Vol 117, No 6 (2019)

Table of Contents

Vol 117, No 6 (2019)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/906-906 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 906-906
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Guest Editorial

Indian Astronomy in the Next Decade
R. Srianand
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/907-908 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 907-908
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News

Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/909-912 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 909-912
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Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru–30th Mid-Year Meeting
Pratik M. Pawar, S. Priya, Geetha Sugumaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/913-914 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 913-914
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Artificial Intelligence in Plantation Crops
P. Chowdappa, Ravi Bhat, A. C. Mathew, M. K. Rajesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/914-915 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 914-915
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Research News

Ancient Ocean Floor Hidden Beneath Bangladesh
K. S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, K. Srinivas, D. Saha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/916-917 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 916-917
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Commentary

UGC-CARE Initiative to Promote Research Quality, Integrity and Publication Ethics
Bhushan Patwardhan, Archana Thakur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/918-919 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 918-919
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Roadmap for Culture Collections in India to Enrich Themselves with Indigenous Fungal Biodiversity
Rahul Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/920-921 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 920-921
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Scientific Correspondance

Eulophid Seed Borer, Anselmella kerrichi (Narayanan et al.; Hymenoptera), An Emerging Pest of Jamun
P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, Anjana Subramoniam, A. Rekha, B. R. Jayanthi Mala
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/922-924 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 922-924
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Interannual Variation of Clutch Initiation of the Great Tit (Parus major Linnaeus) in Relation to the Local Air Temperature
Zdravko Dolenec
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/924-926 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 924-926
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General Article

Shifting Paradigms:Why History Matters in Geological Sciences
C. P. Rajendran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/927-931 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 927-931
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Review Article

When Scientists Turn Against Science:Exceptionally Flawed Analysis of Plant Breeding Technologies
Deepak Pental
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/932-939 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 932-939
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Special Section: SCATSAT-1

Preface
Tapan Misra, Raj Kumar, Ernesto Rodríguez
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/940-940 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 940-940
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SCATSAT-1 Scatterometer:An Improved Successor of OSCAT
T. Misra, P. Chakraborty, C. Lad, P. Gupta, J. Rao, G. Upadhyay, S. Vinay Kumar, B. Saravana Kumar, S. Gangele, S. Sinha, H. Tolani, V. K. Vithani, B. S. Raman, C. V. N. Rao, D. B. Dave, R. Jyoti, N. M. Desai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/941-949 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 941-949
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SCATSAT-1 Scatterometer Data Processing
Devang Mankad, Rajesh Sikhakolli, Puja Kakkar, Qamer Saquib, Krishna Murari Agrawal, Suresh Gurjar, Dinesh Kumar Jain, V. M. Ramanujam, Pradeep Thapliyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/950-958 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 950-958
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An Assessment of the Performance of ISRO’s SCATSAT-1 Scatterometer
Suchandra A. Bhowmick, James Cotton, Alexander Fore, Raj Kumar, Christophe Payan, Ernesto Rodríguez, Anuja Sharma, Bryan Stiles, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/959-972 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 959-972
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Post-Launch Calibration–Validation and Data Quality Evaluation of SCATSAT-1
Raj Kumar, Suchandra A. Bhowmick, Abhisek Chakraborty, Anuja Sharma, Shweta Sharma, M. Seemanth, Maneesha Gupta, Prantik Chakraborty, Jalpa Modi, Tapan Misra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/973-982 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 973-982
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SCATSAT-1 Wind Products for Tropical Cyclone Monitoring, Prediction and Surface Wind Structure Analysis
Neeru Jaiswal, Prashant Kumar, C. M. Kishtawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/983-992 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 983-992
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Role of Ocean Dynamics on Mesoscale and Sub-Mesoscale Variability of Ekman Pumping for the Bay of Bengal using SCATSAT-1 Forced Ocean Model Simulations
Smitha Ratheesh, Aditya Chaudhary, Neeraj Agarwal, Rashmi Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/993-1001 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 993-1001
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Assessment of Cryospheric Parameters Over the Himalaya and Antarctic Regions using SCATSAT-1 Enhanced Resolution Data
Sandip R. Oza, Rajashree V. Bothale, D. Ram Rajak, P. Jayaprasad, Saroj Maity, Praveen K. Thakur, Naveen Tripathi, Arpit Chouksey, I. M. Bahuguna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1002-1013 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1002-1013
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Scatterometry for Land Hydrology Science and its Applications
P. K. Gupta, R. Pradhan, R. P. Singh, A. Misra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1014-1021 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1014-1021
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Crop Phenology and Soil Moisture Applications of SCATSAT-1
Nilima R. Chaube, Sasmita Chaurasia, Rojalin Tripathy, Dharmendra Kumar Pandey, Arundhati Misra, B. K. Bhattacharya, Prakash Chauhan, Kiran Yarakulla, G. D. Bairagi, Prashant Kumar Srivastava, Preeti Teheliani, S. S. Ray
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1022-1031 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1022-1031
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Research Articles

Transfer of Innovations:A Case of Working of Patents in India
Vikram Singh, Kajal Chakraborty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1032-1044 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1032-1044
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Development of an Efficient Hierarchical Clustering Analysis using an Agglomerative Clustering Algorithm
Arshia Naeem, Mariam Rehman, Maria Anjum, Muhammad Asif
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1045-1053 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1045-1053
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Comparative Study of Wheat Varieties under Open Farming and Poplar-Based Agroforestry System in Uttarakhand, India
Abhay Kumar, Virendra Singh, Swati Shabnam, P. R. Oraon, Sunita Kumari
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1054-1059 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1054-1059
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Diversity and Ecological Role of Insect Flower Visitors in the Pollination of Mangroves from the Indian Sundarbans
Udipta Chakraborti, Bulganin Mitra, Kakali Bhadra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1060-1070 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1060-1070
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Potential Spreading Risk of an Invasive Snail Species (Pomacea canaliculata) in Freshwater Habitats of Asia
Wasana de Silva, Te Cao, Zihao Wen, Xiaolin Zhang, Leyi Ni
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1071-1078 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1071-1078
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Research Communications

Construct Validity Maps and the NIRF 2019 Ranking of Colleges
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1079-1083 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1079-1083
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Exploring the Modulatory Effect of Albumin on Calcium Phosphate Crystallization
Priyadarshini, Devesh Raizada, Pragya Kumar, Tanya Singh, Trisha Pruthi, Abhishek Negi, Lokesh Nigam, Naidu Subbarao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1083-1089 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1083-1089
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Estimation of Change in Forest Aboveground Carbon in Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bihar, India Between 2007 and 2016
Suman Sinha, Abhisek Santra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1090-1094 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1090-1094
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The More the Merrier:Dogs can Assess Quantities in Food-Choice Tasks
Arunita Banerjee, Anindita Bhadra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1095-1100 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1095-1100
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Book Reviews

Bedbug
Sudhirendar Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1101-1101 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1101-1101
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The AI Advantage:How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work
Rajendra K. Bera
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1102-1103 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1102-1103
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Personal News

S. P. Pandya (1928–2019)
Y. R. Waghmare, D. P. Ahalpara, V. K. Thankappan, V. K. B. Kota, A. Joshipura, A. K. Singhvi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1104-1106 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1104-1106
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Anand Swarup Arya (1931–2019)
R. K. Bhandari
DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i6/1106-1107 ,  Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 1106-1107
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