Cold stress is a major abiotic constraint to wheat production in temperate regions, particularly in the Kashmir Valley of north-western Himalayas, India, where prolonged low temperatures delay growth, reduce yield, and disrupt the rice–wheat cropping system. To address this challenge, we evaluated a panel of 340 nested synthetic hexaploid wheat introgression lines, developed by introgressing allelic diversity from Aegilops tau...

Aquatic ecosystems are increasingly exposed to multiple abiotic stressors driven by climate change, environmental degradation, and anthropogenic activities. These stressors, including temperature fluctuations, dissolved oxygen depletion, pH alterations, ammonia accumulation, salinity changes, excessive stocking density, and contamination by inorganic and organic pollutants, can adversely affect fish physiology, growth, reprodu...

Evaluating groundwater vulnerability is crucial for sustainable water resource management, particularly where groundwater is heavily utilized for domestic and agricultural purposes. This paper presents a methodology combining machine learning with the GIS‐based DRASTIC model for the Paler watershed, lower Krishna subbasin, southern India. The DRASTIC model assesses seven hydrogeological characteristics: depth to water table, r...