CONTENTS

25 October 1998

IN THIS ISSUE

• 743 In this issue

• 745  Classifying life

• 747 Terminator seed technology: Apprehensions and challenges, Rani Gupta

• 747 Terminator technology: Science and politics, Sujay Rakshit

• 749 Evaluation of a Ph D thesis, Naveen Chaudhri

• 750 How to improve the quality of scientific research in India, Sharique A. Ali

• 750 Dogs wagged by bureaucratic tails, J. Gowrishankar,

• 751 Honey bee-resembling flowers of Arenga, D. D. Pant

• 752 True polar wander and marine transgressions, A. V. Sankaran

• 756 Roll back malaria V. P. Sharma

• 758 Alpha/beta arteether, a new antimalarial
  V. Dev, N. C. Nayak, K. M. Mahapatra, B. Chowdhury, S. Phookan, J. S. Srivastava, O. P. Asthana and V. P. Sharma

• 759 Targeted transgene integration: The way ahead to stable transformation
  U. C. Lavania, Seshu Lavania and Y. Vimala

• 761 The influence of air temperature and humidity on the anthesis and anther dehiscence of P. roxburghii at three different altitudes
  C. M. Sharma, V. P. Khanduri and Naresh Chamoli

• 763 A note on the occurrence of fulgurite in Tamil Nadu
  S. C. Jayakaran

• 765 Ion track filters: Properties, development and applications
  H. S. Virk and S. Amrita Kaur

• 771 Switching on Bacillus thuringiensis to reduce selection for resistance
  Brijmohan Singh Bhau and Veenu Koul

• People who have contributed to this special section

• 778 Transport policy issues
  Vijay Raman and K. M. Anantharamaiah

• 785 Road transport development in India
  S. Sriraman

• 790 Transport needs regulation
  Sundarsanam Padam

• 795 Road maintenance management
  H. T. Tillotson, R. Kerali and J. B. Odoki

• 800 Rural transport in India
  N. S. Ramaswamy

• 804 Energy and environmental issues in transport
  M. S. Nanjundaiah

• 812 Prospects for Indian shipping
  M. Raman

• 818 Perspectives in improving the management of railways
  J. T. Verghese

• 824 Pipeline transportation technology: An overview
  K. Subramanya

• 827 Indian civil aviation: Where it needs to go
  V. K. Mathur

• 829 Apoptosis and gene regulation
  Natarajan Paneerselvam

• 840 A new unusual galactose-specific lectin from the seeds of Indian lablab beans
  Rajasekhar Baru Tulasi and Siva Kumar Nadimpalli

• 843 In vitro multiplication of Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. – An important medicinal plant
  P. Sairam Reddy, G. Rama Gopal and G. Lakshmi Sita

• 846 IRS-1C Digital data interpretation of lithotectonic setting in northwestern part of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, Orissa
  T. K. Biswal and D. Sahoo

• 850 Climate instability during last glacial stage: Evidence from varve deposits at Goting, district Chamoli, Garhwal Himalaya, India
  R. K. Pant, N. Juyal, Piyoosh Rautela, M. G. Yadav and S. J. Sangode

• 856 ATM Fundamentals, reviewed by Daniel Jebaraj

• 856 Will Science come to an End, reviewed by K. P. Sinha

• 857 Water-borne Diseases: The Continuing Challenge, reviewed by C. Durga Rao

• 857 Biogeography of the Reptile of South Asia, reviewed by Samraat Pawar

• 858 Orientation and Communication in Arthropods, reviewed by K. S. Krishnan

• 860 Trends in Microbial Exploitation, reviewed by D. J. Bagyaraj

ERRATA

• 861 Errata: Biotechnological potential of naturally occurring and laboratory-grown Microcystis in biosorption of Ni²⁺ and Cd²⁺, L. C. Rai, Sarita Singh and Subhashree Pradhan [Curr. Sci., 1998, 74, 461–464]

• Review of acid rain potential in India: Future threats and remedial measures, Manju Mohan and Sanjay Kumar [Curr. Sci., 1998, 75, 579–593]