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      Current Science - Volume 30

 
January 1961
 

Recent Advances in Infra-red Spectroscopy -- Dr.Earle. K.Plyler

1-3
Indian Academy of Sciences: XXVI Annual Meeting 3-4

Indian Science Congress

4-4
The Structure of Echitamine Iodine -- H.Manohar and S.Ramaseshan 5-7
Varenna Summer School On Radiofrequency Spectroscopy -- C.R.Kanekar and B.Venkataraman 7-8

Cultivation of Algae in Heavy Water

8-8
Letters to the Editor
Diurnal variation of F1 region drifts at Waltair -- E. Bhagiridha Rao and B. Ramachandra Rao 9-10
Paper chromatographic methods of separation of copper, nickel and cobalt from one another and their detection -- M.R. Verma and P.K. Gupta 10-11
Perspex Electrets -- C.S. Bhatnagar 11-12
Iodometric amperometric determination of Copper(II) -- D. Singh and V.S. Agarwala 12-13
Titration Coulometer -- V.Subramanyan and N.Lakshminarayanaiah 13-14
Formation of Mn(II)-Formate Complex -- M.S. Kachhawaha and Arun K. Bhattcharya 14-15
Bromination of 2,4-substituted Quinoline derivatives -- C.M.Mehta and G.H.Patel 15-15
Deficiency of Glicose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase-observations on a Sample from Bombay -- A.J.Baxi, V.Balakrishnan and L.D.Sanghvi 16-17
A Modified method for the determination of Ammonia and Nitrate in Ceylon tea soils -- M.S.Ramaswamy 17-18
Occurence of Kyanite-Quartzite from Varuna Schist belt, Mysore -- S.K.Babu 19-20
Emplacement of Pegamtites in Kondapalle area -- Ch. Leelanandam 20-21
Premna Resinosa Schau. (Verbenaceae) an addition to Indian flora -- Miss U.R.Deshpande 21-22
Effect of infection of Sphace-lotheca Schweinfurthiana, Thumen. on Splinket structure in Erianthus Munja -- U.Vijayalakshmi and S.Marimuthammal 22-22
Calobryum Nees- A genus new to Indian flora -- Ram Udar and Satish Chandra 22-23
Occurence of Acrasiales in Indian soils -- V.Agnihotrudu 24-24
Effect of Indole Acetic acid on the Nitrogen and Carbohydrate metabolism of Excised wheat leaves -- Anselm Austin 24-25
Studies on the Rhizosphere Microflora of Citrus plants as influenced by Streptomycin Spray -- G.Rangaswami and V.N.Vasantharajan 25-26
Meiotic studies in some Malvaceous species -- R.P.Roy and R.P.Sinha 26-27
Cup leaf- A new leaf Mutant in Rai (Brassica Juncea Coss) -- Dharampal Singh 27-28
Further report on the Pebrine germ of Philosamia Ricini Hutt. and its infective capacity on Bombyx Mori Linn. -- J.N.Talukdar 28-29
Preliminary trials with an Entomogenous bacterium Bacillus Thuringiensis Berl., new to India -- G.Renga Ayyar 29-30
Codeine phosphate as apretreating agent -- Akhauri Balram Prasad and Umakanth Sinha 30-30
Observations on Stomata in Coleoptile of Oryza Sativa L. -- R.H.Riccharia and J.k.Roy 30-31
Modification of Ejaculatory duct in Empoasca Devastans Dist -- V.G.Khanwilkar, U.S.Mishra and M.L.Purohit 31-31
A note on the Cryptograms of Bhopal -- S.D.Saksena and O.N.Handoo 31-32
Book Reviews 33-39
Science Notes and News 39-42
February 1961

Infra-Red spectra of Water-- Prof.Dr.Reinhard Mecke 43-44
Rocket to Venus 44-44
Photosynthesis-- T.S.Sadasivan 45-49
Symposium on Collagen 49-50
Letters to the Editor
The Elastic scattering of 426 MeV electrons by Lithium-6 -- N.J.Patel and C.M.Bhavsar 51-52
Crystal structure data of some Rhodites and Ruthenites -- D.D.Khanolkar 52-53
A Preliminary study of the crystal structure of La2Mg2(NO3)12.H2O -- S.N.Dutta 53-53
The seperation of Uranium from crude Sodium-Diuranate by Photolysis -- D.Pathak and K.Singh 54-54
Synthesis of 4:5-dihydroxy-coumarin: A rare observation of total Gamma-substitution in Resorcinol -- K.N.Trivedi 54-55
A note on the Fatty oil obtained from Nigella Damascena Seeds -- Mohan L.Vishin 55-56
A Study of the rocks at Pandava falls in Panna state, M.P. -- H.B.Saxena 56-56
Effect of Lucerne supplement to the rice diet on circulating Haemoglobin and Plasma proteins of rats -- B.K.Sur 56-57
Application of Nickel Chloride to tea plants (Camellia Sinensis) and control of Blister Blight -- C.S.Venkata Ram 57-58
Folin-Phenol reagent for the measurement of leaf proteins -- N.G.Perur 58-59
A Haemagglutinating strain of Miyagawanella causing Polyarthiritis in Sheep in India -- P.D.Pande, R.R.Shukla and P.C.Sekariah 59-60
On the Occurence of Pelagic Fish Spawn -- P.N.Ganapati and N.Solomon Raju 61-61
Germination of Grape (Vitis Vinifera L.) hybrid seeds by Chilling -- S.N.Singh 62-62
An Apetalous mutation in Tora Brown Sarson (Brassica Campestris Var. Brown Sarson ) and Its inheritance -- Dharampal Singh 62-63
Formation of Red Rot Acervuli on the Nodes and Within the tissues of diseased Canes -- V.B.Singh and Kishan Singh 63-64
Two Fungi causing spoilage of refrigerated Poultry meat -- G.Rangaswami and R.Venkatesan 64-65
Blight of Fennel in Rajasthan -- N.Prasad, R.L.Mathur and J.P.Agnihotri 65-66
Heylandia Latebrosa D.C.- A Promising Legume -- J.V.Shankar and P.B.Bharucha 67-67
Morphology, Cytology and Breeding behaivour of Hybrids between Corchorus Olitorius and C.Capsularis -- M.S.Swaminathan, R.D.Iyer and K.Sulbha 67-68
Epicoccum Nigrum Link.: A new report from Indian soils -- R.N.Ghosh 69-69
Multiparasitism by Aholcus Euproctiscidis Mani and Trichogramma Evanescens Minitum Riley in the Eggs of Euproctis Lunata Walker -- B.R.Subba rao and M.J.Chacko 69-70
Pachytene analysis in Japonica-Indica rice hybrids -- S.V.S.Sastry and R.N.Mishra 70-71
Amitosis in the endosperm of Zephyranthes Ajax Sprenger -- S.L. Tandon and B.M. Kapoor 72-73
Chromosome number of some Flowering Plants -- Rash Behari Ghosh 73-73
The Natural Enemies of Marasmia Trapezalis (Quen), A pest of Maize and Jowar -- T.V. Venkataraman and M.J. Chacko 73-75
The Chromosome numbers of A few more Orchid Genera -- A.K. Sharma and A.K. Chatterji 75-75
Book Reviews 76-82
Science Notes and News 83-86
March 1961

High Energy Physics 87-89
The Earth's Crust 89-89
Occurence of C8 Units in Xanthones-- S.Neelakantan and T.R.Seshadri 90-94
Solar energy 94-94
Wind as a Source of Energy in India 95-95
Symposium on Explosives 96-96
New Zeiss Instruments at the 1961 Technical Fair in Leipzig 96-97
Letters to the Editor
Effect of Electrical Oscillation on the Electric field in the cathode Dark Space of a Cold cathode Glow Discharge -- V.T. Chiplonkar and S.s. Maneck 98-99
Reactions of Epichlorohydrin with phenols -- J.R. Merchant and A.S.U. Choughuley 99-100
Synthesis of o-Trimethyl Alloteracacidin and O-Trimethyl Alloisoteracacidin -- D.M. Phatak and A.B. Kulkarni 101-102
The uptake and reduction of Bromate by Wheat-Roots -- Z.Boszormenyl, Edith Cseh and B. Jambor 102-103
Finger-Tip patterns of the car Nicobarese -- P.N. Bhattacharjee 103-104
A New record of the Anchovy Thrissocles Vitirostris Gilchrist and Thompsom from Indian Waters -- S. Dutt 104-104
Effect of Initial Moisture content of different food materials on development and sex ratio in Corcyra Cephalonica Stainton -- Snehamoy Chatterji 104-105
Synthesos on the translocation of radioactive Schradan in Plants and its uptake from Film by insects -- G.W. Bhalkar, G.R. Seth and P.N. Saxena 105-106
A Single value measure for soil texture -- B.B. Roy 106-107
A Serious outbreak of the Sugarcane mite on Jowar -- T.V. Venkatraman, C.L. Dhawan and K.O. Rachie 107-107
Record of Helicpstylum Pyriforme, Bainier on Sugarcane in India -- U. Vijayalakshmi 107-108
Determination of total soluble salts in the Black clayey soils of Andhra Pradesh by conductivity method -- B.V. Kameswara Rao, and A.s. Sastry 108-109
Multiple Allelism for petal colour in Linum Grandiflorum Desf. -- A.B. Joshi, M.W. Hardas and P.L. Gulani 109-109
New Host plants of the Top-Shoot Borer of maize (Chilo Zonellus Swin.) -- Joginder Singh, N.L. Dhawan and A.B. Joshi 109-110
Sphaeropsis knots on lime (citrus Medica Var, Acida Linn,) in Rajasthan -- N. Prasad and G.C. Bhatnagar 110-111
Occurrence of Thoracic glands in Mylabris Pustulata Thunbg. (coleopters:Meloidae) -- G.P. Channa Basavanna and T.S. Thondaraya 111-112
On two new General of fungi from Tertuary coal beds of Malaya -- B.S. Trivedi and S.K. Chaturvedi 112-113
On the starch content of some Saccharium Spontaneum variants -- K. Chiranjivi Rao and K.V. Gopala Aiyar 113-113
Inducement of Anther Dehiscence in co, 421. A "Male Sterile" Sugarcane variety, by pollen of other Genera -- C.N. Babu 113-114
Perpetuation of the Downy Mildew of Maize (Sclerospora Philippinesis Weston) On Kans (Saccharum Spontaneum L. ) In India -- D. Suryanarayana 114-114
Mango Bunchy-Top and the Eriophid Mite -- M. Puttarudriah and G.P. Channa Basavanna 114-115
Relationship between structural and Topographic trends in Kondapalle Area -- Ch. Leelanandam 115-116
Book Reviews 117-122
Science Notes and News 123-126
April 1961

Structure of Collagen-- G.N.Ramachandran and V.Sasisekharan 127-130
Long Wavelength Spectrum of Solar Corona 130-130
Morphogenetic Responses of the Thallus of Marchantia to Several Growth Substances-- K.N.Kaul ,G.C.Mitra and B.K.Tripathi 131-133
Research into Boiler Circulation Theory 133-133
Some New Concepts in non-Linear Systems-- C.Lakshmi Bai 134-135
Alpha Activity of Drinking Waters of Britain 135-136
Russia sends First Man into Space 136-136
Letters to the Editor
Experimental study of transition probabilities in Astral radicals : LaO(B-X) System -- N.R. Tawde and P.V. Chandratreya 137-137
Amperometric Determination of Cerium(Iv) and Fe(III) -- D. Singh and Miss asha Varma 137-138
Effect of Geological Ageing on the particle size of the bone mineral -- D.P.Mukherjee and S.R.Das 138-139
Throwing power of Lead Nitrate Bath for the Anodic Deposition of Lead Dioxide -- K.C.Narasimhan, S.Sundararajan and H.V.K.Udupa 139-140
Conductimetric Study on the Precipitation of Arsenites of Lead as a function of the pH -- ram Sahai Saxena and G.P.Saxena 140-141
Behavior of the Chromium Glycine Complex at the Dropping Mercury Electrode -- A.Aziz Khan and Wahid U.Malik 141-142
Epimerisation at the C4-Centre of a Flavan-3,4-Diol -- M.D.Kashikar and A.B.Kulkarni 142-142
An all Glass sprayer for paper Chromatography -- E.J.Lewis and Ella A.Gonzalves 143-143
High Stretch paper from Sisal Fibre -- S.R.D.Guha and P.C.Pant 143-144
Mercurochrome as a spray reagent for Ammonium salts of volatile Organic Acids -- Miss Kamal A.Jadhav 144-144
Endotropic Sporulation among species of Streptomyces -- S.Narayanan and V.Iyer 145-145
Screening of rice varieties for resistance to Foot Rot disease -- K.Rajagopalan 145-147
The Sansar Cirque -- R.C.Mehdiratta 147-147
Cerebrospinal Leptospirosis in Buffalo-Calves due to Leptospira Hebdomadis -- P.G.Pande, P.C.Sekhariah, P.K.Ramachandra Iyer and R.R.Shukla 147-148
A Haemotoxylin squash technique for a study of the Nuclei of Rat liver cells -- Saraswathy Royan 148-149
The Host Range of Sugarcane Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne Javanica (Trueb) Chitwood -- G.Rangaswami, M.Balasubramanian and V.N.Vasantharajan 149-150
A note on the Chromosome complement of Trigonomorpha Crenulata Thumb (Orthoptera :Tettigonidae) -- J.Dasgupta 150-152
Notes on some recorded and unrecorded plants with Kusmi strain of the Lac insect -- B.K.Purkayastha and S.Krishnaswami 152-153
Note on the Abnormal conjugation in Spirogyra Braziliensis (Nord.) Trans -- M.M.Bhandari and S.K.Goyal 154-155
Viability and Fertility of Monosomics in Gossypium Hirsutum -- D.Jagathesan and M.S.Swaminathan 155-155
Powdery Mildew on Gmelina Arborea -- B.V.Patil 155-156
Book Reviews 157-161
Science Notes and News 162-164
May 1961

Double Star Astronomy 165-167
United States Success in Manned Space Flight 167-167
Seismic Exploration in the Karaikal-Nagore area of Cauvery Basin, Madras State-- L.N.Kailasam 168-171
A Large Red-Shift 171-171
Superposable Pictures of Chromosome Structure of Allium Cepa in Feulgen and Haematoxylin Squashes-- M.K.Subramaniam and S.Subramanyam 172-174
India's Population According to 1961 Census 174-174
Letters to the Editor
Application of theory of irreversible polarographic waves to the Reduction of brilliant Green at the Dropping Mercury electrode -- N.A.Ramaiah and Survagya S.Katiyar 175-176
Oxidation of thiocyanate with Chloramine-T -- V.R. Sathyanarayana Rao and A.R. Vasudeva Murthy 176-177
Increased fibre content in Hemp (Cannaris Sativa) and Sunn (Crotalaria Juncea) by Application of gibberellins -- C.K. Atal and J.K. Sethi 177-179
Some 2-Styryl derivatives of 4(3)-Quinazolones as potential antimarials and amoebicides -- M.S. Dhatt 179-180
Cryptoccus Neoformans from Patients in Poona -- A.A. Padhya and M.J. Thirumalachar 180-180
Role of Plants in the movement of Phosphorus by Radioactive isotopic studies -- B.V. Subbiah 180-181
Abo Blood groups in the Raj Gonds -- P.N. Bhattacharjee 181-182
"Urea-Form" -A new Fertiliser -- S.N. Datta, V. Iswaran and A.K. Rishi 182-183
Vanadium-Bearing Titaniferous magnetite near Tiruvur, Krishna Dist, Andhra Pradesh -- K. Kameswara Rao 183-183
Kyushu Earthquake-Gravity record at Hyderabad -- S. Balakrishna and P.V. Johnson 183-185
Nitrogen content of two species of wood boring Martesia of Madras -- V.V. Srinivasan 185-186
A New species of Cylindro cladium parasitic on Tea Roots -- K.S. Venkataramani and C.S. Venkata Ram 186-186
The Potato Root-Eelworm Heteroderma Rostochiensis Woll. in India -- F.G.W. Jones 187-187
Occurrence of Twin embryo-sacs in Capparis Aphylla Roth. -- P.B. Vaidya 187-188
Segregation for lanky and normal seedlings in Sorghum -- C. Sreeramulu, S. Ramachandra Rao 188-188
Callus hair length and arrow colour in certain inter-generic hybrids of saccharium -- K.S. Subba Rao, P.A. Kandasami and B.V. Natarajan 188-189
Mode of infection in sawan Smut (Ustilago Paradoxa Syd. and butler) -- A.P. Misra 189-189
Cytogenetics of an interspecific hybrid in oryza -- R.H. Richharia and D.V. Seshu 189-190
A Contribution to the Embryology of Knoxia Corymbosa Willd. -- G. Shivaramiah and P.S. Ganapathy 190-191
Some observations on a Root-Parasite-Aeginetia indica Linn. A.R. Chavan, S.J. Bedi and S.D. Sabnis 191-192
Bean Fly, A serious pest of French Bean -- D.B. Reddy 192-193
The record of parasitic nematodes of Sugarcane in Bihar -- Z.A. Siddiqui, A.R. Prasad and M.N.A. Ansari 193-194
Chromosome numbers in the Genus Curcuma Linn. -- K. Ramachandran 194-196
Reaction to shadow in Dasychone Cingulata Grube. (Polychaeta) -- R. Theodore Srinivasagam 196-196
Book Reviews 197-202
Science Notes and News 203-206
June 1961

Molecular Electronics-- Dr.S.W.Herwald 207-210
Obituary: Sir K.S.Krishnan 210-210
Prevention of Flowering in Sugarcane-- R.R.Panje and T.Raja Rao 211-212
International Control of Investigations of Rare Meteorites 212-212
The Development and Future of Physics 213-213
Raman Spectrum of Deuterated Methane (CD 4) 213-214
Evolution as a Test for Ethics 214-214
Letters to the Editor
Absorption cross-sections for the nuclear scattering of high energy Nucleons --G.Z. Shah and B.M. Thaker 215-216
Electronic transition moment variation and vibrational Temperature -- N.R. Tawde and N. Sreedhara Murthy 216-217
The effect of Sixth Degree Cubic Field on rare-earth ions in crystals -- A. Mookherji and D. Neogy 217-218
Synthesis of a racemate in Homopteracarpin -- K.Aghoramurthy, A.S.Shukla and T.R.Seshdri 218-218
Enhanced Reduction efficiency of Sodium Borohydride in the presence of Titanium Tetrachloride -- B.C.Subba rao 218-219
Synthesis of Thioureido-Benzophenones -- A.A.Munshi and J.P.Trivedi 219-219
Molybdate-Tungstate antagonism in Neurospora Crassa -- A.Ramaiah and E.R.B.shanmugasundaram 219-221
Stromatolites in Lower Cuddapah limestones (Precambrian) in Cuddapah Basin -- R.Vaidyanadhan 221-221
Speration of rare Earths -- K.N.Kartha and H.V.Bhaskara Rao 221-222
Occurence of ostracoda in rocks of Paleocene age near Pondicherry, South India -- N.Rajagopalan 222-223
Some Observations on Piedmontite from Goldongri Manganese Mine -- V.K.Nayak 223-223
Insecticidal Properties of Zanthoxylum Alatum Linn. -- A.C.Mathur, J.B.Srivastava and I.C.Chopra 223-224
On the genus Cryptococcus Kutzing emend. Vuillemin in India- A Preliminary report -- R.S.Sandhu, (Mrs) D.K.Sandhu, H.S.Randhawa and S.C.Chakravarty 224-225
Metacercaria of Aphanurus Sp. (Trematoda-Hemiuridae) from a Copepod Acronalus Gracilis (Giesbrecht) off Waltair coast -- P.N.Ganapati and K.Shantakumari 225-226
On the growth of Antennae of Gerris Fluviorum F.(Hem.,Gerrididae) -- G.T.Tonapi and B.Raja Rao 226-228
A simple method of reducing variations of current during Electrophoresis -- K.N.Govindan Nayar 228-228
A Heteropolysaccharide from pasteurella Multocida, Roberts' Type I -- M.R.Dhanda, Prem Prakash and P.C.Sekariah 228-229
A note on Termites (Insect: isoptera) infesting Sugarcane crop in Rajasthan -- K.S.Kushwaha 229-230
An Unusual mode of Egg-laying in Trogoderma Granarium Everts (Dermitidae: Coleoptera), a pest of stored cereals -- Snehamoy Chatterji and Prakash Sarup 230-231
Two new records in Soil fungi -- J.N.Rai, K.G.Mukherji and J.P.Tewari 231-232
Pachytene analysis in Melilotus Segetalis Schulz -- D.R.Ranga Rao and S.V.S.Sastry 232-233
Flint X Dent maize hybrids give increased yields -- N.L.Dhawan and Joginder Singh 233-234
Effect of flower suppression and Grafting on Nicotine content in Tobacco -- K.A.Patel 234-235
Variation among rice Varieties in regard to germination uner submersion, and heat stability of Chlorophyll -- P.C.Sahadevan 235-235
Book Reviews 236-242
Science Notes and News 243-246
July 1961

Appraisal of Newton's Mechanics and of Einstein's "Autobography"-- A.T.Grigoryan 247-251
Miniature Sun Created by Plasma "Pinch" 251-251
Proton Magnetic Resonance in Sesamin and Asarinins-- G.Govil, C.R.Kanekar and C.L.Khetrapal 252-254
The Carnegie Institution 255-256
Planned Forest Development for India 256-256
A Correction 256-256
Letters to the Editor
The use of the three electrode trigger in the Spectral study of Exploding wires -- K.Gopala Krishnan, Jugal Kishore and K.Rajagopalan 257-258
Anion uptake of a Cation exchange resin -- K.Jijie and N.Lakshminarayanaiah 258-259
Di-Iodo Tetracarbonyl Iron II -- D.V.Ramana Rao 259-259
Vilangin -A new constituent of Embelia Ribes and E.Robusta -- Ch. Bheemasankara Rao and V.Vekateswarlu 259-260
Rapid determination of Moisture content of Parboiled rice by an Immersion method -- R.Radhakrishnamurthy, H.S.R.Desikachar and V.Subrahmanyan 261-261
Fertilizer value of Dicalcium Phosphate -- A.K.Rishi and V.Iswaran 261-262
Discovery of Marine, Permo-Carboniferous in the Western Rajasthan -- J.S.Mishra, B.P.Srivastava and S.K.Jain 262-263
About Fluid Inclusions in barite from Pulivendla -- Y.G.Dekate 263-263
A Modified medium for the Production of Pertussis Vaccine -- M.K.Habbu, H.K.Mhatre and G.M.Govekar 263-264
Pink and Grey Granites of Hyderabad -- S.Balakrishna and M.Raghava Rao 264-264
A Micro-Chamber for incubation of plant section and Its growth rate measuring -- J.S.Knypl 264-265
On prolonging the longevity of the dog -tick Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Latr. after oviposition -- P.D.Achan 265-266
Preliminary trials in the control of the maize borers, Chilo Zonellus (Swin.) and Sesamia Inferens (Wlk.) in Rajasthan -- K.S.Kushwaha, J.C.Sharma and L.S.Sharma 266-267
A rare Serotype of Pasteurella Multicoda causing Pneumonia in Sheep in India -- P.G.Pande, P.C.Sekariah, R.R.Shukla and K.K.Baxi 267-268
Observations on the Rotifers from shallow Ponds in Delhi -- M.G.George 268-269
The development of Stomata in Linum Usitatissimum L. -- G.S.Paliwal 269-271
Genetics of Dwarf growth in common wheat -- S.M.Gandhi and M.P.Bhatnagar 271-272
Resistance to paddy varieties to Blast in Uttar Pradesh -- R.S.Mathur and M.P.Mishra 272-273
Distribution of Cucumis virus 2C in Mosaic infected Bottle-Gourd (Langenaria Siceraria Standl.) plants -- S.B.Lal and L.S.Chauhan 273-273
Occurence of Double Cocoon forming phenemenon on Philosamia Ricini Hutt. and Antheraea Assama Westw. -- J.N.Talukdar 274-274
On the Floral Morphology of Curcuma Longa L. -- R.M.Pal 274-274
Book Reviews 275-281
Science Notes and News 282-284
August 1961

The Colour of the Sea 285-286
New Carbon Isotope, Carbon-16 286-286
Preparation of Flavylium Salts of the Anthocyanidin Type-- H.G.Krishnamurthy and T.R.Seshadri 287-289
The Benguela Current 289-289
Use of Ionising Radiations for Food Presernvation-- E.S.Broadbridge 290-292
National Physical Laboratory (England),Annual Report for 1960 292-292
Letters to the Editor
Etching of Antimony single crystals -- N.S.Pandya and V.P.Bhatt 293-293
Fluoride complexes of Uranium (IV) and Thorium with Hydrazine and Hydroxylamine -- Balaram Sahoo and D.Patnaik 293-294
Acyl Isothoicyanates : Friedel Craft reaction of Phenols with Benzoyl Isothiocyanates -- J.P.Trivedi 294-295
Pistacite from the Granites of Putalapattu, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh -- M.S.Murthy 295-296
A new Peptide from Brain -- T.Janardana Sarma, S.I.Singh and C.L.Malhotra 296-297
Distribution of Urease within the Seeds of Cajanus Indicus and the effect of maturity on Urease concentration -- P.P.Singh and B.K.Sur 297-297
Preservation of alcoholic solution of Furfural as a ready reagent for Baudouin test -- O.P.Kapur 298-298
Leaf proteins in nutrition -- Surinder Kaur and P.K.Vijayaraghavan 298-299
Ovine abortion due to Toxoplasma gondii in India -- P.G.Pande, R.R.Shukla, P.C.Sekariah and P.K.Ramachandra Iyer 299-300
Morphology of Onge foot -- P.Ganguly and A.Pal 300-301
Skeleto-Muscular system of the sucking pump of Papilio Demolius L.(Lepidoptera : Papilionidae) -- Md Zaka-Ur-Rab 301-302
An instance of Hermaphroditism in the Catfish Mystus Vittatus (Bloch) -- Thakur Prasad Singh and A.G.Sathyanesan 302-303
Metacercaria of Eumegacetes sp. (Trematoda : Lecithodendriidae) in Dragon Fly Naiads from a stream at Waltair -- K.Hanumantha Rao and R.Madhavi 303-304
Biovular Follicle and Binuclear Oocyte in Five-banded Squirrel -- Gopesh Bhatnagar and J.P.Thapliyal 304-305
A note on the effect of fast neutrons on the sexuality of Castor -- R.K.Jaya Prakash Narain and B.V.Ramana Rao 305-306
Binucleate Pollen Mother cells in Clitoria Ternata -- Nirad K.Sen and R.Krishnan 306-307
Simultaneous occurence of Tilletia Foetida (Wallr) Liro and Anguillulina Tritici (S.) G.Ben. in the same ear and Grains of wheat in Paurigarhwal, Uttar Pradesh -- R.S.Mathur and M.P.Misra 307-307
Wilting of Big Rain trees in Calcutta -- S.R.Bose and S.K.Sen Gupta 307-308
Occurence of Intracortical roots in Bambusa -- D.Darshan Pant and Bharathi Mehra 308-308
Two Fern rusts from India -- R.L.Munjal and J.N.Kapoor 308-310
Cytological observations on the Indian species of Commelinaceae -- R.S.Raghavan and Seshagiri Rao Rolla 310-311
Gibberellin induced Parthenocarpy in Guava (Psidium Guajava L.) -- S.S.Teaotta, I.C.Pandey and R.S.Mathur 312-312
A new species of Haplosporella from Maharashtra -- I.K.Kalani 312-313
The compositions and the Adaptation modifications of Polish Loess Moss Flora -- K.Karczmarz 313-313
Book Reviews 314-318
Science Notes and News 319-322
September 1961

Extracting Electricity from Flames-- Ian Fells 323-324
The Humanity of Man 324-324
Possible Future Use of Bacterial Inoculants in Indian Agriculture-- Purna Chandra 325-326
Cytogenetics of the Intergeneric Hybrid, Vaccaria Grandiflora X Saponaria Vaccaria 327-328
Note on the Quality of Groun Water for Irrigation in the Submontane Tracts and Intermontane Valley of Uttar Pradesh-- K.V.Raghava Rao and T.S.Raju 329-330
Letters to the Editor
High resolution Proton Magnetic resonance spectrum of Coumarin -- G.Govil, C.R.Kanekar, C.L.Khetrapal and Y.P.Virmani 331-332
Potential constants of Cyclopropane and Cyclopropane-d6 -- P.BabuRao and K.Sreerama Murty 332-333
Constitution of Xanthohumol -- M.R.Parthasarathy and T.R.Seshadri 333-333
Some reactions of Embelin -- V.Venkateswarlu and Ch.Bheemasankara Rao 333-335
Mercuration of compounds containing reactive methylene group by means of mercuric salts of organic acids -- K.S.Patil and B.N.Mankad 335-336
Estimation of Selenium with Thiourea -- A.Sitaramachandramurty and M.S.Chandrasekharaiah 336-336
Influence of Adsorbent on the formation of Liesegang rings -- B.V.Dhareshwar 336-337
Estimation of Galacturonic acid by paper Chromatography -- S.B.Kadkol and H.S.R.Desikachar 337-338
Occurence of Amino-acids and Alliin in the Indian Alliums (Garlics) -- C.K.Atal and J.K.Sethi 338-340
Hardboards from Lantana -- D.Narayanamurti and R.C.Kohli 340-341
Discovery of Ostracoda and smaller Formanifera from the upper Cretaceous Bagh beds, M.P -- S.P.Jain 341-342
Petrified Monocotyledonous leaves from the tertiary of Madhya Pradesh -- J.N.Dwivedi 342-343
A new species of Peyronellaea Goid -- R.N.Tandon and K.S.Bilgrami 343-344
Ruminate endosperm in the Canellaceae -- N.Parameshwaran 344-345
New records of Microfungi from the Usar-soils of India -- J.N.Rai and K.G.Mukherji 345-345
A leaf distorting virus disease of Jatropha Curcas Linn. -- R.P.Garga 345-346
A Polyhaploid plant of Sorghum Halepense (L.) Pers. -- M.L.Magoon, K.G.Shambulingappa and M.S.Ramanna 347-348
Some leafspot diseases -- R.N.Tandon and K.S.Bilgrami 348-349
Screening Sugarcane varieties for resistance to Root Knot nematoda, Meloidogyne Javonica -- U.Vijayalakshmi and J.T.Rao 349-350
Gall midge associated with sugarcane inflorescence -- A.S.Ethirajan 350-351
Occurence of root-knot nematodes on Betelvine in Maharashtra -- G.W.Dhande and M.Sulaiman 351-352
A bacterialleaf spot disease of Jasmine -- G.Rangaswami and K.S.S.Eswaran 352-352
Cassia Tora : Local lesion host of tobacco Mosaic virus -- S.P.Capoor 352-353
A simple method of determination of Glycogen content of Marine animals -- V.V.Srinivasan and S.Krishnaswamy 353-354
New host plants of Colocasia Blight (Phytophthora Colocasiae Racib. ) -- K.D.Paharia and P.N.Mathur 354-354
Book Reviews 355-359
Science Notes and News 360-362
October 1961

International Conferences 363-365
Vostok II- Russia's Second Manned Space-Ship 365-365
Multivariable Control Systems in the Light of Symmetrical Components-- C.Lakshmi Bai and R.L.Kashyap 366-369
Free Radicals in Crystals 369-370
Synthesis of p-Benzohydroquinone-I-C 13-- M.R.Das 370-372
Earth's Crust Under Indian Ocean 372-372
On The Location of Spawning Grounds of Indian Shad, Hilsa Ilisha (Hamilton) in Freshwater Regions of the Narbada River-- S.J.Karamchandani 373-375
Aerosol Layer in the Stratosphere 375-375
Letters to the Editor
Study of Astral molecules : intensities, Franck Condon factors and Gamma-centroids of the bands of BaO (1Summation - 1Summation) system -- A.P.Walvekar 376-376
Potential constants and thermodynamic properties of SiBr3I -- G.Nagarajan 377-377
Evaluation of the diamagnetic anisotropy of Benzene from the suscepibilities of some carboxylic compounds -- V.T.Deshpande and K.G.Pathki 377-378
Stacking faults in a Gold-Cadmium Alloy (Au 80 Cd 20) -- P.Rama Rao and T.R.Anantharaman 379-380
Photolytic preparation of Uranium (IV) sulphate complexes -- U.K.Das, S.K.Pujari, Balaram Sahoo and D.Patnaik 380-380
Study of the reaction of Mandelic acid with Sodium Molybdate and Sodium Tungstate -- S.P.Banerjee and Arun K.Bhattacharya 380-381
Organic acid metabolism in Tamarind leaves -- Y.S.Lewis, S.Neelakantan and D.S.Bhatia 381-382
Sewage and activated sludge as convenient sources for the isolation of Azotobacter Agilis -- F.F.Dias and J.V.Bhat 382-383
Acetic fermentation of Molasses -- B.G.Krishnamurti 383-384
Heavy accessory study of the sands of Cape Comorin -- S.K.Babu and S.C.Jacob 384-386
Origin of Vempalle shales and limestones in Cuddapah basin based on Trace Element study -- R.Vaidyanadhan 386-387
Use of Chilled water in Prawn processing work -- V.K.Pillai and A.Lekshmy 388-388
The Archegonical complement of Botrychium Lanuginosum Wall. Ex Hook .Et Grev -- L.N.Rao 388-389
A Microbial disease of Ophiusa Coronata Fabr. (Noctuidae : Lepidoptera ) -- T.V.Venkataraman 390-390
Some Aphids new to India, with description of a new sub species -- A.N.Basu 390-391
Effect of beta radiations from P32 on Brachon Gelechiae Ashmead -- snehamoy Chatterji, G.R.Sethi, P.N.Saxena and G.W.Rahalkar 391-392
Growth regulators and rooting of cuttings in Antirrhinum Majus Benth and Hook. (SnapDragon) -- D.S.Lingaraj and s.R.Chandrasekhariah 392-393
Chromosome numbers in some forage grasses -- B.D.Patil, Miss S.K.Vohra and A.B.Joshi 393-394
A study on the effect of IAA and Tiba on vernalised paddy -- G.N.Mitra 395-395
Book Reviews 396-401
Science Notes and News 402-404
November 1961

Chemistry and the Spectroscope-- R.G.W.Norrish, F.R.S 405-406
Successful Operation of the Nimrod Injector 406-406
On Some Methods of Construction of Assymetrical Factorial Designs-- K.Kishen 407-409
The Industrial Spectroscope 409-409
Earth Tides-- S.Balakrishna 410-412
Journal of the Geological Society of India 412-412
Letters to the Editor
Potential constants and thermodynamic properties of IF5 and IF7 -- G.Nagarajan 413-414
Synthesis of N-Methyl-2-Azabi-Cyclo (3,3,0) Octane -- S.V.Kessar, K.P.Mahajan and A.l.Rampal 414-414
2:4-Dinitrophenylhydrazones of some Flavones -- V.Venkateswarlu and Ch.Bheemasankara Rao 414-415
Synthesis of Thioureidotriphenylmethanes -- P.R.Shah and J.P.Trivedi 415-416
Effect of Gammexane on Flavoprotein enzymes of Rat Liver -- S.ramakrishnan, V.Srinivas and T.M.B.Nedungadi 416-417
Influence of host plants of the Amino-acid make up of Santalum Album Linn -- R.A.Srimathi, D.R.C.Babu and M.Sreenivasaya 417-417
Reversions of Drug resistance of Vibrio Cholerae -- P.M.Naha 417-418
An Improved basal medium for the microbiological assay of riboflavin using Lactobacillus Caseii -- K.Swaminathan 418-420
A Preliminary note on the chemical and pharmocological examination of Streblus Asperlour -- F.Fernandes, V.N.Kamat and S.S.Bhatnagar 420-420
Development and viability of eggs produced in Cocyra Cephalonica Staint. following administration of Antibiotics -- Daya Bhanu 420-421
Metachromasia of Earthworm eggs -- P.V.Joshi and D.N.Kamat 422-423
Stemphylium and Pseudostemphylium -- C.V.Subramanian 423-424
Notulae Embryologicae -- B.G.L.Swamy and D.Padmanabhan 424-425
Criteria for grading resistance of Sugarcane varieties to Red Rot (Glomerella Tucumanensis) -- K.V.Srinivasan and N.R.Bhat 425-425
Fibrous thickening in the Anther Epidermis of Wormia Burbidgei Hook -- A.N.Rao 426-426
The Standardisation of Sand Culture technique for the study of Macro and Micronutrient (Trace) element deficiencies under Indian conditions -- S.C.Agarwal and C.P.Sharma 427-427
A Gynoecium in the Ovary of Rhinanthus Major Ehrh -- B.Tiagi and Kamal Mohnat 427-428
The effect of growth regulating substances of the root extract of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Speciosa Kunth.) on Jute (Corchorus Capsularis Linn.) -- S.M.Sircar and Rothin Chakravarthy 429-430
Pteridophytes of Nagpur -- M.V.Mirashi and S.A.Paradkar 430-430
Sporophyte of Jungermannia Viridis Kash. -- C.K.C.S.Pillai 430-431
A virus disease of Odontonema Nitidum -- K.Ramakrishnan and C.P.Subramanian 431-432
An Auto triploid of rice and its Progeny -- B.K.Karibasappa 432-433
Chromosome numbers in the genus Corchorus -- Ahmad Shamsul Islam and Feroza Qaiyum 433-433
Sphaerotheca on two members of Euphorbiaceae from Hyderabad (India) -- P.N.Rao 433-434
Inheritance of hairy character on Pods in Black gram (Phaseolus Mungo L.) -- G.N.Pathak and K.P.Singh 434-435
Rearing of more than one generation of Univoltine silkworms -- A.S.Atwal and A.N.Verma 435-435
Breakdown of the Papilionaceous structure in the double flowers of Clitoria Ternatea L.and its inheritance -- Nirad K.Sen 435-436
Book Reviews 437-444
Science Notes and News 444-445
December 1961

Principles of Nuclear Magnetism 447-447
Coumarin as the Stimulator of Growth of Etiolated Maize Stem Issue-- J.S.Knypl and A.P.Dmitruk 448-449
Nuclei for Rain Formation 449-449
Studies in the Enzyme Make-Up of Alternaria-- S.N.Das Gupta and J.P.Verma 450-452
Letters to the Editor
Disymmetry measuremennts of high polymer solutions at high dilutions -- V.V.Varadaiah and v.S.R.Rao 453-454
Ultrasonic velocity in some Inorganic solutions and melts -- S.V.Subrahmanyam 454-455
Diamagnetic susceptibilities of some Isomeric monosubstituted Nitrobenzenez- Effect of the position of yhe substituent group on susceptibility and the susceptibility contribution of the Nitro group -- S.M.Shah, R.N.Merchant and M.G.Datar 455-456
Magnetism and Molecular structure: The Estimate of Metal-Nitrogen bond in Cadmium Chloride complexes of organic bases -- V.G.Sonalkar and M.G.Datar 456-457
Gravimetric determination of Cerium (IV) and its seperation from rare earths using 1-Hydroxy Xanthone -- Brahm Dev and B.D.Jain 457-459
A compact Calomel reference Electrode particularly useful in Applied Electrochemical investigations -- S.R.Rajagopalan and B.V.K.S.R.A.Tilak 459-460
Sulphonamoiodophthaleins -- C.R.Mehta, J.R.Kalke and N.B.Shah 460-461
Distribution of Nicotinamide Deamidase in germinating Pulses -- M.A.Mukundan, T.K.Sundaram and E.R.B.Shanmugasundaram 461-462
Amino-acid deficiency of the proteins of Lucerne leaf -- B.K.Sur and P.P.Singh 462-462
One way cross resistance of Streptomycin and Kanamycin -- P.M.Naha 462-463
Dermatoglyphic study of Tribes and castes of Nilgiri Hills (Madras state) -- M.R.Chakravarthi and D.P.Mukherjee 463-464
The Marine Wood Borer from Bay of Bengal -- P.N.Ganapati and M.V.Lakshmana Rao 464-465
A note on the feeding mechanism of X.Cheopis -- P.J.Deoras and A.K.Joshee 465-466
Viability of stored wheat safeguarded by Seed dressing -- A.C.sen 466-467
A Localised chlorophyll deficiency associated with male sterility in Nicotiana Tabacum L. -- G.S.Murty, K.V.Krishnamurty and B.R.Murty 467-469
On the Morphology of the pollen grains of the two species of Cucurbitae L. -- Miss Priti Awasthi 469-470
A new species of Alternaria from Bombay- Maharashtra-II -- Vasanth Gurunath Rao 470-471
Structure and Ontogeny of epidermal appendages on the Floral organs of Ocimum Basilicum L. -- Sneh Lata Mathur 471-473
Response of Hybrid maize to Zinc fertilization -- L.R.Ahuja and O.P.Gautam 473-474
A note on vegetative propagation of cultivated rice -- N.R.Nair and P.C.Sahadevan 474-476
Inheritance of the Retule (notched) leaf apex in a cross between Crotalaria Striata DC and C.Mucronata Desv -- S.R.Chandrsekhariah and N.S.Parameswar 476-476
Nuclear number and Polyploidy level -- S.L.Tandon and B.M.Kapoor 476-477
Preliminary studies on Presoaking of cereals in Antibiotics -- M.P.Bhatnagar, Udai Bhan Singh, G.N.Shekawat and B.N.Mathur 477-478
Book Reviews 479-484
Science Notes and News 485-487