Vol 121, No 8 (2021)

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Vol 121, No 8 (2021)

In this Issue

In this issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/998-998 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 998-998
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Editorial

Teaching Earth science – past experience and the way forward
Somnath Dasgupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/999-1000 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 999-1000
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News

Current Science Reports
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1001-1004 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1001-1004
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The 24 August 2021 Mw 5.1 earthquake, 320 km northeast of Chennai, India: brittle rupture of a fault line
M. Ismaiel, K. S. Krishna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1005-1006 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1005-1006
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Accomplishments in edible seaweed domain in India and the way forward
Vaibhav A. Mantri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1006-1008 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1006-1008
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Water security in the Himalaya through spring-ecosystem assessment and management
Vaibhav E. Gosavi, Sandipan Mukherjee, Ashutosh Tiwari, Kireet Kumar, Vasudha Agnihotri, Ranjan Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1008-1010 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1008-1010
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Opinion

CRISPR/Cas9 as a dexterous tool to mend plant MIR genes for agronomic trait improvement
Swati Verma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1010-1011 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1010-1011
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Commentary

Impediments and revamping possibilities in India’s agriculture extension services
Mukesh Nitharwal, H. S. Jatav, Subhita Kumawat, M. A. Khan, Kailash, S. K. Attar, S. R. Dhaka
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1012-1013 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1012-1013
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India’s untapped potential in hydroponics
Payal Sachdeva, Akshay Kumar Chaudhry
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1014-1015 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1014-1015
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General Article

Role of statistics in the era of data science
Rajeeva L. Karandikar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1016-1021 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1016-1021
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Application of earth observation dataset and multi-criteria decision-making technique for forest fire risk assessment in Sikkim, India
Arnab Laha, Nagarajan Balasubramanian, Rajiv Sinha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1022-1031 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1022-1031
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Research Articles

Experimental investigation on thermal conductivity of surfactant-less aluminium oxide (Al2O3) in water nanofluid using acoustic velocity measurements
Sayantan Mukherjee, Purna Chandra Mishra, Paritosh Chaudhuri, Shanta Chakrabarty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1032-1038 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1032-1038
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Genome wide analysis of 14-3-3 proteins in Cicer arietinum L. and identification of isoforms responsive to Fusarium oxysporum
Gayatri Gurjar, Suhas Nimbalkar, Ashok Giri, Vidya Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1039-1045 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1039-1045
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Magnetic susceptibility mapping of roadside pollution in the Banaras Hindu University campus, Varanasi, India
Sayandeep Banerjee, Ankit Kumar, Virendra Rana, Sayan Maity, Hari B. Srivastava
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1046-1055 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1046-1055
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Heavy metals abundance and distribution in soil, groundwater and vegetables in parts of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: implication for human health risk assessment
Khalid Mohammed Ghasera, Shaik A. Rashid, Khyati Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1056-1063 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1056-1063
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Characterization of aquifers in contiguous parts of Bardhaman, Murshidabad and Birbhum districts, West Bengal, India
S. Brahma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1064-1072 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1064-1072
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Crop production estimation using deep learning technique
Ashapurna Marndi, K. V. Ramesh, G. K. Patra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1073-1079 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1073-1079
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Factors involved in enhancing host susceptibility towards aphid clonal propagation on leaf foliage of Arabidopsis
Hossain Ali Mondal, Bablu Paul, Albina Gurung, Moumita Mallick
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1080-1089 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1080-1089
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Modelling and forecasting cotton production using tuned-support vector regression
Amit Saha, K. N. Singh, Mrinmoy Ray, Santosha Rathod, Sharani Choudhury
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1090-1098 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1090-1098
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Pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Ficus elastica, the living ischolar_main bridge tree of Meghalaya in northeast India
Lucy B. Nongbri, J. Alfred Daniel, Renee M. Borges
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1099-1106 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1099-1106
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Research Communications

Petrography and diagenetic evolution of the Barail sandstones of Naga Schuppen belt, North East India: implication towards reservoir quality
Pradip Borgohain, Devojit Bezbaruah, Manash Pratim Gogoi, Yadav Krishna Gogoi, Parakh Protim Phukan, Deepsikha Bhuyan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1107-1113 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1107-1113
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Encounter rates and density of medium and large-sized mammals with nocturnal habits in southern Amazon, Brazil
Ednaldo Cândido Rocha, Camilla Angélica de Lima, Nayara Lima Batista, André Luís da Silva Castro
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1113-1119 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1113-1119
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Book Reviews

Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go. David A. Weintraub
Anil Bhardwaj, Bhalamurugan Sivaraman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1120-1121 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1120-1121
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Methods in Enzymology: Chemical and Synthetic Biology Approaches to Understand Cellular Functions – Part C, Vol. 633. Arun K. Shukla (ed.)
M. K. Mathew
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1121-1122 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1121-1122
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Personal News

Sushil Kumar (1940–2021)
Manoj Prasad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1123-1124 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1123-1124
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P. A. Sebastian (1956–2021)
Jobi Malamel Joseph
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1124-1125 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1124-1125
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Historical Notes

Bijoor Sanjiva Rao, morellin and early natural products chemistry in India
P. Balaram
DOI:10.18520/cs/v121/i8/1126-1129 ,  Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1126-1129
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