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Contents Volume 26
Pages
January  1957

Towards Adequacy of Scientific Manpower 1-2
Nobel Award for Physiology and Medicine---1956 3-3
Occurrence of  C9 (Forked) Units in Polyporic and Pulvinic Acid Derivatives--
O.P. MITTAL AND T. R. SESHADRI
4-5
Detection of the Neutrino...  6-6 
Semiconducting Cuprous Oxide
7-7
Air Pollution in Relation to Plant Diseases 8-8
Science in the Service of Industry' Exhibition 9-9
                                                  Letters to the Editor
Absorption  Spectrum of  SeO2 -- S.Paddi Reddy and P. Tiruvenganna Rao
10-11
Focussing of Solar-Ion Streams and Formation of Coronal Streamer--J. N. Tandon
12-12
Optimum Conditions for Preparing Sodium-Hypochlorite by the Chlorine-Caustic Reaction -- R. J. Phadke
12-13
Azaindole-Indole and Azatryptophan-Tryptophan Relationship in Neurospora crassa -- E. R. B. Shanmuga Sundaram and P. S. Sarma
13-14
The Acidity of 1-Methyl-5-Anilino-1, 2, 3-Triazole -- Eugene Lieber, C. N. Ramachandra Rao and T. S. Chao
14-15
Losses in Ensilage and Composition of Napier Grass Molassed Salt Silag--V. Mahadevan and R. Venkatakrishnan
16-16
Note on Preservation of the Striped Sugarcane Stem-Boring Larvae (Lepidoptera) -- V. D. Puri and A. R. Prasad
16-17
Action Potentials of Unstriated Muscle Immersed in Electrolyte-Free Medium   -- Inderjit Singh and J. V. Bhatt
17-17
Studies on the Nutrition of Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) Butler & Bisby, the Incitant of Dieback of Chillies--K. S. Thind and H. S. Randhawa
17-18
A New Type in Groundnut--M. Bhavani Shanker Rao and N. Srinivasalu
18-19
A New Strain of Glomerella tucumanensis--S. A. Rafay and V. B. Singh
19-20
On the Synonymy of some Indian Species of Riccia--Ram Udar
20-22
Morphology of the Ovule of Crimum defixum Ker—B. S. M. Dutt
22-24
Sodium Effect on Nitrogen Fertilized Wheat—M. A. Idnani
24-25
Water Content and Release of Neurosecretory products in Iphita limbata stal—K. K. Nayar
25-25
Raman Spectrum of Vanilline—P. G. Puranik and K. Venkata Ramiah
25-26
Ascorbic Acid and Helminthosporiose of Oryza sativa L—(Miss)  Padmabai Pushpanaden
26-26
A Dominant Short Lint Mutant in G. Herbaceum—N. R. Bhat and N. D. Desai
26-27
Beach Erosion and Sorting of Sand on East Coast Beaches—C. Borreswara Rao
27-28
Reviews 29-32
Science Notes and News 33-34
February  1957

Arid Zone Research 35-36
Some Highlights of Astronomy in 1956 37-37
Influence of common Ion on the Dissociation of Strong Electrolytes---
Bisulphates--N. RAJESWARA RAO
38-38
Effect of Free Radicals on Chromosomes in Barley 39-39
Setting of Hydraulic Limes and Natural Cements--Differentiation of
Hydraulic and Puzzolonic Functions of Setting Characteristics--RAGHBIR SINGH
AND DHARAM VIR..
40-40
Some Theoretical and Applied Aspects of the Physiology of Unstriated Muscle....
41-42
Rumford Medal Award to Dr. S. Chandrasekhar
43-43 
                                          Letters to the Editor
On the Electrolytic Preparation of metalic Films for Electron Microscopic Studies—D. N. Kumar
44-45
Marine Transgressions in Godavari Delta—B. B. G. Sarma
45-45
Jointing in Dolomitic Marble of Bhera Ghat, Jabalpur District, and Its Relation to Preferred Orientation—M. Sri rama Rao and M. G. Paithankar
46-46
Preparation of Aluminium Succinate Jellies—S. K. Bose and S. P. Mushran
47-47
Iodine Bromide-Catalysed Bromination of Aromatic Compounds—N. S. Gnanapragasam and Lourdu M. Yeddanapalli
47-47
Condensation of o-Phenylene Diamine with 2-Acetyl-p-Benzoquinone—N. S. Amonkar, D. V. Joshi and A. B. Kulkarni
48-48
The System Lithium Sulphate-Lithium Nitrate-Water at "[30 C]" and 35 C—G. Aravamudan
49-50
The Aldobiouronic Acid from Groundnut Shell Hemicellulose A1—B. Radha Krishna Murthy and V. R. Srinivasan
50-51
Behaviour of Reductone in Ascorbic Acid Estimation—K. Sivarama Sastry and P. S. Sarma
52-52
Stereospecific Influence of Moisture in Oxidation with silver Acetate-Iodine—P. S. Raman
52-53
Extent of Removal of Amino Acids from Sewage during Treatment by Different Methods—C. Anandeswara Sastry, P. V. R. Subramanyam, N. V. Raju and S. C. Pillai
53-54
Resistance of Some Species of Coleopterous Store Insects to Chemical Treatment—D. Seshagiri Rao
54-55
Cytology of Lycopodium—P. N. Mehra and S. C. Verma
55-56
Temperature Effect on the in vivo Production of Fusaric Acid—R. Kalyanasundaram and N. S. Subba Rao
56-57
Occurrence of Larvae and Young mackerel (Rastrelliger canagurta Cuvier) off Vizhinjam, near Trivandrum—Vylopilli Balakrishnan
57-58
Morphology and Coagulation Time of the Blood Cells of Heteropneustes  fossilis (Bloch.)—V. Banerjee
58-59
Use of Radioactive Tracers in the study of Pollen Tube Growth—M. S. Swaminathan and B. Radhakrishan Murty
59-60
Free Amino-Acids in Erythrocytes in Diabetes Mellitus—G. Y. N. Iyer
60-60
Some Observations of the Chemical Control of Sugarcane Top-Borer Scirpophaga nevella feb., in Bihar—A. R. Prasad and S. N. Prasad
60-61
Cytology of Rhodobryum roseum (Weis) Limpr and Bryum argenteum Hedw—Narinder Chopra
61-62
Chromosome Numbers of North Indian Garlics—T. N. Khoshoo and V. B. Sharma
62-62
 Book  Reviews 63-66
Science Notes and News 67-68
  March  1957

Interaction of Physical and Biological Sciences
69-70 
Darwin Centennial Expedition 71-71
The Role of Pantothenic Acid in the Bio-synthesis of Ascorbic Acid in
the Rat----MISS.  A. THANGAMANI AND P. S. SARMA
72-73
Vivotoxins and Uptake of Ions by Plants--T.S. SADASIVAN
AND L. SARASWATHI DEVI
74-74
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay University Centenaries, 1957 75-75
Prevention of Tuberculosis 76-76
Insect Control by Radiation 76-76
Tidal Power Station 77-77
Cryotron 77-77
                                            Letters to the Editor
Use of  Difference-Patterson method in Crystal Structure Analysis—P. G. Khubchandani and V. M. Padmanabhan
78-79
Water-Masses of the Western Central Bay of Bengal during November—C. Balarama Murty
80-80
Absolute Values of Paramagnetic Resonance Absorption in Crystalline Copper Sulphate—Miss K. Sundaramma and G. Suryan
80-81
Composition of Caramel Prepared by heating Sugars—N. A. Ramaiah, S. K. D. Agarwal and J. K. P. Agarwal
81-82
X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Inorganic Salts Adsorbed by Cotton Fibres—T. Radhakrishnan and B. K. Vaidya
82-83
Solar Flare Effect on the Cosmic Ray Meson Intensity at Gulmarg—R. P. Kane and H. S. Ahluwalia
83-84
The Formation of Clay-Humus Complexes in Soils and Their Significance in Some Indian Soils—B. Rama Moorthy, Man Mohan Singh and M. M. Gupta
84-85
Potentiality of Quinazolone Derivatives as Anti-Malarials—H. L. Bami and M. S. Dhatt
85-86
Structure of the Area South-East of satnur, Bangalore District—K. V. Suryanarayana
86-87
Cone Scales of  Araucarites cutchensis from the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar—C. G. K. Ramanujam
87-88
Effect of Castration on Succinic Dehydrogenase Activity in Male Rat liver—T. H. Rindani and Nalini N. Valanju
88-89
Detection of Metanil Yellow in Pulses dal—S. N. Mitra and S. C. Roy
89-89
Essential Oil from the Flowers of Plumiera acutifolia Poirst—T. Mahadeva menon and T. C. K. Menon
89-90
Two New Phytopathogenic Bacteria on Verbenaceous Hosts—M. C. Srinivasan and M. K. Patel
90-91
Morphology of the Female Genital Chamber in Emmalocera depressella, Root-Borer Moth of Sugarcane—V. D. Puri
91-91
Control of Drosicha stebbingi Var, actocaudat Green—S. M. Singh
92-92
A Rice Stem-Borer, Unrecorded in india, Proceras polychrysa Meyr (Pyralidce Lepidoptera)—M. R. G. K. Nair
92-93
Cleistogamous Mutant in Setaria italica Beauv—M. Charles Ratnaswamy
93-93
Reviews 94-97
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Rochester Conference, 1956--A
RAMAKRISHNAN
98-98
Science Notes and News 99-100
 April 1957

Engineering Achievements in India
101-102
Symposium on High Polymers 103-103
Simulation of Astrophysical Processes in the Laboratory 104-104
Some Recent Advances in the Photoelectric Field--P. A. GORLICH 105-106
New Type Nuclear Reaction 107-107
New Uses of Atomic Waste Products 108-108 
Chemical Elements beyond 92 108-108
Heart-Lung Machines 109-109
                                              Letters to the Editor
Spectrographic Analysis of micro-Elements in Citrus Leaves—C. Dakshinamurti and N. R. Datta Biswas
110-111
Determination of  Iron in Tube-Well ( Underground) Water—S.  N. Mitra and P. B. Sarkar
111-112
Flies Visiting Lac Insects—S. Mahdihassan
112-113
Occurrence of Martesia striata L. In Compact Clay in the Krishna Estuary Region—Kandula pampapthi Rao, V. S. R. Murthy and A. Krishnakumaran
113-113
Tables for S. N. F of Buffalo Milk—B. C. Limdi and S. S. Bhatt
113-114
Pistil-less Off-Type Plants in Bajra (Pennisetum typhoides Stapf and Hubbard)—S. M. Sikka, S. P. Mital and A. B. Joshi
114-114
First Record of the White Grub Lachnosterna consanguinea Blanch in Sugarcane in India—B. D. Gupta and P. N. Avasthy
114-115
Ergot on Bajri [Pennisetum typhoides (Burm) Stapf and Hubbard] in Bombay State—V. P. Bhide and R. K. Hegde
116-116
Use of Growth Inhibitors in Maintaining High Sugar Recoveries in Late Season—M. S. Subba Rao, M. S. Haque,  R. B. Prasad and K. L. Khanna
116-117
Chromosome Number of Some Common Plants—M. R. Ahuja and A. T. Natarajan
117-118
A New Species of Pyrenochaeta from Sugarcane in India—T. S. Viswanathan
117-118
Meiosis in Cephalotaxus drupacea var pedunculata—T. N. Khoshoo
118-120
An Amphidiploid Nicotiana glutinosa L. Nicotiana trigonophylla Dun. Hybrid—K. V. Krishnamoorthy and N. R. Bhat
120-120
Secondary Growth in the petioles of the Leaves of Deciduous Plants and the Partial Shoot Theory of the Leaf—B. Samantarai and T. Kabi
120-121
A Synthetic Allohexaploid in Arachis—L. S. S. Kumar, R. D. Cruz and J. G. Oke
121-122
Occurrence of Tetigella spectra (Distant) Cicadellidce, Homoptera on Sugarcane in Mysore—K. S. Sivashankara Sastry
122-123
Isolation and Estimation of Fenchone in Essential Oils as Thiourea Complex—T. Madhava Menon and T. C. K. Menon
123-123
A New Species of  Parmelia from Kodaikanal, South India—D. D. Awasthi
123-124
Chromosome Number and Sex Mechanism in Twenty Species of the Indian Heteroptera—Ram parshad
125-125
A Key to the Identification of Impregnated Eggs of Common Fresh-Water Fishes of Bengal—S. R. Mazumdar
125-126
New Apparatus at the Physical Society Exhibition 126-126
Reviews 127-130
Science Notes and News 131-132
May  1957

Science, Ethics and Politics
133-133
Dr. D. N. Wadia 134-134
Investigation of Dielectrics and Semiconductors in the USSR--
ACADEMICIAN A. F. JOFFE
135-138
Variability in Protein Content of Rice--S. SAMPATH AND D.V. SESHU 139-139
 Strontium-90 in Man 140-140 
Botanical Survey of India, Western Circle, Poona-4 140-140 
International Conference on Scientific Information 141-141
Rockefeller Foundation Agricultural Programme 141-141
                                              Letters to the Editor
On the Rate of Ultrasonic Emulsification—E. S. Rajagopal
142-143
Young's Modulus of Short Wires and Fibres—P. D. Pathak and I. M. Patel
143-144
Infrared and Raman Spectra of Ortho and  Meta-Fluorobrmo, Fluoroiodo and Bromochlorobenzenes—S. L. N. G. Krishnamachari
144-145
Synthetic Analogues of Rotenoids—S. K. Pavanaram and L. Ramachandra rao
145-146
Thermal Expansion of KCL and KBr—Bisheshwar Dayal
147-147
Chemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Roots of Wagatea spicata Dalzell—D. V. Joshi, R. G. Tamhane and N. K. Dutta
147-148
Estimation of Zinc as Oxalate—B. Prasad and R. K. Nanda
148-148
Chemical Composition of Ipomea palmata and Pharmacology of Its Extracts—S. S. Chaudhary, Het Singh and K. L. Handa
148-149
A New Route to α-Methyl-Homoveratryl-amine—T. K. Govindan
149-149
Features of Anatomical Interest in the Alimentary Canal of Chirocentrus dorab (Forskal)—P. N. Srivastaba
149-150
Intracellular Bacterium-like Micro-organisms of Rhizopertha dominica (Bostrychidce, Coleoptera)—N. C. Pant, J. K. Nayar and (Miss) P. Gupta
150-151
Cytology of Some Indian Species of Genus Asplenium L.—P. N. Mehra and S. S. Bir
151-152
Pristomerus testaceacollis Cameron—A "Nomen Nudum" (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidce)—V. K. Gupta
152-153
An Agromyzid Stem Fly of Safflower—D. Bap Reddy
153-153
Bacterial Soft-Rot of Chicory—G. Rangaswami
153-154
The Spermatogonical Chromosomes of the Indian Rat Snake Ptyas mucosus Linn—A. N. Bhatnagar
154-155
Relationship between the Body Weight and the oxygen Consumption in Emerita asiatica (Milne Edwards)—C. B. Subrahmanyam
155-156
Test for Mineral Oil in Edible Oils and Ghee—V. Venkatachalam and S. Sundaram
157-157
Lipid Spheroids in the Ageing Nerve-Cells of Frog—S. K. Malhotra
157-158
Device for Measuring Radiation 158-158
Reviews 159-161
The First One Hundred and Fifty Years 162-162
Science Notes and News 163-163
Notice 164-164
June  1957

Automation and Its Social Implications 165-165
Dr. M. S. Thacker 166-166
The Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Some Tetrazole Derivatives--
EUGENE LIEBER, C. N. RAMACHANDRA RAO AND C. N. PILLAI
167-167
 Lady Tata Memorial Trust--Scholarships and Grants for 1957-58 168-168 
Distrance Correlation for Photons--D. S. KOTHARI AND F. C. AULUCK 169-169
Parity Not Conserved 170-170
Aligning Atomic Nuclei 171-171
Jena Review 171-171
Photographs of the Total Lunar Eclipse--14th May 1957 172-172
Sea-Going Cosmic Ray Observatory 172-172 
                                             Letters to the Editor
The Degradation of High Polymers and the Partition  Theory of numbers—F. C. Auluck, D. S. Kothari and (Miss) S. M. Luthra
173-174
Micro-Structure of Anodic Layers on Tin—Indra Singh
175-176
Composition and Stability of Ferrous Dimethylglyoxime Complex—G. Sitaramaiah and M. L. Bhaskara Rao
176-177
Algal Remains from the tertiary lignites of  Palana (Eocene), Bikaner—A. R. Rao
177-178
Screened Indicator for complexometric titration of thorium—M. R. Verma and S. D. Paul
178-179
On the occurrence of Two species of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) on Coffee—C. K. Vasudevan and S. A. Raja Rao
179-179
Alkaline phosphatase and succinic dehydrogenase activity of Rat kidney in maleic acid toxicity—T. P. Bharadwaj
179-180
Acetylcholine deficiency in rat tissues after prolonged use of Anti-Epileptic drugs—B. C. Bose, S. S. Gupta and A. Q. Saifi
180-180
A statistical study of  a form of Wollea Bharadwajae singh—G. S. Venkataraman
180-181
Fusarium  Wilt of Cumin—P. N. Patel, N. Prasad, R. L. Mathur and B. L. Mathur
181-182
Giraultella Krishnamurtii—S. Mahdihassan
182-183
The Vascularization of the Ovules in Saccopetalum tomentosum H. f. and T.—R. L. N. Sastri
183-183
Large Clusters of Sphyracephala hearseiana Westwood (Diptera: Diopsidce) at New Delhi—R. N. Mathur
183-184
A case of epigceous fructification in Arachis hypogaea Linn—M. Bhavanishankar Rao and S. S. Nagarajan
184-185
Development of Resistance to Streptomucin in Xanthomonas citri and X. malvacearum—G. Rangaswami
185-186
Exosmosed substances on the Leaf-Blade of Rice (Oryza  sativa L.)—N. S. Subba-Rao and S. Suryanarayanan
186-187
Sex Mechanism in Dysdercus—G. K.  Manna
187-187
New Record of Chilotraea ceylonica Hamps (Pyral Lepid)—M. R. G. K. Nair
187-187
Reviews 188-190
Advances in Geophysics--S. K. ROY AND S. L. BANERJI 191-191
Science Notes and News 192-193
Notice
194-194
July  1957

The Specific Heats of Crystalline Solids: Part I--SIR C. V. RAMAN 195-198
Geology of the Pavagad Hill--S. C. CHATTERJEE 199-201
On the Procedure of Growing Large Monocrystals--JOACHIM BITTNER 202-203
Congress and Exhibition at Frankfurt, 1958 204-204 
Advances in Geophysics--K. R. RAMANATHAN 205-205 
Journal of Ultrastructure Research 206-206
Cancer--A Biological Approach--M. SIRSI 207-207
Obituary: Prof. Basant Kumar Das--B. S. BHIMACHAR 208-208
International Conference on Radio-Isotopes in Scientific Research
208-208
                                                 Letters to the Editor
The Formation of Photosensitive Films on Brass—M. N. Desai and A. M. Trivedi
209-210
A Note on the Preparation of Uranium Tetrafluoride—N. S. Krishna Prasad and V. V. Dadape
210-210
Fossil Galls on Some Jurassic Conifer Leaves—Vishny-Mittre
210-211
Some New β-Phenethylamines—J. R. merchant and A. J. Mountvala
211-212
Biochemical Studies on Buffalo-Bull Semen—.K. Pal
212-213
Effect of Temperature on the Longevity and Life-History of Musca domestica nebulo, Fabr—D. R. Ranade
213-214
The Tetrazolium Bromide Reduction Test in Assessing the Quality of Fish—P. V. Kamasatri
214-215
The Pistil of Ochna squarrosa Linn—V. S. Rao and K. Gupta
215-216
Physiological Studies in the Banana "Thellachakrakeli"—P. V. V. Seshagiri and P. V. Bhiravamurty
216-217
Functioning of Haploid Gametes in the Cross saccharum officinarum *  Saccharum spontaneum—P. A. Kandaswamy and J. T. Rao
217-218
Chromosome Number in the Genus Hellotropium Linn—Pradyot K. Pal
218-218
Chromosome Number of some Asclepiadacece—Indusekhar Biswas
218-219
Tannin in Root Tip as a Probable Generic Character of Erianthus, Michx—J. T. Rao, P. A. Kandaswamy and R. Krishna Kumari
219-220
Striga lutea and Cotton—B. L. Narasimha Murthy, A. V. Parthasarathy and M. Sivaramakrishnaiah
220-221
Preliminary Studies on Breeding in Maize for Resistance to the Top-Shoot Borer—S. M. Sikka, N. L. Dhawan and Joginder Singh
221-221
Solubilisation of Phosphates by Some Common Soil Bacteria—Abhiswar Sen and N. B. Paul
222-222
Reviews 223-228
Science Notes and News 229-230
August  1957

The Splecific Heats of Crystalline Solids: Part II-- SIR  C. V. RAMAN 231-233
Discovery of Element 102 234-234
Thirty-two Years Ago 235-235
Why Is It Dark at Night? 236-236
International Conference on Radio Isotopes in Scientific Research 236-236
New Stage in Automation of Industry: On the Possibilities of Calculating
Technique--PROF. D. PANOV
237-237
Pyroceram
238-238 
Biogenesis of Naturally Occurring 3- and 4-Phenylchroman Derivatives
and Benzophenones--T. R. SESHADRI
239-241
Publication of Scientific Literature in USSR during 1957
242-242
Physical Chemistry of High Pressure Processes--S. V. ANANTAKRISHNAN 243-243
Symposium on "Recent Developments in Foundry Technology" 244-244
                                              Letters to the Editor
The Emission Spectrum of  Aluminium Monochloride in the Ultraviolet and Schumann Regions—S. Paddi Redy and P. Tiruvenganna Rao
245-246
Interference of Anions in the Chelatometric Estimation of Magnesium—D. V. Ramana Rao
246-247
Helium from Monazite sand—N. S. Krishna Prasad, K. D. Kamat, S. Fareeduddin and H. N. Sethna
247-248
An Ion-Exchange method for the separation of Thorium from Rare-Earths and Its Application to Monazite Analysis—R. A. Nagle and T. K. S. Murthy
248-248
Turbidity Temperature: A Significant figure for judging the purity of sesame oil—P. S. Mataraja sarma and g. Balasubrahmanyam
248-249
N-Benzoylphenylhydroxylamine as Analytical Reagent for Estimation of Molybdenum—S. K. Sinha and S. C. Shome
249-250
A  'Pod Mutant'  in Gram (Cicer arietinum Linn)—J. A. Patil & B. B. Chaudhari
250-250
Condensation of Aromatic Amines with Diethyl Ethoxymethylenemalonate—K. S. Sardesai and S. V. Sunthankar
250-252
A Preliminary Note on the Larval-Parasites Complex of Epilachna sparsa (Herbst) in Mysore—S. Usman and T. S. Thontadarya
252-253
Short Stigma off Type Plant in Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan millsp)—J. A. Patil and Y. N. Sheikh
253-254
A Note on the Occurrence of Three-Pored heterocysts in mastigocladus laminosus Cohn—G. S. Venkataraman
254-254
On the Occurrence of Dichotomosiphon from Indore—Ramji Sharma and S. S. Moghe
254-256
Colchicine induced Tetraploidy in linaria vulgaris—P. N. Bali and S. L. Tandon
256-257
After-Effects of Treatment of Grains of an Early Rice with Plant Growth Substances—G. Misra and  G. Sahu
258-258
A Note on a new Nematode on Chilotraea infuscatellus from sugarcane research institue, Pusa—S. Mohammad Ali
258-258
Reviews 259-264
Science Notes and News 265-266
September  1957

The International Geophysical Year-- S. RAMASESHAN 267-269
W.H.O.  Report on Radiation Hazard
270-270
Jets, Wakes and Cavities 271-272
The Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 273-273
Viruses in Search of Disease--N. VEERARAGHAVAN
274-274
 Radiation Controls Titanium Furnace 275-275 
Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Monosubstituted Benzenes--
C. N. RAMACHANDRA RAO
 276-277
Preliminary Observations on the Pharmacological Actions of Various Fractions
of Nardostachys jatamansi--DC.--B. C. BOSE, S.S. GUPTA, R. VIJAYVARGIYA,
A. Q. SAIFI AND J. N. BHATNAGAR
278-279
The Origin of the Aurora 280-280
A New Type Particle Accelerator 281-281
                                                  Letters to the Editor
Fluorescence spectra of Aqueous solutions of uranyl Nitrate at Room Temperature—D. D. Pant and D. P. Khandelwal
282-283
Effect of Soyabean inhibitor and Vitamin B12 on Growth of  Rice moth Larva (Corcyra dephalonica st)—R. Sivaramakrishnan and P. S. Sarma
283-284
Change in the mineral Composition of Aspergillus niger during Biosynthesis of Citric Acid—P. N. Raina  and C. V. Ramakrishnan
285-285
The  Free α-Amino Acid nitrogen content of the Skeletal muscle of some marine fishes and Invertebrates—N. K. Velankar and T. K. Govindan
285-286
Modifications in the Colorimetric Estimations of Mn and Mo—K. L. Mukherjee
286-287
Riccia crozalsii Levier and Riccia warnstorfii Limpr from india—Ram Udar
287-288
Haploid Chromosome Numbers in the Testis of the Termite King Odontotermes redemanni (Wasmann)—Barumdeb Banerjee
288-289
Cercospora Leaf-spot of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth—N. N. Mohanty and S. K. Addy
289-290
An Eriophyid Mite injurious to Sugarcane—M. Puttarudriah and S. Usman
290-290
Differentiation within the Tetraploid Race of Sisymbrium irio complex—T. N. Khoshoo
290-292
Cause for the Failure of Seed-Setting in the Cross Corchorus olitorium c. Capsularis—A. T. Ganesan, S. S. Shah and  M. S. Swaminathan
292-293
Reviews 294-298
Science Notes and News 299-300
October  1957

The Centenary of Lalbagh
301-304
Beautiful Trees 305-305
Atomic Energy in Italy--S. RAMA SWAMY
306-306
Electric Power Direct from Fission 307-307
Large Vessels for the Storage and Transport of Liquid Hydrogen and
Liquid Helium--S. RAMASESHAN
308-308
Seminar on "Modern Developments in Plant Physiology" 309-309
Occurrence of C8 Units in Naturally Occurring Stilbenes and Phenyl
Isocoumarins--T. R. SESHADRI
310-311
The Indian Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac--B. S. MADHAVA RAO 312-313
Pharmacology of Psychotomimetic and Psychotherapeutic Drugs--
M. SIRSI
314-314
                                                  Letters to the Editor  
Preliminary Report on the Structure of Dibarium Cupricformate—( Miss) K. Sundaramma, K. Vedam and R. V. G. Sundara Rao
315-316
Ultrasonic Relaxation in Aqueous Solutions of Acetates—M. Krishnamurthi and M. Suryanarayana
317-317
Structural Changes in paraffin wac on ageing—K. C. Chandy and D. R. Bhawalkar
317-318
2 : 4-Dinitrochlorobenzene—S. N. hirwe and J. R. Merchant
318-319
Bidalotite—B. Rama Rao and L. Rama Rao
319-319
Investigations in non-Aqueous solvents: Part IV Solubility and Conductances of Some Metal Acetates in Ethanolamine and Ethylene Glycol—T. Muniyappan and  B. Anjaneyalu
319-320
Estimation of Cerium by oxidation with perchloric and Sulphuric Acid Mixture—D. Patnaik, K. Singh and A. Chiranjeevi
320-321
Chromosomes in Agropyron scabrifolium—P. K. Kaushal
321-322
Chromosomal Types in Adiantum caudatum L—R. P. Roy and Baxi M. B. Sinha
322-323
Embryology of Two Simaroubacece—L. L. Narayana
323-324
Apanteles baoris Wilkinson (Braconidae hymenoptera) on the Rice Skipper, Parnara mathias Fabr—D. V. Murthy
324-324
Three Virus Diseases of hill fruits in Kumaon—K. S. Bhargava and N. S. Bist
324-325
Insecticidal Property of the Fungus, Ganoderma ludicum attacking Palms—D. Seshagiri Rao
325-326
Analytical Applications of Some New Oximes—J. S. Dave and A. M. Talati
326-326
Soviet Artificial Earth Satellite 326-326
Reviews 327-332
Science Notes and News 333-334
November  1957

The Earth's Magnetic Field
335-337 
The New Australian Radio Telescope 338-338
New Electronic Devices 339-339
Nobel Prize for Physics 340-340
Polymers as Studied by Some Physical Methods--S. BHAGAVANTAM 341-344
International Symposium on Boundary Layer Research--B.R. SETH
345-345
Nobel Prize for Chemistry
346-346
On Upwelling and Productivity of the Waters Off Lawson's Bay, Waltair--
P.N. GANAPATI AND D. V. SUBBA RAO
347-347
International Union of Crystallograplhy: Fourth General Assembly and
International Congress--GOPINATH KARTHA
348-348
New Missing Link Discovered 349-349
Raman Effect in Mixtures of Anisaldehyde with Phenol and Methanol---
P. G. PURANIK 
350-351
                                               Letters to the Editor

The use of Anamalous Scattering without Phase Change in Crystal Structure Analysis—S. Ramaseshan and K. Venkatesan
352-353
An Interpretation of the Vertical magnetic anomalies over the Kodur Manganese belt—B. S. R. Rao and V. L. S. Bhimasankaram
353-353
Use of Commercial Electrolytic Copper Electrodes in Spectrographic Analysis—Y. V. kathavate
353-354
Syntheses of Crystalline Leucoanthocyanidins Related to Mollisacacidin—K. R. Chandorkar and A. B. Kulkarni
354-355
A Preliminary Note on a method for the Cytochemical Demonstration of Succinic Dehydrogenase in Human Leucocytes—E. J. Souza and  S. N. Kothare
355-355
A Preliminary Report on the Cytochemical Demonstration of Succinic Dehydrogenase Patterns in Human Spermatozoa—S. N. Kothare and E. J. Souza
355-355
The preparation of Anhydrous Ceric Oxyadetates—D. Patnaik and B. Sahoo
355-356
Potentiation of histamine Response of Guinea-Pig Ileum by Sperpentine—K. S. Sachdev and Ranita Aiman
356-357
Colchicine-Induced Tetraploidy in Iberis amara L—S. L. Tandon and P. N. Bali
357-358
Dactylispa dilaticornis—A Leafminer of Paddy—M. Q. Khan and S. N. Kadapa
358-359
Occurrence of Bactronophorus thoracites (Gould), A Marine Wood-Borer, in Bombay—V. C. Palekar and D. V. Bal
359-360
The Nuclear Membrane of the Cells of the Root-Tip of allium Cepa—S. Subramanyam and M. K. Subramaniam
360-360
Reviews 361-365
Science Notes and News 366-368
December  1957

Radio Astronomy--A. JAYARAMAN 369-373
Soviet Union's Radio Telescope 374-374
Infrared Spectra and Polar Effects--C.N. RAMACHANDRA RAO AND GLADYS
BLANCHE SILVERMAN
375-376
Elastic Behaviour of Rocks--S. BALAKRISHNA 377-378
Rothamsted Experimental Station--1956 379-380
Observations on the Splawning in Indian Carps by Hormone Injection---
H. CHAUDHURI AND K. H. ALIKUNHI
381-382
Observations on the Depressant Action of Rauvolfia Alkaloids on the
Tissue Respiration in Rats--B.C. BOSE AND R. VIJAYAVARGIYA
383-384
Obituary--Professor C. G. Rossby 385-385
                                                    Letters to the Editor
Study of Current Voltage Characteristics of n-p Contacts on Galena—P. V. Khandekar and J. N. Das
386-387
Characteristic Nuclear Transparency curve—G. Z. Shah and K. M. Gatha
387-388
A Study on the Changes in the colour of Beryl on heating —N. R. Srinivasan
388-389
Diamagnetic Susceptibility of organo-metallic Compounds of Antimony—N. K. Parab and D. M.. Desai
389-389
Cholesterol in γ-Lipoprotein and Chylomicron Fractions of blood—Paramjit R. Pabrai  and K. B. Sehra
390-391
Benzoyl Chloride as a Polar Solvent—Ram Chand Paul and Gurdev Singh
391-392
Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from marine Environment—A. Sreenivasan
392-393
The Effect of hydrogen-Ion concentration on the utilization of potassium nitrite by colletotrichum gloeosporoides penz—K. S. Thind and (Miss) Livlin Duggal
393-393
Effective Control of Shoot-Bores of Sugarcane by Soil application of Gamma BHC Liquid—Z. A. Siddiqi
393-394
Further studies on red tamarind—Y. S. Lewis, C. T. Dwarakanath and D. S. Johar
394-395
Occurrence and Inheritance of the fasciculifolia form in cicer arietimum L—B. B. Chaudhary and G. P. Argikar
395-396
New Insecticides—S. S. Tiwari and Brajendra nath Tripathi
397-398
On the Swim-Bladder of Anabas testudineus (Bloch)—M. G. George
398-399
Further Record of Occurrence of Cryptotermes dudleyi (Banks) in India—P. K. Sen-Sarma and R. N. Mathur
399-399
Nobel Award for Medicine and Physiology--1957 399-399
Reviews 400-405
Science Notes and News 406-408