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Contents IN THIS ISSUE 3 In this issue EDITORIAL 5 The science of the earth P. Balaram CORRESPONDENCE 7 Building process of science for societal security Jyotiraj Patra 7 Origin of river Sarasvati S. M. Rao 8 Impact of windmills on rural economy L. Umamaheswari and S. Ravichandran 8 Seabuckthorn: Oil with promising medicinal value T. Parimelazhagan, O. P. Chaurasia and Z. Ahmed NEWS 9 The 32nd International Geological Congress C. P. Rajendran 11 The great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 Kusala Rajendran, C. P. Rajendran and Anil Earnest RESEARCH NEWS 12 A ‘SOUND’ method for synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions C. Srinivasan COMMENTARY 14 Who’s afraid of research assessment? Gangan Prathap SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE 18 Aureobasidium pullulans, a potential mycoherbicide for biocontrol of eupatorium [Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson] weed S. K. Prashanthi and Srikant Kulkarni 21 Coal-fire detection and monitoring in Raniganj coalfield, India – A remote sensing approach Tapas Ranjan Martha, A. Bhattacharya and K. Vinod Kumar GENERAL ARTICLE 25 An appraisal of global wetland area and its organic carbon stock Sudip Mitra, Reiner Wassmann and Paul L. G. Vlek REVIEW ARTICLES 36 Improving zinc efficiency of cereals under zinc deficiency Bhupinder Singh, Senthil Kumar A. Natesan, B. K. Singh and K. Usha 45 Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in marine biogeochemical processes P. V. Bhaskar and Narayan B. Bhosle SPECIAL SECTION: PHYSICS OF MATERIALS 54 Electronic excitations on metal surfaces and nano-structures S. R. Barman 62 Spin gap antiferromagnets: materials and phenomena Indrani Bose 71 First order magneto-structural phase transition in various functional materials S. B. Roy and P. Chaddah 78 Magnetic inhomogeneities inherent to spin systems with quenched random-exchange disorder S. N. Kaul 83 Quaternary borocarbides – A new class of superconductors and materials Chandan Mazumdar and R. Nagarajan 96 Multiple phase transitions in rare earth RE5T4M10 (T = Rh, Ir and M = Si, Ge, Sn) S. Ramakrishnan 102 Evolution of infrared modes across the insulator to metal transition in manganites M. Premila, T. N. Sairam and C. S. Sundar RESEARCH ARTICLES 107 The need and potential applications of a network for monitoring of isotopes in waters of India S. K. Gupta and R. D. Deshpande 119 Methane emission estimates from enteric fermentation in Indian livestock: Dry matter intake approach K. K. Singhal, Madhu Mohini, Arvind K. Jha and Prabhat K. Gupta 128 Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of White Ponni, a non-basmati variety of indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) G. Sridevi, M. Dhandapani and K. Veluthambi 133 Effects of forest disturbance on fruit set, seed dispersal and predation of Rudraksh (Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb.) in northeast India M. L. Khan, Putul Bhuyan and R. S. Tripathi RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 143 Viscosity of suspensions and glass: Turning power-law divergence into essential singularity N. Kumar 145 Microwave-assisted steps in the synthesis of poly(3-thiophenylacetic acid) G. K. R. Senadeera 149 Characterization of tall landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using gene-derived simple sequence repeats C. N. Neeraja, A. S. Hariprasad, S. Malathi and E. A. Siddiq 152 In vitro inhibition of growth and sporulation in Aspergillus niger by lidocaine – a local anaesthetic agent Sarita Jaiswal, N. Sawhney and S. Sawhney 155 In vitro mutagenesis – a quick method for establishment of solid mutant in chrysanthemum S. K. Datta, P. Misra and A. K. A. Mandal 158 Palaeoecological significance of ichnofossils from the Early Cambrian succession of the Spiti Valley, Tethys Himalaya, India S. K. Parcha, B. P. Singh and Birendra P. Singh 162 Multiplex PCR in diagnosis and characterization of bovine viral diarrhoea virus isolates from India N. Mishra, S. S. Pitale, P. Jain and H. K. Pradhan 167 Baseline susceptibility of the American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) to Bacillus thuringiensis Berl var. kurstaki and its endotoxins in India Krishnappa Chandrashekar, Archana Kumari, Vinay Kalia and Govind T. Gujar 175 A new species of frog (Ranidae, Rhacophorinae, Philautus) from the rainforest canopy in the Western Ghats, India S. D. Biju and Franky Bossuyt 178 Embryonic development in alligator pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) S. Dhanya, S. Rajagopal, S. Ajmal Khan and T. Balasubramanian BOOK REVIEWS 182 Atlas of Mangrove Wetlands of India. Part 1 –Tamil Nadu by V. Selvam et al.; Part 2 – Andhra Pradesh by T. Ravishankar et al.; Part 3 – Orissa by T. Ravishankar et al.; Heritage of Mangrove Wetlands of the East Coast of India: Conservation and Sustainable Management reviewed by K. Kathiresan 183 Scientific Writing. Easy When You Know How by J. Peat et al. reviewed by V. Sitaramam HISTORICAL NOTES 185 The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science G. S. Sodhi and Jasjeet Kaur ADVERTISEMENTS 192 Elsevier India Office 193 REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS 194 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT 194 Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP) 195 4th Summer Training Coarse in Eye Research 195 Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut 196 TATA Infotech 197 Display Advertisement Rates Third cover Yashraj Biotechnology Ltd Announcements
IN THIS ISSUE
3
In this issue
EDITORIAL
5
CORRESPONDENCE
7
Jyotiraj Patra
S. M. Rao
L. Umamaheswari and S. Ravichandran
NEWS
RESEARCH NEWS
C. Srinivasan
COMMENTARY
Gangan Prathap
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE
18
Aureobasidium pullulans, a potential mycoherbicide for biocontrol of eupatorium [Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson] weed
S. K. Prashanthi and Srikant Kulkarni
21
Coal-fire detection and monitoring in Raniganj coalfield, India – A remote sensing approach
Tapas Ranjan Martha, A. Bhattacharya and K. Vinod Kumar
GENERAL ARTICLE
Sudip Mitra, Reiner Wassmann and Paul L. G. Vlek
REVIEW ARTICLES
Bhupinder Singh, Senthil Kumar A. Natesan, B. K. Singh and K. Usha
SPECIAL SECTION: PHYSICS OF MATERIALS
S. R. Barman
RESEARCH ARTICLES
S. K. Gupta and R. D. Deshpande
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
143
Viscosity of suspensions and glass: Turning power-law divergence into essential singularity
N. Kumar
145
Microwave-assisted steps in the synthesis of poly(3-thiophenylacetic acid)
G. K. R. Senadeera
149
Characterization of tall landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using gene-derived simple sequence repeats
C. N. Neeraja, A. S. Hariprasad, S. Malathi and E. A. Siddiq
152
In vitro inhibition of growth and sporulation in Aspergillus niger by lidocaine – a local anaesthetic agent
Sarita Jaiswal, N. Sawhney and S. Sawhney
155
In vitro mutagenesis – a quick method for establishment of solid mutant in chrysanthemum
S. K. Datta, P. Misra and A. K. A. Mandal
BOOK REVIEWS
Atlas of Mangrove Wetlands of India. Part 1 –Tamil Nadu by V. Selvam et al.; Part 2 – Andhra Pradesh by T. Ravishankar et al.; Part 3 – Orissa by T. Ravishankar et al.; Heritage of Mangrove Wetlands of the East Coast of India: Conservation and Sustainable Management
reviewed by K. Kathiresan
Scientific Writing. Easy When You Know How by J. Peat et al.
reviewed by V. Sitaramam
HISTORICAL NOTES
The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science
G. S. Sodhi and Jasjeet Kaur
ADVERTISEMENTS
192
Elsevier India Office
193
REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
194
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP)
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