Phylogenetic analysis and biological characteristic tests of marine bacteria isolated from Southern Ocean (Indian sector) water - Pratibha Gupta; Raju Balaji; M. Parani; T. S. Chandra; P. Shukla; Anil Kumar; Rajib Bandopadhyay (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015)

Na+ and Cl− ions show additive effects under NaCl stress on induction of oxidative stress and the responsive antioxidative defense in rice - Tushar Khare; Vinay Kumar; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Protoplasma, 2015)

Duplex realtime RT-PCR assay for the detection of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) along with ef 1-α gene of potato - A. Jeevalatha; Ravinder Kumar; Baswaraj Raigond; S. Sundaresha; Sanjeev Sharma; B. P. Singh (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Micropropagation and assessment of genetic fidelity of Henckelia incana: an endemic and medicinal Gesneriad of South India - J. Prameela; H. Ramakrishnaiah; V. Krishna; A. P. Deepalakshmi; N. Naveen Kumar; R. N. Radhika (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2015)

Photosynthetic characteristics of peanut genotypes under excess and deficit irrigation during summer - Kuldeepsingh A. Kalariya; Amrit Lal Singh; Nisha Goswami; Deepti Mehta; Mahesh Kumar Mahatma; B. C. Ajay; Koushik Chakraborty; P. V. Zala; Vidya Chaudhary; C. B. Patel (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2015)

Synthesis of costunolide derivatives by Pd-catalyzed Heck arylation and evaluation of their cytotoxic activities - P. R. Rao Vadaparthi; Ch. Pavan Kumar; K. Kumar; A. Venkanna; V. Lakshma Nayak; S. Ramakrishna; K. Suresh Babu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Variability in stratification and flushing times of the Gautami–Godavari estuary, India - B SRIDEVI; V V S S SARMA; T V R MURTY; Y SADHURAM; N P C REDDY; K VIJAYAKUMAR; N S N RAJU; CH JAWAHAR KUMAR; Y S N RAJU; R LUIS; M D KUMAR; K V S R PRASAD (Journal of Earth System Science, 2015)

Comparative proteomics reveals differential induction of both biotic and abiotic stress response associated proteins in rice during Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae infection - Anirudh Kumar; Waikhom Bimolata; Monica Kannan; P. B. Kirti; Insaf Ahmed Qureshi; Irfan Ahmad Ghazi (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2015)

Serum PCT and its Relation to Body Weight Gain in Pulmonary Tuberculosis - K. Rohini; Surekha Bhat; P. S. Srikumar; A. Mahesh Kumar (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2015)

Malus pumila ‘Spy 227’ and Apple stem pitting virus: graft incompatibility and epinasty - Ajay Brakta; Anil Handa; P. D. Thakur; Manica Tomar; Pardeep Kumar (VirusDisease, 2015)

Characterization of a 16SrI-B Subgroup Phytoplasma Associated with Sugarcane Leaf Yellows Disease in India - Shailender Kumar; Ajay K. Tiwari; Somnath K. Holkar; S. K. Duttamajumder; G. P. Rao (Sugar Tech, 2015)

SGDB: A Sugarcane Germplasm Database - K. Praveen; M. Hemanth Kumar; A. Umamaheshwari; D. M. Reddy; P. Sudhakar; M. Munikumar; D. Pradhan; N. Sabita (Sugar Tech, 2015)

Distribution of Major Sucking Pest, Helopeltis spp. (Hemiptera: Miridae) of Cashew in India - K. K. Srikumar; P. S. Bhat; T. N. Raviprasad; K. Vanitha; N. K. Krishna Kumar; K. B. Rebijith; R. Asokan (Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2015)

Biochemical and Physiological Stress Responses to Heat Shock and Their Recovery in Labeo rohita Fingerlings - Prem Kumar; Asim K. Pal; Narottam P. Sahu; Ashish K. Jha; Priyadarshani Priya (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2015)

Equatorial wave activity during 2007 over Gadanki, a tropical station - SALAUDDIN MOHAMMAD; GOPA DUTTA; B VENKATESWARA RAO; P VINAY KUMAR (Journal of Earth System Science, 2015)

Melanins as biomarkers of ovarian follicular atresia in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: biochemical and histochemical characterization, seasonal variation and hormone effects - Ravi Kumar; Keerikkattil P. Joy (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2015)

Early infectious acute respiratory distress syndrome is characterized by activation and proliferation of alveolar T-cells - K. Risso; G. Kumar; M. Ticchioni; C. Sanfiorenzo; J. Dellamonica; F. Guillouet-de Salvador; G. Bernardin; C.-H. Marquette; P.-M. Roger (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2015)

Spatial prediction of landslide susceptibility in parts of Garhwal Himalaya, India, using the weight of evidence modelling - Pardeep Kumar Guri; P. K. Champati ray; Ramesh Chandra Patel (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

Ground Water Quality and Multivariate Statistical Methods - Narayanan C. Viswanath; P. G. Dileep Kumar; K. K. Ammad; E. R. Usha Kumari (Environmental Processes, 2015)

Subpopulation level variation of banana streak viruses in India and common evolution of banana and sugarcane badnaviruses - Susheel Kumar Sharma; P. Vignesh Kumar; A. Swapna Geetanjali; Khem Bahadur Pun; Virendra Kumar Baranwal (Virus Genes, 2015)

Serum levels of IL-8, IFNγ, IL-10, and TGF β and their gene expression levels in severe and non-severe cases of dengue virus infection - Nidhi Pandey; Amita Jain; R. K. Garg; Rashmi Kumar; O. P. Agrawal; P. V. Lakshmana Rao (Archives of Virology, 2015)

Development of Modified-Release Tablets of Zolpidem Tartrate by Biphasic Quick/Slow Delivery System - Anjan Kumar Mahapatra; N. H. Sameeraja; P. N. Murthy (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2015)

Comparative evaluation of two Trichoderma harzianum strains for major secondary metabolite production and antifungal activity - Vivek Ahluwalia; Jitendra Kumar; Virendra S. Rana; Om P. Sati; S. Walia (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Impact of Kalpana-1 retrieved atmospheric motion vectors on mesoscale model forecast during summer monsoon 2011 - Inderpreet Kaur; Prashant Kumar; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2015)

Characterization of a vacuolar processing enzyme expressed in Arachis diogoi in resistance responses against late leaf spot pathogen, Phaeoisariopsis personata - Dilip Kumar; Sakshi Rampuria; Naveen Kumar Singh; Pawan Shukla; P. B. Kirti (Plant Molecular Biology, 2015)

Impact of Kalpana-1 retrieved multispectral AMVs on Mahasen tropical cyclone forecast - Inderpreet Kaur; Prashant Kumar; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Fractal study of seismicity in order to characterize the various tectonic blocks of North-east Himalaya, India - P. N. S. Roy; Suparna Chowdhury; Partha Sarkar; Saroj Kumar Mondal (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Seismic source characteristics in Kachchh and Saurashtra regions of Western India: b-value and fractal dimension mapping of aftershock sequences - A. P. Singh; Indrajit G. Roy; Santosh Kumar; J. R. Kayal (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Chemistry of withaferin-A: chemo, regio, and stereoselective synthesis of novel spiro-pyrrolizidino-oxindole adducts of withaferin-A via one-pot three-component [3+2] azomethine ylide cycloaddition and their cytotoxicity evaluation - Yogesh P. Bharitkar; Satish Kanhar; Neradibilli Suneel; Susanta Kumar Mondal; Abhijit Hazra; Nirup B. Mondal (Molecular Diversity, 2015)

Genetics- and genomics-based interventions for nutritional enhancement of grain legume crops: status and outlook - Abhishek Bohra; Kanwar L. Sahrawat; Shiv Kumar; Rohit Joshi; Ashok K. Parihar; Ummed Singh; Deepak Singh; Narendra P. Singh (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2015)

The RIG-I-like helicase receptor MDA5 (IFIH1) is involved in the host defense against Candida infections - M. Jaeger; R. van der Lee; S.-C. Cheng; M. D. Johnson; V. Kumar; A. Ng; T. S. Plantinga; S. P. Smeekens; M. Oosting; X. Wang; W. Barchet; K. Fitzgerald; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2015)

Protection Against 1,2-Di-methylhydrazine-Induced Systemic Oxidative Stress and Altered Brain Neurotransmitter Status by Probiotic Escherichia coli CFR 16 Secreting Pyrroloquinoline Quinone - Sumeet Pandey; Ashish Singh; Nirja Chaudhari; Laxmipriya P. Nampoothiri; G. Naresh Kumar (Current Microbiology, 2015)

Molecular characterization of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ subgroup I-B associated with sesame phyllody disease and identification of its natural vector and weed reservoir in India - Sajad un Nabi; Madhupriya; Durgesh Kumar Dubey; G. P. Rao; V. K. Baranwal; Pratibha Sharma (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2015)

Comparative evaluation of nucleic acid-based assays for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in swine blood samples - H. Dhanze; K. N. Bhilegaonkar; G. V. P. P. S. Ravi Kumar; P. Thomas; H. B. Chethan Kumar; M. Suman Kumar; S. Rawat; P. Kerketta; D. B. Rawool; A. Kumar (Archives of Virology, 2015)

Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus with intact or mutant transcriptional activator proteins: complexity of cotton leaf curl disease - Jitendra Kumar; Samatha Gunapati; Anshu Alok; Adarsh Lalit; Rekha Gadre; Naresh C. Sharma; Joy K. Roy; Sudhir P. Singh (Archives of Virology, 2015)

6-Benzylaminopurine affects lipid peroxidation and membrane permeability and thereby preserves curd quality and antioxidants during storage of cauliflower - Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui; J. P. Singh; Md. Abu Nayyer; Kalyan Barman; M. S. Ahmad; Vinod Kumar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Genetic diversity of steno endemic and critically endangered Monoon tirunelveliense (Annonaceae) from India as revealed by ISSRs - M. B. Viswanathan; C. Rajasekar; P. Sathish Kumar (Trees, 2015)

Host–pathogen interactions of Brassica genotypes for white rust (Albugo candida) disease severity under aided epiphytotic conditions in India - P. S. Sandhu; K. S. Brar; J. S. Chauhan; P. D. Meena; R. P. Awasthi; A. S. Rathi; A. Kumar; J. C. Gupta; S. J. Kolte; S. S. Manhas (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Differentiating neurons derived from human umbilical cord blood stem cells work as a test system for developmental neurotoxicity - Mahendra P. Kashyap; Vivek Kumar; Abhishek K. Singh; Vinay K. Tripathi; Sadaf Jahan; Ankita Pandey; Ritesh K. Srivastava; Vinay K. Khanna; Aditya B. Pant (Molecular Neurobiology, 2015)

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of dihydropyrimidinone (DHPM) based muscarinic receptor antagonist - Badri N. Acharya; G. B. Dharma Rao; Deo Kumar; Pravin Kumar; Mahabir P. Kaushik (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

A report of rifampin-resistant leprosy from northern and eastern India: identification and in silico analysis of molecular interactions - Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi; Mallika Lavania; Manoj Kumar; Punit Kaur; Ravindra P. Turankar; Itu Singh; Astha Nigam; Utpal Sengupta (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2015)

Preparation of activated carbons from bio-waste: effect of surface functional groups on methylene blue adsorption - P. Manoj Kumar Reddy; K. Krushnamurty; S. K. Mahammadunnisa; A. Dayamani; Ch. Subrahmanyam (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2015)

Assessment of bioaerosol pollution over Indo-Gangetic plain - Mamta; J. N. Shrivastava; G. P. Satsangi; Ranjit Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

DNA Methylation and Flavonoids in Genitourinary Cancers - Neelam Mukherjee; Addanki P. Kumar; Rita Ghosh (Current Pharmacology Reports, 2015)

North Indian heavy rainfall event during June 2013: diagnostics and extended range prediction - Susmitha Joseph; A. K. Sahai; S. Sharmila; S. Abhilash; N. Borah; R. Chattopadhyay; P. A. Pillai; M. Rajeevan; Arun Kumar (Climate Dynamics, 2015)

Cyanobacteria, pesticides and rice interaction - N. P. Das; Ajay Kumar; P. K. Singh (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015)

Impairment of DNA in a Freshwater Gastropod (Lymnea luteola L.) After Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles - Daoud Ali; Huma Ali; Saud Alarifi; Sudhir Kumar; M. Serajuddin; Agha P. Mashih; Mukhtar Ahmed; Mujeeb Khan; Syed Farooq Adil; M. R. Shaik; Anees A. Ansari (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

AtGGM2014, an Arabidopsis gene co-expression network for functional studies - ShiSong Ma; Hans J. Bohnert; Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar (Science China Life Sciences, 2015)

Food and Feeding Ecology of the Non-native Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the River Yamuna, India - Absar Alam; N. K. Chadha; K. D. Joshi; S. K. Chakraborty; Paramita Banerjee Sawant; Tarkeshwar Kumar; Kalpana Srivastava; S. C. S. Das; A. P. Sharma (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2015)

Identification of Anchored Simple Sequence Repeat Markers Associated with Calcium Content in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) - A. Kumar; S. Yadav; P. Panwar; V. S. Gaur; S. Sood (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2015)

Erratum to: Current status of tissue culture and genetic transformation research in cotton (Gossypium spp.) - Vijaya Naresh Juturu; Gopala Krishna Mekala; Giridara Kumar Surabhi; P. B. Kirti (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2015)

Syntheses of arylcinnamic acids, using Alum-Cs2CO3 as precursors of new 2-heterostyrylbenzimidazoles and their antimicrobial evaluation - T. Ashok Kumar; P. N. Kishore Babu; B. Rama Devi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Importance of DA-MRF Models in Fuzzy Based Classifier - Mrinal Singha; Anil Kumar; Alfred Stein; P. N. L. Raju; Y. V. N. Krishna Murthy (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2015)

Oldenlandia dineshii (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae), a new species from the Palakkad Gap region of Western Ghats, India - Sojan Jose; Maya C. Nair; K. M. Prabhukumar; V. V. Asha; R. Prakash Kumar; P. V. Madhusoodanan; V. Suresh (Kew Bulletin, 2015)

Design and Optimization of Curcumin–HPβCD Bioadhesive Vaginal Tablets by 23 Factorial Design: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation - Umme Hani; H. G. Shivakumar; Atul Srivastava; Nawaz Mahammed; Shailesh Thirumaleshwar; Naga Sravan kumar Varma; Rudra Vaghela; Chetan G. Shinde; M. P. Gowrav (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2015)

Application of geo-microbial prospecting method for finding oil and gas reservoirs - M. A. Rasheed; Syed Zaheer Hasan; P. L. Srinivasa Rao; Annapurna Boruah; V. Sudarshan; B. Kumar; T. Harinarayana (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2015)

High resolution DEM generation for complex snow covered Indian Himalayan Region using ADS80 aerial push-broom camera: a first time attempt - Mritunjay Kumar Singh; Snehmani; R. D. Gupta; Anshuman Bhardwaj; P. K. Joshi; Ashwagosha Ganju (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Status of Available Sulfur in Soils of North-Western Indo-Gangetic Plain and Western Himalayan region and Responses of Rice and Wheat to Applied Sulfur in Farmer’s Fields - Vinod K. Singh; Brahma S. Dwivedi; Arvind K. Shukla; Vinod Kumar; Babooji Gangwar; Meenu Rani; Susheel K. Singh; Rajendra P. Mishra (Agricultural Research, 2015)

Buffalo Embryonic, Fetal and Adult Stem Cells: Progress and Challenges - Dharmendra Kumar; T. Anand; Selokar Naresh Lalaji; P. S. Yadav; Inderjeet Singh (Agricultural Research, 2015)

clpC operon regulates cell architecture and sporulation in Bacillus anthracis - Lalit K. Singh; Neha Dhasmana; Andaleeb Sajid; Prasun Kumar; Asani Bhaduri; Mitasha Bharadwaj; Sheetal Gandotra; Vipin C. Kalia; Taposh K. Das; Ajay K. Goel; Andrei P. Pomerantsev; Richa Misra; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2015)
Summary The clpC operon is known to regulate several processes such as genetic competence, protein degradation and stress survival in bacteria. Here, we describe the role of clpC operon in B acillus anthracis . We generated knockout strains of the clpC operon genes to investigate the impact of CtsR , McsA , McsB and ClpC deletion on essential processes of B . anthracis. We observed that growth, cell division, sporulation and germination were severely affected in mcsB and clpC deleted strains, while none of deletions affected toxin secretion. Growth defect in these strains was pronounced at elevated temperature. The growth pattern gets restored on complementation of mcsB and clpC in respective mutants. Electron microscopic examination revealed that mcsB and clpC deletion also causes defect in septum formation leading to cell elongation. These vegetative cell deformities were accompanied by inability of mutant strains to generate morphologically intact spores. Higher levels of polyhydroxybutyrate granules accumulation were also observed in these deletion strains, indicating a defect in sporulation process. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, the vital role played by McsB and ClpC in physiology of B . anthracis and open up further interest on this operon, which might be of importance to success of B . anthracis as pathogen.

Spectral analysis of wind and temperature components during lightning in pre-monsoon season over Ranchi - Arun K. Dwivedi; Sagarika Chandra; Manoj Kumar; Sanjay Kumar; N. V. P. Kiran Kumar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2015)

Landslides triggered by the June 2013 extreme rainfall event in parts of Uttarakhand state, India - Tapas R. Martha; Priyom Roy; K. Babu Govindharaj; K. Vinod Kumar; P. G. Diwakar; V. K. Dadhwal (Landslides, 2015)

Mapping of yellow mosaic virus (YMV) resistance in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) through association mapping approach - Bhupender Kumar; Akshay Talukdar; Khushbu Verma; Indu Bala; G. D. Harish; Sarmrat Gowda; S. K. Lal; R. L. Sapra; K. P. Singh (Genetica, 2015)

Dissipation pattern, safety evaluation, and generation of processing factor (PF) for pyraclostrobin and metiram residues in grapes during raisin preparation - Ahammed Shabeer T. P.; Rushali Girame; Sandip Hingmire; Kaushik Banerjee; Ajay Kumar Sharma; Dasharath Oulkar; Sagar Utture; Manjusha Jadhav (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

Synthesis, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of novel mannich bases of benzimidazoles - Neeraj Kumar; C. S. Sharma; M. S. Ranawat; H. P. Singh; L. S. Chauhan; N. Dashora (Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2015)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Length–weight relationship and condition factor of nine possible crosses of three stocks of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii from different agro-ecological regions of India - P. L. Lalrinsanga; Bindu R. Pillai; Kanta D. Mahapatra; Lopamudra Sahoo; Raul W. Ponzoni; Nguyen Hong Nguyen; Swagatika Mohanty; Swagatika Sahu; Sovan Sahu; Vijay Kumar; Gunamaya Patra; Shivani Patnaik (Aquaculture International, 2015)

Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one - Pierre Martre; Daniel Wallach; Senthold Asseng; Frank Ewert; James W. Jones; Reimund P. Rötter; Kenneth J. Boote; Alex C. Ruane; Peter J. Thorburn; Davide Cammarano; Jerry L. Hatfield; Cynthia Rosenzweig; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Crop models of crop growth are increasingly used to quantify the impact of global changes due to climate or crop management. Therefore, accuracy of simulation results is a major concern. Studies with ensembles of crop models can give valuable information about model accuracy and uncertainty, but such studies are difficult to organize and have only recently begun. We report on the largest ensemble study to date, of 27 wheat models tested in four contrasting locations for their accuracy in simulating multiple crop growth and yield variables. The relative error averaged over models was 24–38% for the different end‐of‐season variables including grain yield ( GY ) and grain protein concentration ( GPC ). There was little relation between error of a model for GY or GPC and error for in‐season variables. Thus, most models did not arrive at accurate simulations of GY and GPC by accurately simulating preceding growth dynamics. Ensemble simulations, taking either the mean (e‐mean) or median (e‐median) of simulated values, gave better estimates than any individual model when all variables were considered. Compared to individual models, e‐median ranked first in simulating measured GY and third in GPC . The error of e‐mean and e‐median declined with an increasing number of ensemble members, with little decrease beyond 10 models. We conclude that multimodel ensembles can be used to create new estimators with improved accuracy and consistency in simulating growth dynamics. We argue that these results are applicable to other crop species, and hypothesize that they apply more generally to ecological system models.

CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change - Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Stuart J. Davies; Amy C. Bennett; Erika B. Gonzalez‐Akre; Helene C. Muller‐Landau; S. Joseph Wright; Kamariah Abu Salim; Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano; Alfonso Alonso; Jennifer L. Baltzer; Yves Basset; Norman A. Bourg; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long‐term forest dynamics research sites ( CTFS ‐Forest GEO ) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. Within very large plots (median size 25 ha), all stems ≥1 cm diameter are identified to species, mapped, and regularly recensused according to standardized protocols. CTFS ‐Forest GEO spans 25°S–61°N latitude, is generally representative of the range of bioclimatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions experienced by forests worldwide, and is the only forest monitoring network that applies a standardized protocol to each of the world's major forest biomes. Supplementary standardized measurements at subsets of the sites provide additional information on plants, animals, and ecosystem and environmental variables. CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 °C), changes in precipitation (up to ±30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8 g N m −2 yr −1 and 3.1 g S m −2 yr −1 ), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5 km). The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. Ongoing research across the CTFS ‐Forest GEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.

Atmospheric motion vector retrieval using improved tracer selection algorithm - Inderpreet Kaur; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2015)

Exploitation of microbes for enhancing bacoside content and reduction of Meloidogyne incognita infestation in Bacopa monnieri L - Rupali Gupta; Sudeep Tiwari; Shilpi K. Saikia; Virendra Shukla; Rashmi Singh; S. P. Singh; P. V. Ajay Kumar; Rakesh Pandey (Protoplasma, 2015)

A maize α-zein promoter drives an endosperm-specific expression of transgene in rice - J. Beslin Joshi; S. Geetha; Birla Singh; K. K. Kumar; E. Kokiladevi; L. Arul; P. Balasubramanian; D. Sudhakar (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2015)

Study of role of basin shape in the site–city interaction effects on the ground motion characteristics - D. Sahar; J. P. Narayan; Neeraj Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Assessment of Tsunami Hazard Vulnerability along the coastal environs of Andaman Islands - R. Prerna; T. Srinivasa Kumar; R. S. Mahendra; P. C. Mohanty (Natural Hazards, 2015)

A numerical study of effects of ridge-weathering and ridge-shape-ratio on the ground motion characteristics - J. P. Narayan; Vinay Kumar (Journal of Seismology, 2015)

Characterization and 3D structure prediction of chitinase induced in sugarcane during pathogenesis of Colletotrichum falcatum - P. R. Rahul; V. Ganesh Kumar; M. Sathyabhama; R. Viswanathan; A. Ramesh Sundar; P. Malathi (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015)

Panoramic Radiomorphometric Indices of Mandible: Biomarker for Osteoporosis - Poornima Govindraju; T. S. Mahesh Kumar; Poornima Chandra; P. Balaji; M. B. Sowbhagya (Exposure and Health, 2015)

Heavy metal concentrations in natural and human-impacted sediments of Segara Anakan Lagoon, Indonesia - A. D. Syakti; C. Demelas; N. V. Hidayati; G. Rakasiwi; L. Vassalo; N. Kumar; P. Prudent; P. Doumenq (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

Potential of Native Shrubs Haloxylon salicornicum and Calligonum Polygonoides for Restoration of Degraded Lands in Arid Western Rajasthan, India - V. S. Rathore; J. P. Singh; S. Bhardwaj; N. S. Nathawat; Mahesh Kumar; M. M. Roy (Environmental Management, 2015)

Male sterility systems in wheat and opportunities for hybrid wheat development - Sudhir P. Singh; Rakesh Srivastava; Jitendra Kumar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Sensitivity analysis of high-resolution Oceansat-2 scatterometer winds on Thane cyclone simulation - Prashant Kumar; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Hydrogeologically controlled freshwater dynamics in the coastal sand dune aquifer of Ongole coast (AP), India - D.V. Reddy; P. Nagabhushanam; T. Madhav; M. Anita; M. Sudheer Kumar (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2014)

NAC transcription factor genes: genome-wide identification, phylogenetic, motif and cis-regulatory element analysis in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) - Viswanathan Satheesh; P. Tej Kumar Jagannadham; Parameswaran Chidambaranathan; P. K. Jain; R. Srinivasan (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Structural requirements for imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives as Aurora A kinase inhibitors and validation of the model - Ashish M. Kanhed; Vishal P. Zambre; Vijay A. Pawar; Mayank Kumar Sharma; Rajani Giridhar; Mange Ram Yadav (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Generation of Vegetation Fraction and Surface Albedo Products Over India from Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) Data Onboard Oceansat-2 - A. Senthil Kumar; T. Radhika; P.K. Saritha; V. Keerthi; R. N. Anjani; M. Suresh Kumar; K. S. Sekhar; P. Satyanarayana; M. S. Naga Sudha; M. V. R. Sesha Sai; V. K. Dadhwal (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Awareness about Oral Cancer among Dental Postgraduate Students in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India - P. Ramaswamy; Ginjupally Uday; P. Sreenivasulu; B. Praveen Kumar; Tanya Khaitan; V. R. Geethika (Journal of Cancer Education, 2014)

Homology Modeling and Comparative Profiling of Superoxide Dismutase Among Extremophiles: Exiguobacterium as a Model Organism - Rajiv Pathak; Pankaj Narang; Muktesh Chandra; Raj Kumar; P. K. Sharma; Hemant K. Gautam (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2014)

Diversity, distribution and horticultural potential of Cordia myxa L.: a promising underutilized fruit species of arid and semi arid regions of India - P. R. Meghwal; Akath Singh; Pradeep Kumar; B. R. Morwal (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2014)

Differential expression of peroxidase and ABC transporter as the key regulatory components for degradation of azo dyes by Penicillium oxalicum SAR-3 - Samta Saroj; Karunesh Kumar; Manoj Prasad; R. P. Singh (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2014)

Erratum to: Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of durable adult plant leaf rust resistance (APR) genes Lr34 +, Lr46 + and Lr67 + linked to leaf tip necrosis (LTN) in select registered Indian wheat ( T. aestivum ) genetic stocks - M. Sivasamy; M. Aparna; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; V.K. Vikas; P. John; R. Nisha; K. Srinivasan; J. Radhamani; S.R. Jacob; S. Kumar; Satyaprakash; et al. (Cereal Research Communications, 2014)

Aliiglaciecola coringensis sp. nov., isolated from a water sample collected from mangrove forest in Coringa, Andhra Pradesh, India - Vasundhera Gupta; Gunjan Sharma; T. N. R. Srinivas; P. Anil Kumar (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2014)

Study of combined effects of sediment rheology and basement focusing in an unbounded viscoelastic medium using P-SV-wave finite-difference modelling - Jay P. Narayan; Vinay Kumar (Acta Geophysica, 2014)

28-Homobrassinolide: a novel oxysterol transactivating LXR gene expression - R. Premalatha; K. Srikumar; D. Vijayalaksmi; G. N. Kumar; P. P. Mathur (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Synthesis, characterization and preliminary anticonvulsant evaluation of some flavanone incorporated semicarbazides - C. S. Sharma; T. Verma; H. P. Singh; N. Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

One-pot synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of amide-linked 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-bistriazoles - Kashmiri Lal; C. P. Kaushik; Krishan Kumar; Ashwani Kumar; Asif Khurshid Qazi; Abid Hamid; Sundeep Jaglan (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Development of weather-based prediction models for leaf rust in wheat in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India - P. Vijaya Kumar (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2014)

Regulation of Gβγi-Dependent PLC-β3 Activity in Smooth Muscle: Inhibitory Phosphorylation of PLC-β3 by PKA and PKG and Stimulatory Phosphorylation of Gαi-GTPase-Activating Protein RGS2 by PKG - Ancy D. Nalli; Divya P. Kumar; Othman Al-Shboul; Sunila Mahavadi; John F. Kuemmerle; John R. Grider; Karnam S. Murthy (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2014)

βC1 is a pathogenicity determinant: not only for begomoviruses but also for a mastrevirus - Jitendra Kumar; Jitesh Kumar; Sudhir P. Singh; Rakesh Tuli (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Assessment of Arsenic-Induced DNA Damage in Goldfish by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Technique Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers - Amod Kumar; Vibudh P. Kesari; Ashok Kumar Alok; Syed N. Kazim; Parimal K. Khan (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

Gypsum Induced Strength Behaviour of Fly Ash-Lime Stabilized Expansive Soil - P. V. Sivapullaiah; Arvind Kumar Jha (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2014)

Stress mitigating and growth enhancing effect of dietary tryptophan in rohu (Labeo rohita, Hamilton, 1822) fingerlings - Prem Kumar; Shailesh Saurabh; A. K. Pal; N. P. Sahu; A. R. T. Arasu (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2014)

Trends in the consumption of milk and milk products in India: implications for self-sufficiency in milk production - Anjani Kumar; P. K. Joshi; Praduman Kumar; Shinoj Parappurathu (Food Security, 2014)

Seasonal trends, meteorological impacts, and associated health risks with atmospheric concentrations of gaseous pollutants at an Indian coastal city - Parth Sarathi Mahapatra; Sipra Panda; P. P. Walvekar; R. Kumar; Trupti Das; B. R. Gurjar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

When is a South Indian Really Anemic? - Deepak Kumar Pasupula; P. S. Reddy (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2014)

Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor by metabolic context of the cell - V. B. Sameer Kumar; S. Binu; S. J. Soumya; Haritha K.; P. R. Sudhakaran (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2014)

Biodiversity and seasonal variation of benthic macrofauna in Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India - V. Dalia Susan; P. Satheesh Kumar; N. G. K. Pillai (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014)

EVALUATION OF AQUACROP MODEL IN PREDICTING WHEAT YIELD AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY UNDER IRRIGATED SALINE REGIMES - P. Kumar; A. Sarangi; D.K. Singh; S.S. Parihar (Irrigation and Drainage, 2014)
Crop models assist in generating crop productivity trends under future climate and different irrigation water supply scenarios. In this study, the AquaCrop model with a salinity module to simulate the grain yield and water productivity of four wheat varieties, including three salt‐ tolerant (i.e. KRL‐19, KRL‐1‐4, KRL‐210) and one salt non‐tolerant variety (i.e. HD‐2894) grown under different salinity levels was evaluated. The experiment was conducted at the research farm of the Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, during rabi 2009–10 and 2010–11. The model was calibrated using experiment data of rabi 2009–10 and validated with data of rabi 2010–11. Saline water of 4, 8 and 12 dS m −1 and groundwater (i.e. 1.5 dS m −1 during rabi 2009–10 and 1.7 dS m −1 during rabi 2010–11) were used for irrigation. The validated model prediction error statistics, i.e. model efficiency (ME), index of agreement ( d ) and coefficient of determination ( R 2 ) for grain yield, were 0.85, 0.96, 0.94 and for biomass 0.7, 0.95, 0.95, respectively, for all varieties and salinity levels. It was observed that the AquaCrop model was better at predicting the grain yield compared to biomass and water productivity for all varieties and salinity levels. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The influence of mesoscale eddies on a commercial fishery in the coastal waters of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India - Anand Arur; P. Krishnan; Grinson George; M. P. Goutham Bharathi; M. Kaliyamoorthy; K. Hareef Baba Shaeb; A. S. Suryavanshi; T. Srinivasa Kumar; A. K. Joshi (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Sun-Sky Radiometer Synthesis of Interplay Between Aerosols and Monsoon Activity Over Pune, India - P. C. S. Devara; Sumit Kumar; K. Vijayakumar; G. Pandithurai (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2014)

Asymbiotic In vitro Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Eulophia nuda Lindl., An Endangered Medicinal Orchid - Vikas Nanekar; Varsha Shriram; Vinay Kumar; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Molecular Markers Assisted Identification of Intraspecific Hybrids in Ziziphus mauritiana - Sunil Kumar Singh; P. R. Meghwal; Rakesh Pathak; Ragini Gautam (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Regeneration Pattern of Tree Species in Forested Landscapes of Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalayan Region, India - Amit Kumar; K. N. Singh; Brij Lal; Amit Chawla; S. K. Uniyal; Rajesh Kaushal; R. D. Singh; P. S. Ahuja (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Long-term effect of pulse crops inclusion on soil–plant nutrient dynamics in puddled rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system on an Inceptisol of Indo-Gangetic plain zone of India - K. K. Hazra; M. S. Venkatesh; P. K. Ghosh; A. N. Ganeshamurthy; N. Kumar; N. Nadarajan; A. B. Singh (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2014)

Assessment of predominant frequencies using ambient vibration in the Kachchh region of western India: implications for earthquake hazards - A. P. Singh; N. Annam; Santosh Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Synthesis, antimicrobial, and anticancer evaluation of novel 2-(3-methylindolyl)benzimidazole derivatives - P. N. Kishore Babu; B. Ramadevi; Y. Poornachandra; C. Ganesh Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Reproductive toxicity of lead, cadmium, and phthalate exposure in men - Niraj Pant; G. Kumar; A. D. Upadhyay; D. K. Patel; Y. K. Gupta; P. K. Chaturvedi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Growth and metal removal potential of a Phormidium bigranulatum-dominated mat following long-term exposure to elevated levels of copper - Dhananjay Kumar; J. P. Gaur (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Real-time PCR technique for detection of arecanut yellow leaf disease phytoplasma - Smita Nair; O. M. Roshna; V. P. Soumya; Vinayaka Hegde; M. Suresh Kumar; Ramaswamy Manimekalai; George V. Thomas (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2014)

Spatial X-ray fluorescence micro-imaging of minerals in grain tissues of wheat and related genotypes - Sudhir P. Singh; Katarina Vogel-Mikuš; Primož Vavpetič; Luka Jeromel; Primož Pelicon; Jitendra Kumar; Rakesh Tuli (Planta, 2014)

PSPDB: Plant Stress Protein Database - S. Anil Kumar; P. Hima Kumari; Vijayaraghava Seshadri Sundararajan; Prashanth Suravajhala; Rajaraman Kanagasabai; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2014)

Association mapping of agro-morphological characters among the global collection of finger millet genotypes using genomic SSR markers - B. Kalyana Babu; P. K. Agrawal; Dinesh Pandey; J. P. Jaiswal; Anil Kumar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Synthesis and biological evaluation of fatty imidazolines - T. Satyavani; Y. Mohini; M. S. L. Karuna; R. B. N. Prasad; C. Ganesh Kumar; M. Poornima; P. Sujitha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Modeling the behaviour of alluvial and blasted quarried rockfill materials - N. P. Honkanadavar; Nripendra Kumar; Murari Ratnam (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2014)

Carbon density and accumulation in agroecosystem of Indo-Gangetic Plains and Vindhyan highlands, India - Manoj Kumar; R. P. Singh; S. Panigrahy; A. S. Raghubanshi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Perfluoroalkyl substances in soils around the Nepali Koshi River: levels, distribution, and mass balance - Bing Tan; Tieyu Wang; Pei Wang; Wei Luo; Yonglong Lu; Kumar Y. Romesh; John P. Giesy (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Virus-induced gene silencing using a modified betasatellite: a potential candidate for functional genomics of crops - Jitendra Kumar; Samatha Gunapati; Jitesh Kumar; Anita Kumari; Abhinav Kumar; Rakesh Tuli; Sudhir P. Singh (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Megha-Tropiques: mission planning, analysis, and operations - P. Vijayasree; Naresh Kumar; Ritu Karidhal; K. Harendranath; V. Kesava Raju; S.K. Shivakumar (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Layer average relative humidity from SAPHIR on board Megha-Tropiques: validation with numerical model analyses - Prashant Kumar; S. K. Deb; R. K. Gangwar; B. Simon; P. K. Pal (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Assessment of cell cycle phase-specific effects of zerumbone on mitotically synchronous surface cultures of Physarum polycephalum - Iyyappan Rajan; Remitha Rabindran; N. Nithya; T. Lakshmipriya; P. R. Jayasree; P. R. M. Kumar (Protoplasma, 2014)

Ascorbic acid at pre-anthesis modulate the thermotolerance level of wheat (Triticum aestivum) pollen under heat stress - Ranjeet R. Kumar; Suneha Goswami; Kritika A. Gadpayle; Khushboo Singh; Sushil K. Sharma; G. P. Singh; Himanshu Pathak; Raj D. Rai (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014)

Hydrophobic Interactions in Donor-Disulphide-Acceptor (DSSA) Probes Looking Beyond Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Theory - Shilpa Kammaradi Sanjeeva; Swathi Korrapati; Chandrasekhar B. Nair; P. V. Subba Rao; Phani Kumar Pullela; U. Vijayalakshmi; Ramamoorthy Siva (Journal of Fluorescence, 2014)

Effect of Fly Ash Deposition on Photosynthesis, Growth and Yield of Rice - R. Raja; A. K. Nayak; K. S. Rao; Chandrika Puree; Mohammad Shahid; B. B. Panda; Anjani Kumar; R. Tripathi; P. Bhattacharyya; M. J. Baig; B. Lal; Sangita Mohanty; et al. (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

Assessment of Serum Calcium and Phosphorus in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Before, During and After Chemotherapy - K. Rohini; Surekha Bhat; P. S. Srikumar; A. Mahesh Kumar (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2014)

Sequential Serum Cytokine Levels of TNF-Alpha, IL-4 and IL-12 are Associated with Prognosis in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria - P. C. Mohapatra; Anshuman Sarangi; Ashok Kumar Sarangi; R. K. Dalai; Debashis Sahoo (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2014)

Assessment of hydrochemistry and groundwater quality in the coastal area of South Chennai, India - P. J. Sajil Kumar; L. Elango; E. J. James (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

New approach for interpretation of scattered ground magnetic data in a part of Delhi Fold Belt-NW Indian shield - Prabhakara Prasad P.; Satish Kumar K.; Seshunarayana T.; Rama Rao Ch. (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Sugar Beet: A Historical Perspective in Indian Context - A. D. Pathak; Raman Kapur; S. Solomon; Rajesh Kumar; Sangeeta Srivastava; P. R. Singh (Sugar Tech, 2014)

Role of Endochitinase Gene and Efficacy of Trichoderma Against Colletotrichum falcatum Went. Causing Red Rot Disease in Sugarcane - R. K. Singh; P. Kumar; N. N. Tiwari; S. P. Singh; A. K. Tiwari; S. K. Vishwakarma; A. Singh; Arun Kumar (Sugar Tech, 2014)

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) analysis in relation to calcium transport and signaling genes reveals transferability among grasses and a conserved behavior within finger millet genotypes - Shambhavi Yadav; Vikram Singh Gaur; J. P. Jaiswal; Anil Kumar (Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2014)

Temporal change in the structural fabric during pre- and post-26 January 2001 Bhuj earthquake, using remote sensing data - A. Umamaheswari; P. Pradeep Kumar; R. K. Sukhtankar (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Mitochondrial ATPase 6/8 genes reveal genetic divergence in the Coilia dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848) populations of north east and northwest coasts of India - A. Kathirvelpandian; A. Gopalakrishnan; W. S. Lakra; Gopal Krishna; Rupam Sharma; P. R. Divya; Raj Kumar; J. K. Jena (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Synthesis and biological evaluation of amino acid-linked 1,2,3-bistriazole conjugates as potential antimicrobial agents - C. P. Kaushik; Kashmiri Lal; Ashwani Kumar; Sunil Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Estimation of Wheat/Rice Residue Burning Areas in Major Districts of Haryana, India, Using Remote Sensing Data - Manoj Yadav; M. P. Sharma; R. Prawasi; Rajeev Khichi; Pavan Kumar; V. P. Mandal; Abdul Salim; R. S. Hooda (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Growth hormone (GH) differentially regulates NF-kB activity in preadipocytes and macrophages: implications for GH’s role in adipose tissue homeostasis in obesity - P. Anil Kumar; P. Swathi Chitra; Chunxia Lu; J. Sobhanaditya; Ram Menon (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2014)

Chemical analysis of essential oils of Eupatorium adenophorum and their antimicrobial, antioxidant and phytotoxic properties - Vivek Ahluwalia; Ritu Sisodia; Suresh Walia; Om P. Sati; Jitendra Kumar; Aditi Kundu (Journal of Pest Science, 2014)

Contemporary deformation in the Kashmir–Himachal, Garhwal and Kumaon Himalaya: significant insights from 1995–2008 GPS time series - Sridevi Jade; Malay Mukul; V. K. Gaur; Kireet Kumar; T. S. Shrungeshwar; G. S. Satyal; Rakesh Kumar Dumka; Saigeetha Jagannathan; M. B. Ananda; P. Dileep Kumar; Souvik Banerjee (Journal of Geodesy, 2014)

An assessment of wind forcing impact on a spectral wave model for the Indian Ocean - P G Remya; Raj Kumar; Sujit Basu (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Trends in seasonal temperatures over the Indian region - Nilesh K Wagholikar; K C Sinha Ray; P N Sen; P Pradeep Kumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Spatial variability and temporal changes in the trace metal content of soils: implications for mine restoration plan - Rachna Chandra; B. Anjan Kumar Prusty; P. A. Azeez (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of durable adult plant leaf rust resistance (APR) genes Lr34 +, Lr46 + and Lr67 + linked to leaf tip necrosis (LTN) in select registered Indian wheat (T. aestivum) genetic stocks - M. Sivasamy; M. Aparna; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; V. Vikas; P. John; R. Nisha; Satyaprakash; K. Sivan; E. Punniakotti (Cereal Research Communications, 2014)

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

Computation of ground motion amplification in Kolkata megacity (India) using finite-difference method for seismic microzonation - Amit Shiuly; Vinay Kumar; Jay P. Narayan (Acta Geophysica, 2014)

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

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

Antimicrobial Drugs Encapsulated in Fibrin Nanoparticles for Treating Microbial Infested Wounds - B. Maria Alphonsa; P. T. Sudheesh Kumar; G. Praveen; Raja Biswas; K. P. Chennazhi; R. Jayakumar (Pharmaceutical Research, 2014)

In-silico mining, type and frequency analysis of genic microsatellites of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.): a comparative genomic analysis of NBS–LRR regions of finger millet with rice - B. Kalyana Babu; Dinesh Pandey; P. K. Agrawal; Salej Sood; Anil Kumar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Synthesis of halogenated derivatives of thymol and their antimicrobial activities - Ranjeet Kaur; Mahendra P. Darokar; Sunil Kumar Chattopadhyay; Vinay Krishna; Ateeque Ahmad (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Induction of sperm impairments in mice as a sensitive biomarker of arsenic toxicity - Vibudh P. Kesari; Amod Kumar; Parimal K. Khan (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

On the spatial structure and time evolution of shamal winds over the Arabian Sea – a case study through numerical modelling - K. Vinod Kumar; M. Seemanth; P. Vethamony; V. M. Aboobacker (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
Shamal events are extra‐tropical weather systems which occur in winter (cold and dry winds) as well as summer (hot and humid winds) with strong northwesterly or northerly winds blowing over the Arabian Peninsula. We have used Weather Research and Forecasting ( WRF ) model to simulate a major winter shamal event (having duration of 3–5 days), which occurred in 2008 and analysed the spatial structure and time evolution of shamal winds over the Arabian Sea ( AS ). The study reveals that horizontally, shamal winds extend upto 14°N and bring out significant changes in the atmospheric temperature—longitudinally from Arabian coast to west coast of India; its vertical extension is upto to approximately 8 km near Oman and approximately 3 km near Ratnagiri coast. Along the Arabian coast a temperature drop of 12 °C is observed and along west coast of India a drop of 5 °C. It gets dissipated when northeast monsoon winds dominate. Its speed reduces from 15 m s −1 (Oman coast) to 9 m s −1 (central AS ) as it propagates into AS . However, it must be noted that the present work is limited to a case study and hence, the southerly extension of the phenomenon and the associated changes in air temperature should not be considered a climatological reference. The shamal events may influence the wind induced circulation, heat flux and stratification in the AS , and these need to be analysed further.

Estimation of sedimentary thickness in the Godavari basin - K. Sushini; G. Srijayanthi; P. Solomon Raju; M. Ravi Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Biodegradation of Shrimp Biowaste by Marine Exiguobacterium sp. CFR26M and Concomitant Production of Extracellular Protease and Antioxidant Materials: Production and Process Optimization by Response Surface Methodology - P. K. Anil Kumar; P. V. Suresh (Marine Biotechnology, 2014)

An efficient in vitro regeneration system of fieldpea (Pisum sativum L.) via. shoot organogenesis - Alok Das; Sumit Kumar; P. Nandeesha; Indu Singh Yadav; Jyoti Saini; S. K. Chaturvedi; Subhojit Datta (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014)

Fruit-specific over-expression of human S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene results in polyamine accumulation and affects diverse aspects of tomato fruit development and quality - P. Madhulatha; Aarti Gupta; Saaraj Gupta; Anuj Kumar; R. K. Pal; M. V. Rajam (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014)

Correlation of human S100A12 (EN-RAGE) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as gingival crevicular fluid and serum markers of inflammation in chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes - A. R. Pradeep; Santosh S. Martande; Sonender Pal Singh; Deepak Kumar Suke; Arjun P. Raju; Savitha B. Naik (Inflammation Research, 2014)

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

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

The Impact of Air Pollutants and Meteorological Variables on Visibility in Delhi - P. Goyal; Anikender Kumar; Dhirendra Mishra (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2014)

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

Fusarial wilt control and growth promotion of pigeon pea through bioactive metabolites produced by two plant growth promoting rhizobacteria - S. Dutta; P. Morang; S. Nishanth Kumar; B. S. Dileep Kumar (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

Treatment of Sugar Industry Wastewater in Anaerobic Downflow Stationary Fixed Film (DSFF) Reactor - N. V. Pradeep; S. Anupama; J. M. Arun Kumar; K. G. Vidyashree; P. Lakshmi; K. Ankitha; J. Pooja (Sugar Tech, 2014)

Haemato-biochemical Responses in Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Fry Exposed to Sub-lethal Concentration of a Phenylpyrazole Insecticide, Fipronil - S. K. Gupta; A. K. Pal; N. P. Sahu; N. Saharan; Chandra Prakash; M. S. Akhtar; Sikendra Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Bryophyte Invasion on Famous Archaeological Site of Ahom Dynasty ‘Talatal Ghar’ of Sibsagar, Assam (India) - Praveen Kumar Verma; Vishavjit Kumar; P. K. Kaushik; Alok Yadav (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Characterization of gibberellin-signalling elements during plum fruit ontogeny defines the essentiality of gibberellin in fruit development - Islam El-Sharkawy; Sherif Sherif; Walid El Kayal; Abdullah Mahboob; Kamal Abubaker; Pratibha Ravindran; Pavithra A. Jyothi-Prakash; Prakash P. Kumar; Subramanian Jayasankar (Plant Molecular Biology, 2014)

Spatial spectral amplification of basin-transduced Rayleigh waves - J. P. Narayan; Raj Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum (L.) on retinal oxidative stress, and proinflammatory and angiogenic molecular biomarkers in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats - Suresh Kumar Gupta; Binit Kumar; Tapas Chandra Nag; B. P. Srinivasan; Sushma Srivastava; Shrikant Gaur; Rohit Saxena (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2014)

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

In vitro and in vivo neurogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from different sources - Ramyani Taran; Murali Krishna Mamidi; Gurbind Singh; Susmita Dutta; Ishwar S Parhar; John P John; Ramesh Bhonde; Rajarshi Pal; Anjan Kumar Das (Journal of Biosciences, 2014)

Catalytic nonthermal plasma reactor for the abatement of low concentrations of benzene - J. Karuppiah; E. Linga Reddy; P. Manoj Kumar Reddy; B. Ramaraju; Ch. Subrahmanyam (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

Influence of Long Term Irrigation with Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent on the Bacterial Community Structure and Catabolic Function in Soil - Binu Mani Tripathi; Priyanka Kumari; Kela P. Weber; Anil Kumar Saxena; Dilip Kumar Arora; Rajeev Kaushik (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2014)

Investigating a crow die-off in January–February 2011 during the introduction of a new clade of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 into Bangladesh - Salah Uddin Khan; LaShondra Berman; Najmul Haider; Nancy Gerloff; Md Z. Rahman; Bo Shu; Mustafizur Rahman; Tapan Kumar Dey; Todd C. Davis; Bidhan Chandra Das; Amanda Balish; Ausraful Islam; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2014)

The Tendon Injury Response is Influenced by Decorin and Biglycan - Andrew A. Dunkman; Mark R. Buckley; Michael J. Mienaltowski; Sheila M. Adams; Stephen J. Thomas; Lauren Satchell; Akash Kumar; Lydia Pathmanathan; David P. Beason; Renato V. Iozzo; David E. Birk; Louis J. Soslowsky (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2014)

Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of a novel heterocyclic Schiff’s base and its metal complexes of first transition series - R. P. Saini; V. Kumar; A. K. Gupta; G. K. Gupta (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

A Visual Basic simulation software tool for performance analysis of a membrane-based advanced water treatment plant - P. Pal; R. Kumar; N. Srivastava; J. Chowdhury (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Voltammetric speciation of arsenic species in plant biomaterial: bioremediation - Kumar Rohit Raj; Sachin Saxena; Abhishek Kardam; Soami P. Satsangi; Shalini Srivastava (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2014)

Fly Ash Addition Affects Microbial Biomass and Carbon Mineralization in Agricultural Soils - A. K. Nayak; Anjani Kumar; R. Raja; K. S. Rao; Sangita Mohanty; Mohammad Shahid; Rahul Tripathy; B. B. Panda; P. Bhattacharyya (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

Prediction and optimisation of seismic drift demands incorporating ground motion frequency content - A. Y. Elghazouli; M. Kumar; P. J. Stafford (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2014)

Planetary-scale wave structures of the earth’s atmosphere revealed from the COSMIC observations - S. K. A. V. Prasad Rao Anisetty; P. S. Brahmanandam; G. Uma; A. Narendra Babu; Ching-Yuang Huang; G. Anil Kumar; S. Tulasi Ram; Hsiao-Lan Wang; Yen-Hsyang Chu (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2014)

Structural and functional diversity of rhizobacteria associated with Rauwolfia spp. across the Western Ghat regions of Karnataka, India - S. P. Prasanna Kumar; P. Hariprasad; S. Brijesh Singh; H. G. Gowtham; S. R. Niranjana (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

Shallow water wave spectral characteristics along the eastern Arabian Sea - V. Sanil Kumar; P. R. Shanas; K. K. Dubhashi (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Ionospheric disturbances with the time of occurrence, magnitude and location of the earthquake (M6.5) near the Indian subcontinent - C. P. Simha; G. Pavan Kumar; P. Mahesh; A. Navaneeth; K. M. Rao; B. K. Rastogi; V. N. Sridhar; A. K. Shukla (Natural Hazards, 2014)

Molecular phylogeny of elasmobranchs inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers - A. Pavan-Kumar; P. Gireesh-Babu; P. P. Suresh Babu; A. K. Jaiswar; V. Hari Krishna; K. Pani Prasasd; Aparna Chaudhari; S. G. Raje; S. K. Chakraborty; Gopal Krishna; W. S. Lakra (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Design, synthesis, in silico, and in vitro evaluation of novel pyrimidine phosphonates with cytotoxicity against breast cancer cells - Nanda Kumar Yellapu; Navya Atluri; Kalpana Kandlapalli; Ravendra Babu Kilaru; Jhansi Rani Vangavaragu; Hariprasad Osuru; Nagaraju Chamarthi; P. V. G. K. Sarma; Bhaskar Matcha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Binding Studies, Photocleavage, Cytotoxicity and Docking Studies of Ruthenium(II) Light Switch Complexes - Nazar Mohammed Gabra; Bakheit Mustafa; Yata Praveen Kumar; C. Shobha Devi; A. Srishailam; P. Venkat Reddy; Kotha Laxma Reddy; S. Satyanarayana (Journal of Fluorescence, 2014)

Developmental potency of pre-implant parthenogenetic goat embryos: effect of activation protocols and culture media - Dharmendra Kumar; R. Gopalakrishna; Ajay P. Singh; Rakesh Ranjan; Saurabh K. Pandey; Bikash C. Sarkhel (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2014)

Assessment and spatial distribution of groundwater quality in industrial areas of Ghaziabad, India - Savita Kumari; Anil Kumar Singh; Ashok Kumar Verma; N. P. S. Yaduvanshi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

In-situ water conservation in upland paddy field to improve productivity in north-west Himalayan region of India - M. Kumar; K. P. Singh; K. Srinivas; K. S. Reddy (Paddy and Water Environment, 2014)

Assessment of different methods of rice (Oryza sativa. L) cultivation affecting growth parameters, soil chemical, biological, and microbiological properties, water saving, and grain yield in rice–rice system - Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan; R. Mahender Kumar; Pagidi Humayun; V. Srinivas; B. Ratna Kumari; R. Vijayabharathi; Amit Singh; K. Surekha; Ch. Padmavathi; N. Somashekar; P. Raghuveer Rao; P. C. Latha; et al. (Paddy and Water Environment, 2014)

The role of abscisic acid (ABA) in ethylene insensitive Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflora Hort.) flower senescence - Madan Kumar; V. P. Singh; Ajay Arora; Neera Singh (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Attenuation Tomography Based on Strong Motion Data: Case Study of Central Honshu Region, Japan - Parveen Kumar; A. Joshi; O. P. Verma (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2013)

Stress drop and its relation to tectonic and structural elements for the meizoseismal region of great 1905 Kangra earthquake of the NW Himalaya - Naresh Kumar; Dilip K. Yadav; S. K. Mondal; P. N. S. Roy (Natural Hazards, 2013)

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