)

A holistic index for hydrological characterization of catchments - Prashant Prashant; Surendra Kumar Mishra; Anil Kumar Lohani; Vijay P. Singh (Journal of Hydrology, 2026)

Designing a bimetallic Fe,Co-MOF supported Sn-doped BiFeO3/CdS dual Z-scheme heterojunction for boosted visible light gatifloxacin degradation: Coupling experimental performance with DFT insights - Monika Malhotra; Vatika Soni; Rohit Kumar; Pardeep Singh; Konstantin P. Katin; Savaş Kaya; Mehmet Erdem; Tansir Ahamad; Van-Can Nguyen; Van-Huy Nguyen; Pankaj Raizada (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026)

Solar-driven ammonia production from nitrate using phase-engineered TiO2 nanorods - Ajith P. Varghese; Bernaurdshaw Neppolian; Sandeep Kumar Lakhera (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026)

Towards microplastic bioremediation: Fungal degradation of pristine and pretreated high-density polyethylene and polystyrene - Sheetal S. Kothawale; Lalit Kumar; Swatantra P. Singh (Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2026)

UV-C assisted microwave drying of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) leaves: Drying kinetics, fuzzy logic-based model evaluation, and selected optical and phytochemical attributes - Sudarshan Ramanathan; S. Samuel Nirmalsingh; P. Dinesh Kumar; Sumit Sudhir Pathak (Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2026)

Structurally disordered PdNi bimetallenes for coupled hydrogen production and PET upcycling at industrial-level current densities - Chaudhry Muhammad Furqan; Xinyao Guo; Yangfan Zhang; Yiming Xia; Priyank Kumar; Meysam Amini; Sumera Arshad; Gavin John Conibeer; Mahesh P. Suryawanshi (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Understanding the interactions between soil moisture and other hydro-meteorological parameters during heatwaves over upper Assam in North-East India - Aniket Chakraborty; Binita Pathak; Partha Pratim Gogoi; U. P. V. Sreelakshmi; Partha Jyoti Sahu; Pradip Kumar Bhuyan (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2026)

Pulse Virome Profiling in India: Incidence, Diversity, and Mixed Infection Dynamics - Bharat Raj Meena; Susheel Kumar Sharma; Anirban Roy; C. Gayacharan; Gyan Prakash Mishra; Halima Khatoon; Marimuthu Elangovan; Lalit P. Patil; Jameel Akhtar; Pardeep Kumar; Nagendran Krishnan; Rekha Kumari Meena; et al. (Current Microbiology, 2026)

Metal dependent regulation of sesquiterpene biosynthesis and redox signalling in Santalum album - P. Ravi Raja Simman; A. Balasubramanian; B. Sivakumar; Balaji Kannan; K. P. Ragunath; P. Rajendran; P. Hemalatha; S. Navaneetha Krishnan; R. Adithiyan; S. Ashwin Kumar; R. V. Sundarrajan (BioMetals, 2026)

Historical and scientific perspectives of Colaba Geomagnetic Observatory (Bombay), India - Jayashree Bulusu; Abhishek Kumar; Shivangi Sharan; Atul Kulkarni; Anoop Soman; Prasant K Tiwari; S Gurubaran; A P Dimri (Journal of Earth System Science, 2026)

Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Management—The State of the Art and Prospects for Near‐Future Operations - Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen; Chris Perry; Royce Dalby; Yasir Mohamed; Xueliang Cai; Poolad Karimi; IJsbrand de Jong; Pasquale Steduto; Marat Beksultanov; Christopher C. M. Neale; David Molden; Waqas Awan; et al. (Irrigation and Drainage, 2026)
A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy, ’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security. This review paper highlights the growing range of information now available through remote sensing technologies to support planners, irrigation managers and farmers. These data include cropping patterns, crop yields, water consumption, farmgate water and tubewell water deliveries, soil moisture and root‐zone water storage, among others. The paper also reviews current applications of remote sensing, which remain too often constrained to the scientific community, and recommends the development and dissemination of standardized irrigation analytics and diagnostic tools. Government irrigation and water agencies are encouraged to integrate these emerging spatial data sources into both strategic planning and real‐time management from field to scheme scale and provide a stronger foundation of key performance indicator (KPI). Bridging this information gap will require startups and technology providers to translate advanced data products into practical, user‐friendly tools tailored to the needs of the irrigation sector.

Rice immunity against Asian rice gall midge: from resistance genes to precision breeding - G. Rakesh; B. Vidhyadhar; Y. Chandra Mohan; Yadla Hari; R. Shravan Kumar; P. Gonya Naik; B. Manju Bhargavi; G. Anil kumar; M. Saicharan; Ramya Rathod (Cereal Research Communications, 2026)

Rainfall and Its Stable Isotopic Composition Variability over Nagpur, India: Possible Controlling Processes During Southwest Monsoon 2022 - P. Kiran Kumar; Arvind Singh; M. G. Yadava; C. S. Sindhuja (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2026)

Retraction notice to “Bioconversion of municipal solid waste into bio-based products: A review on valorisation and sustainable approach for circular bioeconomy” [Sci. Total Environ. 748 (2020) 141312] - P.R. Yaashikaa; P. Senthil Kumar; A. Saravanan; Sunita Varjani; Racchana Ramamurthy (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Mimosa pudica Linn. - An important medicinal plant: Pharmacognostic evaluation, bioactive compound isolation, structural elucidation, and in silico analysis - Kousik Ghosh; Karthick Gopal; Lakshmanan Narayanan; Vamsee Krishna K․; Akansha Pandey; Aswathi Mohan P․; Siva Surya; Suseem S R; S. Chitra; Preeti Sharma; Ajay Kumar Meena (Next Research, 2026)

Assessment of design challenges and viability of wireless electric vehicle charging stations in residential setup to empower sustainable e-mobility: A comprehensive review - Anubhav Kumar Pandey; Nandini K․ K․; Suvetha P S; Abhinandan S Marashiddannavar; Divya Jaganath; Chandana Govindanayak; Anand Reddy (Next Research, 2026)

Orbital detection of Rare Earth Elements hosted by peralkaline igneous rocks in North-western India - Hrishikesh Kumar; Aju Mohanan; Saraah Imran; P. Jayaprasad; Angana Saikia; Ajanta Goswami; Bijan Jyoti Barman; Rajesh Upadhyaya; Shubhabrata Mukhopadhyay (Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2026)

Enhanced subsurface characterization of the Smeaheia CO2 storage reservoir field using JAYA and differential evolution based seismic inversion - G. Hema; S.P. Maurya; Ajay P. Singh; Abhay Kumar; Vivek Kumar Patel; Avinash Kumar Chouhan (International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2026)

Impact of sedimentary processes on tectonic inferences for a Precambrian sedimentary basin using elemental geochemistry: A case study from the Papaghni sub-basin, Cuddapah Basin, India - Faizan Ahmad Khan; Gundiga P. Gurumurthy; Kumail Ahmad; Arvind Kumar Singh; Mahboob Alam; Mohammad Arif; Anupam Sharma (Geochemistry, 2026)

Retraction notice to “A review on extraction of polysaccharides from crustacean wastes and their environmental applications” [Environ. Res. 221 (2023) 115306] - A. Saravanan; P. Senthil Kumar; D. Yuvaraj; S. Jeevanantham; P. Aishwaria; P.B. Gnanasri; M. Gopinath; Gayathri Rangasamy (Environmental Research, 2026)

GollumFit: An icecube open-source framework for binned-likelihood neutrino telescope analyses - R. Abbasi; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; S.K. Agarwalla; J.A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; J.M. Alameddine; N.M. Amin; K. Andeen; C. Argüelles; Y. Ashida; S. Athanasiadou; et al. (Computer Physics Communications, 2026)

Application of reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride in membrane aerated bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment - Qamar Uz Zaman Khaki; Roumi Bhattacharya; P. Umamaheswara Rao; Sanjay Kumar Mahato; Arya Vijayanandan (Bioresource Technology Reports, 2026)

Cross incompatibility restricting genome exchange and diversification of primary gene pool in plants: challenges and opportunities - Mahendar Thudi; Yogesh Dashrath Naik; Uday Chand Jha; M. S. Sai Reddy; Manish Kumar Pandey; Reyazul Rouf Mir; Muraleedhar S. Aski; Murukarthick Jayakodi; Venugopal Mendu; Naveen Puppala; P. V. Vara Prasad; Somashekhar M. Punnuri; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2026)
Key message Crop wild relatives provide essential genetic diversity for improving crop resilience; however, pre- and post-zygotic barriers often restrict interspecific hybridization. Recent approaches enable their effective use in crop improvement programs. Abstract Crop wild relatives (CWR), closely related wild taxa of cultivated crops, offer a wealth of genetic diversity essential for developing traits to help crops adapt to the challenges of biotic and abiotic stresses. This diversity is critical to meet the increasing global demand for food, especially under the looming threat of climate change. However, crossing between individuals from different species often results in maladapted or inviable offspring due to pre- and post-zygotic barriers. Pre-zygotic barriers prevent successful pollen–stigma interactions and pollen tube growth, while post-zygotic barriers include hybrid embryo or endosperm failure and chromosome pairing issues, contributing to cross incompatibility (CI). These barriers restrict genome exchange and hinder the diversification of the primary gene pool in plants. Overcoming these barriers is a significant challenge. This review explores the diverse pre- and post-zygotic barriers in interspecific hybridization, emphasizing genetic factors related to CI. Additionally, this review highlights biotechnological approaches such as somatic hybridization and embryo rescue techniques, which are used to overcome these barriers. Through continued research and innovation, these barriers can be overcome, unlocking the full potential of CWR to address the evolving demands of global agriculture. Recent advances in synthetic biology now offer the possibility to reprogram reproductive barriers, turning CI into a controllable trait for hybrid development.

Ear-feeding resistance offers new insights into host plant resistance to fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize - P. Lakshmi Soujanya; K. R. Yathish; Chikkappa Gangadhar Karjagi; G. Nikitha Reddy; Bhupender Kumar; J. C. Sekhar; H. S. Jat (Phytoparasitica, 2026)

Mechanism of enhancement of internal tides in Northeastern Arabian Sea during winter - Andrea Linus Pereira; Subeesh M. P; Jithin A.K; Navaneeth K.N; Anil Kumar K (Ocean Dynamics, 2026)

High yielding Eucalyptus clones as nature-based solution for carbon sequestration and soil restoration in eastern India - Nirakar Bhol; Subhasmita Parida; Prajnashree Mallick; Uttam Kumar Sahoo; Bijay P. Ratho; Abhiram Dash; Bibhuti Bhusan Behera; Soumyaranjan Sahoo; Chandan K. Rout (New Forests, 2026)

Machine Learning Based Location Estimation for Analysing GPS Accuracy - Pankaj P. Tasgaonkar; Rahul Dev Garg; Pradeep Kumar Garg; Poonam Bhosale (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2026)

Machine learning-based prediction of solar PV power using experimental data - N. Kumar; P. S. Paliyal; A. Yadav; A. Aggarwal; R. K. Pachuari (International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2026)

Pusa Jawahar Rice Hybrid 56 - M. Nagarajan; Gopala Krishnan Subbaiyan; K. K. Vinod; P. K. Bhowmick; Haritha Bollinedi; Ranjith K. Ellur; Rakesh Seth; Rajeev Rathour; G. K. Koutu; Sanjay Kumar Singh; Uttam Bisen; A. K. Singh (Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2026)

Molecular Screening for Identification of Blast Resistance Genes in Northeastern Indian Rice Germplasm (Oryza sativa L.) - Thokchom Nepolian Singh; Daizi Durba Saharia; Dishari Biswas; O. Priyadarshini Devi; Artibashisha Hijam Pyngrope; N. Brajendra Singh; Pramesh Kh.; P. Manjunath; Th. Renuka Devi; Sumitra Phurailatpam; Umakanta Ngangkham; Elangbam Lamalakshmi Devi; et al. (Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2026)

Inheritance of Stem Rot Resistance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) - C. Suvarna; R. P. Vasanthi; K. Viswanath; C. Kiran Kumar Reddy; Y. Amaravathi; M. Reddi Sekhar (Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2026)

Panicle-to-hill method: a cost-effective approach to population advancement in rice - Arvinth Sivakumar; Krishnan P. Abhijith; Manoranjan Senapati; Pankaj Kumar; Gaurav Dhawan; Nagarajan Mariappan; Prolay Kumar Bhowmick; Vinod Kunnummal Kurungara; Ranjith Kumar Ellur; Haritha Bollinedi; Ashok Kumar Singh; Gopala Krishnan Subbaiyan (Euphytica, 2026)

Post-harvest technological strategies for addressing climate change–induced challenges in fruit quality management - Mousumi Sabat; Nisha Sulakhe; Naveen Jose; Pramod Shelake; Ravi Prakash; K. Rajesh; Snehasish Routray; P. Suresh Kumar (Climatic Change, 2026)

Developing and validating a mini core set of global durum wheat panel using multivariate analysis - Pradeep Kumar; Arun Gupta; Vineet Kumar; Ravindra Kumar; Charan Singh; Rakesh Kumar Bairwa; Jyoti Kumari; G. P. Singh; Ratan Tiwari (Cereal Research Communications, 2026)

Assessing the cross transferability of finger millet SSR markers and genetic diversity analysis in browntop millet (Urochloa ramosa L.) based on microsatellite data and morphological traits - G. K. Rahul; P. Bhavani; C. Nandini; R. L. Ravi Kumar (Cereal Research Communications, 2026)

Synergistic neurotoxicity: chronic stress potentiates lambda-cyhalothrin induced dopaminergic dysfunction in the rats - Rajendra Kumar Shukla; Lalit P. Chandravanshi; Richa Gupta (Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 2026)

Characterization of endogenous pararetroviruses in yam (Dioscorea spp.) genomes revealed four pararetrovirus groups, including a dioscovirus-like lineage: implications for diagnostics and yam germplasm exchange - B. O. Osundahunsi; L. Moshood; O. A. Kolade; B. O. Odu; P. Lava Kumar (Archives of Virology, 2026)
Yams ( Dioscorea spp.) are an important vegetatively propagated food security crop grown for their starchy tubers. Yams are susceptible to several viruses, and their genomes harbor a diverse array of endogenous pararetroviral sequences (EPRVs), which complicate diagnostics and germplasm exchange because of their similarity to episomal viruses. To better characterize EPRV diversity, we analyzed 86 publicly available whole-genome sequences from five Dioscorea species ( D. rotundata , D. alata , D. praehensilis , D. abyssinica , and D. dumetorum ). Assembled genomes were screened for endogenous pararetrovirus sequences (EPRVs) using the CAULIFINDER pipeline, targeting conserved RT/RNase H domains of the Caulimoviridae family. Our analyses revealed four major EPRV groups in D. rotundata : Yendovirus, Badnavirus, Yam Endovirus 1, and a Dioscovirus-like lineage. While most insertions were fragmented, we found full-length putative viral genomes corresponding to the Yam Badnavirus and Dioscovirus-like clades. These findings expand knowledge of yam EPRV diversity, contribute to the development of improved diagnostic tools to differentiate endogenous and episomal forms, and promote a science-based, risk-proportionate approach to yam phytosanitation that facilitates global germplasm exchange while maintaining biosecurity.

Molecular Perspectives on Flower and Seed Development, Secondary Metabolism, and Adaptation in Euryale ferox - Pankaj Kumar; Rima Kumari; V. Shajeeda Banu; Anil Kumar Singh; D. R. Singh; Prakash Kumar Jha; P. V. Vara Prasad (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2026)

Competitiveness of Sugar Production and Trade in BRICS Countries and Implications for Indian and World Sugar Sector - Rakesh Kumar Singh; Kauntey Suryavanshi; A. K. Sharma; V. K. Singh; M. K. Tripathi; A. P. Dwivedi (Sugar Tech, 2026)

Three new variants of Puccinia triticina causing wheat leaf rust in India - Subodh Kumar; O. P. Gangwar; P. Prasad; S. C. Bhardwaj; P. L. Kashyap; Hanif Khan; Sddanna Savadi; P. V. Patil; Ranjana Chakraborty (Indian Phytopathology, 2026)

Trace Element Dyshomeostasis as a Mediator of Toxic Metal-Induced Reproductive Dysfunction: Mechanistic Insights and Future Perspectives - Madhan Kumar P; Gopiraman Mayakrishnan; Parameswari R; Babujanarthanam R (Biological Trace Element Research, 2026)

Seasonal dynamics of trophic status in the coastal Bay of Bengal - D N Rao Darapu; Aneesh A Lotliker; Kiran Kumar Reddy; E Pattabhi Rama Rao; P S N Acharyulu; B S K Kumar; S Shiva Prasad; B J M Reddy; K Santhosh; P C Mohammed Munzil (Journal of Earth System Science, 2026)

Maxicure: an eco-friendly alternative for the management of bacterial blight of grapevine - Rajendra S. Patil; Vinod S. Nandre; Nisha Nerlekar; Sagar N. Mhetre; Chandrakala P. Hase; Jeetendra Kumar; Padma Dandge; Jayesh Manohar Sonawane; D. Bhagawan; Pramod N. Kamble (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2026)

Spatial distribution of metals in soils of an ecologically sensitive forest region of the Western Ghats, South India: vertical profiles, enrichment status, and health risk assessment - A. Sudha; C. S. Ratheesh Kumar; Roshni Mohan; P. V. Vidya; U. Sreejisha (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Molecular characterization and salinity-responsive expression of isocitrate dehydrogenase in cichlid Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790) - T. V. Arun Kumar; M. A. Pradeep; K. K. Vijayan; P. G. Preena (Biologia Futura, 2026)

Streamflow prediction with machine learning: evaluating predictability across hydroclimatic regimes - Shivam Kumar Dwivedi; Geetha P; Bankaru-Swamy Soundharajan; S. Mohanasundaram (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2026)

Retraction notice to “Mobilization of contaminants: Potential for soil remediation and unintended consequences” [Sci. Total Environ. 839 (2022) 156373] - Manish Kumar; Nanthi Bolan; Tahereh Jasemizad; Lokesh P. Padhye; Srinidhi Sridharan; Lal Singh; Shiv Bolan; James O'Connor; Haochen Zhao; Sabry M. Shaheen; Hocheol Song; Kadambot H.M. Siddique; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Retraction notice to “Silver contamination and its toxicity and risk management in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems” [Sci. Total Environ. 871 (2023) 161926] - Lokesh P. Padhye; Tahereh Jasemizad; Shiv Bolan; Olga V. Tsyusko; Jason M. Unrine; Basanta Kumar Biswal; Rajasekhar Balasubramanian; Yingyu Zhang; Tao Zhang; Jian Zhao; Yang Li; Jörg Rinklebe; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Tuneable silver ion mobility in silver-laser-induced graphene composites for safer water disinfection: Role of co-ions and electrical potential - Nandini Dixit; Pawan Kumar; Swatantra P. Singh (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2026)

Dating feldspar micro-inclusions within quartz emphasizing on the dose rate: An alternate way to date Himalayan Quaternary deposits - Priyanka Singh; Madhav K. Murari; Sheikh N. Ali; S.K. Pandey; Pawan Govil; Sarajit Sensarma; Kamlesh Kumar; Siddharth Prizomwala; Anupam Sharma; Ipsita Roy; R. Jayangondaperumal; Parminder Ranhotra; et al. (Quaternary Geochronology, 2026)

Retraction notice to “Enhancing hydrogen production and wastewater treatment through an integrated bio-electrochemical system combining dark fermentation and galvanic cells” [Biomass Bioenergy 201 (2025) 108127] - P. Vinodh Kumar; K. Gobikannan; S. Nandakumar; G. Manavaalan (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Acetobacter cibinongensis cellulose loaded with 6-Methylcoumarin inhibits Chromobacterium violaceum biofilm - Rajesh P. Shastry; Shukla Banerjee; Sukesh Kumar Bajire (Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2026)

Evaluation of Multiyear Flood Dynamics in the Panchganga River Basin Using Hydrologic-Hydraulic Modelling, GIS and Ground-Based Observations - Suraj V. Shah; Nikhil Kumar; Shrawankumar; Kunal Karan; T. P. Singh; Aditya Khebudkar (Water Conservation Science and Engineering, 2026)

Spatio-temporal ensemble machine learning forecasts of animal leptospirosis in enzootic Indian States using integrated environmental predictors - A. Arivazhagan; Vinodhkumar Obli Rajendran; K. Vinodkumar; Keerthi Aaradhana Vinodhkumar; Dharavath Premkumar; Pradeep Chawhan; Noor Saknim Lepcha; Bablu Kumar; K. P. Suresh; B. R. Gulati; V. Balamurugan (Veterinary Research Communications, 2026)

Quercetin modulates Chitinase-3-like protein 1 expression and inflammatory responses in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated buffalo granulosa cells - S. Sandhiya; J. Vijay Anand; K. Brindha; Guru D. V. Pandiyan; S. Sathesh Kumar; P. Raja; M. Parthiban (Veterinary Research Communications, 2026)

Soil Quality, Nutrient Uptake, and Yield of Sugarcane as Influenced by Integrated Application of Bioagents and NPK in a Multi-ratooning System - S. K. Shukla; V. P. Jaiswal; Lalan Sharma; S. K. Yadav; V. P. Singh; Abhay Srivastava; Dileep Kumar Bind; Raghvendra Tiwari (Sugar Tech, 2026)

Post-Harvest Deterioration in Sugarcane Juice Quality and Sucrose Under Different Harvesting Methods and Storage Duration in the Tropical Conditions - Dnyaneshwar N. Borase; Yogesh E. Thorat; Bharat M. Bhalerao; Rajeev Kumar; Rajesh U. Modi; Dinesh Singh; Arjun Singh; Santosh G. Watpade; Prashant P. Patil; Dinesh Singh (Sugar Tech, 2026)

Nitrogen fertilization increases soil organic carbon through distinct pathways in contrasting cropland soils - Ranran Zhou; Yanfang Xue; Amit Kumar; Jing Ma; Jun Ling; Iain P. Hartley; Yakov Kuzyakov; Wushuai Zhang; Shanchao Yue; Qiang Gao; Yuanxue Chen; Meng Wang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2026)

Climatic Extreme in a High-Resolution Dataset over Densely Populated Cities of Middle Gangetic Plain, India - Prabhat Kumar; P. Parth Sarthi; Archisman Barat; Sunny Kumar (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2026)

Characterization of beddomeilactone amide as bacterial DNA gyrase inhibitor: in vitro evaluation and computational insights - Tashi Palmo; Vishwani Jamwal; Karan Goel; Anuj Kumar; Somdutt Mujwar; Yogesh P. Bharitkar; Kuljit Singh (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2026)

Controversy and consensus: common ground and best practices for life cycle assessment of emerging technologies - Rachel Woods-Robinson; Amila Abeynayaka; Michael Carbajales-Dale; Hao Chen; Anthony Cheng; Gregory Cooney; Abby Kirchofer; Manish Kumar; Heather P. H. Liddell; Lisa Peterson; I. Daniel Posen; Sheikh Moni; et al. (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2026)
Public and private interest in life cycle assessment (LCA) has grown as environmental disclosure norms tighten, driving demand for decision-relevant assessment early in technological development cycles. Early-stage LCA has the potential to guide design choices, steer innovation, and mitigate lock-in of adverse environmental impacts. However, many aspects of early-stage LCA practice remain unsettled. We convened experts in a series of Faraday Discussion-style workshops to address recurring debates across six key topics for emerging technologies: appropriate use of LCA, uncertainty, comparison with incumbents, standardization, scale-up, and stakeholder engagement. For each issue, we present a declarative resolution, summarize key arguments for and against it, identify points of consensus, and provide recommendations. Across topics, the research network converged on practical priorities including framing studies to the decision context; setting minimum reporting expectations for data and study quality; and explicitly stating limits of transferability for scenario-based uncertainty assessment or analytically scaled-up projections. Disagreements persisted on when to formalize standards and how extensively uncertainty can/should be treated for low-maturity technologies. Supplementing the workshop findings with examples and context from relevant literature, we synthesize outcomes into a set of shared challenges and research priorities to strengthen transparent, evidence-based, and context-informed approaches for early-stage LCA.

Imported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in India: Diagnosis and Treatment with Implications for Kala Azar Elimination - P. A. Fathima; Manisha Venu; Harish Kumar Shah; K. Devi; Ambooken Betsy; Abdul Salam Sarin; Manju Rahi; Prasanta Saini (Current Microbiology, 2026)

Gentiana gaurii (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Western Himalaya, India - Sunit Singh; Udhay Sharma; Sajan Thakur; J. P. Mehta; Namrata Sharma; Anant Kumar; Duilio Iamonico (Plant Biosystems, 2026)
Gentiana gaurii sp. nov. is described from Indian Western Himalayan region (Chamoli district). It is morphologically similar to G. ornata , G. lawrencei , and G. hexaphylla from which differ by both vegetative and sexual characters. A molecular study using the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (nrITS) support the recognition of the new species. A diagnosis, detailed taxonomic description, original photos and drawings, ecological notes, and the conservation status of the new species are provided.

Shaping SHAPE - A spectro-polarimeter onboard Chandrayaan-3 to observe Earth as an Exoplanet - Anuj Nandi; Swapnil Singh; Bhavesh Jaiswal; Anand Jain; Smrati Verma; Reenu Palawat; B.T. Ravishankar; Brajpal Singh; Priyanka Das; Supratik Bose; Supriya Verma; Waghmare Rahul Gautam; et al. (Advances in Space Research, 2026)

Summer Pruning Strategies for Balancing Growth and Yield in High-Density Apple Orchards - Vaibhav R. Chauhan; D. P. Sharma; Pramod Verma; Nitin Sharma; Rakesh Kumar; Kanishka (Applied Fruit Science, 2026)

U–Pb zircon geochronology constraints on the contractional and extensional tectonics along the South Tibetan detachment system (STDS), Dhauliganga Valley, NW Himalaya - G. Deshmukh; A. K. Jain; P. K. Mukherjee; A. K. Singh; R. Dixit; Pankaj Kumar (Acta Geochimica, 2026)

Hybrid Feature-Based Learning Framework for Computationally Efficient Coconut Disease Diagnosis - P. S. Pravitha; V. Kumar (Journal of Crop Health, 2026)

Soil radon emissions along active fault zones in the 2001 bhuj earthquake epicentral region, Kachchh, India: implications for environmental radiation and human health risk - P. Bala Chandar; Sushanta Kumar Sahoo; Chandra Sekhar Pedapudi; Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2026)

Genome wide association mapping of yield and agro-morphological traits under drought and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - P. N. Vinodh Kumar; Hari Krishna; Sahana Police Patil; Shiwani Meena; Ananta Bag; Narayana Bhat Devate; Pradeep Kumar Bhati; Neelu Jain; Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria; Rakesh Singh; Amit Kumar Singh; Pradeep Kumar Singh; et al. (Plant Physiology Reports, 2026)

Unraveling the role of non-structural proteins in the life cycle of chikungunya virus - Komal Chhikara; Dipesh Kumar Verma; Poonam Kanta; Kapil Goyal; Arnab Ghosh; Mini P. Singh (VirusDisease, 2026)

Dissecting Morphological and Biochemical Variability in Rice for Aerobic and Anaerobic Direct Seeding Systems - Alisha Goyal; P. C. Sharma; Renu Munjal; H. S. Jat; B. M. Lokeshkumar; Rakesh Mehra; Virender Kumar; Madhu Choudhary; Suman Rathor; S. L. Krishnamurthy (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2026)

Evolution of Climate Extremes Over the Indian Subcontinent Using a Revised CEI - Thota Mohan; M. Rajeevan; Smrutishree Lenka; Kondapalli Niranjan Kumar; P. Rohini; O. P. Sreejith (International Journal of Climatology, 2026)
Employing observed gridded daily rainfall and temperature datasets for 1971–2022, we developed a revised India Climate Extremes Index ( IndCEI ) to assess long‐term variability in climate extremes across the country. The IndCEI modifies the original CEI framework by integrating seven indicators particularly relevant to the Indian climate system: maximum temperature ( T max ), minimum temperature ( T min ), consecutive dry days (CDD), heavy precipitation events, the Standardised Precipitation–Evaporation Index (SPEI), Heat Index (HI), and Excess Heat Factor (EHF). Results reveal robust and widespread warming signals over India, with significant increases in T max extremes across all four homogeneous regions. Northwestern India (NWI) emerges as the principal hotspot, exhibiting the strongest positive trends in T max , HI, and EHF—indicative of intensifying heat stress and more frequent heatwaves. South Peninsular India (SPI) also shows marked increases in drought‐related extremes (SPEI, CDD). In contrast, Northeast India (NEI) displays heightened short‐duration heavy rainfall events alongside increasing drought episodes, signalling greater hydroclimatic variability. East‐Central India (ECI), the core monsoon zone, presents weaker or inconsistent trends, likely reflecting the influence of monsoon variability and embedded low‐pressure systems. Spatial analyses indicate that both T max and T min extremes have expanded beyond localised pockets, while drought and HI extremes have intensified and spread inland from coastal areas‐creating new hotspots in central and eastern India. At the all‐India scale, IndCEI exhibits a statistically significant increasing trend (~0.36% of area per decade), driven primarily by rising heat stress and drought indicators. Overall, the findings highlight a growing risk of climate extremes, particularly heat, drought, and rainfall across India. The results underscore pronounced regional contrasts: western and southern India are increasingly dominated by heat‐related stress, while Northeastern India faces rainfall‐driven extremes. These expanding hotspots of climate stressors call for region‐specific adaptation strategies, particularly addressing heat in NWI, drought in SPI, and rainfall variability in NEI.

Automatic classification of avalanche and non-avalanche events in seismic data using machine learning - Hemant; Mukesh Kumar; Neelam Goel; P K Srivastava; Prem Datt (Journal of Earth System Science, 2026)

Phenotypic and genomic insights into Stenotrophomonas sepilia SMBL8: metabolic versatility, antibiotic resistance and pathogenic potential - K. Karaila Genevieve; Hari Krishna Kumar S.; Dahrii Paul; Namitha P; Yaser Arafath; Elisha Bareh; George Seghal Kiran; Joseph Selvin (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2026)

First draft genome and genetic diversity analysis of the economically important and vulnerable tree species Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J. de Wilde - P Mahalakshmi; Santhosh N Hegde; Malali Gowda; Abdul Kareem; M Anbarashan; Noorunnisa Begum; Subrahmanya Kumar Kukkupuni; Pavithra Narendran (Journal of Genetics, 2026)

Modified starch-based carriers for bioactive compound delivery: advances in modification strategies, release mechanisms, and functional performance - Rupali Koundal; Nagendra P. Shah; Yograj Bist; Digvir S. Jayas; Kaustubh Singh; Anil Kumar Chauhan (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2026)

Experimental and computational analysis of hybrid suction caisson foundation for next-generation offshore wind turbines - Subodh Kumar; Babita Sah; Babloo Chaudhary; Akarsh P. K.; Manu K. Sajan (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2026)

Pollinia storage and viability assessment in Decalepis arayalpathra - S. Gokul; R. K. Divya; Anup S. Deshpande; P. Ravichandran; K. Ravikumar; M. K. Janarthanam; P. E. Rajasekharan; Pradeep Kumar Vishwakarma (Palynology, 2026)

Comparative evaluation of Tobit and Free Ion Activity Models for optimizing genotype-specific permissible arsenic limits in rice soil and irrigation water - Agnibha Sinha; Kallol Bhattacharyya; Sudip Sengupta; P. Dinesh Kumar; Debasis Golui; Shivani Thakur (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Lead accumulation in marine fisheries along Indian coast: Evidence from meta-analysis - Rangabhatla Saishree; Sakti P. Pattnayak; Priyanka Jena; Swayam Siddha; B. Anjan Kumar Prusty (Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2026)

Spectral and molecular phenotyping links host susceptibility to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ induced biochemical responses in Citrus - R. Ramesh Kumar; K. Manonmani; R. Jasmine Juliet; N. Revathy; P. Mareeswari; K. Sivagnanapazham; Medari Sagarika (Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2026)

Computational analysis of cavitation, silt erosion and their combined effect in Francis turbine - Prashant Kumar; S.K. Singal; Pankaj P. Gohil (Ocean Engineering, 2026)

Solar tree-shaped renewable energy storage system with lightning protection - K.Harinath Reddy; Pujari Harish Kumar; N Chinna Alluraiah; Reshma Gopi R; Ramesh P; Swetha Shekarappa G (Next Research, 2026)

Deciphering plant phytoalexin biosynthetic pathways for broad-spectrum disease resistance - Minghuan Bi; Yuexiao Li; Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar; Yongliang Zhang (Molecular Plant, 2026)

Intraseasonal to interannual variability of zooplankton biomass and standing stock inferred from ADCP backscatter in the eastern Arabian Sea - Ranjan Kumar Sahu; D. Shankar; P. Amol; S.G. Aparna; D.V. Desai (Journal of Marine Systems, 2026)

Understanding the physiology of lactose intolerance and an insight on the recent trends on management strategies - Mohamed Suneer; Pathil Thabshira; Manu Mohan; Naresh Kumar; Saleem Akhtar; P Abdul Rasheed (International Dairy Journal, 2026)

Electrospun nanofiltration of coconut inflorescence sap: Impact on fermentation control, microbial stability, and functional preservation - Sarangapany Ashwin Kumar; P. Santhoshkumar; J.A. Moses (Food Bioscience, 2026)

Induction of haploid in chrysanthemum via irradiated pollen induced parthenogenesis - Saipriya Panigrahi; Gunjeet Kumar; Reeta Bhatia; P. M. Girish; Namita; M. R. Dhiman; Firoz Hossain; Ajit Kumar Shasany; Bhupinder Singh (Protoplasma, 2026)

Optimizing in vitro organogenesis and shoot regeneration of coloured tuberose (Agave amica) cultivars ‘Pink Double’ and ‘Yellow Single’ - K. R. Nivya; P. Nandeesha; T. R. Usharani; Sujatha A. Nair; Rajiv Kumar; Malleshaiah SharathKumar; T. Usha Bharathi (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2026)

Temporal Attention U-Net for Effective Multi Temporal Land Cover and Crop Classification - Pruthivi Raj Behera; G. Uday Kumar; Anil Yadav; R. V. N. Srinivas; P. Manjusree (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2026)

Biodiversity Hotspots in Nepal Himalaya: Endemic Plants, Threats, and Conservation Priorities for Bagmati Province, Nepal - Ripu Kunwar; Prabin Bhandari; Dipak Khadka; Satyam Kumar Chaudhari; Santosh Thapa; Ram Acharya; Suman Ghimire; Bhagawat Rimal; Gagan Sharma; Kedar Baral; Balram Bhatta; Chandra K. Subedi; et al. (Environmental Management, 2026)

Quantification and characterization of soil organic carbon with different environmental gradients for the high altitude wetlands of Indian Himalaya - Narayan P. Anugraha; D. Ganguly; A. Paneer Selvam; Kakolee Banerjee; M. Harikrishna Prasad; Lakpa Tamang; Sushmita Chettri; Anupriya Soni; Rajesh Joshi; Ajay Kumar Gupta; Prakash Chhetri; Ramachandran Purvaja (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2026)

Clay mineralogy influence on cementitious phase development in calcined gravel wash fines cement blends - Prateek Kumar Sharma; Alastair J.N. MacLeod; Laurie P. Aldridge; Frank Collins; Will P. Gates (Applied Clay Science, 2026)

Comparative Responses of Coastal Arabian Sea Plankton to Different Ocean Acidification Simulation Methods - Pallavi P. Choudhari; Siva Kiran Kumar Busala; Dokala Bhaskara Rao; Sai Elangovan S; Kiran Kumar Reddy Shiligireddy; C. K. Sherin; Buda Bikram Reddy; Prachi Marathe; Swarnaprava Behera; Naroju Veera Harikrishnachari; Eldhose Cheriyan; Garuda Venkata Madhusudhana Gupta (Marine Ecology, 2026)
Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to alter marine phytoplankton communities by modifying seawater carbonate chemistry, with important implications for marine food webs and biogeochemical cycling. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that comparable pH reductions achieved through different acidification methods generate distinct carbonate chemistry conditions and consequently different biological responses. A 5‐day microcosm experiment was conducted using natural phytoplankton assemblages collected from the coastal Eastern Arabian Sea. OA was simulated by HCl addition (acid), CO 2 enrichment (CO 2 ), and acid–base manipulation. Changes in carbonate chemistry, nutrients, phytoplankton community composition, pigments, bacteria, microzooplankton, and organic carbon pools were monitored. As expected, the three manipulation methods produced significantly different carbonate chemistry conditions despite comparable pH reductions. Repeated‐measures ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc analyses confirmed significant treatment effects for pH, pCO 2 , DIC, HCO 3 − , CO 3 2− , and total alkalinity. By Day 5, CO 2 enrichment significantly increased total phytoplankton abundance and promoted microplankton dominance, driven by bloom‐like proliferation of Thalassiosira sp., whereas picoplankton declined significantly. Conversely, pennate diatoms, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores exhibited weak or negative responses. Concurrent changes in phosphate, nitrite, autotrophic bacteria, and microzooplankton indicated that nutrient availability, microbial recycling, and grazing interacted with carbonate chemistry to regulate phytoplankton succession. Our findings demonstrate that phytoplankton responses in the oligotrophic Eastern Arabian Sea are governed by the combined effects of carbonate chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and ecological interactions rather than pH alone.

Prospects and Application of Traditional Microbial Formulation “Jeevamrutha” for Sustainable Climate-resilient Agriculture - Bhani Kongkham; Pankaj Kumar; Duraivadivel Prabakaran; P. Hariprasad (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2026)

Remediation of Acidic Drainage Waters Using Chemical and Natural Materials: Neutralization and Removal of Potentially Toxic Trace Elements (As, Be, Tl, Fe) - O. P. Saeva; S. B. Bortnikova; N. V. Yurkevich; O. L. Gaskova; N. A. Abrosimova; Ashwani Kumar Tiwari (Mine Water and the Environment, 2026)

Evaluation of an integrated WRF-Chem framework for air quality forecasting and source attribution in Jaipur, India - Prafull P. Yadav; Gaurav Govardhan; Rajmal Jat; Rajesh Kumar; Bhuvnesh Mathur; Shilpi Sharma; Priyanshi Tiwari; Sachin D. Ghude (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Exploring genetic diversity, population structure and DNA fingerprinting of ex situ established Karanja (Derris indica L.) germplasms - Anil A Hake; Sanjay Jha; Suman Kumar Jha; Mahesh K Mahatma; Kiran P Suthar (Vegetos, 2026)

Validation of OCM-3 chlorophyll-a in the Eastern Arabian Sea using in situ measurements: a comparative analysis with MODIS-Aqua, VIIRS, and Sentinel-3B - Murugan Vennila; Nagarajan Manimozhi; Ranjt Kumar Sarangi; Anu Gopinath; Sambit Singh; P Minu (Journal of Earth System Science, 2026)

Field application of functionalized carbon nanotubes improves wheat yield without residue translocation - Shiv Shankar Gautam; G. P. Satsangi; Neelesh Kumar Pandey; Neeraj Kumar Biswas; Sudesh Kumar; Jay Singh (Vegetos, 2026)

Semi-synthesis of novel dispiro hybrids of sesquiterpene lactones by using benzylamines via azomethine ylide cycloaddition - Aliya Tabassum; Suyog R. Bhalerao; Goutam Dubey; Anil Kumar Katare; Yogesh P. Bharitkar (Natural Product Research, 2026)

Precision measurement of the Ds*+-Ds+ meson mass difference - M. Ablikim; M.N. Achasov; P. Adlarson; X.C. Ai; R. Aliberti; A. Amoroso; Q. An; Y. Bai; O. Bakina; Y. Ban; H.-R. Bao; V. Batozskaya; et al. (Science Bulletin, 2026)

Sialic acid levels in Beetal goat colostrum and milk over lactation - P. Jinesh; P. Lijina; Prakash M. Halami; B.S. Gnanesh Kumar (Small Ruminant Research, 2026)

Age dating, geometry and movement direction of a 411 km long lunar lobate scarp complex: Evidence of recent tectonism on the far side of the moon - Abhisek Mishra; P. Senthil Kumar (Planetary and Space Science, 2026)

Bioactive warriors from Solanaceous plants – An inclusive review on anticancer potential and its molecular mechanisms - Neha P. Santhosh; Nikhil Kumar Ramesha; Sangavi Eswaran; Sachin Ashok Thorat; Arya Kaniyassery; Shama Prasada Kabekkodu; Annamalai Muthusamy (PharmaNutrition, 2026)

Mineral–organic fertilization effects on productivity, soil carbon dynamics, and resilience in pearl millet–mustard–cowpea systems: Evidence from multi-year observations - Sunil Kumar; Dileep Kumar; Khushvadan C. Patel; Vimal J. Patel; Vinubhai P. Ramani; Ravi A. Patel; Sanjib K. Behera; Vijay Singh Meena; Bornali Borah (Field Crops Research, 2026)

A survey of studies on blood lead concentrations and its health outcomes in Nepal: A review - Rajesh Sharma; Surya Prakash Joshi; Sanjeev Kharel; Aayush Adhikari; Sishir Poudel; Soniya P. Regmi; Laxmi Sharma; Raj Kumar Dangal; Ziad Kazzi; Vikas Kapil; Ramu Kharel (Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2026)

The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project Phase 2 data release: An open data resource for the study of Earth's environmental history - Úna C. Farrell; Hunter C. Olson; Maya O. Thompson; Michelle L. Abshire; Oyeleye O. Adeboye; Anne-Sofie C. Ahm; Lewis J. Alcott; Thomas J. Algeo; Ross P. Anderson; Arif H. Ansari; Lucas Pinto Heckert Bastos; Kohen W. Bauer; et al. (Chemical Geology, 2026)

GC–MS identification of Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek. leaf extract with anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activity in lung cells - Pavan Kumar Katukukke; Akarsha Balnadupete; Aleena Varughese; Kirana Mugaranja; Yashodhar P Bhandary; Manikandan Ramesh (Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2026)

Recombinant P32 and B5R proteins of lumpy skin disease virus as candidate antigens for serodiagnostic applications - Aswin P. Kumar; Abhishek Mahendra Todkari; Ankit Prasad Kelwan; Amol Gurav; Bhanupriya Sahoo; Ashok K. Mohanty; Amit Kumar (Veterinary Research Communications, 2026)

Individual and interactive effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on the growth, physiological and yield traits of black gram - Basudeb Sarkar; M. Vanaja; P. Sathish; R. Mythily; N. Jyothi Lakshmi; B. S. Yashavanth; M. Srinivasa Rao; M. Prabhakar; Vinod Kumar Singh (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2026)

Assessing past and future trends of extreme precipitation indices over capital cities of the Gangetic Plain using statistically downscaled CMIP6 models - P. Parth Sarthi; Prabhat Kumar; Archisman Barat (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2026)

Correction to: Population Discrimination of Indian Halibut Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Psettodidae) in the Eastern Indian Ocean - Ameen Ummath; K. V. Aneesh Kumar; Fahmeeda Parveen; Ashish P. Jacob; Samrat Kalita; G. Padmavati; Sasidharan Venu (Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 2026)

Influence of Soil Carbon Pools and Indices on Zinc Sorption Mechanisms and Distribution in Diverse Potato-based Cropping Systems of the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains - Shivam Singh; Debashis Dutta; Satendra Kumar; Jagannath Pathak; Uday Pratap Shahi; B. P. Dhyani; Ankit Tiwari; Mahendra Pratap Singh; R. B. Verma; Richa Raghuvanshi (Potato Research, 2026)

Genetic mapping and candidate gene analysis of flag leaf and yield traits using a MAGIC population under heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Ananta Bag; Hari Krishna; P. . Vinodh Kumar; Narayana Bhat Devate; Rahul Meena; Sudhir Kumar; Ravindra Patil; Uday Govinda Reddy; Jang Bahadur Singh; Neelu Jain; Pradeep Kumar Singh; Gyanendra Pratap Singh (Plant Physiology Reports, 2026)

Long-term manuring influences boron availability in an Inceptisol under rice–wheat cropping system - Prince Kumar; Ruma Das; Dibyendu Sarkar; Mandira Barman; Abir Dey; Y. S. Shivay; Mayurakshi Chanda; Shrila Das; S. P. Datta (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2026)

Characterization of Landscape Dynamics and Risk Assessment Using Geospatial Technology for Societal and Ecological Sustainability - A. O. Varghese; Jugal Kishore Mani; Amrita Singh; Sushilkumar B. Rehpade; T. P. Girish Kumar; Ashish Shrivastava; G. Sreenivasan (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2026)

Rootstock-Mediated Nutrient Dynamics in Leaves, Buds and Panicles of Regular- and Alternate-Bearing Mango Cultivars - Hatkari Vittal; Nimisha Sharma; Akshay; R. M. Sharma; Nripendra Vikram Singh; Narendra Singh; Mahesh Chand Meena; Tirunagari Rupesh; Abeer Ali; Vishal Kumar; Anil Kumar Dubey; Gyan P. Mishra; et al. (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2026)

Identification of mild cross protecting virus strain for management of citrus decline of Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata) caused by Citrus tristeza virus - Shaivya Singh; Halima Khatoon; Lalit P. Patil; Bharat Raj Meena; Marimuthu Elangovan; Susheel K. Sharma; Radha M. Sharma; Anirban Roy; Kajal Kumar Biswas (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2026)

Prebreeding using untapped rice genetic resources: linking the gap between biodiversity and crop improvement - Santhosh Venna; Divya Balakrishnan; P. K. Singh; B. Arun; Suneetha Kota; S. Amurutha Rao; Naresh Kumar Sahu; S.V. SaiPrasad; R. M. Sundaram (Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 2026)

Population structure, genetic diversity, and identification of high-yielding stable rice genotypes from north-eastern India using AMMI and MGIDI analyses - Amit Kumar; Riya Raj; C. Balakrishnan; Harendra Verma; W. S. Philanim; Veerendra Kumar Verma; Simardeep Kaur; N. Umakanta; Mayank Rai; S. P. Das (Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 2026)

Identification of stable and high yielding wheat genotypes using AMMI and GGE biplot - Charan Singh; Arun Gupta; Vikas Gupta; Satish Kumar; Pradeep Kumar; B. S. Tyagi; C. N. Mishra; G. P. Singh; O. P. Ahlawat; Gyanendra Singh (Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 2026)

Understanding the Role of fasciated 2, fasciated 4, tassel dwarf 1 and tassel sheath 4 Genes in the Manifestation of Grain Yield in Field Corn (Zea mays L.) - Bhargava Kotte; P. Bhavana; Ganapati Mukri; Raveendra N. Gadag; Jayant S. Bhat; Chandu Singh; Navin C. Gupta; K. V. Gowtham; Kumari Shilpa; Chandra Prabha; Santhosh Kumar (Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2026)

Hulless Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Variety DWRB 223 - Jogendra Singh; Omvir Singh; R. P. S. Verma; Chuni Lal; Lokendra Kumar; S. K. Bishnoi; Rekha Malik; Dinesh Kumar; OP Gupta; Charan Singh; Poonam Jasrotia; Ravindra Kumar; et al. (Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2026)

Integrated morpho-molecular diversity and population structure analysis of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) germplasm for strategic breeding in the Northern Gangetic plains - Aachal Futane; Sahil G. Shamkuwar; Shivangi Saha; Rohit Kumar Verma; Pooja Yadav; Arvind Patel; Arun Balasubramaniam; Srikanth Urati; P. Vijai; Kartikeya Srivastava (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2026)

Plant genetic resources of Southern Manipur and Northeastern Mizoram in the Indian part of Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot: insights from a collecting expedition - K. Pradheep; Soyimchiten Longkumer; Praveen Kumar Singh; S. P. Ahlawat; R. S. Rathi (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2026)

Genetic analysis on spotted stem borer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) resistance and yield attributes in diverse maize (Zea Mays L.) inbred lines - G. Praveen Kumar; N. Sunil; P. Lakshmi Soujanya; J. C. Sekhar; D. Srinivasa Chary; Farzana Jabeen (Cereal Research Communications, 2026)

Genetic analysis of the SH gene of mumps virus genotype C in Kerala during 2024–25 - Rajendra Kumar; Minju Sara Simon; B. Aneesh; P. S. Chippy; Arun V. Jose; Amogh Auti; D. J. Hima; S. Aswathyraj; E. Sreekumar (Virus Genes, 2026)

Critical habitats for sharks and rays in Asia remain largely unprotected - Adriana Gonzalez-Pestana; Peter M. Kyne; Emiliano García-Rodríguez; Ryan Charles; Vanessa Bettcher Brito; Asia O. Armstrong; Amanda Batlle-Morera; Marta D. Palacios; Christoph A. Rohner; Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara; Jo Marie V. Acebes; Serena Adam; et al. (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2026)
The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and conservation relevance. We delineated 122 ISRAs spanning ~ 1 million km 2 (~ 3% of the region) across 12 jurisdictions and international waters, encompassing habitats for 121 species (~ 30% of Asia’s chondrichthyans), 76% of which are threatened. Depleted taxa (e.g., giant guitarfishes, Glaucostegidae) were represented, but charismatic megafauna (e.g., Whale Shark Rhincodon typus ) were overrepresented. In contrast, deepwater and freshwater species were underrepresented. Reproductive Areas were the most common ISRA sub-criterion applied (52% of ISRAs), largely in nearshore zones, while areas for range-restricted species were less frequently (18%) identified. Twelve ISRAs overlapped with biodiversity hotspots, including seven in areas of high overall chondrichthyan species richness and five in areas of high range-restricted species richness. Citizen science was the predominant research method used to delineate ISRAs, while fisheries data were underused despite the region’s major fisheries footprint. Geographic coverage was uneven: Indonesia held the most ISRAs (n = 40; 71.7% of ISRA coverage) while eight jurisdictions (e.g., Viet Nam, China, Republic of Korea) lacked ISRAs due to data gaps. Protection shortfalls are stark: MPAs cover

First report of Fusarium incarnatum causing basal rot of onion (Allium cepa) from India - Ram Dutta; K Jayalakshmi; A Radhakrishna; Satish Kumar; V Karuppaiah; P S Soumia; Vinay Kumar; Komal Khandekar; Vishal S. Gurav; Pranjali V Bhadane; Srushti S Pisal; Vijay Mahajan (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2026)

Isolation and complete genome analysis of Porcine Parvovirus 1 from swine with reproductive failure in southern India - P. Mohanapriya; S. Parthiban; K. Reshma; M. Parthiban; M. Murugan; A. Ramesh; K. Senthilkumar; P. Raja; P. Jalantha; Jagadish Hiremath; S. S. Patil; M. Kalyana Chakravarthi; et al. (Archives of Microbiology, 2026)

Comprehensive Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Litchi (Litchi chinensis) from India - Masrat Siraj; Sandeep Singh; Vikas Jindal; Rajwinder Kaur Sandhu; P. R. Shashank; Aayush Kaushal; Guranshpaul Singh; Sumanjit Kaur; Poonam Srivastava; Anamika Kar; Jaipal Singh Choudhary; M. K. Dhakar; et al. (Applied Fruit Science, 2026)

Genetic Diversity, Combining Ability and Stability Analysis of Linseed (Linum Usitatissimum) Under Acidic Soil Conditions in the North-Eastern Region of India - M. Bezil; P. Magudeeswari; Malemnganbi Keisham; Abhilash Behera; Amit Kumar; Wricha Tyagi; Mayank Rai (Agricultural Research, 2026)

Interactive Effects of Elevated CO2, Temperature, and Weed Competition on Mungbean - Dasari Sreekanth; Deepak Vishwanath Pawar; Rajeev Kumar; Shobha Sondhia; P. K. Singh; J. S. Mishra; Ankita Sinha; Subhash Chander; Nagaraju Mukkamula; B. Kiran Kumar (Agricultural Research, 2026)

Soil moisture estimation using Sentinel-1 SAR and field observation in the Eastern Ghats region of India - Uday Mandal; M. Madhu; Ramajayam Devarajan; Randhir Kumar; Gopal Kumar; HC Hombegowda; SK Samal; Saswat Kumar Kar; P. Raja; Pyla Sravani; Sitanshu Sekhar Patra (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Community composition and reproductive phenology of plants across vertical strata in Sal forests of North Gorakhpur Division, India - Satish Kumar Rai; Sanjay Kumar Pandey; Ravindra P. Shukla (Vegetos, 2026)

Hydrogeochemical characterization, spatial distribution, and suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation in the Aravalli Range, Haryana, India - Manoj Kumar; Anoop Yadav; Manjeet Bansal; Vinod Kumar Garg; Pawan Kumar Rose; Ram Pravesh Kumar; Bhupendra P. Singh (Environmental Sustainability, 2026)

Combined effects of Terminalia bellirica and Glycyrrhiza glabra on ameliorating cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in Swiss albino mice - Prerona Boruah; Anoushka Kumar; Priaunsh Dutt; Omkar Mahajan; Samina Shabbir; Mala Parab; Pramodkumar P. Gupta; Zeeshan Ahmad Bhutta (Natural Product Research, 2026)

Horticulture-Based Integrated Farming Enhances Productivity, Profitability, and Soil Biological Activity in Ustochrepts of the Upper Gangetic Plains, India - Poonam Kashyap; A. K. Prusty; A. L. Meena; Natesan Ravisankar; Rakshit Bhagat; P. C. Jat; Jairam Choudhary; Debashis Dutta; M. Shamim; Kamlesh Kumar; A. S. Panwar; M. A. Ansari; et al. (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2026)

Quantification of uncertainties in the hydrological models for streamflow prediction in a humid tropical river basins in India: a case study of the Chaliyar river basin, Kerala - K. Naveena; P. V. Shahanas; T. M. Sharannya; Baheerah Shada; T. K. Drissia; Chinni V. Naga Kumar Kommireddi; U. Surendran; N. K. Rajesh Kumar (Acta Geophysica, 2026)

Characterization of river-dredged material for sustainable reuse in road construction - Parvathi Geetha Sreekantan; Mariya Dayana P. J.; Anil Kumar Sinha (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2026)

Pharmacological and mechanistic assessment of Trachyspermum ammi hydrosol: antimicrobial and anti-biofilm efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes - Deepika Srivastava; Kuldeep Gupta; Parmanand Kumar; Swarnima Kaushal; Shubham Srivastava; Yatish Pant; C. S. Chanotiya; P. K. Rout; Anirban Pal (Folia Microbiologica, 2026)

What have we learned over the past 30 years since the discovery of the first TIR-containing plant immune receptor? - Dingliang Zhang; Yi Li; Xinyu Zhang; Chenchen Zhong; Barbara Baker; Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar; Yongliang Zhang (Trends in Plant Science, 2026)

Coupled role of Westerlies and Indian Summer Monsoon in the climatic variability of Kashmir Valley, NW India during the Late Quaternary - Shirish Verma; Binita Phartiyal; Shailesh Agrawal; P. Morthekai; M.C. Manoj; Rakesh Chandra; Lakhi Narayan Sahu; Sumit Sagwal; Pankaj Kumar; Abhayanand Singh Maurya (Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2026)

DFT, molecular docking, molecular dynamics and ADMET integrated study reveal naturally occurring compound Nardosinone as a potential drug candidate against ALS-related protease - Ryan John Laverne; Sudheesh K. Shukla; Penny P. Govender; Ashok Kumar Mishra (Next Research, 2026)

Aegle marmelos (Bael): Nutritional, functional and nutraceutical significance - Unnati Gupta; Narendra Kumar Singh; Veda P. Pandey; Vidyanand Tiwari (Food and Humanity, 2026)

Advanced flexible composite films of Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene-CCTO-PVDF for high-performance TENG-based self-powered sensor applications - Amar Dev; Amod Kumar; Tupan Das; Pawan Kumar; S.K. Pradhan; P. Kour; Manoranjan Kar (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Sustainable energy-food-nutrient nexus: strategies for enhancing wheat production resilience in India - Mohammad Hasanain; V.K. Singh; S.S. Rathore; Vijay Singh Meena; R.K. Singh; Kapila Shekhawat; Sunita Kumari Meena; B.S. Dwivedi; P.K. Upadhyay; Rajendra P. Mishra; Gaurav Verma; Sandeep Kumar; et al. (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Spatiotemporal evaluation of climate extremes across smart cities of the Gangetic Plain using high-resolution data - Prabhat Kumar; P. Parth Sarthi (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2026)

Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein-S as a Dual-Action Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Agent Against Staphylococcus aureus - Priya Verma; Priyanka Swaroop; Surabhi Pandit; Ved Prakash; Surender Kumar Sharawat; T. P. Singh; Sujata Sharma; Pradeep Sharma (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2026)

Investigation of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Dynamics Over the Himalayan Foothill Region: Insights from Ground-Based LiDAR Observations and WRF Model - Shuchita Srivastava; Sandhya Singh; Som Sharma; Pooja Jindal; C. Aparna; Yogesh Kant; Debashis Mitra; Dharmendra Kumar Kamat; Aniket Patel; R. P. Singh; Prakash Chauhan (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2026)

Mitigating chromium (VI) toxicity through microbial and biotechnological innovations: a critical review - P. Singhal; V. Sharma; R. Kumar; A. A. M. Alkhanjaf; A. Umar; S. Baskoutas (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2026)
Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] is a prevalent and highly toxic environmental contaminant known for its persistence and severe ecological and health consequences. Its high solubility and mobility contribute to long-lasting pollution, while its carcinogenic properties pose significant risks to living organisms. Conventional physicochemical methods such as precipitation, ion exchange, and membrane filtration are employed for Cr (VI) removal but often suffer from drawbacks including high costs, incomplete elimination, and generation of secondary pollutants. In contrast, microbial and biotechnological methods offer sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives for detoxifying Cr (VI). This review focuses on microbial remediation strategies, including biosorption, bioaccumulation, biotransformation, and bioleaching, with particular attention to the roles of bacteria and fungi. Key factors discussed include microbial resistance genes and enzymatic systems that facilitate the reduction of Cr (VI) to the less harmful Cr (III). Advances in designing microbial consortia, understanding genetic regulation, and integrating bioprocess engineering are also explored to enhance remediation efficacy. Comparing traditional and biological approaches highlights the superior sustainability and scalability of microbial systems for large-scale environmental treatment. Innovations in microbial bioremediation through biotechnological approaches present a promising path forward for mitigating chromium pollution and restoring environmental health in contaminated ecosystems.

Machine learning–based hybrid framework for weather-driven forewarning of major groundnut pests - P. Minruhi; P. Lavanya Kumari; Santosha Rathod; B. Ramana Murthy; K. Devaki; Kapil Choudhary; S. Vishnu Shankar; Prabhat Kumar (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2026)

Cross-regional characterisation and prediction of reproductive phenology in Prunus cerasoides Buch. -Ham. Ex D. Don using sequential learning - Henchai P. Phom; Akoijam Benjamin Singh; Kalidas Upadhyaya; Vinod Prasad Khanduri; Sheo Mohan Prasad; Priyanka Mishra; Jagat Jyoti Rath; Kewat Sanjay Kumar (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2026)

Comparative Assessment of Trinitrotoluene (T) Biodegradation Potential Using Two Indigenous Bacterial Species Isolated from an Explosive-Contaminated Site - Shruti Kaushik; Pritam Sangwan; Kapil Kumar; P. K. Rai (Current Microbiology, 2026)

Balancing risk and reward: Toward resilient human–primate coexistence in a rapidly changing environment in Sulawesi, Indonesia - Amanda L. Ellwanger; Kristen S. Morrow; Ashni Kumar Dhawale; Henry R. Scharf; Putu Oka Ngakan; Erin P. Riley (Ambio, 2026)
This study explores human–moor macaque ( Macaca maura ) coexistence in Sulawesi, Indonesia, using resilience thinking to assess temporal patterns of coadaptation amidst stressors such as provisioning and road construction. Comparing data from 2016–2017 to 2023–2025, we examine changes in provisioning patterns, macaque roadside use, and people’s perceptions of macaques to evaluate factors that may test the system’s resilience. Our results show that although provisioning frequency has remained stable, hand-feeding is increasingly common and macaques have increased their use of roadside habitat. Additionally, people’s perceptions have shifted from excitement and novelty to fear and normalization. Decreasing tolerance, coupled with increased risks associated with roadside behavior, highlights the system’s potential to transition to a state incompatible with coexistence. Our results can be leveraged to promote resilient coexistence, e.g., interventions that enable safer roadside crossing for the macaques and community outreach programs that make use of people’s empathy for the macaques’ welfare.

Cool White Light Emitting Dy3+ Activated Disodium Calcium Pyrophosphate Phosphor for WLEDs Application - Umashankar Bhardwaj; Ganesh Ram Banjare; Chitrkant Belodhiya; D. P. Bisen; N. Brahme; Sanjay Kumar Baghel; Vikas Kumar Jain; Vineet Kumar Shukla; Yugbodh Patle (Journal of Fluorescence, 2026)

Adaptive background colour responses in palaemonid shrimp: a study on Cuapetes purushothamani - U. P. Mohammed Naeem; B. Sureandiran; Rejani Chandran; T. T. Ajith Kumar (Marine Biology Research, 2026)

Evaluation of MERRA-2 PM2.5 species at three locations in India and their historical (1999–2019) trends - Sandeep Devaliya; Sayak Patra; Prem Maheshwarkar; Ankur Bhardwaj; Diksha Haswani; Deeksha Shukla; Ramya Sunder Raman; Abisheg Dhandapani; R. Naresh Kumar; Jithin K. P.; Lokesh Kaggere (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Mycoremediation: a sustainable approach for environmental cleanup — a review - Ayush Gaur; Priyanka Yadav; Ravi Shanker; Umesh Kumar Singh; Anupriya Chaudhary; Saba Ehsan; Mohan P. Singh (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2026)

Lead contamination hotspots in marine fishes along the Indian coast: a systematic review - Rangabhatla Saishree; Sakti P. Pattnayak; Priyanka Jena; Swayam Siddha; Rakesh Paul; B. Anjan Kumar Prusty (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Metabolite sensing receptors in macrophage reprogramming: from inflammation to resolution - Shubham Kumar Rai; Saloni Gupta; Pranita P. Sarangi (Inflammation Research, 2026)

Integrative multi-trait selection and molecular diversity analysis for the genetic improvement of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) - Lavudya Sampath; Mukesh P. Patel; Sushil Kumar; Bekkam Rakesh; Sriram Ajmera; Srinivasu Pathakakula (The Nucleus, 2026)

Discovery of two new tirucallane-type triterpenes anomers from Toona ciliata - Aliya Tabassum; Harshad B. Bhore; Jayanta Samanta; Anil Kumar Katare; Yogesh P. Bharitkar (Natural Product Research, 2026)

Three-Phase Seizure Segmentation in Stereotactic EEG Using Envelope-Based Multivariate Changepoint Analysis - Himanshu Kumar; N. P. Guhan Seshadri; David Martinez; Imad Najm; Andreas Alexopoulos; Juan C. Bulacio; Demitre Serletis; Balu Krishnan (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2026)
Purpose Accurate segmentation of seizure phases in intracranial EEG is essential for characterizing seizure dynamics and supporting presurgical evaluation in drug-resistant focal epilepsy. This study examines whether a semi-supervised changepoint detection framework can reliably delineate ictal onset, intra-ictal transition, and seizure termination. Methods A three-phase segmentation pipeline integrates multivariate envelope-based features, including root mean square amplitude, relative bandpower in the theta (4–8 Hz), alpha (8–13 Hz), beta (13–30 Hz), and gamma (30–80 Hz) bands, line length, and spectral entropy, with the Pruned Exact Linear Time algorithm. Features were extracted from sliding windows whose lengths and phase-specific weights were optimized using nested leave-one-subject-out cross-validation with Optuna. To ensure length invariance, analysis windows were randomly extended by 5–30 s before seizure onset and after seizure termination using real pre- and post-ictal data. Performance was evaluated on 179 seizure-onset-zone bipolar channels across 32 seizures from 10 patients. Results Mean absolute errors were $$4.19 ± 2.69$$ 4.19 ± 2.69 s for seizure onset, $$6.93 ± 5.75$$ 6.93 ± 5.75 s for intra-ictal transition, and $$3.82 ± 4.24$$ 3.82 ± 4.24 s for seizure termination. Detection accuracies within $$± 5$$ ± 5 s were 71.6% for onset, 60.0% for transition, and 75.0% for termination. Phase-specific feature importance analysis revealed distinct and evolving contributions of amplitude-, spectral-, and complexity-based measures across seizure phases. Conclusion The proposed framework achieves temporal precision comparable to reported inter-rater reliability (Cohen’s $$κ = 0.35$$ κ = 0.35 –0.69) and provides an interpretable, data-driven approach for comprehensive seizure phase characterization, with potential utility in clinical decision-making.

Spatial variability in the carbon stocks of different seagrass meadows of southern Palk Bay, India: Influence of species composition, sediment characteristics and restoration efforts - N. Gladwin Gnana Asir; G. Mathews; K. Diraviya Raj; P. Dinesh Kumar; A. Arasamuthu; R.L. Laju; Bakan Jagdish Sudhakar; J.K. Patterson Edward (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026)

A ∼1.6 Ga accretionary event in the polymetamorphic Lesser Himalaya, India: Insights into late-stage assembly of the Columbia supercontinent - Mallickarjun Joshi; Biraja P. Das; Shubham Patel; Daniel Pastor-Galán; Naresh C. Pant; A. Krishnakanta Singh; Govind Oinam; Alok Kumar; Ankit Kumar (Precambrian Research, 2026)

Regulation of seed germination by a temperature-sensitive feedback mechanism that integrates environmental and hormonal signals - Pannaga Krishnamurthy; Prakash P. Kumar (Molecular Plant, 2026)

Visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical residues using ternary (W, Ni, and Mn) single-atom anchored BiVO4-Co3O4/C3N5 nanocomposites - Yueshuai Wang; Karuppaiah Selvakumar; Muthuraj Arunpandian; Meenakshisundaram Swaminathan; P. Karuppusamy; N. Dinesh Kumar; Tae Hwan Oh; Guoyu Huang; Mohamed A. Habila; Ahmed Aljuwayid (Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2026)

Dietary lutein protects against Emamectin benzoate induced neurotoxicity by restoring oxidative and calcium balance in Drosophila melanogaster - Kiran P C; Pramod Kumar P; Harish Prashanth K V; Devaraju K S (Food Bioscience, 2026)

RNA-seq reveals altitude driven metabolic reprogramming for the enhanced stress tolerance in mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) microgreens - Gyan P. Mishra; Muralidhar Aski; K.M. Shivaprasad; Tsering Stobdan; Shiksha Chaurasia; Manju Kohli; Ajeet Singh Dhaka; Ranjeet R. Kumar; Rekha Kumari Meena; Soma Gupta; Suneha Goswami; T. Vinutha; et al. (Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2026)

A novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay coupled with lateral flow assay for differential detection of Brucella spp from Brucella abortus S19 vaccine strain - Aparajita Das; Sanjana; Marcia Ashmi; Moon Moon Satpathy; Chandan Prakash; K. P. Singh; Praveen Singh; Abhishek; Bablu Kumar (Veterinary Research Communications, 2026)

Unraveling pesticide impacts on pollinators: a global challenge for sustainable crop protection - G. Srivani; G. Senthil Kumar; M. Djanaguiraman; R. Sathya Priya; R. Sharmila; P. Murali Arthanari; P. Malathi; K. Raja; P. Parasuraman (The Science of Nature, 2026)

Early Detection of Potato Leaf Diseases with PotatoNet-X: A Deep Learning Model Combining ResNet, DenseNet, and Attention Mechanisms - Umesh Kumar Lilhore; P. Kavitha; Swetha G.; Sunder R.; Sarita Simaiya; Ehab Seif Ghith; Shimaa A. Hussien (Potato Research, 2026)

Integrating omics and artificial intelligence with plant tissue culture: pathways to next-generation crop improvement - Himanshu Saini; Jyoti Yadav; Anand Kumar; Sharad Sachan; Shalu Vyas; Atin Kumar; Deepak Nanda; P. R. Jeyaramraja (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2026)

Crustal structure and tectonic interpretation of Northeast India Using ambient noise group velocity tomography - Dhiraj Kumar Singh; Mohit Agrawal; O. P. Mishra; Mrinal K. Sen (Journal of Seismology, 2026)

Leveraging High-Throughput Phenomics and Morpho-Physiological Traits for Selecting Drought-Tolerant Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] Genotypes - Prasad; S. Muniswamy; P. S. Basavaraj; Anuja Gangurde; Rohit Babar; Shweta Shinde; K. M. Boraiah; C. B. Harisha; H. M. Halli; Dasari Sreekanth; Praveen Kumar; C. Laxuman; et al. (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2026)

Elucidation of Potential Anti-Inflammatory Targets of Machilus macrantha (Gulmavu) by Utilizing GC–MS, Network Pharmacological Analysis, and Experimental Validation - Nabarun Mukhopadhyay; Srilakshmi Satti; Sibu Sen; Ashish Kumar; Rujuta Sandbhor; Amol G. Dikundwar; Venkata Rao Kaki; Manoj P. Dandekar (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2026)

Development and Evaluation of DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitor-Loaded Liposomes as a New Frontier in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Therapy - Sumeet Katke; Sonali Singh; Siddhant Padhi; Kalyani Sakhare; Kumar P Narayan; Akash Chaurasiya (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2026)

Development and Evaluation of a Weather-based Forewarning Model for Managing Maydis Leaf Blight in Maize Using Novel Fungicides - Jitendar Kumar Sharma; Vijay Kamal Meena; Lekha; Harsh Vardhan Singh Shekhawat; Kapil Choudhary; Kapil Sharma; Neeshu Joshi; Shourabh Joshi; Sita Ram Kumawat; H. P. Patel (Journal of Crop Health, 2026)

Two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides for water and wastewater remediation: a review - S. Singh; R. Soni; P. E. Lokhande; D. Kumar; S. Ghotekar; S. Praveenkumar; K. Singh; N. M. Mubarak; Suhas; R. R. Karri; M. H. Dehghani (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2026)

Assessing Soil Contamination and Modeling Trace Element Uptake in Seed Spices of Rajasthan - Chetan Kumar Jangir; O. P. Aishwath; P. S. Sangwan; Dheeraj Panghaal; Harendra Kumar Yadav; Sanjay Kumar; S. N. Saxena; Vasundhara Sharma; Sandeep Kumar; Ram Swaroop Meena (International Journal of Environmental Research, 2026)

Bridging Geochemistry and Chemical Engineering: A Comprehensive Approach To Acid Mine Drainage Remediation and Water Recovery - P. Kumari; Pallabi Das; R. Rangari; S. Kumar; A. K. Singh; S. Andrew; G. C. Mondal; J. Guguloth; M. Kharubon (International Journal of Environmental Research, 2026)

Groundnut bud necrosis orthotospovirus: An emerging viral problem of pulse crops - Mohd Akram; Deepender Kumar; Arshi Jamil; Aditya Pratap; Ramkrishnan M. Nair; G. P. Dixit (Archives of Virology, 2026)

Prophylactic and Immunomodulatory potential of gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus) and oregano (Coleus amboinicus) extracts against tilapia lake virus (TiLV) in tilapia - Sekar Gobinath; Bagthasingh Chrisolite; Panchavarnam Sivasankar; P. Senthil Kumar; Anix Vivek Santhiya; Palaniappan Subash; M. Mohamed Mansoor; Muthumariappan Selvamagheswaran; Paulraj Magesh Kumar (Archives of Virology, 2026)