Cyanobacterial Diversity Shifts Induced by Butachlor in Selected Indian Rice Fields in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western Bihar Analyzed with PCR and DGGE

( Kumari ),( Nidhi ),( Om Prakash Narayan ),( Lal Chand Rai ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2012 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.22 No.1

The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Financial Conditions of Emerging Economies

Namarta Kumari BAJAJ(Namarta Kumari BAJAJ ),Tariq AZIZ(Tariq AZIZ ),Sonia KUMARI(Sonia KUMARI ),Marim ALENEZI(Marim ALENEZI ),Naif Mansour MATHKUR(Naif Mansour MATHKUR ) 한국유통과학회 2023 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.10 No.1

The detrimental impacts of financial instability on the world economy during the financial crisis highlighted the requirement to understand the existing financial circumstances. Stability and developments in financial conditions are important for economic prosperity. This study analyses the impact of geopolitical risk on the economic conditions of some specific emerging economies using monthly data from January 1999 to September 2016 by applying a fixed-effects panel data model. The estimation results demonstrated that geopolitical risk has a significant, negative impact on financial conditions. It shows geopolitical risk could be seen as a key factor that contributes towards financial conditions. Further, it implies that negative shocks of high geopolitical risk experienced by emerging economies are one of the primary reasons for the financial conditions’ deterioration. The findings provide important insights for governments, policymakers, and investors. For instance, governments and politicians should refrain from expressing or producing tension, economic discomfort, or news that is likely to increase a high geopolitical risk. Maintaining a close eye on geopolitical risk and its sources may also help to stabilize financial conditions and develop a well-functioning financial system. As a result, investors would be better informed about an economy’s economic and financial conditions, allowing them to diversify their international portfolios and devise investing strategies during uncertain economic times.

Response to the Comment by Chandra S on “Interaction of Ion Cyclotron Electromagnetic Wave with Energetic Particles in the Existence of Alternating Electric (AC) Field Using Ring Distribution”

Kumari Neeta Shukla,Jyoti Kumari,Rama Shankar Pandey 한국우주과학회 2023 Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences Vol.40 No.2

Response to the Comment by Chandra S on “Interaction of Ion Cyclotron Electromagnetic Wave with Energetic Particles in the Existence of Alternating Electric (AC) Field Using Ring Distribution”

Interaction of Ion Cyclotron Electromagnetic Wave with Energetic Particles in the Existence of Alternating Electric Field Using Ring Distribution

Kumari Neeta Shukla,Jyoti Kumari,Rama Shankar Pandey 한국우주과학회 2022 Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences Vol.39 No.2

The elements that impact the dynamics and collaborations of waves and particles in the magnetosphere of planets have been considered here. Saturn’s internal magnetosphere is determined by substantiated instabilities and discovered to be an exceptional zone of wave activity. Interchanged instability is found to be one of the responsible events in view of temperature anisotropy and energization processes of magnetospheric species. The generated active ions alongside electrons that constitute the populations of highly magnetized planets like Saturn’s ring electron current are taken into consideration in the current framework. The previous and similar method of characteristics and the perturbed distribution function have been used to derive dispersion relation. In incorporating this investigation, the characteristics of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave (EMIC) waves are determined by the composition of ions in plasmas through which the waves propagate. The effect of ring distribution illustrates non-monotonous description on growth rate (GR) depending upon plasma parameters picked out. Observations made by Cassini found appropriate for modern study, have been applied to the Kronian magnetosphere. Using Maxwellian ring distribution function of ions and detailed mathematical formulation, an expression for dispersion relation as well as GR and real frequency (RF) are evaluated. Analysis of plasma parameters shows that, proliferating EMIC waves are not developed much when propagation is parallelly aligned with magnetosphere as compared to waves propagating in oblique direction. GR for the oblique case, is influenced by temperature anisotropy as well as by alternating current (AC) frequency, whereas it is much affected only by AC frequency for parallel propagating waves.

Defense Inducer Compounds Up-regulated the Peroxidase, Polyphenol Oxidase, and Total Phenol Activities against Spot Blotch Disease of Wheat

Puja Kumari,Chandrashekhar Azad,Ravi Ranjan Kumar,Jyoti Kumari,Kumar Aditya,Amarendra Kumar 한국식물병리학회 2023 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.39 No.2

Spot blotch disease of wheat caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem is considered as an economically important disease which affects all the growing stages of wheat crop. Therefore, it is important to search some effective management strategies against the spot blotch pathogen. Some synthetic elicitor compounds (salicylic acid, isonicotinic acid, and chitosan) and nano-particles (silver and aluminum) were tested against the pathogen to observe the change in biochemical activity and defense action of wheat plant against spot blotch disease. All the tested elicitor compounds and nano-particles showed a significant increase in activity of peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase (PPO), and total phenol over control. The highest increase in activity of peroxidase was recorded at 72 h from chitosan at 2 mM and 96 h from silver nano-particle at 100 ppm. Maximum PPO and total phenol activity were recorded from chitosan at 2 mM and silver nano-particle at 100 ppm as compared to pathogen-treated and healthy control. The lowest percent disease index, lowest no. of spots/leaf, and no. of infected leaves/plant were found in silver nano-particle at 100 ppm and chitosan at 2 mM, respectively. The use of defense inducer compounds results in significantly up-regulated enzymatic activity and reduced spot blotch disease. Therefore, chitosan and silver nanoparticle could be used as alternative methods for the management of spot blotch disease.

Genetic diversity assessment of lily genotypes native to Korea based on simple sequence repeat markers

Kumari, Shipra,Kim, Young-Sun,Kanth, Bashistha Kumar,Jang, Ji-Young,Lee, Geung-Joo The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology 2019 식물생명공학회지 Vol.46 No.3

Molecular characterization of different genotypes reveals accurate information about the degree of genetic diversity that helps to develop a proper breeding program. In this study, a total of 30 EST-based simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers derived from trumpet lily (Lilium longiflorum) were used across 11 native lily species for their genetic relationship. Among these 30 markers, 24 SSR markers that showed polymorphism were used for evaluation of diversity spectrum. The allelic number at per locus ranged from 1 at SSR2 locus to 34 alleles at SSR15 locus, with an average of 11.25 alleles across 24 loci observed. The polymorphic information content, PIC, values ranged from 0.0523 for SSR9 to 0.9919 for SSR2 in all 24 loci with an average of 0.3827. The allelic frequency at every locus ranged from 0.81% at SSR2 locus to 99.6% at SSR14 locus. The pairwise genetic dissimilarity coefficient revealed the highest genetic distance with a value of 81.7% was in between L. dauricum and L. amabile. A relatively closer genetic distance was found between L. lancifolium and L. dauricum, L. maximowiczii and L. concolor, L. maximowiczii and L. distichum (Jeju), L. tsingtauense and L. callosum, L. cernuum and L. distichum (Jeju ecotype), of which dissimilarity coefficient was 50.0%. The molecular fingerprinting based on microsatellite marker could serve boldly to recognize genetically distant accessions and to sort morphologically close as well as duplicate accessions.

Electrochemical Behaviour of (2,4-difluoro-phenyl)-(2-phenyl-1H-quinolin-4-ylidene)-amine in Aprotic Media

Kumari, Mamta,Sharma, D.K. Korean Chemical Society 2011 대한화학회지 Vol.55 No.1

(2, 4-difluoro-phenyl)-(2-phenyl-1H-quinolin-4-ylidene)-amine의 전기화학적 환원에 대하여 실온에서 순환전압전류 기술을 사용한 유리탄소전극(GCE)에서 N,N-dimethylformamide 하에서 0.1 M tetrabutylammoniumbromide로 조사하였다. 이민의 환원은 각각 한 전자를 포함하면서 2단계의 성공적인 단계로 일어난다. 이 매개물에서 처음 피크는 유리탄소전극 표면에서 약 -0.793 V(vs Ag/$Ag^+$)로 관측되었다. 그리고 그것은 더욱 안정하고 2번째 피크와 비교하여 명확하게 설명된다. 연구된 용매 매개물에서 이민의 확산계수($D_0$)는 수정된 Randles-Sevcik 식을 이용해 계산되었다. 반응 종들의 전자 이동 계수($\alpha$) 또한 계산되었다. The electrochemical reduction of (2,4-difluoro-phenyl)-(2-phenyl-1H-quinolin-4-ylidene)-amine was investigated in 0.1 M tetrabutylammoniumbromide in N,N-dimethylformamide at glassy carbon electrode (GCE) using the technique of cyclic voltammetry at the room temperature (290 K). The reduction of imines occurs in two successive steps, involving one electron in each. In this medium the first peak was observed at about -0.793 V (vs Ag/$Ag^+$) at the glassy carbon electrode surface, which is more stable and well defined as compared to the second peak. The diffusion coefficient ($D_0$) of imine in the investigated solvent media has been calculated using the modified Randles-Sevcik equation. The electron transfer coefficient ($\alpha$) of the reactant species has also been calculated.

Internal transcribed spacer-based CAPS marker development for <i>Lilium hansonii</i> identification from wild <i>Lilium</i> native to Korea

Kumari, Shipra,Kanth, Bashistha Kumar,Jeon, Yongsam,Jang, Ji-Young,Kim, Hyun-Soon,Lee, Geung-Joo Elsevier 2018 Scientia horticulturae Vol.236 No.-

<P>We have developed a cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker with the aim of identifying the best species among the different wild Lilium species native to Korea for breeding purpose. The CAPS marker is based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer genes, which are widely used in the breeding of angiosperms. We cloned and sequenced the ITS regions of nuclear ribosomal genes from 11 Lilium species and deduced the phylogenetic relationships among them. Phylogenetic analysis based on the maximum likelihood method showed that Lilium species formed a monophyletic Glade and were divided into two groups that linked to the two sections, Martagon and Sinomartagon, out of seven sections of Lilium. The lengths of the ITS1 and ITS2 regions in the wild native Lilium species were distinct, and nucleotide polymorphisms were distinguished in these regions. A conserved region in the sequence was found from position 330-340 in all the species. We analyzed the SNP sites and found a suitable restriction endonuclease, Eco52I, having six base pair recognition site, to be suitable for the development of the CAPS marker. Among the 11 Lilium species, only the amplicon from the ITS region of L. hansonii contained the restriction site and produced two distinct bands of around 623 and 268 bp upon digestion with Eco52I. The genotyping of the 11 wild Lilium species by the developed marker can be recommended for breeding programs as it provides an indirect selection of plants and can effectively differentiate wild native lilies. The method using CAPS marker is simple, quick, and highly reliable for identifying the best species for efficient breeding of Lilium.</P>

Thermal treatment for the separation of phosphate and recovery of rare earth metals (REMs) from Korean monazite

Kumari, Archana,Panda, Rekha,Jha, Manis Kumar,Lee, Jin Young,Kumar, J. Rajesh,Kumar, Vinay Elsevier 2015 Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry Vol.21 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Systematic study for thermal decomposition of monazite to remove phosphate as a valuable product using Na<SUB>2</SUB>CO<SUB>3</SUB> and NaOH roasting processes to validate the TG/DTA studies is reported here. Monazite in 1:1wt. ratio with Na<SUB>2</SUB>CO<SUB>3</SUB> and NaOH requires a temperature of 900°C and 400°C, respectively, for 120min in order to achieve complete conversion of rare earth phosphate into its oxides. The roasted mass was washed, dried and leached in 6M HCl for 2h, pulp density 30g/L at 80°C which results in >90% REMs recovery. Leach liquor generated will be further processed by solvent extraction and precipitation processes.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Effective process for separation and recovery of rare earth metals. </LI> <LI> Alkaline thermal treatment under optimized condition is used to dephosphorize monazite. </LI> <LI> 99% phosphate was separated and recovered as value added product of sodium tri-phosphate. </LI> <LI> The oxide of rare earth concentrate was leached in chloride medium to recover high percentage of rare earth metals. </LI> </UL> </P>

Tuning the physical properties of Sb-doped ZnO nanopowders toward elevated photosensing and photocatalytic activity

Kumari S. Senthil,Nirmala W.,Chidhambaram N.,Prabu M.,Ganesh V.,Yahia I. S. 한국세라믹학회 2023 한국세라믹학회지 Vol.60 No.4

This report outlines the photo sensing and photocatalytic properties of the Sb-doped ZnO nanopowders synthesized using the co-precipitation method. According to X-ray diffraction analyses, the produced nanopowders are polycrystalline and devoid of any secondary phase clusters. After antimony was added to the ZnO host matrix, a reduction in crystallite size was noticed. The distinct stretching vibrational modes (Zn–O and Sb–O) present in the produced nanopowders are validated using FTIR measurements. The bandgap shrinkage from 3.21 to 3.16 eV was obtained with the substitution of 5 wt% antimony in the ZnO matrix. In the case of Sb doped nanopowder samples, the reduction in ultraviolet band emission intensity was observed signifying the delayed photo-generated charge carriers recombination, which could favor the photo sensing and photocatalytic activity in ZnO. The photo sensing of the fabricated devices showed maximum responsivity (R), detectivity (D*), and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 4.78 × 10–2 AW−1, 4.27 × 109 Jones and 11.1%, respectively for the 5% Sb-doped ZnO nanopowder. In addition, the 5% Sb-doped ZnO nanopowder photocatalysts reveal a superior degradation efficiency of 77% among other prepared photocatalysts.