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)

Anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effects of atorvastatin in a cartilage explant model of osteoarthritis - Nitya N. Pathak; Madhu C. Lingaraju; Venkanna Balaganur; Vinay Kant; Amar S. More; Dhirendra Kumar; Dinesh Kumar; Surendra K. Tandan (Inflammation Research, 2015)

Early establishment of the phytoseiid mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on pepper seedlings in a Predator-in-First approach - Vivek Kumar; Yingfang Xiao; Cindy L. McKenzie; Lance S. Osborne (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2015)

Induction of Osmoadaptive Mechanisms and Modulation of Cellular Physiology Help Bacillus licheniformis Strain SSA 61 Adapt to Salt Stress - Sangeeta Paul; Chetana Aggarwal; Jyoti Kumar Thakur; G. S. Bandeppa; Md. Aslam Khan; Lauren M. Pearson; Gyorgy Babnigg; Carol S. Giometti; Andrzej Joachimiak (Current Microbiology, 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)

Predominance and Sources of Alkane and Fatty Acid Biomarkers in the Surface Sediments of Chitrapuzha River (South India) - K. S. Sanil Kumar; S. M. Nair (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

Characterization of a Double Heterozygote HbE/β+ Thalassemia IVS 1-1 [G>T] in a Juvenile Diabetic - Vijay S. Bhat; S. Lokeshwarappa; Amit Kumar Mandal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2015)

Yarrowia lipolytica NCIM 3589, a tropical marine yeast, degrades bromoalkanes by an initial hydrolytic dehalogenation step - Aakanksha Vatsal; Smita S. Zinjarde; Ameeta Ravi Kumar (Biodegradation, 2015)

Biomonitoring of Airborne Platinum Group Elements in Urban Traffic Police Officers - C. T. Kamala; V. Balaram; M. Satyanarayanan; A. Kiran Kumar; K. S. V. Subramanyam (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

Influence of Process and Formulation Parameters on Dissolution and Stability Characteristics of Kollidon® VA 64 Hot-Melt Extrudates - Sindhuri Maddineni; Sunil Kumar Battu; Joe Morott; Soumyajit Majumdar; S. N. Murthy; Michael A. Repka (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2015)

Protocetraric acid: an excellent broad spectrum compound from the lichen Usnea albopunctata against medically important microbes - Kumar S. Nishanth; R.S. Sreerag; I. Deepa; C. Mohandas; Bala Nambisan (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Synthesis and Evaluation of Substituted Poly(organophosphazenes) as a Novel Nanocarrier System for Combined Antimalarial Therapy of Primaquine and Dihydroartemisinin - Sahil Kumar; Rajesh K. Singh; R. S. R. Murthy; T. R. Bhardwaj (Pharmaceutical Research, 2015)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation improves growth and antioxidative response of Jatropha curcas (L.) under Na 2 SO 4 salt stress - A. Kumar; S. Sharma; S. Mishra; J. F. Dames (Plant Biosystems, 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)

Metal Based Imaging Probes of DO3A-Act-Met for LAT1 Mediated Methionine Specific Tumors : Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation - K Ganesh Kadiyala; Anupama Datta; Jyoti Tanwar; Anupriya Adhikari; B. S. Hemanth Kumar; Krishna Chuttani; Meganathan Thirumal; Anil K. Mishra (Pharmaceutical Research, 2015)

Dendrimer-stabilized smart-nanoparticle (DSSN) platform for targeted delivery of hydrophobic antitumor therapeutics - Rakesh K. Tekade; Muktika Tekade; Manoj Kumar; Abhay S. Chauhan (Pharmaceutical Research, 2015)

Determination and identification of focal mechanism solutions for Himalayan earthquakes from waveform inversion employing ISOLA software - Rohtash Kumar; S. C. Gupta; Arjun Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Performance of Semianalytical Algorithm and Associated Inherent Optical Properties in Coastal Waters of North Western Bay of Bengal - Aneesh A. Lotliker; S. K. Baliarsingh; K. C. Sahu; T. Sinivasa Kumar (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2015)

Effects of geological structures on groundwater flow and quality in hardrock regions of northern Tirunelveli district, southern India - M Senthilkumar; R Arumugam; D Gnanasundar; D S C Thambi; E Sampath Kumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2015)

Dynamics of effluent treatment plant during commissioning of activated sludge process unit - Amit Bafana; Gulshan Kumar; Sanjay M. Kashyap; Gajanan S. Kanade; Vilas M. Shinde (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 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)

Population structure and breeding value of a new type of Brassica juncea created by combining A and B genomes from related allotetraploids - Mehak Gupta; Shilpa Gupta; Hitesh Kumar; Nitin Kumar; S. S. Banga (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2015)

Association of Papaya leaf curl virus with the leaf curl disease of grain amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) in India - A. Srivastava; M. Jaidi; S. Kumar; S. K. Raj; S. Shukla (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Synthesis of new O-alkyl and alkyne–azide cycloaddition derivatives of 4′-methoxy licoflavanone: a distinct prenylated flavonoids depicting potent cytotoxic activity - Sunil Kumar; Anup S. Pathania; Yedu K. Nalli; Fayaz A. Malik; R. A. Vishwakarma; Asif Ali (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Toxicological impacts of a botanical pesticide, azadirachtin on corpuscles of Stannius of stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis - A. Kumar; M. Prasad; S. K. Srivastav; N. Suzuki; A. K. Srivastav (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 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)

In silico and in vivo analysis of binding affinity of estrogens with estrogen receptor alpha in Channa punctatus (Bloch) - S. Pipil; V. Kumar; V. S. Rawat; L. Sharma; N. Sehgal (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2015)

QTL analysis for phytonutrient compounds and the antioxidant molecule in mustard (Brassica juncea L.) - Shilpa Gupta; M. K. Sangha; Gurpreet Kaur; Shashi Banga; Mehak Gupta; Hitesh Kumar; S. S. Banga (Euphytica, 2015)

Potential Mode of Protection of Silkworm Pupae from Environmental Stress by Harboring the Bacterial Biofilm on the Surfaces of Silk Cocoons - Pranab K. Halder; Deboki Naskar; Akash Kumar; Juming Yao; Subhas C. Kundu; Anindya S. Ghosh (Current Microbiology, 2015)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-Alkanes in Beaked Sea Snake Enhydrina schistose (Daudin, 1803) from the Mandovi Estuary, Goa - Sambhaji Mote; Ranjeet Kumar; B. G. Naik; Baban S. Ingole (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

A recombinant Tobacco curly shoot virus causes leaf curl disease in tomato in a north-eastern state of India and has potentiality to trans-replicate a non-cognate betasatellite - S. Shilpi; Alok Kumar; S. Biswas; Anirban Roy; Bikash Mandal (Virus Genes, 2015)

Terbinafine hydrochloride loaded nanoemulsion based gel for topical application - V. V. S. Narayana Reddy Karri; Suresh Kumar Raman; Gowthamarajan Kuppusamy; Shashank Mulukutla; Shanmugam Ramaswamy; Rajkumar Malayandi (Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 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)

Molecular identification of a new begomovirus associated with leaf crumple disease of Jatropha curcas L. in India - Ashish Srivastava; Meraj Jaidi; S. Kumar; S. K. Raj (Archives of Virology, 2015)

Progress toward the development of in vitro model system for chemical-induced developmental neurotoxicity: potential applicability of stem cells - V. Kumar; S. Jahan; S. Singh; V. K. Khanna; A. B. Pant (Archives of Toxicology, 2015)

Influence of leaf trichome type and density on the host plant selection by the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) - Pasco B. Avery; Vivek Kumar; Monique S. J. Simmonds; Jane Faull (Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2015)

Effect of elevated ultraviolet-B on four tropical soybean cultivars: quantitative and qualitative aspects with special emphasis on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, biomass and yield - Krishna Kumar Choudhary; S. B. Agrawal (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

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.

Comparative Analysis of Chlorophyll- a Distribution from SeaWiFS, MODIS-Aqua, MODIS-Terra and MERIS in the Arabian Sea - S. V. V. Arun Kumar; K. N. Babu; A. K. Shukla (Marine Geodesy, 2015)

Single strain infection of adult and larval cardamom thrips ( Sciothrips cardamomi ) by Wolbachia subgroup Con belonging to supergroup B in India - T.K. Jacob; Sharon D′Silva; C.M. Senthil Kumar; S. Devasahayam; V. Rajalakshmi; E.S. Sujeesh; A. Ishwara Bhat; Siljo Abraham (Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 2015)

PCR-based RAPD technique to determine induced salinity tolerance in vitro in Acacia auriculiformis - B. R. Nagashree; H. S. Santosh Kumar; B. R. Gurumurthy; N. Nataraja Karaba; M. B. Shivanna (Plant Biosystems, 2015)

Effect of Tricyclazole on morphology, virulence and enzymatic alterations in pathogenic fungi Bipolaris sorokiniana for management of spot blotch disease in barley - Manoj Kumar; Ramesh Chand; R. S. Dubey; Kavita Shah (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015)

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)

Tapetum specific expression of unedited nad3 gene from safflower and targeting the protein into mitochondria induces male sterility in transgenic tobacco plants - Anusha Srinivasan; Kalinati Narasimhan Yamini; S. Sokka Reddy; Viswanathaswamy Dinesh Kumar (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2015)

Micropropagation and validation of genetic homogeneity of Alhagi maurorum using SCoT, ISSR and RAPD markers - Tanvi Agarwal; Amit K. Gupta; Ashok Kumar Patel; N. S. Shekhawat (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 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)

Evidence for non-self-similarity in the M w 7.7 2001 Bhuj earthquake sequence - Manish Kumar; V. S. Yallanki; Koushik Biswas; Prantik Mandal (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)

Effect of dehydroabietylamine in angiogenesis and GSK3-β inhibition during wound healing activity in rats - Mahadevappa Paramesha; Chapeyil Kumaran Ramesh; Venkatarangaiah Krishna; H. Malleshappa Kumar Swamy; S. J. Aditya Rao; Joy Hoskerri (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 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)

Temporal variability of MODIS aerosol optical depth and chemical characterization of airborne particulates in Varanasi, India - Vishnu Murari; Manish Kumar; S. C. Barman; T. Banerjee (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 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)

Source parameters and f max in lower Siang region of Arunachal lesser Himalaya - Rohtash Kumar; S. C. Gupta; Arjun Kumar; Himanshu Mittal (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Estimation of source parameters of local earthquakes in the environs of Koldam site - Vinod Paidi; Ashwani Kumar; S. C. Gupta; Arjun Kumar (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Calcium transport from source to sink: understanding the mechanism(s) of acquisition, translocation, and accumulation for crop biofortification - Anil Kumar; Uma M. Singh; M. Manohar; Vikram S. Gaur (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Molecular characterization of Setaria digitata from Mithun (Bos frontalis) - Jayanta Kumar Chamuah; Aseno Sakhrie; Sanjeevini Lama; Subhas Chandra; Gajanan M. Chigure; Ram Krishna Bauri; Siju S. Jacob (Acta Parasitologica, 2015)
Mithun is a strongly built hill animal of Southeast Asia and plays an important role in the socio-economic and cultural life of the tribal population. Setaria digitata isolated from peritoneal cavity of mithun both from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland were characterized based on conserved region of 12SrDNA, 28SrDNA and ITS-2 and mitochondrial gene CoxI. Based on sequence analysis, it was found to be 99% similarity with Srilankan isolate of S. digitata.

Modeling wetland systems of Keoladeo National Park (KNP), India: the role of space - Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay; Vikas Rai; S. K. Tiwari (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2014)

Detection of OvHV-2 from an outbreak of sheep associated malignant catarrhal fever from crossbred cattle of Southern India - N. Vinod Kumar; B. Sreedevi; A. Karthik; S. Vijaya Lakshmi; A. Geetha Reddy; D. Sreenivasulu (Veterinary Research Communications, 2014)

Habitat Attributes and Waterbird-Use of Four Wetlands in Manas National Park, Assam, India - Barnali Sarkar; Prantik Hazra; S. Pawan Kumar; Piu Ghosh; Archita Banerjee; T. N. Khan (Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2014)

Cadmium Induced Lipid Peroxidation and Effects on Glutathione Dependent Enzymes in Tissues of Labeo rohita - Anurag Dabas; N. S. Nagpure; R. M. Mishra; Ravindra Kumar; Basdeo Kushwaha; Rashmi Srivastava; Pavan Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Impact of Cypermethrin and Carbofuran on the Ovarian Cycle of the Indian Major Carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton) - Biplab Sarkar; Arabinda Mahanty; Ashis Saha; Arttatrana Pal; Partha Bandyapadhyay; Sampad Kumar Sarkar; Subhendu Adhikari; S. Ayyappan (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Functional Role of Amino Acid Neurotransmitters on Spontaneous Muscular Activity of Paramphistomum cervi from Ruminants - Chandana C. Barua; Snigdha Hazarika; Beenita Saikia; Arabinda Phukan; Debesh Pathak; Rumi S. Borah; Acheenta Gohain Barua; Pawan Kumar Verma (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Evaluation of O-Carboxymethyl Chitosan Encapsulated Metformin Nanoparticles for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy - K. S. Snima; R. Jayakumar; Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan (Pharmaceutical 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)

High rates of intestinal colonisation with fluoroquinolone-resistant ESBL-harbouring Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalised patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea - J. Vervoort; M. Gazin; M. Kazma; T. Kotlovsky; C. Lammens; Y. Carmeli; H. Goossens; S. Malhotra-Kumar (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2014)

Dry spell characteristics over India based on IMD and APHRODITE datasets - L. Sushama; S. Ben Said; M. N. Khaliq; D. Nagesh Kumar; R. Laprise (Climate Dynamics, 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)

Role of MTA1 in head and neck cancers - Hezlin Marzook; S. Deivendran; Rakesh Kumar; M. Radhakrishna Pillai (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2014)

MTA family of proteins in prostate cancer: biology, significance, and therapeutic opportunities - Anait S. Levenson; Avinash Kumar; Xu Zhang (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2014)

Basin geomorphology and drainage morphometry parameters used as indicators for groundwater prospect: Insight from geographical information system (GIS) technique - Kumar Avinash; B. Deepika; K. S. Jayappa (Journal of Earth Science, 2014)

Tetralocular ovary and high silique width in yellow sarson lines of Brassica rapa (subspecies trilocularis) are due to a mutation in Bra034340 gene, a homologue of CLAVATA3 in Arabidopsis - Satish Kumar Yadava; Kumar Paritosh; Priya Panjabi-Massand; Vibha Gupta; Atika Chandra; Y. S. Sodhi; Akshay K. Pradhan; Deepak Pental (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2014)

Trigonelline and diosgenin attenuate ER stress, oxidative stress-mediated damage in pancreas and enhance adipose tissue PPARγ activity in type 2 diabetic rats - M. Tharaheswari; N. Jayachandra Reddy; R. Kumar; K. C. Varshney; M. Kannan; S. Sudha Rani (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 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)

Processes of interannual mixed layer temperature variability in the thermocline ridge of the Indian Ocean - B. Praveen Kumar; J. Vialard; M. Lengaigne; V. S. N. Murty; G. R. Foltz; M. J. McPhaden; S. Pous; C. de Boyer Montégut (Climate Dynamics, 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)

In vitro plantlet regeneration and assessment of alkaloid contents from callus cultures of Ephedra foliata (Unth phog), a source of anti-asthmatic drugs - Deepika Lodha; Ashok Kumar Patel; Manoj K. Rai; N. S. Shekhawat (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Influence of carbon-dioxide on the growth of Spirulina sp. (MCRC-A0003) isolated from Muttukadu backwaters, South India - M. Sivakumar; R. Ranjith Kumar; V. Shashirekha; S. Seshadri (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

Recyclable CuO nanoparticles-catalyzed synthesis of novel-2,5-disubstituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles as antiproliferative, antibacterial, and antifungal agents - M. S. R. Murty; Raju Penthala; Sudheer Kumar Buddana; R. S. Prakasham; Pompi Das; Sowjanya Polepalli; N. Jain; Sreedhar Bojja (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Progression of molecular and phenotypic diversification in resynthesized Brassica juncea (L) gene pool with determinate inflorescence - Harjeevan Kaur; Shilpa Gupta; Nitin Kumar; Javed Akhatar; S. S. Banga (Euphytica, 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)

Association of a distinct strain of hollyhock yellow vein mosaic virus and Ludwigia leaf distortion betasatellite with yellow vein mosaic disease of hollyhock (Alcea rosea) in India - A. Srivastava; S. Kumar; S. K. Raj; S. S. Pande (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Evaluating factors responsible for contrasting signature of wasteland development in northern and southern Ganga Plains (Bihar State, India) with focus on waterlogging - Suraj Kumar Singh; A. C. Pandey; V. S. Rathore; M. S. Nathawat (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

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)

Complete sequence of RNA3 of Cucumber mosaic virus isolates infecting Gerbera jamesonii suggests its grouping under IB subgroup - K. K. Gautum; R. Raj; S. Kumar; S. K. Raj; R. K. Roy; R. Katiyar (VirusDisease, 2014)

Isolation and molecular characterization of contagious pustular dermatitis virus from Rajasthan, India - Sushila Maan; Aman Kumar; Kanisht Batra; Mahendra Singh; Trilok Nanda; Arnab Ghosh; Narender S. Maan (VirusDisease, 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)

Cadmium and lead interactive effects on oxidative stress and antioxidative responses in rice seedlings - Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava; Poonam Pandey; Ritika Rajpoot; Anjana Rani; R. S. Dubey (Protoplasma, 2014)

Fertilizer Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur Prescription for Aromatic Hybrid Rice (Oryza sativa L.) using Targeted Yield Approach - G. R. Mahajan; R. N. Pandey; S. C. Datta; Dinesh Kumar; R. N. Sahoo; Rajender Parsad (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)

Formulation and Evaluation of Sustained Release Extrudes Prepared via Novel Hot Melt Extrusion Technique - Ravindra Tiwari; Sunil Kumar Agarwal; R. S. R. Murthy; Shweta Tiwari (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2014)

Performance of different filter combinations with surface and subsurface drip irrigation systems for utilizing municipal wastewater - Vinod Kumar Tripathi; T. B. S. Rajput; Neelam Patel (Irrigation Science, 2014)

Linkage mapping for grain iron and zinc content in F 2 population derived from the cross between PAU201 and Palman 579 in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) - J. Kumar; S. Jain; R.K. Jain (Cereal Research Communications, 2014)

A model on achieving higher performance in the classification of hyperspectral satellite data: a case study on Hyperion data - Dibyajyoti Chutia; Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharyya; Ranjan Kalita; Jonali Goswami; Puyam S. Singh; S. Sudhakar (Applied Geomatics, 2014)

Erratum to: Sustainable Management of Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security and Nutrition: Policies Requirements and Actions - Martin S. Kumar (Agricultural Research, 2014)

A Farming System Model to Leverage Agriculture for Nutritional Outcomes - Prasun Kumar Das; R. V. Bhavani; M. S. Swaminathan (Agricultural Research, 2014)

Food Security and Public Distribution System in India - Anjani Kumar; S. Ayyappan (Agricultural Research, 2014)

Barcoding of Asian seabass across its geographic range provides evidence for its bifurcation into two distinct species - Shubha Vij; Kathiresan Purushothaman; G. Gopikrishna; Doreen Lau; Jolly M. Saju; K. V. Shamsudheen; K. Vinaya Kumar; V. S. Basheer; A. Gopalakrishnan; Mohammad S. Hossain; Sridhar Sivasubbu; Vinod Scaria; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014)

Chemical composition of root aroma of Decalepis arayalpathra (J. Joseph and V. Chandras.) Venter, an endemic and endangered ethnomedicinal plant from Western Ghats, India - Ram S. Verma; Priyanka Mishra; Amit Kumar; Amit Chauhan; Rajendra C. Padalia; Velusamy Sundaresan (Natural Product Research, 2014)

Detection and molecular characterization of naturally transmitted sheep associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle in India - Richa Sood; Rekha Khandia; Sandeep Bhatia; Divakar Hemadri; Manoj Kumar; Sharan S. Patil; Atul K. Pateriya; Arshi Siddiqui; Malkanna Sanjeev Kumar; Mudalagiri Dasappa Venkatesha; Diwakar D. Kulkarni (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2014)

Dendroclimatological approach to evaluate Tectona grandis L. for moisture stress response - N. Praveen Kumar; A. S. Devakumar; M. S. Sheshshayee; M. V. Mohankumar (Trees, 2014)

A new wild type of Citron (Citrus medica L., Rutaceae) identified through morphology and psbM-trnD spacer region of chloroplast DNA - Susheel Kumar; S. K. Malik; Ajit Uchoi; Rekha Chaudhury; S. R. Bhat (Trees, 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)

Silymarin ameliorates memory deficits and neuropathological changes in mouse model of high-fat-diet-induced experimental dementia - Neha; Amit Kumar; Amteshwar S. Jaggi; Rupinder K. Sodhi; Nirmal Singh (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2014)

Ebselen, a promising antioxidant drug: mechanisms of action and targets of biological pathways - Gajendra Kumar Azad; Raghuvir S. Tomar (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)

Integrating intensity–duration-based rainfall threshold and antecedent rainfall-based probability estimate towards generating early warning for rainfall-induced landslides in parts of the Garhwal Himalaya, India - John Mathew; D. Giri Babu; S. Kundu; K. Vinod Kumar; C. C. Pant (Landslides, 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)

Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in Indian flue-cured tobacco with gas chromatography-single quadrupole mass spectrometer - Rakesh Kumar Ghosh; Zareen S. Khan; C. V. N. Rao; Kaushik Banerjee; D. Damodar Reddy; T. G. K. Murthy; Nalli Johnson; Deb Prasad Ray (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Cadmium and copper toxicity in three marine macroalgae: evaluation of the biochemical responses and DNA damage - M. Yokesh Babu; L. Palanikumar; N. Nagarani; V. Janaki Devi; S. Ramesh Kumar; C. M. Ramakritinan; A. K. Kumaraguru (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

PprA, a pleiotropic protein for radioresistance, works through DNA gyrase and shows cellular dynamics during postirradiation recovery in Deinococcus radiodurans - SWATHI KOTA; VIJAYA KUMAR CHARAKA; H. S. MISRA (Journal of Genetics, 2014)

Coupling scanning electron microscopy with DNA bar coding: a novel approach for thrips identification - Vivek Kumar; Dakshina R. Seal; Lance S. Osborne; Cindy L. McKenzie (Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2014)

Basal expression of abscisic acid inducing immunity against Karnal bunt of wheat - S. Purwar; S. Sundaram; D. Pandey; A. Kumar (Plant Biosystems, 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)

Within-plant distribution of an invasive mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis, and associated losses in cotton - Rishi Kumar; V. S. Nagrare; Mukesh Nitharwal; Dinesh Swami; Y. G. Prasad (Phytoparasitica, 2014)

DNA methyltransferase 1(DNMT1) induced the expression of suppressors of cytokine signaling3 (Socs3) in a mouse model of asthma - M. Verma; B. D. Chattopadhyay; S. Kumar; K. Kumar; D. Verma (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Molecular insights into the association of obesity with breast cancer risk: relevance to xenobiotic metabolism and CpG island methylation of tumor suppressor genes - Shaik Mohammad Naushad; Tajamul Hussain; Omar S. Al-Attas; Aruna Prayaga; Raghunadha Rao Digumarti; Suryanarayana Raju Gottumukkala; Vijay Kumar Kutala (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2014)

Dissipation kinetics and effect of different decontamination techniques on the residues of emamectin benzoate and spinosad in cowpea pods - V. Vijayasree; Hebsy Bai; Thomas Biju Mathew; Thomas George; George Xavier; N. Pratheesh Kumar; S. Visalkumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 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)

Magnetic susceptibility of volcanic rocks in geothermal areas: application potential in geothermal exploration studies for identification of rocks and zones of hydrothermal alteration - Kailasa Pandarinath; Rajasekhariah Shankar; Ignacio S. Torres-Alvarado; Anish Kumar Warrier (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors? - Simona Bassu; Nadine Brisson; Jean‐Louis Durand; Kenneth Boote; Jon Lizaso; James W. Jones; Cynthia Rosenzweig; Alex C. Ruane; Myriam Adam; Christian Baron; Bruno Basso; Christian Biernath; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2014)
Potential consequences of climate change on crop production can be studied using mechanistic crop simulation models. While a broad variety of maize simulation models exist, it is not known whether different models diverge on grain yield responses to changes in climatic factors, or whether they agree in their general trends related to phenology, growth, and yield. With the goal of analyzing the sensitivity of simulated yields to changes in temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations [ CO 2 ], we present the largest maize crop model intercomparison to date, including 23 different models. These models were evaluated for four locations representing a wide range of maize production conditions in the world: Lusignan (France), Ames ( USA ), Rio Verde (Brazil) and Morogoro (Tanzania). While individual models differed considerably in absolute yield simulation at the four sites, an ensemble of a minimum number of models was able to simulate absolute yields accurately at the four sites even with low data for calibration, thus suggesting that using an ensemble of models has merit. Temperature increase had strong negative influence on modeled yield response of roughly −0.5 Mg ha −1 per °C. Doubling [ CO 2 ] from 360 to 720 μmol mol −1 increased grain yield by 7.5% on average across models and the sites. That would therefore make temperature the main factor altering maize yields at the end of this century. Furthermore, there was a large uncertainty in the yield response to [ CO 2 ] among models. Model responses to temperature and [ CO 2 ] did not differ whether models were simulated with low calibration information or, simulated with high level of calibration information.

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)

A Study on Detection of Pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes in Ovine’s of Kashmir Region Having Abortion or History of Abortion - Shabu Shoukat; S. V. S. Malik; D. B. Rawool; Ashok Kumar; Satish Kumar; Sameer Shrivastava; S. B. Barbuddhe; Durga Prasad Das; Sameer Das (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Antioxidant Activity of Coated Probiotic Lactobacillus casei on Chromium(VI) Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats - R. Balakrishnan; C. S. V. Satish Kumar; K. Kondal Reddy; M. Usha Rani; M. K. Srikanth; K. Kavitha; G. Boobalan; A. Gopala Reddy (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Geobacillus stearothermophilus (GBPI_16): A Resilient Hyperthermophile Isolated From an Autoclaved Sediment Sample - Anita Pandey; Kusum Dhakar; Priyanka Sati; Avinash Sharma; Bhavesh Kumar; Lok Man S. Palni (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Post-2004 mega-earthquake temporal velocity variation at Andaman Islands from GPS measurements - S. K. Som; Ashim Kumar Saha; Vijay Shivgotra (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)

3D structure generation, virtual screening and docking of human Ras-associated binding (Rab3A) protein involved in tumourigenesis - Sharad S. Lodhi; Rohit Farmer; Atul Kumar Singh; Yogesh K. Jaiswal; Gulshan Wadhwa (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

New azetidine-3-carbonyl-N-methyl-hydrazino derivatives of fluoroquinolones: synthesis and evaluation of antibacterial and anticancer properties - G. Govinda Rajulu; Halehatty S. Bhojya Naik; G. Charan Kumar; S. Ramaraj; Ganesh Sambasivam; Kesavan Poonimangadu Koppolu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Spectral Deconvolution and Non-Overlap Bands Sampling for IMS-1 Hyperspectral Imager Data - A. Senthil Kumar; T. Radhika; V. Keerthi; D. S. Jain; V. K. Dadhwal; A. S. Kiran Kumar (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 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)

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)

Earthquake source characteristics along the arcuate Himalayan belt: Geodynamic implications - Prosanta Kumar Khan; Md Afroz Ansari; S Mohanty (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Spatial heterogeneity in near surface aerosol characteristics across the Brahmaputra valley - Binita Pathak; Arup Borgohain; Pradip Kumar Bhuyan; Shyam Sundar Kundu; S Sudhakar; Mukunda M Gogoi; Toshihiko Takemura (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Life at a different pace: Annual itineraries are conserved in seasonal songbirds - S Malik; S Singh; S Rani; V Kumar (Journal of Biosciences, 2014)

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

Ecobiotechnological Approach for Exploiting the Abilities of Bacillus to Produce Co-polymer of Polyhydroxyalkanoate - Prasun Kumar; Mamtesh Singh; Sanjeet Mehariya; Sanjay K. S. Patel; Jung-Kul Lee; Vipin C. Kalia (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2014)

Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India - A. Chowdhary; V. Anil Kumar; C. Sharma; A. Prakash; K. Agarwal; R. Babu; K. R. Dinesh; S. Karim; S. K. Singh; F. Hagen; J. F. Meis (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 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)

Seismicity and source parameters of local earthquakes in Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya - Ashwani Kumar; Arjun Kumar; S. C. Gupta; A. K. Jindal; Vandana Ghangas (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Sustainable Management of Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security and Nutrition: Policies Requirements and Actions - Martin S. Kumar (Agricultural Research, 2014)

Ammonia Emission from Rice–Wheat Cropping System in Subtropical Soil of India - S. K. Sharma; R. C. Harit; V. Kumar; T. K. Mandal; H. Pathak (Agricultural Research, 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)

Effect of a Previous Washing Step with Tannic Acid on the Quality of Minced Horse Mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus ) During Frozen Storage - Faisal Rashid Sofi; S. M. Zofair; Vijay Kumar Reddy Surasani; K. K. Sabha Nissar; Rajkumar Ratankumar Singh (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2014)

Effect of environmental conditions on decomposition in eight woody species of a dry tropical forest - Santosh Kumar Pandey; Hema Singh; J. S. Singh (Plant Biosystems, 2014)

Proteolytic clipping of histone tails: the emerging role of histone proteases in regulation of various biological processes - Gajendra Kumar Azad; Raghuvir S. Tomar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

A comparative study of antimicrobial properties of cyclo(l-Pro- l-Asp) with its 2-ketopiperazine analog - Chandrasekhar Challa; Nishanth Kumar; Manju John; Ravi S. Lankalapalli (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Inclusion Complexation of Phenoxyaliphatic Acid Derivatives of 3,3′-bis(indolyl)methanes with β-Cyclodextrin - A. Antony Muthu Prabhu; G. S. Suresh Kumar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2014)

Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Binding, Light Switch “On and Off”, Docking Studies and Cytotoxicity, of Ruthenium(II) and Cobalt(III) Polypyridyl Complexes - M. Rajender Reddy; Putta Venkat Reddy; Yata Praveen Kumar; A. Srishailam; Navaneetha Nambigari; S. Satyanarayana (Journal of Fluorescence, 2014)

Cyclo(l-Pro-d-Arg): a new antibacterial and antitumour diketopiperazine from Bacillus cereus associated with a rhabditid entomopathogenic - S. Nishanth Kumar; C Mohandas; Bala Nambisan; RS Sreerag; CA Jayaprakas (Folia Microbiologica, 2014)

Prediction and monitoring of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations over Indian monsoon region in an ensemble prediction system using CFSv2 - S. Abhilash; A. K. Sahai; N. Borah; R. Chattopadhyay; S. Joseph; S. Sharmila; S. De; B. N. Goswami; Arun Kumar (Climate Dynamics, 2014)

Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and the thalamic nucleus reuniens - C. Varela; S. Kumar; J. Y. Yang; M. A. Wilson (Brain Structure and Function, 2014)

River sinuosity in a humid tropical river basin, south west coast of India - B. Ajay Kumar; Girish Gopinath; M. S. Shylesh Chandran (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

An improved micropropagation and assessment of genetic stability of micropropagated Salvadora oleoides using RAPD and ISSR markers - Mahendra Phulwaria; Ashok Kumar Patel; Jitendra Singh Rathore; Kheta Ram; N. S. Shekhawat (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

In vitro cultivation model for H eterosporis saurida ( M icrosporidia) isolated from lizardfish, S aurida undosquamis (Richardson) - G Kumar; M Saleh; A‐A S Abdel‐Baki; S Al‐Quraishy; M El‐Matbouli (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2014)
H eterosporis saurida is a microsporidian that infects lizardfish, S aurida undosquamis ( R ichardson, 1848), in the A rabian S ea. Spores were isolated from infected lizardfish and used to infect derived fish cell lines: common carp brain ( CCB ), epithelioma papulosum cyprinid ( EPC ), fathead minnow epithelial ( FHM ), rainbow trout gonad ( RTG ), bluegill fry ( BF ‐2) and chinook salmon embryo ( CHSE ). Non‐fish cell lines were also tested that include: insect ( SF ‐9), rabbit ( RK ‐13) and A frican green monkey ( V ero E6). No growth of H . saurida was observed in any fish cell line, SF ‐9 or V ero E6 cell lines. H . saurida spores grew only in RK ‐13 cell line and were detected by immunofluorescence. Developmental stages of H . saurida were seen in RK ‐13 cells by light and transmission electron microscopy, and species identification was confirmed by sequencing. This study demonstrated that H . saurida was able to proliferate in the mammalian RK ‐13 cell line, which thus represents an in vitro model for conducting molecular genetics and cell–pathogen interaction studies of H eterosporis .

Farming practices and genetic characterization of Nicobari pig, an indigenous pig germplasm of Nicobar group of islands, India - Arun Kumar De; S. Jeyakumar; Madhu Sudan Kundu; Anandamoy Kundu; Jai Sunder; M. Ramachandran (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2014)

Characteristics of ambient ammonia over Delhi, India - S. K. Sharma; Manish Kumar; Rohtash; N. C. Gupta; Saraswati; Mohit Saxena; T. K. Mandal (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 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)

Determination of some carcinogenic PAHs with toxic equivalency factor along roadside soil within a fast developing northern city of India - A VANEET KUMAR; N C KOTHIYAL; SARUCHI KUMARI; R MEHRA; A PARKASH; R R SINHA; S K TAYAGI; R GABA (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Hydrogeological and geophysical study for deeper groundwater resource in quartzitic hard rock ridge region from 2D resistivity data - DEWASHISH KUMAR; V ANANDA RAO; V S SARMA (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

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

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)

Land use impact on soil quality in eastern Himalayan region of India - A. K. Singh; L. J. Bordoloi; Manoj Kumar; S. Hazarika; Brajendra Parmar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Host-specific adaptation of diverse betasatellites associated with distinct Indian tomato-infecting begomoviruses - Punam Ranjan; A. K. Singh; R. Vinoth Kumar; Saumik Basu; S. Chakraborty (Virus Genes, 2014)

Molecular characterization of Chilli leaf curl virus and satellite molecules associated with leaf curl disease of Amaranthus spp - B. George; R. Vinoth Kumar; S. Chakraborty (Virus Genes, 2014)

Association studies of dormancy and cooking quality traits in direct-seeded indica rice - SUNAYANA RATHI; K. PATHAK; R. N. S. YADAV; B. KUMAR; R. N. SARMA (Journal of Genetics, 2014)

Study of the Concentration of Trace Elements Fe, Zn, Cu, Se and Their Correlation in Maternal Serum, Cord Serum and Colostrums - Mehul Jariwala; S. Suvarna; G. Kiran Kumar; Alpa Amin; A. C. Udas (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 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)

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

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)

Integrated Effect of Bio-methanated Distillery Effluent and Bio-compost on Soil Properties, Juice Quality and Yield of Sugarcane in Entisol - S. K. Sinha; C. K. Jha; Vipin Kumar; Geeta Kumari; M. Alam (Sugar Tech, 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)

Bacteriocin Production and Different Strategies for Their Recovery and Purification - Anita Kumari Garsa; Rashmi Kumariya; S. K. Sood; Anil Kumar; Suman Kapila (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2014)

Synthesis of hydrophobic N-acylated isonicotinic acid hydrazide derivatives as potential enoyl–acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA) inhibitors - H. S. Naveen Kumar; Thaigarajan Parumasivam; Pazilah Ibrahim; Mohd. Zaini Asmawi; Amirin Sadikun (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 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)

Analytical solutions for transient temperature distribution in a geothermal reservoir due to cold water injection - Sayantan Ganguly; M. S. Mohan Kumar (Hydrogeology Journal, 2014)

Evaluation of object-based image analysis techniques on very high-resolution satellite image for biomass estimation in a watershed of hilly forest of Nepal - Yousif Ali Hussin; Hammad Gilani; Louise van Leeuwen; M. S. R. Murthy; Rachna Shah; Srijana Baral; Nandin-Erdene Tsendbazar; Saurav Shrestha; Shyam Kumar Shah; Faisal Mueen Qamer (Applied Geomatics, 2014)

Dust capturing potential and air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of some road side tree vegetation in Aizawl, Mizoram, India: an Indo-Burma hot spot region - Prabhat Kumar Rai; Lalita L. S. Panda (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2014)

Cyclic dipeptides from rhabditid entomopathogenic nematode-associated Bacillus cereus have antimicrobial activities - S. Nishanth Kumar; Vishnu Sukumari Nath; R. Pratap Chandran; Bala Nambisan (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

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

Sub-hourly changes in biogeochemical properties in surface waters of Zuari estuary, Goa - S. Subha Anand; K. J. Anju; Dayana Mathew; M. Dileep Kumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Effects of in utero di-butyl phthalate and butyl benzyl phthalate exposure on offspring development and male reproduction of rat - Rahish Ahmad; A. K. Gautam; Y. Verma; S. Sedha; Sunil Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Solubilization of municipal sewage waste activated sludge by novel lytic bacterial strains - M. Veera Lakshmi; J. Merrylin; S. Kavitha; S. Adish Kumar; J. Rajesh Banu; Ick-Tae Yeom (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 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)

Surface characterization of 2-hydroxypyrimidine sulphate by inverse gas chromatography - B. Praveen Kumar; T. Madhusudana Reddy; K. S. Reddy (Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2014)

Crustal deformation revealed by GPS in Kumaun Himalaya, India - Rakesh K. Dumka; Bahadur S. Kotlia; Kireet Kumar; Gokul S. Satyal; Lalit M. Joshi (Journal of Mountain Science, 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)

Selecting an ornamental pepper banker plant for Amblyseius swirskii in floriculture crops - Pasco B. Avery; Vivek Kumar; Yingfang Xiao; Charles A. Powell; Cindy L. McKenzie; Lance S. Osborne (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2014)

UNRAVELLING THE SPATIO‐TEMPORAL PATTERN OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE - Shivendra K. Srivastava; Souvik Ghosh; Ashwani Kumar; Pothula S. Brahmanand (Irrigation and Drainage, 2014)
Irrigation, the dominant use of water resources, has always remained a decisive factor in agricultural growth and development. The present study provides a critical analysis of inter‐regional variations in water resources and irrigation development over successive plan periods (1950–2007) and ascertains the long‐term impact of irrigation development on Indian agriculture using tabular, growth and econometric analysis. With impressive irrigation development over successive five‐year plans, India possesses the largest irrigated area in the world. However, the positive impact of irrigation development could not be achieved equally across different geographical regions, and unsustainable water resource development in one part coexists with its underutilization in other parts of the country. The Northern region of India showed better performance both in irrigation and agriculture while the Eastern region was found to be poorest in spite of a rich water resource base. Panel data analysis revealed a positive correlation between irrigation and crop yield though with varying degree. The findings of the present study provides a platform for institutional restructuring, policy reframing and technological interventions to improve water use efficiency and develop water resources in a equitable, holistic and sustainable manner. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.