Simulation of strong ground motion due to active Sohna fault in Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) of India: an implication for imminent plausible seismic hazard - Manisha Sandhu; Babita Sharma; Himanshu Mittal; R. B. S. Yadav; Dinesh Kumar; S. S. Teotia (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Exemplifying rhizobacteria for growth stimulation and disease suppression in finger millet - Poonam Kumari; R. S. Netam; Prafull Kumar (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2020)

Comparative non-targeted metabolomics reveals differentiation of biochemical pathway network among fruits of natural populations and Cv. Alphonso of mango (Mangifera indica L.) - M. Saleem Dar; Yashwant Kumar; Sachin A. Punekar; Vidya S. Gupta; Bhushan B. Dholakia; Ashok P. Giri (Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 2020)

Biological Application of a Fluorescent Zinc Sensing Probe for the Analysis of Zinc Bioavailability Using Caco-2 Cells as an In-Vitro Cellular Model - Sandip Nathani; Vinod Kumar; Harcharan S. Dhaliwal; Debabrata Sircar; Partha Roy (Journal of Fluorescence, 2020)

Tectonic appraisal of the Mid-Thane Creek of Mumbai, India: An integrated geophysical approach - J Jacob; V K Pitchika; K M Dubey; A Mishra; P Kumar; S Kumar; V P Mahale; A K Chaubey (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Sedimentary thickness of the northern Indo-Gangetic plain inferred from magnetotelluric studies - S Dhamodharan; Gautam Rawat; Sachin Kumar; D S Bagri (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Rejuvenation of ‘pop-up’ tectonics for Shillong Plateau in NE Himalayan region - Partha Sarkar; P N S Roy; Sanjit Kumar Pal (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Understanding stable isotope systematics of salinity affected groundwater in Mewat, Haryana, India - Gopal Krishan; N C Ghosh; C P Kumar; Lalit Mohan Sharma; Brijesh Yadav; M L Kansal; Surjeet Singh; S K Verma; Gokul Prasad (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Simulation of coastal aquifer using mSim toolbox and COMSOL multiphysics - Sruthi S Kumar; S Deb Barma; Mahesha Amai (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

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

Susceptibility assessment of rainfall induced debris flow zones in Ladakh–Nubra region, Indian Himalaya - H S Negi; Anant Kumar; N Narasimha Rao; N K Thakur; M S Shekhar; Snehmani (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

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

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

First discovery of a long-tailed wasp from the Indian subcontinent (Hymenoptera: Megalyroidea: Megalyridae) - C. Binoy; Scott R. Shaw; P. Girish Kumar; S. Santhosh; M. Nasser (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2020)

Screening for novel rice sheath blight resistant germplasm and their biochemical characterization - S. Lalitha Pavani; Vineeta Singh; Sanjay Kumar Goswami; P. K. Singh (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

Genetic diversity of Magnaporthe oryzae, the blast pathogen of rice in different districts of Karnataka, India determined by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers - D. Jagadeesh; M. K. Prasanna Kumar; C. Amruthavalli; N. S. Devaki (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

Metal contaminations in sediment and associated ecological risk assessment of river Mahanadi, India - S. Samanta; Vikas Kumar; S. K. Nag; R. K. Raman; K. Saha; S. Bandyopadhyay; B. P. Mohanty; B. K. Das (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Infectious Waste Management Strategy during COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: an Integrated Decision-Making Framework for Selecting Sustainable Technologies - Amine Belhadi; Sachin S. Kamble; Syed Abdul Rehman Khan; Fatima Ezahra Touriki; Dileep Kumar M. (Environmental Management, 2020)

Review of existing heavy metal contamination indices and development of an entropy-based improved indexing approach - Kunwar Raghvendra Singh; Rahul Dutta; Ajay S. Kalamdhad; Bimlesh Kumar (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020)

Dynamic Propagation and Impact of Pandemic Influenza A (2009 H1N1) in Children: A Detailed Review - Yashwant Kumar Ratre; Naveen Kumar Vishvakarma; L. V. K. S. Bhaskar; Henu Kumar Verma (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Fractions of copper in soil and their contribution to copper availability and uptake in maize–wheat cropping system under Typic hapludalfs - Shweta Shambhavi; Bipin Bihari; Rakesh Kumar; Gayatri Verma; S. P. Sharma; Sanjay K.Sharma; R. P. Sharma (Cereal Research Communications, 2020)

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

Review of scientific technology-based solutions for vehicular pollution control - Sunil Gulia; Rahul Tiwari; Saurabh Mendiratta; Satinder Kaur; S. K. Goyal; Rakesh Kumar (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2020)

Concurrent changes in photoperiod-induced seasonal phenotypes and hypothalamic CART peptide-containing systems in night-migratory redheaded buntings - Omprakash Singh; Neha Agarwal; Anupama Yadav; Sumela Basu; Shalie Malik; Sangeeta Rani; Vinod Kumar; Praful S. Singru (Brain Structure and Function, 2020)

Structural and functional diversity of Entamoeba histolytica calcium-binding proteins - Sanjeev Kumar; Shalini Mishra; S. Gourinath (Biophysical Reviews, 2020)

Peri-natal growth retardation rate and fat mass accumulation in mice lacking Dip2A is dependent on the dietary composition - Priyadarshan Kinatukara; Purnima Sailasree Subramaniyan; Gajanan S. Patil; Sakshi Shambhavi; Shubham Singh; Amol Mhetre; Murali Krishna Madduri; Avinash Soundararajan; Ketan D. Patel; P. Chandra Shekar; Siddhesh S. Kamat; Satish Kumar; et al. (Transgenic Research, 2020)

Influence of tree height and diameter on wood basic density, cellulose and fibre characteristics in Melia dubia Cav. families - Ravindra Kumar Dhaka; R. P. Gunaga; S. K. Sinha; N. S. Thakur; M. J. Dobriyal (Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science, 2020)

Population structure and diversity assessment of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) introduction from ICARDA - Pawan Kumar; Prabha Banjarey; Rekha Malik; A. N. Tikle; R. P. S. Verma (Journal of Genetics, 2020)

Tracing the genetic root of Trinket cattle: an endangered cattle population of a small isolated island of Nicobar group of islands - Arun Kumar De; Zachariah George; Samiran Mondal; P. Perumal; K. Muniswamy; A. Kundu; Jai Sunder; Ramachandran Muthiyan; S. K. Zamir Ahmed; Gayatri Chakraborty; T. Sujatha; D. Bhattacharya (Journal of Genetics, 2020)

Trevor Alleyne Thorpe: His academic life and scientific legacy - Prakash P. Kumar; Stephen F. Chandler; Indra S. Harry; Chin-yi Lu; Claudio Stasolla; Edward C. Yeung (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2020)

An improved micropropagation protocol for the ex situ conservation of Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. (Rubiaceae): an endangered tree of pharmaceutical importance - Ashok Kumar Patel; Deepika Lodha; Narpat S. Shekhawat (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2020)

Chevon Meat Storage Stability Infused with Response Surface Methodology Optimized Origanum vulgare Leaf Extracts - Niraj S. Jagtap; Rajesh V. Wagh; Manish K. Chatli; O. P. Malav; Pavan Kumar; Nitin Mehta (Agricultural Research, 2020)

Evaluation of Genotype × Environment Interaction and Yield Stability Analysis in Peanut Under Phosphorus Stress Condition Using Stability Parameters of AMMI Model - B. C. Ajay; S. K. Bera; A. L. Singh; Narendra Kumar; K. Gangadhar; Praveen Kona (Agricultural Research, 2020)

Evaluation of anti-inflammatory effects of polyherbal decoction, balaguluchyadi kashayam - S. J. Rahitha Devi; B. Prakash Kumar; M. B. Bashi; J. U. Chinchu; Teena Merlin (Advances in Traditional Medicine, 2020)

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

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

WRKY1-mediated regulation of tryptophan decarboxylase in tryptamine generation for withanamide production in Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) - Jyoti Singh Jadaun; Amit Kumar Kushwaha; Neelam S. Sangwan; Lokesh Kumar Narnoliya; Smrati Mishra; Rajender Singh Sangwan (Plant Cell Reports, 2020)

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

Pesticides Hazardous Hotspots: Empirical Evidences from North India - Rajinder Peshin; Baljeet S. Hansra; Rakesh Nanda; Kuldeep Singh; Rakesh Sharma; Lavleesh Garg; Mangla R. Bajiya; Abid Showkat; Raj Kumar; Stanzin Yangsdon (Environmental Management, 2020)

Role of convective and microphysical processes on the simulation of monsoon intraseasonal oscillation - Ushnanshu Dutta; Hemantkumar S. Chaudhari; Anupam Hazra; Samir Pokhrel; Subodh Kumar Saha; Chinta Veeranjaneyulu (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Methyl jasmonate induced polyphenols and antioxidant production in callus suspension culture of Nardostachys jatamansi - Vivek Rawat; Ankita Ghildiyal; Laxman Singh; Arun Kumar Jugran; Indra D. Bhatt; S. K Nandi; Veena Pande (Plant Biosystems, 2020)

Pollution characteristics and human health risk from trace metals in roadside soil and road dust around major urban parks in Delhi city - Zainab Siddiqui; P. S. Khillare; Darpa Saurav Jyethi; Deeksha Aithani; Amit Kumar Yadav (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020)

Cytotoxic Effect of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Sargassum wightii on Cervical Cancer Cell Line - S. Suganya; B. Dhanalakshmi; S. Dinesh Kumar; P. Santhanam (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2020)

Remote sensing and machine learning for crop water stress determination in various crops: a critical review - Shyamal S. Virnodkar; Vinod K. Pachghare; V. C. Patil; Sunil Kumar Jha (Precision Agriculture, 2020)

Tomato auxin biosynthesis/signaling is reprogrammed by the geminivirus to enhance its pathogenicity - T. Vinutha; S. Vanchinathan; Navita Bansal; Gaurav Kumar; Vipin Permar; Archana Watts; S. V. Ramesh; Shelly Praveen (Planta, 2020)

Genetic diversity in leafy mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa) as revealed by agro-morphological traits and SSR markers - Deepika Sharma; J. Nanjundan; Lal Singh; S. P. Singh; Nehanjali Parmar; M. S. Sujith Kumar; K. H. Singh; A. K. Mishra; Ranbir Singh; Kumar Sambhav Verma; Ajay Kumar Thakur (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

Understanding Oxidation Propensity in GCSF and Assessment of its Safety and Efficacy - Sumit Kumar Singh; Deepak Kumar; Anurag S. Rathore (Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)

Genome- wide structural and functional variant discovery of rice landraces using genotyping by sequencing - Smitha Kunhiraman Vasumathy; Maya Peringottillam; Krishna T. Sundaram; S. Hari Krishna Kumar; Manickavelu Alagu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Analyzing adaptation strategies to climate change followed by the farming community of the Indian Sunderbans using Analytical Hierarchy Process - Suchandra Dutta; Sanjit Maiti; Sanchita Garai; Fatheen Abrar; Sujeet Kumar Jha; Mukesh Bhakat; Subhasis Mandal; K. S. Kadian (Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2020)

New synthetic coumarinolignans as attenuators of pro-inflammatory cytokines in LPS-induced sepsis and carrageenan-induced paw oedema models - Santhosh S. Kumar; Kirti Hira; Sajeli Begum Ahil; Onkar P. Kulkarni; Hiroshi Araya; Yoshinori Fujimoto (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Assessment of climate change pattern in the Pauri Garhwal of the Western Himalayan Region: based on climate parameters and perceptions of forest-dependent communities - Shashidhar Kumar Jha; A. K. Negi; Juha Mikael Alatalo; R. S. Negi; Maneesh Kumar Patasaraiya (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Microbes involved in arsenic mobilization and respiration: a review on isolation, identification, isolates and implications - Payal Mazumder; Subhash Kumar Sharma; Kaling Taki; Ajay S. Kalamdhad; Manish Kumar (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020)

Epoxyazadiradione exhibit activities in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by targeting multiple pathways - Vipin Rai; Sushil Kumar Aggarwal; Sumit Singh Verma; Nikee Awasthee; Anupam Dhasmana; Sadhna Aggarwal; Satya N. Das; Mangalam S. Nair; Sanjay Yadav; Subash C. Gupta (Apoptosis, 2020)

A Rapid Tool to Optimize Process Variables for Continuous Manufacturing of Metronidazole Ointment Using Melt Extrusion Technique - Srinivas Ajjarapu; Srinath Rangappa; Vijay Kumar Shankar; Abhishek Shettar; H.N. Shiva Kumar; Vijay I. Kulkarni; Micheal A Repka; S. Narasimha Murthy (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Addressing Marine and Coastal Governance Conflicts at the Interface of Multiple Sectors and Jurisdictions - Manuel Bellanger; Cameron Speir; Fabian Blanchard; Kate Brooks; James R. A. Butler; Scott Crosson; Robert Fonner; Sophie Gourguet; Daniel S. Holland; Sakari Kuikka; Bertrand Le Gallic; Rebecca Lent; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)

Association of Risk Factors and Management Issues on the Occurrence of Diseases in Carp Aquaculture in West Bengal, India - T. Jawahar Abraham; Sumantha Kumar Sil; T. S. Nagesh (Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2020)

Effects of Temperature and pH on Acute Toxicity of Triclosan in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) - Tapas Paul; S. P. Shukla; Kundan Kumar; Nalini Poojary; S. Manickavasagam; Saurav Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2020)

Relative contribution of stomatal parameters in influencing WUE among rice mutants differing in leaf mass area - Sowmya Handenahally Reddy; Maria Vera Jesus Da Costa; Sumanth Kumar Kambalimath; P. Rajanna Mavinahalli; Raveendran Muthurajan; Viswanathan Chinnusamy; Amitha Mithra Sevanthi; Sarla Neelamraju; S. Gopala Krishnan; Ashok K. Singh; Nagendra K. Singh; Rameshwar P. Sharma; et al. (Plant Physiology Reports, 2020)

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

Genome-wide analysis of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 modifications due to Lr28 for leaf rust resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) - Gautam Saripalli; Kalpana Singh; Tinku Gautam; Santosh Kumar; Saurabh Raghuvanshi; Pramod Prasad; Neelu Jain; P. K. Sharma; H. S. Balyan; P. K. Gupta (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

Risk chart for identification of potential landslide due to the presence of residual soil - Arunava Ray; R. E. S. Chaitanya Kumar; Rajesh Rai; Suprakash Gupta (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel indolinedione–coumarin hybrids as xanthine oxidase inhibitors - Harmandeep Kaur Gulati; Kavita Bhagat; Atamjit Singh; Nitish Kumar; Arshmeet Kaur; Akriti Sharma; Shilpa Heer; Harbinder Singh; Jatinder Vir Singh; Preet Mohinder S. Bedi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Introgression of powdery mildew resistance from Aegilops triuncialis into wheat through induced homeologous pairing - Robinsh Kamboj; Sushma Sharma; Rahul Kumar; Prachi Sharma; Vikas Kumar Ravat; Parveen Chhuneja; Pritesh Vyas; Imran Sheikh; H. S. Dhaliwal (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020)

Transfer of grain softness from 5U-5A wheat-Aegilops triuncialis substitution line to bread wheat through induced homeologous pairing - Yogesh Sharma; Imran Sheikh; Ambika Sharma; Ajar Nath Yadav; Krishan Kumar; Parveen Chhuneja; Sewa Ram; Sunil Kumar; Pritesh Vyas; H. S. Dhaliwal (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020)

A rapid and sensitive method to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus using targeted-mass spectrometry - Praveen Singh; Rahul Chakraborty; Robin Marwal; V. S. Radhakrishan; Akash Kumar Bhaskar; Himanshu Vashisht; Mahesh S. Dhar; Shalini Pradhan; Gyan Ranjan; Mohamed Imran; Anurag Raj; Uma Sharma; et al. (Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 2020)

Biomethanol Production from Methane by Immobilized Co-cultures of Methanotrophs - Sanjay K. S. Patel; Rahul K. Gupta; Virendra Kumar; Sanath Kondaveeti; Anurag Kumar; Devashish Das; Vipin Chandra Kalia; Jung-Kul Lee (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Assessment of contaminants in the northwestern Bay of Bengal - Romi Nambiar; Chinmay Shah; Jitender Kumar; Pranav S. Shrivastav; Ravi Bhushan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Signatures of monsoon intra-seasonal oscillation and stratiform process in rain isotope variability in northern Bay of Bengal and their simulation by isotope enabled general circulation model - Saikat Sengupta; Sourendra Kumar Bhattacharya; Anant Parekh; S. S. Nimya; Kei Yoshimura; Anindya Sarkar (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Sediment and Submarine Groundwater Discharge Mediated Arsenic Flux into the Bay of Bengal, India: an Appraisal - Anant Misra; Ashwin Singh; D. S. Suresh Babu; Vikrant Jain; Mithila Verma; Brijesh K. Bansal; Manish Kumar (Current Pollution Reports, 2020)

Broodstock development and captive maturation of hilsa ( Tenualosa ilisha ) in a brackishwater pond‐based system - Debasis De; Panantharayil S. Shyne Anand; Suchita Mukherjee; Prem Kumar; Jagabathula Syama Dayal; Ramalingam Ananda Raja; Aritra Bera; Vettath Raghavan Suresh; Koyadan Kizhakedath Vijayan (Journal of Fish Biology, 2020)
Successful captive broodstock development of clupeid fish, hilsa, is one of the major challenges for the artificial propagation of this economically valued fish. The present study provides novel insights into the pond‐reared captive broodstock development of hilsa using artificial feed. In the present study, wild collected hilsa fry (weight 1.35 ± 0.13 g, length 53.84 ± 0.95 mm) were reared in grow‐out ponds for 6 months followed by maintaining them as broodstock in other ponds using formulated feed in both cases. After 6 months of pond rearing, the average body weight and length of fish were 66.76 ± 4.53 g and 184.75 ± 3.65 mm, respectively. In broodstock ponds, hilsa subadults fed with formulated feed (crude protein 41.06%) ensured significant advancement in ovarian maturity with gonado somatic index of 9.09%, enhanced secondary yolk stage oocytes of 91.66% and enlargement of oocyte diameters up to 570 μm. The broodstock reached somatic growth such as average body weight and average body length of 383.80 ± 27.38 g and 339.33 ± 9.68 mm, respectively, with a condition factor of 1.06 ± 0.15. Gut content analysis revealed the better acceptability of the artificial feed. Lipid profiling of muscle and ovary during gonadal maturation revealed mobilization of fat from muscle to ovary and selective retention of some fatty acids ( i.e. , C14:0, C18:0, C20:5, C22:6 and C20:4) in the ovary, which might help in gonadal maturation. Statement of Significance Successful rearing of wild‐caught hilsa juvenile in captive condition using formulated feed showed its potential as aquaculture species in low saline conditions. Advance stage of maturation in low saline captive conditions showed the possibility for induced breeding of hilsa, a high priced anadromous fish. Mobilization of fat from muscle to ovary and selective retention of some fatty acids in the ovary showed the scope of dietary manipulation for broodstock development of hilsa.

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

Thermodynamic Response of a High-Resolution Tropical Indian Ocean Model to TOGA COARE Bulk Air–Sea Flux Parameterization: Case Study for the Bay of Bengal (BoB) - Subrat Kumar Mallick; Neeraj Agarwal; Rashmi Sharma; K. V. S. R. Prasad; S. S. V. S. Ramakrishna (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Meta-QTL analysis and identification of candidate genes for drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Anuj Kumar; Gautam Saripalli; Irfat Jan; Kuldeep Kumar; P. K. Sharma; H. S. Balyan; P. K. Gupta (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

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

Marine sponges Sarcotragus foetidus, Xestospongia carbonaria and Spongia obscura constituents ameliorate IL-1 β and IL-6 in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages and carrageenan-induced oedema in rats - Sayli Chaudhari; Maushmi S. Kumar (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Significant action of Tridax procumbens L. leaf extract on reducing the TNF-α and COX-2 gene expressions in induced inflammation site in Swiss albino mice - V. M. Berlin Grace; S. Viswanathan; D. David Wilson; S. Jagadish Kumar; K. Sahana; E. F. Maria Arbin; Jini Narayanan (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Development and characterization of a new DRCF cell line from Indian wild strain zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton 1822) - Lakan Lal Meena; Mukunda Goswami; Aparna Chaudhari; Naresh S. Nagpure; P. Gireesh-Babu; Akhilesh Dubey; Dhanjit Kumar Das (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Influence of fin density on the performance of an impinging jet with fins type solar air heater - Abhishek Kumar Goel; S. N. Singh (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020)

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

Micropropagation, encapsulation, and conservation of Decalepis salicifolia, a vanillin isomer containing medicinal and aromatic plant - Vereena Rodrigues; Amit Kumar; Sivaraman Gokul; Ram S. Verma; Laiq ur Rahman; Velusamy Sundaresan (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2020)

Study of minerals and selected environmentally sensitive elements in Kapurdi lignites of Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, western India: implications to environment - Pramod K. Rajak; Vijay K. Singh; Asha L. Singh; Narendra Kumar; Om P. Kumar; Vishvajeet Singh; Aniruddha Kumar; Ankita Rai; Shweta Rai; Amiya S. Naik; Prakash K. Singh (Geosciences Journal, 2020)

Hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in the waterlogged area of southwest Punjab - Diksha Pant; Tirumalesh Keesari; Madhuri S. Rishi; Diana Anoubam Sharma; Ajay Jaryal; Suryakant Namdev Kamble; Uday Kumar Sinha (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Measurement of size-fractionated atmospheric particulate matter and associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mumbai, India, and their dry deposition fluxes - M. Tiwari; S. K. Sahu; T.D. Rathod; R. C. Bhangare; P.Y. Ajmal; A Vinod Kumar (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020)

Nobiletin as a Molecule for Formulation Development: An Overview of Advanced Formulation and Nanotechnology-Based Strategies of Nobiletin - Siddharth S. Kesharwani; Pooja Mallya; Vadikari Arun Kumar; Vikas Jain; Swagat Sharma; Surajit Dey (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Correction to: EGFR Targeted Paclitaxel and Piperine Co-loaded Liposomes for the Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer - Ankita Sanjay Burande; Matte Kasi Viswanadh; Abhishek Jha; Abhishesh Kumar Mehata; Azad Shaik; Nishi Agrawal; Suruchi Poddar; Sanjeev Kumar Mahto; Madaswamy S. Muthu (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Pseudolycorine N -oxide, a new N -oxide from Narcissus tazetta - Deepali Katoch; Dharmesh Kumar; Yogendra S. Padwad; Bikram Singh; Upendra Sharma (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Crop biophysical parameter retrieval from Sentinel-1 SAR data with a multi-target inversion of Water Cloud Model - Dipankar Mandal; Vineet Kumar; Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez; Avik Bhattacharya; Heather McNairn; Y. S. Rao (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Molecular mechanisms in grass-Epichloë interactions: towards endophyte driven farming to improve plant fitness and immunity - R. Bharadwaj; H. Jagadeesan; S. R. Kumar; S. Ramalingam (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020)

Effect of reducing energy intake during the dry period on milk production, udder health, and body condition score of Jersey crossbred cows in the tropical lower Gangetic region - Amit Kumar Singh; Champak Bhakat; D. K. Mandal; A. Mandal; S. Rai; A. Chatterjee; M. K. Ghosh (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

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

Genome-wide discovery of SNPs in candidate genes related to production and fertility traits in Sahiwal cattle - M. R. Vineeth; T. Surya; Jayakumar Sivalingam; Anshuman Kumar; S. K. Niranjan; S. P. Dixit; Karanveer Singh; M. S. Tantia; I. D. Gupta (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Role of Intra-Seasonal Variability in the Indian Summer Monsoon on the Hydration and Dehydration of the Upper Troposphere - K. N. Uma; T. S. Mohan; Subrata Kumar Das (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

Effect of low-level flow and Andes mountain on the tropical and mid-latitude precipitating cloud systems: GPM observations - Shailendra Kumar; Aldo S. Moya-Álvarez; Carlos Del Castillo-Velarde; Daniel Martinez-Castro; Yamina Silva (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

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

Targeting genes involved in nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA multiplication through RNA interference technology to induce resistance against the virus in silkworms - Sahar Ismail; K S Tulsi Naik; Manchikatla Venkat Rajam; Rakesh Kumar Mishra (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Population connectivity and genetic structure of Asian green mussel, Perna viridis along Indian waters assessed using mitochondrial markers - P. R. Divya; P. M. Elizabeth Jency; Linu Joy; A. Kathirvelpandian; Rajeev Kumar Singh; V. S. Basheer (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Spatial changes in water and heavy metal contamination in water and sediment of river Ganga in the river belt Haridwar to Kanpur - Dinesh Kumar; D. S. Malik; Narendra Kumar; Neelima Gupta; Varsha Gupta (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020)

Effect of Zinc Nanoparticles on Milk Yield, Milk Composition and Somatic Cell Count in Early-Lactating Barbari Does - Burhan ud din Shafi; Ravindra Kumar; S. E. Jadhav; Junaid Kar (Biological Trace Element Research, 2020)

Effect of conservation tillage and rice-based cropping systems on soil aggregation characteristics and carbon dynamics in Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain - Surajit Mondal; Sushanta Kumar Naik; A. A. Haris; J. S. Mishra; Joydeep Mukherjee; K. K. Rao; B. P. Bhatt (Paddy and Water Environment, 2020)

Screening and characterisation of virus causing yellow leaf disease of Tephrosia in Ethiopia - Alok Kumar; Jean Hanson; Chris S. Jones; Yilikal Assefa; Fikerte Mulatu (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2020)
Tephrosia, an important medicinal plant, and a potential livestock feed, was found to be affected by a leaf yellowing disease at the Ziway field site of the International Livestock Research Institute. A total of fifty samples from 300 plants were collected from twenty Tephrosia species in three consecutive planting seasons; 2015, 2016 and 2017. The samples were screened for viral infection by dot-blot assay with antiserum targetting eight viruses. RT-PCR of dot-blot positive samples using virus specific primers gave an amplification product of the expected size (867 bp) only for cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in Tephrosia senna . The amplified products were sequenced; coat protein sequence (657 bp) extracted, and submitted to NCBI database (Tep-Et; KY041651). Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the isolate, Tep-Et, shared maximum identity [88.8–97.5% nucleotide (nt) and 89.4–96.3% amino acid (aa)] with CMV belonging to members of subgroup-I. To our knowledge, this is the first report of molecular characterisation of a CMV isolate infecting a new host, T. senna in Ethiopia.

Stereolithography 3D Bioprinting Method for Fabrication of Human Corneal Stroma Equivalent - S. Sharareh Mahdavi; Mohammad J. Abdekhodaie; Hitendra Kumar; Shohreh Mashayekhan; Alireza Baradaran-Rafii; Keekyoung Kim (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2020)

Role of Taurine Transporter in the Retinal Uptake of Vigabatrin - Anitha Police; Vijay Kumar Shankar; S. Narasimha Murthy (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Phycoremediation of Sewage-Contaminated Lake Water Using Microalgae–Bacteria Co-Culture - K. Verma; P. Kiran Kumar; S. Vijaya Krishna; V. Himabindu (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Systematic literature review on novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2: a threat to human era - Dinesh Kumar Rajendran; Varthini Rajagopal; S. Alagumanian; T. Santhosh Kumar; S. P. Sathiya Prabhakaran; Dharun Kasilingam (VirusDisease, 2020)

Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality in Keonjhar City, Odisha, India - Sughosh Madhav; Ashutosh Kumar; Jyoti Kushawaha; Arif Ahamad; Pardeep Singh; S. B. Dwivedi (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2020)

Spatiotemporal variation of water quality index in Kanwar wetland, Begusarai, India - Ajeet Kumar Singh; M. Sathya; Satyam Verma; S. Jayakumar (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2020)

New Data on Morphometry and Appendicular Skeleton of South Indian Hedgehog Paraechinus nudiventris Horsfield, 1851 (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) from Urban Landscapes of Tamil Nadu, India - Brawin Kumar; S. S. Talmale; Sanjay Molur (Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2020)

Efficacy of Indolicidin, Cecropin A (1-7)-Melittin (CAMA) and Their Combination Against Biofilm-Forming Multidrug-Resistant Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli - Jess Vergis; S. V. S. Malik; Richa Pathak; Manesh Kumar; R. Sunitha; S. B. Barbuddhe; Deepak B. Rawool (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2020)

Climate change impact and vulnerability assessment of Mumbai city, India - R. Mani Murali; M. J. Riyas; K. N. Reshma; S. Santhosh Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Inter-comparison of model, satellite and in situ tropical cyclone heat potential in the North Indian Ocean - Babita Jangir; D. Swain; Samar Kumar Ghose; Rishav Goyal; T. V. S. Udaya Bhaskar (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Comparative evaluation of performances of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model and an analog ensemble system over the Northwest Himalaya (NWH) - Dan Singh; Ashavani Kumar; M. S. Shekhar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2020)

Evaluation of genetic diversity of parental lines for development of heterotic groups in hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) - K. Sruthi; B. Divya; P. Senguttuvel; P. Revathi; K. B. Kemparaju; P. Koteswararao; R. M. Sundaram; Vikram Jeet Singh; E. Ranjith Kumar; Prolay Kumar Bhowmick; K. K. Vinod; S. Gopala Krishnan; et al. (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020)

Review on natural products as an alternative to contemporary anti-leishmanial therapeutics - Shweta Raj; Santanu Sasidharan; S. N. Balaji; Vikash Kumar Dubey; Prakash Saudagar (Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 2020)

Metal pollution index and daily dietary intake of metals through consumption of vegetables - D. Kumar; Priyanka; V. Shukla; S. Kumar; R. B. Ram; N. Kumar (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

In Silico Analysis of New Potent Anti-hyperglycemic Molecule for Diabetes Type 2 Management - Kritika Singh; Praveen Kumar Tripathi; Vinay Kumar Singh; Ashok Kumar Patel; O. N. Srivastava; S. K. Singh; Arvind M. Kayastha (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2020)

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

Leaf stripping: an alternative strategy to manage banded leaf and sheath blight of maize - Harleen Kaur; Sanjay Kumar; K. S. Hooda; Robin Gogoi; Pravin Bagaria; R. P. Singh; Rakesh Mehra; Ashwani Kumar (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

Detection of genetic variation among stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) pathotypes of wheat with simple sequence repeat markers - Anurag Saharan; R. S. Chauhan; Archit Sood; Pramod Prasad; Subodh Kumar (Indian Phytopathology, 2020)

G × E interactions in QTL introgression lines of Spanish-type groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - A. L. Rathnakumar; Surendra S. Manohar; Hajisaheb L. Nadaf; Sudam C. Patil; Milind P. Deshmukh; P. P. Thirumalaisamy; Narendra Kumar; H. B. Lalwani; P. Nagaraju; Basavaraj Yenagi; S. S. Patil; J. Suryawanshi; et al. (Euphytica, 2020)

Long-term mass balance modelling (1986–2018) and climate sensitivity of Siachen Glacier, East Karakoram - Anant Kumar; H. S. Negi; Kamal Kumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Treatment of domestic wastewater containing phosphate using water treatment sludge through UASB–clariflocculator integrated system - S. Kumar; A. R. Quaff (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020)

Palaeoredox link with the late Neoproterozoic–early Cambrian Bilara carbonate deposition, Marwar Supergroup, India - A. H. Ansari; S. K. Pandey; Kamlesh Kumar; Shailesh Agrawal; Shamim Ahmad; Mayank Shekhar (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2020)

Guidance for the Integrated Use of Hydrological, Geochemical, and Isotopic Tools in Mining Operations - Christian Wolkersdorfer; Darrell Kirk Nordstrom; Roger Daniel Beckie; Daniel S. Cicerone; Trevor Elliot; Mansour Edraki; Teresa Valente; Silvia Cristina Alves França; Pramod Kumar; Ricardo Andrés Oyarzún Lucero; Albert Soler i Gil (Mine Water and the Environment, 2020)
This paper summarizes international state-of-the-art applications and opportunities for employing and deploying hydrological, geochemical, and isotopic tools in an integrated manner for investigations of mining operations. It is intended to aid formulation of more integrated approaches for evaluating the overall sustainability of mining projects. The focus is particularly on mine waters, including: environmental water sources, mine water dynamics, and as a source and vector for pollution in the wider environment. The guidance is generic to mining projects and not just reflective of a particular extraction (e.g. coal, metalliferous, uranium) industry. A mine life cycle perspective has been adopted to highlight the potential for more integrated investigations at each stage of a mining operation. Three types of mines have been considered: new (i.e. those in the planning stage), active (i.e. working mines), and historical mines (i.e. inactive and abandoned mines). The practical usage of geochemical analyses and isotopic studies described here emphasise characterisation, dynamics, and process understanding for water quality considerations in tandem with water resource and environmental impact implications. Both environmental (i.e. ambient) and applied (i.e. injected) tracers are considered. This guide is written for scientists (including isotope specialists) who have limited or no mine water experience, environmental managers, planners, consultants, and regulators with key interests in planned, active, and legacy mining projects.

Population Genetics Coupled Chemical Profiling for Conservation Implications of Decalepis salicifolia (Bedd. ex Hook.f.) Venter, an Endemic and Critically Endangered Species of Western Ghats, India - Sivaraman Gokul; Vereena Rodrigues; Amit Kumar; Ram S. Verma; Ashutosh K. Shukla; Velusamy Sundaresan (Biochemical Genetics, 2020)

Protective action of Grewia asiatica (phalsa) berries against scopolamine-induced deficit in learning and memory using behavior paradigms in rats - Sangeeta Paul; Swapnil Sharma; Sarvesh Kumar Paliwal; S. B. Kasture (Advances in Traditional Medicine, 2020)

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

Genetic structures across a biogeographical barrier reflect dispersal potential of four Southeast Asian mangrove plant species - Alison K. S. Wee; Annika M. E. Noreen; Junya Ono; Koji Takayama; Prakash P. Kumar; Hugh T. W. Tan; Mohd N. Saleh; Tadashi Kajita; Edward L. Webb (Journal of Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Biogeographical barriers restrict the movement of individuals, resulting in population divergence, genetic differentiation, endemism and speciation. Yet, some barriers demonstrate unequal effect across species depending on species dispersal, which manifests in varying genetic structure. We test the hypotheses that the genetic structure of four coastal mangrove species would reflect differences in dispersal potential across the Malay Peninsula, a major biogeographical barrier in the Indo‐West Pacific region. Location East and west coasts of the Malay Peninsula. Taxon Mangrove trees Avicennia alba , Sonneratia alba , Bruguiera gymnorhiza and Rhizophora mucronata. Methods For each species, we characterized genetic structure and gene flow using 7–12 species‐specific nuclear microsatellite markers. We tested for east–west genetic differentiation across the peninsula, a stepping‐stone migration pattern, and assessed the proportion of recent dispersal and direction of historical migration along the Malacca Strait. Results Significant east–west genetic differentiation across the peninsula was observed in A. alba , S. alba and B. gymnorhiza , and the effect was most pronounced for the two species with lower dispersal potential ( A. alba , S. alba ). In contrast, the two species with higher dispersal potential ( B. gymnorhiza and R. mucronata ) exhibited much higher proportion of recent inter‐population migration along the Malacca Strait. The signature of historical colonization from refugia in the Andaman Sea (north‐to‐south migration along the Malacca Strait) predominated for A. alba and S. alba. Historical south–north migration predominated for R. mucronata and B. gymnorhiza . Main conclusions This study implicated dispersal potential as a cause of varying mangrove species genetic structure across a biogeographical barrier. The Malay Peninsula functions as a filter to gene flow rather than a barrier. The genetic structure in mangrove species with a higher dispersal potential is more congruent with contemporary gene flow while that of species with a lower dispersal potential reflects historical processes. Our findings hint at the role of dispersal potential as a predictor of gene flow in mangroves.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: EGFR Targeted Paclitaxel and Piperine Co-loaded Liposomes for the Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer - Ankita Sanjay Burande; Matte Kasi Viswanadh; Abhishek Jha; Abhishesh Kumar Mehata; Azad Shaik; Nishi Agrawal; Suruchi Poddar; Sanjeev Kumar Mahto; Madaswamy S. Muthu (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Estimation of Sea Ice Thickness from SARAL/AltiKa in Drifting Orbit Phase - Purvee Joshi; Sandip R. Oza; Ujjwal K. Gupta; Shailendra Saini; D. Ram Rajak; I. M. Bahuguna; A. S. Rajawat; Raj Kumar (Marine Geodesy, 2020)

Chemically characterised Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp. essential oil as a safe plant-based preservative and shelf-life enhancer of millets against fungal and aflatoxin contamination and lipid peroxidation - Manoj Kumar; Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy; Parismita Sarma; M. S. Dkhar; H. Kayang; Richa Raghuwanshi; Nawal Kishore Dubey (Plant Biosystems, 2020)

Effect of progesterone administration during growing phase of first dominant follicle on follicular wave pattern in buffalo heifers - M. H. Jan; H. Kumar; S. Kumar; R. K. Sharma; A. Gupta; K. L. Mehrara (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Translational genomics for achieving higher genetic gains in groundnut - Manish K. Pandey; Arun K. Pandey; Rakesh Kumar; Chogozie Victor Nwosu; Baozhu Guo; Graeme C. Wright; Ramesh S. Bhat; Xiaoping Chen; Sandip K. Bera; Mei Yuan; Huifang Jiang; Issa Faye; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)
Key message Groundnut has entered now in post-genome era enriched with optimum genomic and genetic resources to facilitate faster trait dissection, gene discovery and accelerated genetic improvement for developing climate-smart varieties. Abstract Cultivated groundnut or peanut ( Arachis hypogaea ), an allopolyploid oilseed crop with a large and complex genome, is one of the most nutritious food. This crop is grown in more than 100 countries, and the low productivity has remained the biggest challenge in the semiarid tropics. Recently, the groundnut research community has witnessed fast progress and achieved several key milestones in genomics research including genome sequence assemblies of wild diploid progenitors, wild tetraploid and both the subspecies of cultivated tetraploids, resequencing of diverse germplasm lines, genome-wide transcriptome atlas and cost-effective high and low-density genotyping assays. These genomic resources have enabled high-resolution trait mapping by using germplasm diversity panels and multi-parent genetic populations leading to precise gene discovery and diagnostic marker development. Furthermore, development and deployment of diagnostic markers have facilitated screening early generation populations as well as marker-assisted backcrossing breeding leading to development and commercialization of some molecular breeding products in groundnut. Several new genomics applications/technologies such as genomic selection, speed breeding, mid-density genotyping assay and genome editing are in pipeline. The integration of these new technologies hold great promise for developing climate-smart, high yielding and more nutritious groundnut varieties in the post-genome era.

Ontogenetic and tissue-specific expression of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) and its receptors in Catla catla - Pravesh Kumar; K. S. Wisdom; Gulshan Kumar; Pathakota Gireesh-Babu; Sunil Kumar Nayak; N. S. Nagpure; Rupam Sharma (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Identification and mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and epistatic QTL for salinity tolerance at seedling stage in traditional aromatic short grain rice landrace Kolajoha (Oryza sativa L.) of Assam, India - Abhishek Mazumder; Megha Rohilla; Deepak Singh Bisht; S. L. Krishnamurthy; Mandira Barman; Ramendra Nath Sarma; Tilak Raj Sharma; Tapan Kumar Mondal (Euphytica, 2020)

Genetic dissection of Fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat cv. ‘Glenn’ - Ahmed ElFatih A. ElDoliefy; Ajay Kumar; James A. Anderson; Karl D. Glover; Sujan Mamidi; Elias M. Elias; Raed Seetan; Mohammed S. Alamri; Shahryar F. Kianian; Suraj Sapkota; Andrew Green; Mohamed Mergoum (Euphytica, 2020)

Discarded biodiesel waste–derived lignocellulosic biomass as effective biosorbent for removal of sulfamethoxazole drug - Sivarasan Ganesan; Kumaravel Karthick; Chinnaya Namasivayam; Lingassamy Arul Pragasan; V. S. Kirankumar; Sabarinathan Devaraj; Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Conversion of green algal biomass into bioenergy by pyrolysis. A review - S. Aravind; P. Senthil Kumar; Nikhil S. Kumar; N. Siddarth (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020)

Swapping of the Pacific and Atlantic Niño influences on north central India summer monsoon - Ramesh Kumar Yadav; S.-Y. Simon Wang; Chi-Hua Wu; Robert R. Gillies (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Deciphering the mitochondrial genome of Malabar snakehead, Channa diplogramma (Teleostei; Channidae) - S. Chandhini; Sneha Vargheese; Siby Philip; V. J. Rejish Kumar (Biologia, 2020)

Microbial inoculants: potential tool for sustainability of agricultural production systems - R. Sammauria; S. Kumawat; Pushpa Kumawat; Jogendra Singh; Tarun Kumar Jatwa (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

Revisiting the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: lessons from the past and objectives for the future - Abhinav Aeron; Ekta Khare; Chaitanya Kumar Jha; Vijay Singh Meena; Shadia Mohammed Abdel Aziz; Mohammed Tofazzal Islam; Kangmin Kim; Sunita Kumari Meena; Arunava Pattanayak; Hosahatti Rajashekara; Ramesh Chandra Dubey; Bihari Ram Maurya; et al. (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

Inter-comparison of INSAT-3D atmospheric motion vectors height with cloud-base height from a Ceilometer - Dineshkumar K. Sankhala; Sanjib K. Deb; Som Kumar Sharma; S. Lal (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

New Insights of Inhibins in Ovarian Physiology of Fish - Irshad Ahmad; Irfan Ahmad Bhat; Dhanashree D. Jagtap; C. Selvaa Kumar; S. Ferosekhan; Luis O. B. Afonso (Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 2020)

Comparative analysis between VIIRS-DNB and DMSP-OLS night-time light data to estimate electric power consumption in Uttar Pradesh, India - Sumana Sahoo; Prasun Kumar Gupta; S. K. Srivastav (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Gluten contamination in labelled and naturally gluten-free grain products in southern India - Nagaraju Raju; Apurva Kumar R Joshi; Raidu Vahini; Thappatla Deepika; Kandlakunta Bhaskarachari; S. Devindra (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2020)

Evaluation of selected global climate models for extreme temperature events over India - Shweta Panjwani; S. Naresh Kumar; Laxmi Ahuja; Adlul Islam (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

Variations in vapor pressure and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index since AD 1861 over the western Himalaya in India: inference from tree ring-width records - Somaru Ram; H. N. Singh; Ramesh Kumar Yadav; Hamza Varikoden; S. S. Nandargi; Manoj K. Srivastava (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

Sugar cane Canopy Spraying: A Perspective Solution with Ergonomics and Mechatronics Approach - S. P. Singh; Adarsh Kumar; H. L. Kushwaha (Sugar Tech, 2020)

Groundwater quality assessment of Allahabad smart city using GIS and water quality index - H. K. Pandey; Vivek Tiwari; Saurabh Kumar; Aniket Yadav; S. K. Srivastava (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2020)

First Report Confirming the Occurrence of Jumping Halfbeak Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette and Parin 1978 (Beloniformes: Hemiramphidae) from the Western Bay of Bengal - Anwesha Behera; Subal Kumar Roul; A. Pavan Kumar; Shashi Bhushan; Shardul S. Gangan; A. K. Jaiswar (Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 2020)

Genome wide association mapping and candidate gene analysis for pod shatter resistance in Brassica juncea and its progenitor species - Jasmeet Kaur; Javed Akhatar; Anna Goyal; Navneet Kaur; Snehdeep Kaur; Meenakshi Mittal; Nitin Kumar; Heena Sharma; Shashi Banga; S. S. Banga (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Functional characterization and evaluation of protective efficacy of EA752–862 monoclonal antibody against B. anthracis vegetative cell and spores - Saugata Majumder; Shreya Das; Joseph Kingston; M. S. Shivakiran; H. V. Batra; Vikas Kumar Somani; Rakesh Bhatnagar (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2020)

Experimental study of heat transfer characteristics of an impinging jet solar air heater with fins - Abhishek Kumar Goel; S. N. Singh (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020)

Development of irrigation water quality index incorporating information entropy - Kunwar Raghvendra Singh; Ankit Pratim Goswami; Ajay S. Kalamdhad; Bimlesh Kumar (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020)

Self-recognition in corvids: evidence from the mirror-mark test in Indian house crows (Corvus splendens) - Amaan Buniyaadi; S. K. Tahajjul Taufique; Vinod Kumar (Journal of Ornithology, 2020)

Intramuscular Followed by Oral Vitamin A Supplementation in Neonates with Birth Weight from 750 to 1250 g: A Randomized Controlled Trial - S. Giridhar; Jogender Kumar; Savita Verma Attri; Sourabh Dutta; Praveen Kumar (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2020)

Effects of integrated farming system and rainwater harvesting on livelihood improvement in North-Eastern region of India compared to traditional shifting cultivation: evidence from an action research - Sanjay Kumar Ray; Dibyendu Chatterjee; D. J. Rajkhowa; S. K. Baishya; S. Hazarika; S. Paul (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

Chemically characterised Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. essential oil as a novel plant based antimicrobial against fungal and aflatoxin B 1 contamination of stored maize and its possible mode of action - Anand Kumar Chaudhari; Vipin Kumar Singh; Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy; Somenath Das; Neha Upadhyay; Akanksha Singh; Mumtaz S. Dkhar; Highland Kayang; Bhanu Prakash; Nawal Kishore Dubey (Natural Product Research, 2020)

In vitro anti-HIV-1 activity of ethyl gallate - C. Muddu Krishna; J. N. Kolla; S. Asha; T. Sravan Kumar Reddy (VirusDisease, 2020)

India’s contribution to mitigating the impacts of climate change through vegetation management - J. Dash; M. D. Behera; C. Jeganathan; C. S. Jha; S. Sharma; R. Lucas; A. A. Khuroo; A. Harris; P. M. Atkinson; D. S. Boyd; C. P. Singh; M. P. Kale; et al. (Tropical Ecology, 2020)

An Upscaled Model for Permeable Biofilm in a Thin Channel and Tube - David Landa-Marbán; Gunhild Bødtker; Kundan Kumar; Iuliu S. Pop; Florin A. Radu (Transport in Porous Media, 2020)
In this paper, we derive upscaled equations for modeling biofilm growth in porous media. The resulting macroscale mathematical models consider permeable multi-species biofilm including water flow, transport, detachment and reactions. The biofilm is composed of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), water, active bacteria and dead bacteria. The free flow is described by the Stokes and continuity equations, and the water flux inside the biofilm by the Brinkman and continuity equations. The nutrients are transported in the water phase by convection and diffusion. This pore-scale model includes variations in the biofilm composition and size due to reproduction of bacteria, production of EPS, death of bacteria and shear forces. The model includes a water–biofilm interface between the free flow and the biofilm. Homogenization techniques are applied to obtain upscaled models in a thin channel and a tube, by investigating the limit as the ratio of the aperture to the length $$ε$$ ε of both geometries approaches to zero. As $$ε$$ ε gets smaller, we obtain that the percentage of biofilm coverage area over time predicted by the pore-scale model approaches the one obtained using the effective equations, which shows a correspondence between both models. The two derived porosity–permeability relations are compared to two empirical relations from the literature. The resulting numerical computations are presented to compare the outcome of the effective (upscaled) models for the two mentioned geometries.

Identification of heterotic groups in South-Asian-bred hybrid parents of pearl millet - S. K. Gupta; K. Sudarshan Patil; Abhishek Rathore; Dev Vart Yadav; L. D. Sharma; K. D. Mungra; H. T. Patil; Suresh K. Gupta; Ramesh Kumar; Vaibhav Chaudhary; Roma R. Das; Anil Kumar; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Prevention and rescue of cardiac dysfunction by methanocarba adenosine monophosphonate derivatives - Jian-Bing Shen; Kiran S. Toti; Saibal Chakraborty; T. Santhosh Kumar; Chunxia Cronin; Bruce T. Liang; Kenneth A. Jacobson (Purinergic Signalling, 2020)

Cytogenetic Studies in Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) Through NOR-Staining and FISH - Ravindra Kumar; Vishwamitra Singh Baisvar; Basdeo Kushwaha; Gusheinzed Waikhom; Labee Thoidingjam; S. Sanjabihari Singh (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2020)

Effect of Cow Urine-Based Bioformulations on Growth and Physiological Responses in Mungbean Under Soil Moisture Stress Conditions - Jagadish Rane; Ajay Kumar Singh; Priya George; Venkadasamy Govindasamy; Abhishek Cukkemane; Susheel Kumar Raina; Madhuri P. Chavan; Lalitkumar Aher; V. S. John Sunoj; Narendra Pratap Singh (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2020)

The Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), in India: Biology, Ecology, and Control - R. S. Chandel; Sumit Vashisth; Saurbh Soni; Rahul Kumar; Vinod Kumar (Potato Research, 2020)

A comparative study of C-allocation to seed storage compounds among genotypes of Indian mustard under N fertilization - Ibandalin Mawlong; M. S. Sujith Kumar; Basant Kandpal; Om Prakash Premi; Bishal Gurung (Plant Physiology Reports, 2020)

Rational Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Neuroprotective Evaluation of Novel Glitazones for PGC-1α Activation via PPAR-γ: a New Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Disorders - Antony Justin; Subhankar Mandal; P. Prabitha; S. Dhivya; S. Yuvaraj; Pradeep Kabadi; Satheesh John Sekhar; C. H. Sandhya; Ashish D. Wadhwani; Selvaraj Divakar; Jeyabalan Jeyaram Bharathi; Priya Durai; et al. (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

Improved protocols for BAC insert DNA isolation, BAC end sequencing and FISH for construction of BAC based physical map of genes on the chromosomes - Ravindra Kumar; Vishwamitra Singh Baisvar; Basdeo Kushwaha; S. Murali; Vijay Kumar Singh (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Synthesis, anticancer evaluation, and molecular docking studies of benzoxazole linked combretastatin analogues - Vukoti Kiran Kumar; Venkat Swamy Puli; Ala Vasu Babu; Radhakrishnam Raju Ruddarraju; K. R. S. Prasad (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using RS, GIS and AHP Techniques: A Case Study in a Part of Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP), Maharashtra, India - V. Ajay Kumar; N. C. Mondal; S. Ahmed (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2020)

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

Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) and Free-Air Temperature Increase (FATI) Effects on Trifolium repens L. in Temperate Himalayas - Rakesh Kumar; Munish Kaundal; Rupali Jandrotia; S. K. Vats (International Journal of Plant Production, 2020)

Characterization of natural genetic variation identifies multiple genes involved in salt tolerance in maize - Devinder Sandhu; Manju V. Pudussery; Rohit Kumar; Andrew Pallete; Paul Markley; William C. Bridges; Rajandeep S. Sekhon (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2020)

Chitin and chitosan-based support materials for enzyme immobilization and biotechnological applications - Madan L. Verma; Sandeep Kumar; Anamika Das; Jatinder S. Randhawa; Munusamy Chamundeeswari (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020)

Simulated impacts of rise in temperature on kharif sorghum genotypes in Northern Transitional Zone of Karnataka, India - Manjanagouda S. Sannagoudar; R. H. Patil; R. V. Kumar; A. K. Singh; A. Ghosh; H. M. Halli (Cereal Research Communications, 2020)

Direct shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Populus deltoides and changes in selected enzymatic activities - Saloni Sharma; M. S. Reddy; Anil Kumar (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

Forecasting tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal using quasi-operational WRF and HWRF modeling systems: an assessment study - Raghu Nadimpalli; Krishna K. Osuri; U. C. Mohanty; Ananda K. Das; Ankur Kumar; S. Sil; D. Niyogi (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2020)

Identification of rice seed infection routes of Fusarium fujikuroi inciting bakanae disease of rice - Sunil Kumar Sunani; Bishnu Maya Bashyal; Bhupendra Singh Kharayat; Ganesan Prakash; S. Gopala Krishnan; Rashmi Aggarwal (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Toward sustainable performance of reservoir sedimentation in aquatic environment of Katery lake, Tamil Nadu, India - M. Selvabalan; M. Game; C. R. S. Kumar; B. Kandasubramanian (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

Multi-year genetic sampling indicates maternal gene flow via colony emigrations in the army ant Eciton burchellii parvispinum - T. W. Soare; A. Kumar; K. A. Naish; S. O’Donnell (Insectes Sociaux, 2020)

Two-Phase Flow Modeling to Evaluate Effectiveness of Different Leachate Injection Systems for Bioreactor Landfills - Krishna R. Reddy; Girish Kumar; Hanumanth S. Kulkarni (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2020)

Remote influences on the Indian monsoon low-level jet intraseasonal variations - M. S. Swathi; Takeshi Izumo; Matthieu Lengaigne; Jérôme Vialard; M. R. Ramesh Kumar (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Narciclasine-4- O - β -D-xylopyranoside, a new narciclasine glycoside from Zephyranthes minuta - Deepali Katoch; Dharmesh Kumar; Yogendra S Padwad; Bikram Singh; Upendra Sharma (Natural Product Research, 2020)

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

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

The Study of Morphological Characteristics for Best Management Practices Over the Rampur Watershed of Mahanadi River Basin Using Prioritization - Priyanka Gunjan; S. K. Mishra; Anil Kumar Lohani; Surendra Kumar Chandniha (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2020)

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

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

Modeling soil-crack–water–atmospheric interactions: a novel root water uptake approach to simulate the evaporation through cracked soil and experimental validation - Vinay Kumar Gadi; Shivam Raj Singh; Jinhui Li; Lei Song; Hong Zhu; Ankit Garg; S. Sreedeep (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2020)

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

Spatial and temporal variability in concentration and characteristics of aerosols at Visakhapatnam (east) and Goa (west) coasts of India - K. Yadav; V. V. S. S. Sarma; M. Dileep Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Aliasing of the Indian Ocean externally-forced warming spatial pattern by internal climate variability - S. Gopika; Takeshi Izumo; Jérôme Vialard; Matthieu Lengaigne; Iyyappan Suresh; M. R. Ramesh Kumar (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

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

Cytogenotoxicological Effects of the Methanolic Extract of Dysophylla auricularia - Muhammad Torequl Islam; Eunus S. Ali; Shaikh Jamal Uddin; Swati Tripathi; Ana Amélia de Carvalho Melo-Cavalcante; Siddhartha Kumar Mishra (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2019)

Evolutionary Divergence of CXCR1 (Interleukin-8 Receptor A) Gene of Indian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Light of Molecular Evolution - Shiveeli Rajput; Jaspreet Singh Arora; Chandra Sekhar Mukhopadhyay; Jasdeep Kaur Dhanoa; Ramneek Verma; R. S. Sethi; Satparkash Singh; B. V. Sunil Kumar; Sikh Tejinder Singh (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2019)

Biochemical Changes Induced by Varying Irrigation Levels During Annual Growth Cycle in Fantasy Seedless (Vitis vinifera L.) - Dinesh S. Shetty; Ajay Kumar Upadhyay; M. V. Kulkarni; Jagdev Sharma (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2019)

Plant–microbe interaction: prospects for crop improvement and management - Karaba N. Nataraja; T. S. Suryanarayanan; R. Uma Shaanker; Muthappa Senthil-Kumar; Ralf Oelmüller (Plant Physiology Reports, 2019)

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

Development of an advanced multifunctional portable water purifier - M. Taheran; P. Kumar; M. Naghdi; S. K. Brar; E. J. Knystautas; M. Verma; R. Y. Surampalli (Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2019)