Vol 119, No 8 (2020)

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Vol 119, No 8 (2020)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1234-1234 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1234-1234
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Editorial

Linking Restoration and Afforestation Drives to Ecological Studies in India: An Urgent Need
Vinita Gowda
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1235-1236 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1235-1236
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News

Current Science Reports
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1237-1240 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1237-1240
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Attempt to Unravel the ‘Tangled Bank’: A New-normal Global Meeting
Felix Bast, Paramjit Singh, Vinay Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1241-1241 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1241-1241
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Opinion

Role of Trace Element Selenium in Fighting COVID-19: Are we Ignoring this Important Element?
K. Indira Priyadarsini, V. K. Jain, Amit Kunwar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1242-1243 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1242-1243
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Commentary

COVID-19: Should Forestry Extension Pay Attention to New Emerging Threats?
A. V. Raghu, M. Amruth, Syam Viswanath
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1244-1245 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1244-1245
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Scientific Correspondance

Cyclone Amphan and its Impact on the Lower Deltaic West Bengal: A Preliminary Assessment using Remote Sensing Sources
Sayantan Das, Abhijit Das, Nabendu Sekhar Kar, Sunando Bandyopadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1246-1249 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1246-1249
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Shortening Seed Germination Time for Borassus flabellifer using Compost Pit Seed Pretreatment
Krishnanunni Mavinkal Ravindran, S. Suresh Ramanan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1249-1251 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1249-1251
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General Article

Teaching the ‘principles of Science’ within a Liberal Arts Curriculum
Thounaojam Umeshkanta Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1252-1259 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1252-1259
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Lockdown Impacts on the Indian Environment, Agriculture and Aquaculture
Rajeeb K. Mohanty, Krishna G. Mandal, Amod K. Thakur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1260-1266 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1260-1266
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Review Article

First Impressions from the PRISMA Hyperspectral Mission
Prateek Tripathi, Rahul Dev Garg
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1267-1281 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1267-1281
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MicroRNAs as Fine-Tuners of Gene Regulation in Plant–Microbe Interactions
Minu M. Nair, Alagu Manickavelu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1282-1290 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1282-1290
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Research Articles

Feasibility of Using Resin-Jacketed Piezo Sensors for Monitoring of Concrete Strength using Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique
Naveet Kaur, Prateek Negi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1291-1299 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1291-1299
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Characterization of Historic Bricks and Binder at Vat Phou World Heritage Site in Lao PDR and Selection of Compatible Replacement Units for Restoration
Swathy Manohar, Shivangi Shukla, Arun Menon, Manu Santhanam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1300-1307 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1300-1307
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Water Quality Index Assessment of Groundwater in the Central Ganga Plain with Reference to Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Saurabh Shukla, Abhishek Saxena
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1308-1315 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1308-1315
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Forest Biomass Estimation using Multi-Polarization SAR Data Coupled with Optical Data
Praveen Kumar, Akhouri Pramod Krishna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1316-1321 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1316-1321
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Wave Attenuation Characteristics of Simulated Heterogeneous Vegetation
Beena Mary John, Kiran G. Shirlal, Subba Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1322-1332 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1322-1332
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Computational Studies Reveal Piperine, the Predominant Oleoresin of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) as a Potential Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Prassan Choudhary, Hillol Chakdar, Dikchha Singh, Chandrabose Selvaraj, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar Saxena
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1333-1342 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1333-1342
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Effect of Integrated Use of Nutrients on Soil Properties and Productivity of Pearl Millet–Wheat Cropping System Irrigated with Saline Water in Northwestern India
Sarita Rani, Satyavan, Anil Kumar, Ram Prakash, Sunil Beniwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1343-1348 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1343-1348
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Crystal Structure of Oxalate Decarboxylase from Photorhabdus luminescens, A Symbiotic Bacterium Associated with Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Sreeja Chellappan, S. Mathivanan, R. Thippeswamy, M. Nagesh, H. S. Savithri, M. R. N. Murthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1349-1356 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1349-1356
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Research Communications

Growth And Yield of Cauliflower Under Surface and Subsurface Drip Irrigation with Primarily Treated Municipal Wastewater in a Semi-Arid Peri-urban Area
Deepak Singh, Neelam Patel, Sridhar Patra, Nisha Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1357-1363 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1357-1363
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Postmortem Attentive Behaviour in Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins (Sousa plumbea)
Ketki Jog, Mihir Sule, Himanshu Damle, Isha Bopardikar, Dipani Sutaria
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1363-1367 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1363-1367
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Occurrence of a Cyprinid Fish (Leuciscinae) from Latest Neogene (?Pliocene) Sediments of Chotanagpur Plateau, Eastern India
Manoshi Hazra, Taposhi Hazra, Subir Bera, Mahasin Ali Khan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1367-1370 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1367-1370
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Occurrence of White Gelatinous Foam on the Beaches of Kollam (Southwest Coast of India) Due to the Senescent Bloom of Phaeocystis Globosa
N. V. Madhu, P. Anil, C. R. Vishal, K. R. Muraleedharan, A. Parvathi, T. Gireesh Kumar, K. S. Arya, S. Hafza
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1371-1375 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1371-1375
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Book Reviews

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications of Limnology, 3rd Edition
T. V. Ramachandra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1376-1377 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1376-1377
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A Doctor’s Experiments in Bihar. The Story of an Inspiring Struggle to Transform Maternal and Child Healthcare
Sunil K. Pandya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1378-1380 ,  Vol 119, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1378-1380
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