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    Current Science-Vol 32
 
     
 
January 1963
 

The Infra-Red Behaviour of the Alkali Halides -- Sir. C.V. Raman

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Indian Academy of Sciences; XXVIII Annual Meeting 6-7

The Uptake and Binding of Cobalt-60 and its Edta Chelate by Rat Skin --B.nagarajan,V.M.Sivaramakrishnan and S. Brahmanandam

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Some Observations on the Cytology of Nicandra Physaloides Gaertn -- J.Venkateswarlu and B.G.S. Rao 9-10
Occurrence and Significance of a Specific Phenolic Body in the Leaves of Santalum Album L. Hosted with Lantana Camara L .-- Mrs R.A. Srimathi and M.Sreenivasaya 11-11
Flavonoids and Cold Injury -- S. Sankara Subramanian 12-12
Letters To The Editor  
Spot test method of detection of Bismuth in presence of Copper -- K.C.Agarwal and J.S.Bahl 13-13
Search for Gamma Rays following the decay of 3-Hour Ti 45 -- M.K.Ramaswamy 13-14
Isomerisation of Optically active Ethers -- J.L.Norula and J.Kenyon 14-15
Potentiometric studies of Cadmium-3-Aminopyridine complexes -- A.G.Desai and M.B.Kabadi 15-16
Myrinicol from the Stem-Bark of Myrica Nagi -- V.Krishnamoorthy, N.R.Krishnaswamy and T.R.Seshadri 16-17
Nature of Colloids in clarified Sugarcane juices -- R.Dayal Srivastava and K.A.Prabhu 17-17
Sulphomethylation of Acetoacet Arylamides -- C.M.Mehta and J.M.Trivedi 17-18
Characterisation of Indoles -- J.R.Merchant and S.S.Salgar 18-19
A Simple drop recording device for pharmacological experiments -- N.C.Neogi and R.K.Srivastava 19-19
Production of an antibacterial substance by Hydrodictyon Reticulat'M -- A.B.Gupta and G.C.Shrivastava 19-20
Free amino acid of some insect tissue Homogenates -- Radha Pant and H.C.Agarwal 20-21
Changes in serum inorganic phosphate following indigestion of protein as seen in a diabetic subject -- M.Srinivasan, A.Nagbhushan and K.S.Srinivasan 21-21
On the occurence of plant fossils in the Nimar sandstone near Umrali, district Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh -- K.N.Murty, R.P.Rao, B.G.Dhokarikar and C.P.Verma 21-22
On the Stratigraphy of the Pachmari formation -- S.K.Saxena 22-23
The Geology of the area around Pinjaur -- M.R.Sahni and Ehsanullah Khan 23-24
Histochemistry and significance of Yolk in Oogenesis of the Spider Lycosa Chaperi -- Madan Lal Sareen 24-25
Marine Cercariae and their Gastropod hosts from the Pamban Mudflat -- K.Ramalingam 25-26
Phenomenal increase in yield of Legumes by incorporating Lime with fertiliser mixture in Red Loam soils of Kerala -- N.S.Money and K.K.C.Senan 26-27
Modes of development in the Trichomes of Compositae -- N.Ramayya 27-28
Induction of cell divisions in the mature endosperm of Riccinus Communis during germination -- H.Y.Mohan Ram and Asha Satsangi 28-30
Some embryological observations of Guiera Senegalensis Lam -- P.S.Prakasa Rao 30-31
Effect of Auxin on the nature of the emergence of lateral roots in Phaseolus Mungo seedlings -- M.M.Laloraya and V.K.Rai 31-32
Santalum Album as a host to Cuscuta Reflexa -- L.N.Rao 32-33
Floral abnormality in cotton -- P.Kumara Pillai 33-33
The gametophytes of Lygodium Circinatum (Burm.) Sw and L.Flexosum (L.) SW -- Prakash Chandra 34-35
Occurence of a branched oviduct in Panulirus Polyphagus -- E.S.Baraiya 35-35
Influence of Hydrogen-Ion concentrations on the utilization of Sodium Nitrite by Diplodia Typhina Sacc. and Botryodiplodia Theobromae Pat -- R.N.Tandon and M.P.Srivastava 35-36
Note on the induction of flowering in trailing shoots of Saccharum Spontaneum -- K.Srinivas and M.B.G.R.Batcha 36-38
Sterility in pearl millet (Pennisetum Thyphoides staff and Hubb) -- B.D.Patil and M.G.Joshi 38-38
Isolation of a species of Licea and the study of its Plasmodium under cultural condition -- Asok Kr.Kar 38-39
Book Reviews 40-44
Science Notes and News 45-48
February 1963

The Indian Ocean Expedition -- N.K. Panikar 49-53
Problems of Operating Research Ships -- C.S. Ramage 53-54
Ocean-Waves -- P.R. Pisharoty 54-55
Measurement of Radiation and heat Balance over the Indian Ocean -- Miss Anna Mani 55-55
Exploring Inner Space -- E.C.Lafond 56-61
Electron-Pir Interpretation of the Pion Interaction and the structures of heavy Mesons 61-62
Letters To The Editor  
Long Wavelength Pi-Pi* transition in 2,4-Dichloro Benzaldehyde and 3,4-Dichloro Benzaldehyde -- K.G.Sreenivasacharya and C.Santhamma 63-63
Note on 5- levels in even-even Nuclei -- M.K.Ramaswamy 63-64
Mean amplitudes of vibration for the Hexafluorides of Molybdenum and Rhenium -- G.Nagarajan 64-65
Simple exercise to verify the Debye Huckel limiting law for the activity coefficients of strong electrolytes -- V.N.Damle and A.G.Desai 65-65
Isonitroso derivatives of Malon-Mono Arylamides using Nitrosyl Chloride as a Nitrosating agent -- C.M.Mehta and P.L.Parimoo 66-66
Gravimetric determination of Zirconium (and Thorium) using N-Phenyl Glycine, Succinic acid and Adipic acid -- B.D.Jain and S.P.Singhal 66-67
Determination of Beryllium as oxide by homogenous precipitation technique -- T.P.Prasad and M.N.Sastri 67-67
Reduction of Isoflavones with Sodium Borohydride -- L.Ramachandra Row, A.S.R.Anjaneyalu and C.Sri Krishna 67-69
Amperometric determination of Gold with Thiourea -- G.S.Deshmukh, S.V.Tatwawadi and M.Surendranath 69-69
Phytochemical studies on the genus Crotalaria Part II, Identity of Sericine as Spectabiline (Acetyl Monocrotaline) -- C.K.Atal and M.L.Sethi 70-70
Chemical investigations of Lantana Camara Linn. -- M.S.Sastry and V.Mahadevan 71-71
Preliminary studies on the effects of Glutethimide on certain enzyme systems -- B.C.Bose, R.Vijayvargiya and A.Q.Saifi 71-72
Plasticizers based on Epoxised C.N.S.L. (Cashew nut shell liqiud) -- Y.K.Kamath and D.B.Vidwans 72-73
Note on enzymatic softening of Wood -- D.Narayanamurti, Joseph George and H.C.Pant 73-73
Radioactivity of the Siliceous black shales at Nagarjuna-Sagar Dam site, Andhra Pradesh -- P.S.N.Murthy 73-74
Idaite, A new Copper sulphide from Garimenapenta, Nellore Dist, Andhra Pradesh -- J.S.R.Krishna Rao 74-74
Occurence of Rhenium in an Indian Copper Ore -- N.Appala Raju, R.Jagadiswara Rao and P.Umapathy 74-75
Glossopteris Fructifications from Chintalpudi sandstone, South India -- C.P.Verma 75-77
Tectonic features of the area around Pinjaur -- M.R.Sahni and Ehsanullah Khan 77-79
Chromographic contact prints for Gold -- A.Narasinga Rao and T.V.S.R.Kshira Sagar 79-79
Selective digestion in the Major carps of India -- M.G.George 79-80
A Rare fish, Velifer Africanus Smith, from the Bay of Bengal -- S.Dutt 80-81
An observation on the antagonastic effect of B.Sublitis on Azotobacter Vinelandii Lipman -- D.P.Johari and Ambika Singh 81-81
Role of enzymes in Red hot disease of Sugarcane -- G.P.Singh and Akhtar Hussain 81-83
A preliminary report on Nucleic acid levels in mineral deficient plants -- Shri Ranjan and R.M.Pandey 83-84
A new Alternaria blight of Celeosia Cristata L. from India -- Vasanth Gurunath Rao 84-85
Inheritance of stem and Glume discolouration in Wheat -- P.N.Narula and Y.M.Upadhayay 85-86
A new record of Shot-Hole-Borer, Scolytoplatypus Raja Blandaf. (Scolytidae:Col) of Apple trees in H.P -- O.P.Bhalla and P.L.Sharma 86-86
Book Reviews 87-92
Science Notes and News 92-94
March 1963

Our Present Knowledgwe of the Interaction Between the Atmosphere and the Oceans -- C.Ramaswamy 95-100
Some Aspects of the Seasonal and Diurnal Changes of Circulation over India and Neighbourhood -- R.Ananthakrishnan 100-102
New Sweet Maize Hybrids for the Northern Plains -- Bhag Singh, N.L.Dhawan, E.W.Sprague, R.L.Paliwal and S.M.Vaidya 102-103
Induced Spawning of the Chinese Carps Ctenopharyngodon Idellus (C. & V.) and Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix (C. & V.) in ponds at Cuttack 103-106
The H-Alpha Line in the Solar Flare of November, 1960 106-106
Letters to the Editor
Lifetime of the 70 KeV. Level in SB 121 -- M.K.Ramaswamy 107-107
Observations of oriented crystal growth in Aluminium films on two alkali halide substrates -- S.K.Sharma 107-108
Pulse-Sine wave converter -- B.B.Deshpande 108-110
Adiabatic compressibility of aqueous solutions of Lithium Nitrate -- S.V.Subramanian 110-110
The resolution of (+_) Butane-2-Ol (Methyl Ethyl Carbinol) -- J.L.Norula and J.Kenyon 111-111
The Hydrogen bonding energies from near Ultra-Violet absorption spectra in p-Bromo-Phenol and o-Hydroxy Biphenyl -- T.Devanathan 112-112
Synthesis of (+_) Fustin and its derivatives -- N.H.Kamkhalia and A.B.Kulkarni 112-113
Water soluble alkaloids of the Root Bark of Cissampelos Pareira "Linn" -- R.M.Srivastava and M.P.Khare 114-114
Chemical examination of the flowers of Lannea Coromandelica -- A.G.R.Nair, S.Sankara Subramanian 115-116
A note on Tick paralysis in Rabbits -- K.R.P.Singh 116-116
Production of Neurolathyrism in chicks by the injection of Lathyrus sativus concentrates -- V.Nagarajan and C.Gopalan 116-118
A modified technique for the seperation of overlapping Amino acids -- V.A.Shinde, I.P.Agarwal, S.C.L.Verma and R.K.Jain 118-119
Economic significance of studies on sedimentation in Rajahmundry area, Andhra Pradesh -- R.Vaidyanathan 119-120
A preliminary note on the occurence of a radioactive Upper Vindhya pelitic sandstone -- S.Viswanathan 120-121
Stratigraphic position of the sedimentary rocks near Nurda and Hatgamaria, Singhbhum, Bihar -- Anjan Kumar Chatterjee 121-123
Scutellar Bristles in Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonida) -- S.K.Dasgupta 123-125
Free amino acid content in the central nervous system of the Freshwater Crab, Paratelphusa Jacquemontii (Rathbun) -- H.B.Nirmal 125-126
Sensory canals of the head of few Cyprinids -- O.P.Khandelwal 126-127
Neurosecretory release in the Cockroach revealed by Vital staining -- K.K.Thomas 127-128
A new Lodging index for the use of Maize breeders -- S.M.Vaidya, R.L.Paliwal and Bhag Singh 128-129
A new species of Phyllosticta -- S.k.Hasija 129-130
Primary production in three upland lakes of Madras state, India -- A.Sreenivasan 130-131
Note on endogenous flowers in Carica Papaya Linn -- K.S.Srinivasan and R.B.Bose 131-131
Vavilovoid Mutant in Triticum Aestivum and the origin of T.Vavilovi -- M.V.Prabhakara Rao and M.S.Swaminathan 132-133
Male gametophyte and Obturator in Cyperus Rotundus L.and C.Triceps Endl. (=Kyllinga Triceps Rottb.) -- Pushpa Khanna 133-134
Location of the gene for leaf margin Dentness in Barley -- K.B.L.Jain and M.K.Upadhyay 134-135
Effect of Colchicine on the growth and sporulation of Alternaria Tenuis Nees Ex Pers -- J.N.Rai and A.K.Sinha 135-136
Evidence of sex regulating property of Asafoetida in some Monoecious Cucurbits -- H.R.Kalia, R.S.Vasudeva and S.P.Bharti 136-136
Book Reviews 137-141
Science Notes and News 142-145
April 1963

Floral colours and their Spectral Composition -- C.V.Raman 147-151
A Method of Degradation of Hard Resin from Lac -- R.Madhav, T.R.Seshadri and G.B.V.Subramanian 151-153
Some Structural Features and Neurotoxic Action of a compound From Lathyrus Sativus Seeds -- P.R. Adiga, S.L.N.Rao and P.S.Sarma 153-155
Training Programme in Phsiology and Reproduction -- M.R.N.Prasad 155-157
Linear Polarization of the Radio Waves from Saturn 157-157
Letters to the Editor
Volatilization of Boron in the direct current arc -- Y.V.Kathavate and G.D.rihani 158-159
Lifetime studies in Tellurium-121 -- M.K.Ramaswamy 159-159
Synthesis of 1,1-diphenyl 4-substituted thiosemicarbazides -- K.K.Ginwala and J.P.Trivedi 159-160
Snow crystals formed in Cirrus clouds -- I.J.Smalley 160-161
Magnetism and molecular structure: Study of monosubstituted Phenols and their Ethers -- D.S.Kenkare and M.G.Datar 161-162
Catalase activity and Iron deficiency in Soya Bean leaf tissue -- N.G.Perur, R.L.Smith and Herman H.Wiebe 162-162
Chemical examination of Canarium Bengalense Roxb -- P.C.Maiti and R.M.Beri 162-163
Studies on Bombay Rats -- P.J.Deoras 163-165
A note on the Annual reproductive cycle of the Prawn Panaeus Indicus (M.Edw.) of Madras coast -- 165-166
A qualitative study of Amino acid in the chick organizer region -- M.S.Lakshmi and Gajanan V.Sherbet 166-167
Morphogenesis of the pedal gland in the Giant Snail Achatina Fulica Bowdich -- Krishna Chandra Ghose 167-168
The occurence of the Wood-Boring Crustacean, Sphaeroma Triste Heller on the Indian coast -- R.Yesudian George 168-169
The secretory cycle of invertase in the Midgut and Caeca tissue of Locusta Migratoria L. in relation to Moulting -- Mumtaz Ahmad Khan 169-169
Persisting Nucleoli and Micronuclei in the Mitotic cells of Pisum Sativum Linn -- P.M.Gopinath and M.K.Subramanian 169-171
Potassium Nitrate and Carbohydrate contents of Argemone Mexicana Linn at different stages of its growth -- M.I.H.Farrooqi and K.N.Kaul 171-172
An analysis of well water for micro organisms -- S.Chandrasekharan, S.Kaliyaperumal and G.Rangaswami 172-173
Vertical zonation and seasonal variation in the growth of Porphyra on Vishakapatnam coast -- M.Umamaheshwari Rao and T.Sreeemulu 173-174
Association of a new species of Phoma with Pleospora Herbarum (Pers.) Rahb -- 174-175
Additions to the Fungi of India -- P.K.Khanna 175-176
Leaf spot of Apple Blossom -- L.Moniz 177-177
A new record of an Ascigerous Mould from India -- R.R.Mishra 177-178
Studies in Leguminosae -- K.Thothathri 178-179
Chlorophyll Mutants in Pennisetum Typhodeum (Bajra) induced by Gamma Rays -- R.P.Chandola, M.P.Bhatnagar and Miss Indu Totuka 179-180
Meiotic studies in some members of Tribe Paniceae -- P.K.Gupta 180-181
Genetics of seedling resistance to race 122 of Black Rust of Wheat -- M.V.Rao, O.P.Makhija and R.K.Agarwal 182-182
Occurence of Enteromorpha at Khargone (M.P) -- A.B.Seerwani 182-182
Some interesting features of the male gametophyte of Viola Odorata Linn -- Dalbir Singh and Santosh Gupta 183-184
Floral anatomy of Monsonia Senegalensis Guill and Perr -- H.S.Narayana and P.K.Arora 184-185
Rhizopius Sexualis from soil in India -- Usha Baijal 186-186
Book Reviews 187-191
Science Notes and News 192-194
May 1963

Photodynamically Active Plant Products-- T.R.Seshadri and M.S.Sood 195-201
Differential Crossability of Maize Strains with Tripsacum-- Satish C.Anand and Earl R.Leng 202-203
Air Pollution 203-205
Symposium of Selection of Sites for Nuclear Reactors 205-205
Letters to the Editor
Studies on sporadic E-relationship with thunderstorms and magnetic disturbances -- M.J.Kesava Murthy 206-206
Relation between the genesis and grain sizes of the constituents in Limestones -- K.V.Krishna Rao and G.Gopal Krishna 207-208
Halogenation of Disulphides in Water -- G.Bagavant, G.M.Parikh and B.Sreenivasan 208-209
Radiation induced cogenital defects in Albino Rats -- H.J.Arnikar, L.M.Singh and K.N.Udupa 209-209
Occurence of some large Foraminifera in the Cretaceous rocks near Vridhachalam, Madras -- D.A.Rasheed and A.Govindan 210-211
The distribution of Glycogen in Martesia Fragilis, acommon Wood-Borer of Madras -- V.V.Srinivasan 211-213
Elastic constants of some volcnic rocks from Japan -- S.Balakrishnan and A.Suryaprakash Rao 213-213
The composition of Egg capsules of the Pulmonte Snail Ariophanta Ligulata (Ferrussac) -- K.Ranga Rao 213-214
Changes in the Inter-Lamellar and Basi-Lamellar portions of the gills of Therapon Jarbua when exposed to varying salinities -- T.V.Vasantha 214-215
Shipworms from the Pulicat lake, East coast, Madras state -- N.Balakrishna Nair 215-216
Development of Prothoracic Sclerities in Dysdercus Koengii (Fabr.) (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) -- Sudarshan Khanna 216-218
Aberrant forms in two species of Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) -- S.K.Dasgupta 218-219
On the discovery of the Primitive Mysidacean family Lepidomysidae in India -- N.Krishna Pillai and T.Mariamma 219-220
Observations on the pigmentation of Pallisentis Sp. (Pallisentidae:Acanthocephala) , an intestinal parasite of the fish Ophiocephalus -- A.M.Nadakal 220-220
An instance of impermeability to colour pigments at silk gland level in a polyvoltine strain of Bombyx Mori L. -- M.S.Jolly and S.Krishnaswami 220-221
Collateral host plants of Root-Knot Nematodes -- K.K.Nirula and Rabinder Kumar 221-222
Kneeing habit in rice -- P.K.Narayanan and M.P.Balakrishnan 222-223
Hydrocyanic acid content of diseased and healthy plant parts of Sorghum -- A.Balasubramanian and G.Rangaswami 223-223
New records of Fungi from Mysore -- T.R.Nag Raj 224-225
Taste deficiency in a student population of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh -- M.Hasim 225-225
Fungi-Toxicity of extracts from Tannin bearing plants -- K.K.Janardhanan, D.Ganguly, J.N.Baruah and P.R.Rao 226-227
Vascular anatomy of the flower of Limeum Indicum stocks -- H.S.Narayana and Kanti Jain 227-228
A note on the embryology of Erythrina Indica Lam -- P.Chandravadana 229-230
Extracapillary ovules in some Ranales -- S.Jalan and N.N.Bhandari 230-232
On the anatomical structure of the Pinnae of some species of Cycas L. -- Divya Darshan Pant and Devendra Datt Nautiyal 232-234
Meiotic studies in Boerhavia Repanda Willd. -- S.L.Tandon and G.R.Rao 234-235
Cytology of Jujubes -- T.N.Khoshoo and Narinder Singh 235-236
Lobelia Chinensis from Bombay -- G.L.Shah 236-236
Book Reviews 237-239
Science Notes and News 240-243
June 1963

The Trichromatic Hypothesis -- Sir C.V.Raman 245-247
The Crystal Structure of Ba(OH)2.8H2O and the Crystal Co-ordination of the Barium Ion -- H. Manohar and S. Ramaseshan 248-249
Review of Recent Results on internal Conversion -- M.K. Ramaswamy 249-251
Structure of Cyanomaclurin -- Geetha Chakravarty and T.R. Seshadri 251-253
Letters to the Editor  
L-Forbidden transitions near deformed region -- S.M.Brahmavar and M.K.Ramaswamy 254-254
N.Q.R. Zeeman spectrum of 2,5-Dichloro Nitrobenzene -- V.Nagarajan and C.R.K.Murty 254-255
Activation of microwave crystals at low input microwave power by D.C.biasing -- C.S.Kumar and R.Parshad 255-256
Aldehydes as corrosion Inhibitors -- M.N.Desai and (Mrs) S.M.Desai 256-256
Substituted Oxadiazole -2-Thiones -- V.S.Dighe, G.Bagavant, S.Somasekhara and S.L.Mukherjee 257-257
Naturally occuring Anhydrovitamin A2 -- R.K.Barua and P.G.Nair 257-259
Studies in Terpenes -- K.K.Sugatham, C.Punnoose Mathew and James Verghese 259-260
The resolution of (+_) Mandelic acid -- J.L.Norula and J.Kenyon 260-261
Protease and Diastase activity in the Roots of Plumbago Zeylanica Linn. -- M.A.Iyengar and G.s.Pendse 261-262
Accurate evaluation of Lattice parameters of Alpha-Brasses -- S.Srinivasa Rao and T.R.Anantharaman 262-263
Sclerotioids in the Kargali coals of East Bokaro coalfield , Bihar -- S.M.Casshyap 263-264
Native Sulphur in recent sediments from the Godavari Delta Basin -- A.S.Naidu and C.Borreswara Rao 264-265
Non-Ejaculated spermatozoa in the Epididymis of Anser Melanotus (Aves, Anseres) -- P.N.Mehrotra 265-266
Remarks on the note "Sensory canals of the head of few Cyprinids" -- A.S.Kapoor 266-267
The Chromosome numbers in some of the Grasses of Andhra Pradesh, India -- U.B.S.Swami 267-268
Crotalaria Spectabilis Roth.- A new green manufacturing crop for Northern India -- Hari Kishore 268-269
Epidermal studies on some species of the genus Eragrostis P.Beauv -- (Miss) Kum Kum Roy 269-271
Sporae dispersae of the rust fungi (Uredinales) from the Miocene Lignite of South India -- C.G.K.Ramanujam and P.Ramachar 271-272
Heterothrix Ulotrichlorides Pascher in India -- Braj Nandan Prasad and P.N.Srivastava 272-272
A Diploid Parthenium in Jammu -- M.L.Hakoo 273-273
A note on Eimeria Rajasthani N.Sp. (Protozoa:Eimeriidae) from the Indian Camel (Camelus Dromedarius) -- J.P.Dubey and B.P.Pande 273-274
The chromosome number of Uraeotyphlus Menoni Annandale -- N.Balakrishna Elayidom, Saraswathy Royan Subramaniam and M.k.Subramaniam 274-276
Curvularia Verruciformis Agarwal and Sahni. A new fungus from Jabalpur (M.P) -- G.P.Agarwal and V.P.Sahni 276-277
Some ovule characters in the Systematics of Gramineae -- Naresh Chandra 277-279
A new species of Phomopsis from Jabalpur -- S.K.Hasija 279-279
Occurence and distribution of some uncommon Amino-acids in Tamarind seedling -- (Miss) K.K.Patnaik and M.M.Laloraya 279-280
Epidermal structure of Pinnae of Macromazia Miq -- D.Darshan Pant and Devendra Datt Nautiyal 280-281
On the occurence of Ophiobolus Graminis Sacc. in India -- V.R.Ghurde 282-282
Lycoperdon Pusillum Batsch in the Punjab plains -A new record in Indian Gasteromycetes -- Devinder Singh Chahal 282-283
A note on the occurence of Cercospora ocimicola in India -- P.C.Mishra and K.S.Bhargava 283-283
Book Reviews 284-288
Science Notes and News 289-292
July 1963

Floral Colours and the physiology of Vision--Sir.C.V. Raman 293-296
Spectrophotometric Detection of Tricresyl Phosphate (TCP) in Foodstuff--S.K. Krishnan,V.V.S. Murthy and T.R. Seshadri 297-299
microbiology and World Food Supplies 299-299
Considerations on the African Origin of Eleusine Coracana (L.) Gaertn--K.L. Mehra 300-301
Letters to the Editor  
Microwave crystals as thermometers in low temperature range -- K.D.Kundra and R.Parshad 302-302
Oxine derivatives -- B.Venkataramani 302-303
Vinyl polymerisation initiated by Cobaltic ions -- K.Jijie and V.Mahadevan 303-304
A simple timer using Dekatron and cold cathode trigger tubes -- S.B.R.Shenoy, U.H.Narayanan and K.Sundararajan 304-305
Photolytic preparation of vanadyl sulphate from vanadium pentoxide -- B. Sahoo, K.C. Satpathy and R. Parmar 305-306
alpha-Nitroso-beta Naphthol as an indicator in the Mercurimetric determination of chloride and bromide ions -- S.V. Patil 306-306
2: 3-Dihydroxy-Naphthalene-6-Sulphonic acid (Sodium salt) as an analytical reagent for zirconium -- Brahm Dev and B.D. Jain 306-307
Lignans - Part III: Synthesis of a etralone related to Sikkimotoxin -- H.D. Shroff and A.B. Kulkarni 307-308
Flavonoids of the flowers of Guazuma Tomentosa and Delonix Elata --S. Sankara Subramanian and M.Narayana Swamy 308-310
Evaluation of the total unsaturation in dehydrated castor oil (D.C.O) -- C.K. Anantheswaran and S.V. Puntambekar 310-311
Improving the storage stability of dehydrated potato and carrot powder -- B.S. Bhatia, S. Kuppaswamy. R. Gururaja Rao and D.S. Bhatia 311-312
Gravel indications of Former Drainage in Nellore Area, Andhra Pradesh -- R. Vaidyanadhan 312-314
Significant volcanic features of the daima lavas -- Aniruddha De, D, Dassarma and J. Bhattacharjee 314-315
Fossil wood resembling grewia from the deccan intertrappean beds of Mahurzari near Nagpur, India -- U.Prakash and Ramesh Dayal 315-316
Studies on the Pituitary gland of the Indian Palm Squirrel Funambulus Pennanti (Wroughton) -- M.R.N. Prasad and Gurmeet K. Dhaliwal 316-318
On the Psilenchus Neoformis N. Sp. (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from solon (H.P), North India -- M. Shamim Jairajpuri and ather H. Siddiqi 318-319
A Note on the Oxygen uptake of the ctenophore, Pleurobrachia Globosa -- P.K. Rajgopal 319-320
On the nature of the protein of the Exocuticle of Anilocra -- Gunaseelan Edward 320-321
A study of variability in Pearl Millet Germplasm -- M. Ahluwalla, K. Shankar and K.O. Rachie 321-322
Floral Morphology of Boerhavia Verticillata Poir -- N.C. Nair and V.J. Nair 322-324
Phytosterol: beta-sitosterol from boswellia Serrata Roxb. -- R.M. Beri and M.G. Karnik 324-324
Blight of Peucedanum Graveo lens in Maharashtra -- T. Raghunath 324-325
Cytological studies inn the Endosperm of Nothoscordum Fragrans Kunth -- S.L. Tandon and B,M, Kapoor 325-326
A new bacterial leaf-spot on Corchorus Acutangulus Lam -- A.C.Padhya and M.K.Patil 326-326
Thyriothecia of Asterineae from the south Arcot Lignite, Madras -- C.G.K.Ramanujam 327-328
Sheath blight of rice caused by Rhizoctonia Solani Kuhn- A new record in India -- Chetan Swarup Paracher and Devinder Singh Chahal 328-329
A preliminary note on Eimeria Battakhi, N.Sp.(protozoa:eimeriidae) from Domestic Duck (Anas Platyrhyn-chos Platyrhynchos Domesticus) -- J.P.Dubey and B.P.Pande 329-331
Cuticular sheath in the embryo of Euderus Agromyzae Gangrade -- G.A.Gangrade 331-331
Book Reviews 332-336
Science Notes and News 337-340
August 1963

The Green Colour of Vegetation -- Sir.C.V. Raman 341-344
Some Observations on the Cytology in the Genus Tephrosia Pers. -- J. Venkateswarlu and C. Kameswara Rao 345-347
The Antarctic Krill, The staple food of the Whales -- R. Subrahmanyam 347-347
Response of mulberry Seeds to Gibberellic Acid Treatment -- L.S. Prahlada Rao, T. Pennidhana Rao and E.S. Narayanan 348-349
On the Regularity of the Tetrahedra in Quartz 349-349
Letters to the Editor  
Type-N Gravitational waves in Non-empty space-time -- J.Krishna Rao 350-350
On the geometry of Lorenz curve of concentration for truncated exponential , Pareto and lognormal distribution -- P.Sambamurthy 350-351
On the mixing ratios (M1-E2) in some even-even Nuclei -- S.M.Brahmavar and M.K.ramaswamy 351-353
Identification of S-Methyl Cysteine Sulphoxide by paper chromatography in presence of other S-containing Amino Acids -- R.K.Barua and K.Bhuyan 353-354
Structure of Piplartine- A new alkaloid from Piper Longum -- C.K.Atal and S.S.Banga 354-355
Site of synthesis of alkaloids in some plants -- L.D.Kapoor 355-356
Dipole moment of Dyes -- D.D.Desai and N.H.Pandhare 356-356
Argillisation and Wallrock alternation at Mosabhoni Copper mines, Singhbhum district, Bihar -- K.Kameswara Rao and G.S.R.Krishnamurthy 356-358
Occurence of khondalite from the Extra peninsular region Chor area, Himachal Pradesh -- M.N.Saxena and R.C.Kanwar 358-358
Thermal analysis of altered rocks from Vempalle limestone Belt, Cuddapah system -- C.Borreswara Rao 358-359
Nature of contact between the Lower and Upper Murrees in Jammu province, J and K state -- L.L.Bhandari 359-360
On the occurence of radioactive Chlorite in Bundlekhand Granites -- S.Viswanathan 360-360
Meloidogyne SPP. infecting certain plants in Kerala -- A.M.Nadakal 360-361
Fish Eggs off Waltair coast -- P.N.Ganapati and N.Solomon Raju 361-362
Toxicity of Zinc to fish -- A.Sreenivasan and R.Soundar Raj 363-363
Longidorella Xenura N.SP. (Nematoda:Dorylaimoidea) found around Apricot roots in Almora, North India -- Ekramullah Khan and M.Rafiq Siddiqi 363-364
A Haemotoxylin squash technique for the study of Grasshopper chromosomes -- (Miss) N.K.Mangalangi and M.K.Subramaniam 364-366
Effect of inoculation of Aulosira Fertilissima on rice plants -- W.V.B.Sundara Rao, S.K.Goyal and G.S.Venkataraman 366-367
A new species of Septoria on an economic host -- Vasanth Gurunath Rao 367-368
Helicomina Poonensis SP.Nov. from India -- K.R.Gopinath Nair and T.Raghunath 368-369
Interchromosome distribution of Chiasmata in annual Chrysanthemum -- Sudha Bhatnagar and H.K.jain 369-370
Functional male sterility in Brassica Campestris Var. Brown Sarson -- K.Das and J.B.Chowdhury 370-371
Some results of breeding Ajwain, Trachyspermum Ammi (L.) Sprague for high essential oil content -- M.G.Joshi and A.B.Joshi 371-372
On the occurence of compound female receptacles in Reboulia Hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi -- Vinod Chandra 372-373
Pollen morphology of two Indian species of Balanophora Forst -- T.Seshagiri Rao 373-373
Two types of embryo development in Passiflora Foetida Linn. -- M.D.Padhye 373-374
Studies on the chromosome number and spermatogenesis in the Lac insect, Laccifer Lacca (Ker) -- G.P.Tulsyan 374-375
Frequency of trivalents in Autotetraploid Guar -- B.K.Vig 375-376
Induced Tetraploidy in Ascepias Curassavica L. -- H.P.Bezbaruah 376-376
Fusarium root of Gladiolus -- R.N.Tandon and S.N.Bhargava 377-377
Shoot Apex in dorotheanthus Bellidiformis N.E.Br -- Karuna Mohan 377-379
Arachis Hypogaea L.-A host of Southern Sannhemp mosaic virus -- Y.C.Paliwal and T.K.Nariani 379-379
Book Reviews 380-385
Science Notes and News 386-388
September 1963

The Visual pigments and Their location in the Retina -- Sir. C.V. Raman 389-394
Duplex origin of Petroleum 394-394
Analysis of saint Venant Torsion for Regular Polygonal Cross Sections -- Akella Kameswara Rao 395-397
Effect of Fungicides on Pectolytic Enzyme Activity of Fungi -- Rajendra K. Grover 398-399
Gallenkamp Technico house 400-400
Letters to the Editor  
Large angle Rayleigh scattering of 662 keV, Gamma Rays -- S.Anand, M.Singh and B.S.Sood 401-402
The structure of the sheath in Lyngbya Majuscula Harvey Ex Gomont -- S.C.Mehta, S.C.Das, G.S.Venkataraman and R.Chandra 402-403
Action of Sodium Borohydride Lewis acid complexes on acetals and ketals -- N.Janaki, K.D.Pathak and B.C.Subba Rao 404-404
Selective reduction of Carboxy and Cyano groups in the presence of Carbonyl groups -- B.C.Subba Rao and G.P.Thakur 404-405
Erythrocytic Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase in various animal species -- A.J.Baxi, S.N.naik and H.M.Bhatia 405-406
Synthesis of 3,4-Coumarin Pyrones -- Jimmy Patell and R.N.Usgaonkar 406-407
An improved Ferric Chloride method for the rapid determination of Serum total cholesterol -- A.N.Ramanathan and Miss T.S.Savithri 407-408
Histochemical demonstration of alkaline Phosphatase in Candida -- P.V.Kurup 408-409
Copper minerals in the Gneisses and Granulites of Vishakhapatnam, Waltair, Andhra Pradesh -- J.S.R.Krishna Rao and T.Ramakrishna Murthy 409-410
Prehnite from Pinnapuram, Tadapatri taluk, Ananthapur district , Andhra Pradesh -- B.V.Govinda Rajulu and M.N.Viswanathan 410-411
A note on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of the Jabalpur series -- A.P.Agarwal 411-411
Comparison of the effects of Androgenic hormone and Testosterone Propionate on the female Ocypod Crab -- S.Sarojini 411-412
Seasonal variations in the cuticle of Myriapoda -- G.Sundararajulu 412-413
On a new record of a Blenniid Fish, Petroscirtes Kochi M.Webber, from Andamans -- G.M.Yazdani 413-413
A note on the occurence of the Deep water Teleost Ateleopus (Order Iniomi) off the coast of Kerala -- C.T.Samuel 413-414
Criconema Serratum N.Sp.(Nematoda:Criconematidae) a parasite of peach trees in Almora , North India -- Ekramullah Khan and M.Rafiq Siddiqi 414-415
On the nature of nourishment of the growing Oocytes of the Frog and its bearing on their DNA content -- Nirmala Chatterjee 415-417
Role of Blue-Green algae on Paddy yield -- L.L.Relwani 417-418
Strontium in some Indian vegetables -- B.C.Ray Sarkar and U.P.S.Chauhan 418-419
Tetramery in Tulipa Stellata Hook -- Vishnu Swarup, J.N.Sharma and D.P.singh 419-420
Basal rot of Onion -- B.L.Mathur and H.C.Saxena 420-420
Development of Stomata in Psilotum Nudum (L.) Beauv -- Divya Darshan Pant and Bharathi Mehra 420-422
A new species of Heterosporium from Marathwada -- S.T.Tilak 422-422
Intramarginal Tracheids in Anticharis Linearis Hochst -- Thomas M.Varghese 422-424
Cyperus Papyrus L.-A new record for India -- C.K.Shah 424-425
Diocalandra Stigmaticollis Gyll., As a new Borer-pest of the Arecanut crop -- G.V.B.Naidu and S.N.Sampath Kumar 425-426
Myrothecium rot of Tomato -- R.N.Tandon and M.P.Srivastava 426-427
The chromosome number of Cyamopsis Serrata Schinz -- T.Hymowitz and M.D.Upadhyay 427-428
Jatropha curcas ,L., A Collateral host for Oidium Heveae, Stein -- T.S.Ramakrishnan and P.N.Radhakrishnan Pillay 428-428
Book Reviews 429-433
Science Notes and News 434-436
October 1963

The Colours of Gemstones--Sir C.V. Raman 437-440
Role of Atomic Electrons in Nuclear Transformations--B.V. Thosar 440-440
Role of blue-Green Algae, Chemical Nutrients and partial Soil sterilization on Paddy yield--L.L. Belwani and R Subrahmanyan 441-443
A Study of the Pollen Grains of Jussieua and ludwigia with remarks on the Taxonomic Status of Jussieua Suffruticosa Linn.--J. Venkateswarlu and V. Seshavataram 443-445
Present Status on Onion Smut in India and its Control--N.V.R. Urs, H.C. Govindu and P.R. Mehta 445-447
Coherently Driven Molecular Vibrations and Light Modulation 447-447
Letters to the Editor  
Mean amplitudes of Vibration of some Octahedral XY6 type ions from Raman data -- G.Nagarajan 448-449
Thermodynamic properties of Carbon Tetraiodide -- M.Radhkrishnan 449-450
Cyclohexane Diamine Tetraacetic acid complexes II -- T.P.Radhakrishnan, S.C.Saraiya and A.K.Sundaram 450-451
Remarks on K-conversion coefficients of E2 transitions in rare-earth Nuclei -- M.K.Ramaswamy and S.M.Brahmavar 451-452
On the nature of Optimal properties of the likelihood Ratio criterion test procedure -- C.S.K.Bhagavan and K.V.Suryanarayana 452-453
A special characteristic of 5-Methoxyflavan-4-Ols -- H.G.Krishnamurthy, K.G.Sarma and T.R.Seshadri 453-454
Perhydro Thiazino and Thiazole Benzimidazoles -- S.L.Mukherjee, G.Bagavant, V.S.Dighe and S.Somasekhara 454-455
Dalbergenone from the Heartwood of Dalbergia Sissoo -- V.K.Ahluwalia and T.R.Seshdri 455-455
On the Pharmacology of A.Catechu Linn (N.O.Palmae) -- M.Sirsi, A.K.Dorle and V.S.Govindarajan 455-456
Anthelmintic principle of the seeds of Butea Frondosa- Isolation of an Active fraction -- R.Kaleysaraj and P.A.Kurup 456-457
Studies on Bombay Rats -- P.J.Deoras 457-459
The Pectolytic activity of a Sewage Epistylis SP. -- A.D.Agate and J.V.Bhat 459-460
Sugar composition of Nectar in coconut -- T.O.Prasanakumari 460-461
A note on the Geology of the South-Western part of Kannegiri Hills, Andhra Pradesh -- Y.Janardhan Rao and K.Surya Prakash Rao 461-462
Occurence of Radophalus Similis (Cobb,1893) Thorne, 1949, in Abbotabad, West Pakistan -- M.Rafiq Siddiqi 462-463
Chloride regulation in Marphysa Gravelyi Southern -- B.Krishnamoorthi 463-464
Chilli (Capsicum annum) - a new host plant of Heliothis Armigera, HB. -- S.S.Kattagihallimath 464-465
Nucleolus-Satellite relationship at Prophase and Polysomaty in Cicer Arietinum Linn. -- (Miss) G.Meenakshi and M.K.Subramaniam 465-467
Effect of Chlorox on the germination of Vanda seeds -- A.N.Rao and P.N.Avadhani 467-468
Suspensor Polyembrony in Garrya Veatchii Kell -- P.R.Mohana Rao 468-469
X-Ray induced Tall Mutant of Black Gram (Phaseolus Mungo L.) -- Manas K.Jana 469-470
Leaf age, A factor in the comntrol of Kinetin-regulated Protein level in isolated Tobacco leaf Discs -- D.Banerji and M.M.Laloraya 470-471
The growth of Albugo in the Callus culture of Ipomoea -- Hardev Singh 472-473
A new species of Dendrographium from India -- Vasanth Gurunath Rao 473-474
Bacterial leaf blight of Castor beans -- M.V.Desai and H.M.Shah 474-475
Book Reviews 476-481
Science Notes and News 482-484
November 1963

Adamantane and its Homologues--Stanslav Landa 485-489
Search for Submuons 489-489
On the Intracellular Localization and Biosynthesis of Catalysis in Liver Tissue--T.M. Radhakrishnan and P.S. Sarma 490-492
International Symposium on Continuum Mechanics 492-292
Embryology and Systematic Position of Crossosoma Californicum Nutt --R.N. Kapil and R.S. Vani 493-495
Letters to the Editor  
Energy of the Schwarzschild exterior field -- K.B.Shah 496-496
On an Empirical regularity in the energy spectra of some Odd-Mass Nuclei -- S.M.Brahmavar and M.K.Ramaswamy 497-497
Diamagnetic Anisotropy of Pyridine and the susceptibility of Dihydro and Tetrahydro Pyridines -- V.T.deshpande and K.G.Patel 497-498
A note on the magnetic susceptibilities of rocks in the West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh -- N.Krishna Brahmam 499-499
Polyphenols of Psidium Guaijava plant -- T.R.Seshadri and (Miss) K.Vasishta 499-500
Studies on complex formation of Quinoline with Perchlorates of some bivalent metals -- P.C.sinha and B.N.Sahai 500-501
Accumulation of Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid and Iodophilic material by the dominant activated sludge bacteria -- F.F.Dias and J.V.Bhat 501-502
Chemical study of the Indigenous plant Saraca Indica (Asoka) -- S.P.Sen 502-503
A spectrophotometric method for the detection of Buffalo milk in Cow milk -- N.K.Roy and V.R.Bhalerao 503-504
Mantled Felspars in Anjana Gneisses near Deogarh (Rajasthan) -- P.V.Somayajulu 504-505
Textural peculiarity in a Dolerite dyke near Kadakola, Mysore -- C.Prasada Rao and D.Narasimha Murthy 505-506
On the occurence of Pholadomya cf. Elliptica Munster and Pholadomya cf. Indica from the Bagh beds of Madhya Pradesh -- S.P.Jain 506-507
Copper and Manganese of a few Forage plants of Western India -- (Miss) Jaya J.Iyer and Y.Satyanarayan 507-508
Xiphinema Brevicolle Lordello and Da Costa , 1961: (Nematoda:Dorylaimoidae) from Dalhousie (H.P.) , North India -- M.Shamim Jairajpuri and Ather H.Siddiqi 508-508
Postembryonic development of Pterothoracic Sclerites in Dydercus Koenigii (F.) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) -- Sudarshan Khanna 508-510
The occurence of Proceras Polychrysa Meyrick in rice stubble at Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh -- A.Perraju and A.Satyanarayana Reddy 510-510
On Helminths recovered from an Indian Hyaena (Hyaena Striata) -- J.P.Dubey 511-511
Biochemical Basis for the food-preference of a predator Beetle -- A.S.Atwal and S.L.Sethi 511-512
Incidence of Azotobacter Chroococcum in the soils of Laccadive islands -- N.Subramoney and Alice abraham 512-513
Performance of White double Top cross maize hybrids -- D.R.Bhandari, M.P.Bhatnagar and Miss T.U.Menon 513-514
Endosperm in Euphorbiaceae and Occurence of Endosperm Haustoria in two species of Croton Linn -- J.Venkateswarlu and Piratla Narasimha Rao 514-516
Occurence of a Tyrosinase inhibitor in the Haemolymph of Galleria Mellonella L. infected by Mattesia Dispora Nav. -- K.Sen Gupta 516-516
A note on the embryology of a few Rutaceae -- L.L.Narayanan 516-517
Occurence of Curvularia Spicifera (Bainier) Boedijn: Helminthosporium Spiciferum (Bainier) Nicot on Celosia Cristata L. -- S.S.Prasad and B.D.Sinha 517-518
Exosporium Ampullaceum (Petch) M.B.Ellis= (Helmithosporium Ampullaceum Petch) - A new record for India -- H.N.Satya 518-518
A new Hansfordiella from India -- P.Raghuveer Rao and Dev Rao 518-519
Effect of Copper nutrition on multiplication and concentration of Sunnhemp mosaic virus -- K.S.M.Sastry 519-520
Book Reviews 521-526
Science Notes and News 527-530
December 1963

Visual Acuity and Its Variation -- Sir C.V.Raman 531-534
Squalls in India -- K.Raghavan and N.D.Nagarkar 534-536
Leaf Devalopment in Palms -- D.Padmanabhan 537-539
Induced Sphaerococcoid Mutations in Triticum Aestivum and Their Phylogenetic and Breeding Significance -- M.S.Swaminathan, D.Jagatheesan and V.L.Chopra 539-540
Letters to the Editor  
Recent results on orbital capture -- M.K.Ramaswamy 541-542
Growth spirals and closed loop patterns on zinc single crystals -- N.S.Pandya and A.P.Balasubramanian 542-543
Magnetic behaivour of rare-earth ions in state of solution -- A.Mookherji and T.Mookherji 543-544
Studies in reactions of Boron Trifluoride -- S.M.Mehta and V.K.Mehta 544-544
Chemical extractives of the Heartwood of Shorea Robusta -- Ch.Bheemasankara Rao, T.V.Pamanabha Rao and V.Venkateswarlu 544-545
Peroxides as dehydrohalogenating agents -- Harjit singh, B.K.P.S.Shant and K.S.Narang 545-546
An E2 Mechanism for the Chromic acid oxidation of secondary alcohols -- P.S.Radhakrishnamurti and H.Jayaraman 546-547
Direct Sulphonation of Quinazolinones -- S.Somasekhara and S.L.Mukherjee 547-548
Amino-acids in Areca Catechu Linn (N.O.Palmea) -- Miss H.Lalitha Kumari and M.Sirsi 548-549
On coexisting Pyroxene and Amphibole in alkali-Gabbro of Koraput, Orissa -- Mihir K.Bose 549-550
On the identity of Belonolaimus Hastulatus Colbran, 1960, and Tylenchorhynchus Indicus Siddiqi, 1961 (Nematoda:Tylenchida) -- M.Rafiq Siddiqi 550-551
On Proleptonchus Aestivus Lordello, 1955 (Nematoda:Dorylaimoidea) -- M.Shamim Jairajpuri and Ather H.Siddiqi 551-551
A study of the Miracidium of Singhiatrema Longifurca Simha, 1958 -- Shyam Sunder Simha and Prabhakar Deshpande 551-552
Free amino acids in a digenetic Trematode, paramphistomum Cervi -- D.P.Singhal 552-553
A note on the new Entomogenous bacteria -- V.N.Upadhyay, M.L.Nayak and Y.S.Rathore 553-553
A study of floral morphogenesis in rice plant -- Biswambhar Saha 554-555
Study of the various aspects of Plasmodial growth of Physarum Wingatense Macbr -- Asok Kr.Kar 555-557
Pollen morphology of two species of Orobanchaceae -- T.Sehagiri Rao 557-558
A new species of Curvularia on the leaves of Carica Papaya L. -- H.P.Srivastava and K.S.Bilgrami 558-559
The Epidermal structure of the Sporangia of some modern Cycads -- Divya Darshan Pant and Devendra Datt Nautiyal 559-561
Plagiostigme Deodikarii SP.Nov. from India -- S.Ananthanarayanan 561-562
On egg number and size produced by Meloidogyne Javanica, the root knot Nematode, on five host plants -- M.Balasubramanian and G.Rangaswami 562-563
A new Caterpillar pest of Jowar earheads -- S.Usman 563-564
Papaya decline disease incited by nematodes in Maharashtra -- M.J.Narasimhan and T.V.Subramanian 564-566
Pollen production in some Allergenic plants -- P.K.K.Nair and K.Rastogi 566-567
Some new records of Zygnemaceae from India and Panjab -- R.S.Rattan 567-567
Book Reviews 568-573
Science Notes and News 574-576
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