In this issue
p. 1130

Surgical training
p. 1131 | Lakshman, K.

Wheat blast reported in Asia: should we fear?
p. 1133 | Sharma, Rajiv

Predatory publishing: send the alarms ringing
p. 1133 | Tandon, Abhishek; Kanchan, Tanuj; Krishan, Kewal

A snapshot of open access journals in science
p. 1134 | Wang, Lei; Song, Haiying; Liu, Weishu

Science Last Fortnight
p. 1136

India releases National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
p. 1140 | Das, Anasua Mukherjee

Critical observations on National CAMPA Bill, 2016
p. 1141 | Bhan, Manan; Sharma, Dhruba; Ashwin, A. S.; Mehra, Swapan

Microalgal research and climate change
p. 1142 | Ebenezer, Vinitha

The mungbean genome sequence: a blueprint for Vigna improvement
p. 1144 | Das, Alok; Poornima, K. N.; Thakur, Shallu; Singh, N. P.

Rediscovering our universities? – yes, but how?
p. 1146 | Lavakare, P. J.

A methodology to estimate solar radiation for design of thermally efficient buildings
p. 1148 | Imam, Aabshar U. K.; Banerjee, Uttam K.

A possible impact crater from Outer Continental Shelf off Cochin, Arabian Sea, India
p. 1149 | Pillay, K. R.; Durgaprasad, P.; Gopakumar, B.; Mukhopadhyay, Raja; Saritha, V. K.; Mohan, K. G.; Das, Subhradeep; Mamatha, P. K.; Kumar, Piyush; Gajanan, D.; Kailash, L. V.; Ramesh, P. J.

Experimenting with the teaching of organic chemistry – the process-oriented guided inquiry learning way
p. 1152 | Carneiro, Gail; Parulekar, Tanuja; Shridhar, Gomathi; Ladage, Savita
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1152-1155

Classic articles published by American scientists (1900–2014): a bibliometric analysis
p. 1156 | Ho, Yuh-Shan; Hartley, James
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1156-1165

Maintaining the telomere and its implication in cancer
p. 1166 | Poojary, Satish S.; Tiwari, Pramod Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1166-1172

Recent advances in perovskite-based solar cells
p. 1173 | Prasanthkumar, Seelam; Giribabu, Lingamallu
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1173-1181

Monsoon variability, the 2015 Marathwada drought and rainfed agriculture
p. 1182 | Kulkarni, Ashwini; Gadgil, Sulochana; Patwardhan, Savita
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1182-1193

Vertebrate-type steroid profile in different tissues of wild and endocrinologically manipulated female brood stocks of Penaeus monodon
p. 1194 | Merlin, J. R.; Mohanlal, D. L.; Balasubramanian, C. P.; Vijayan, K. K.; Subramoniam, T.; Tomy, Sherly; Dayal, J. Syama; Gopal, C.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1194-1200

Tree climbing and temporal niche shifting: an anti-predatory strategy in the mangrove crab Parasesarma plicatum (Latreille, 1803)
p. 1201 | Shanij, K.; Praveen, V. P.; Suresh, S.; Oommen, Mathew M.; Nayar, T. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1201-1207

Digital map-based site-specific granular fertilizer application system
p. 1208 | Chandel, N. S.; Mehta, C. R.; Tewari, V. K.; Nare, B.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1208-1213

Scanning electron microscopy of scale and body morphology as taxonomic characteristics of two closely related cyprinid species of genus Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 in southern Iran
p. 1214 | Teimori, Azad
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1214-1219

Plant species richness pattern across India’s longest longitudinal extent
p. 1220 | Behera, Mukunda Dev; Roy, Partha Sarathi; Panda, Rajendra Mohan
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1220-1225

Morphophysiological responses: criteria for screening heat tolerance in potato
p. 1226 | Paul, Sreyashi; Bose, Iangka; Gogoi, Nirmali
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1226-1231

Lab to land – factors driving adoption of dairy farming innovations among Indian farmers
p. 1231 | Thirunavukkarasu, D.; Narmatha, N.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1231-1234

Surface treatment of the Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, India using selected concrete sealers for protection from environmental deterioration
p. 1234 | Verma, Rajesh K.; Ahmed, Zubair
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1234-1241

Gas leakage from palaeogene reservoir in Assam – a geophysical puzzle
p. 1242 | Lahiri, Siddhartha Kumar; Chutia, Monjit; Gogoi, Anurag; Borgohain, Himanta
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1242-1246

Groundwater prospects in basaltic formations of Mangaon, Raigad district from electrical resistivity imaging technique
p. 1246 | Gupta, Gautam; Erram, Vinit C.; Kadam, B. D.; Laxminarayana, M.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1246-1252

Multiplex-PCR assay for detection of some major virulence genes of Salmonella enterica serovars from diverse sources
p. 1252 | Choudhury, Mridusmita; Borah, Probodh; Sarma, Hridip Kumar; Barkalita, L. M.; Deka, Naba Kumar; Hussain, Isfaqul; Hussain, Md. Iftikar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v111/i7/1252-1258

Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs, 2nd Edition, Carmen Avendaño and J. Carlos Menéndez
p. 1259 | Singh, Satpal; Jayabaskaran, Chelliah

Fundamentals of Fibre Optics in Telecommunication and Sensor Systems by Bishnu P. Pal
p. 1261 | Porsezian, K.

Role of teak and other hardwoods in shipbuilding as evidenced from literature and shipwrecks
p. 1262 | Tripati, Sila; Shukla, S. R.; Shashikala, S.; Sardar, Areef

XIII Agricultural Science Congress - University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
p. 1269

Invitation for Nominations Sun Pharma Research Awards and Science Pharma Schience Scholar Awards 2016 - Sun Pharma Science Foundation
p. 1270

Applications/Nominations are invited for the Post of DIRECTOR - National Institute of Plant Genome Research
p. 1271

Call for Papers - Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
p. 1272

Junior Research Fellow - Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research
p. 1272

Junior Research Fellow - SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce
p. 1273

21 DAYS WINTER SCHOOL ON GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - NRDMS, DST, Government of India
p. 1273

Senior Research Fellow - Sathyabama University
p. 1273

Engage Programme Fellow - Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
p. 1273

Junior Research Fellow - Bharathidasan University
p. 1274

Call for Participation - National Conference on Fungal Biotechnology
p. 1274

Director - CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
p. 1274

Junior Research Fellow - Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
p. 1274

TATA Innovation Fellowship: 2016–17 - Ministry of Science and Technology
p. 1275

Call for Research Proposals for 2016–17 - Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation
p. 1276