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    currsci-vol 52
 
 
January 1983. 1
 
Toxic constituents of some Indian plants-- N. Viswanathan and B.S. Joshi 1-8
Announcements 8-8
Current Science -Fifty years ago 9-9
Announcements 9-9
Articles  
The crystal and molecular structure of 17-thia-3-methoxy-estra-1,3,5(10) triebe-17 dioxide-- Surendra Sinha and v.M. Padmanabhan 10-12
Fossil mammal footprints from the Siwaliks of South-Central Nepal-- Robert M.west, T.R. Pant, J.H. Hutchinson and Glenn.C. Conroy 12-16
Correlation of membrane resting potential of mesophyll cells and drought resistane in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars-- A Ravindran, J. Ashraf and M. Amin 16-19
Short Communications  
The Crystal structure of phenacetin--Urmila Patel, T.C. Patel and T.P. Singh 20-21
Extraction of lecanoric acid from parmelia andina Mull. Arg. and its effect on mitosis in Allium cepa L. root tips--R. Sucharita, d. Malleshwar, Manoharachary and K. Muralikrishna 21-22
Gas chromatographic determination of traces of 2-naphthylamine in 1-naphthylamine--C.M. Farias and A.K. Durve 22-23
Studies in the rearrangement of spiranes: synthesis of 1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro spiro [2,3,4-Ttrimethy cyclopentane-1,2'-naphthalene] and its rearrangement on catalytic dehydrogenation-- D.N. Chatterjee and Bharati Chakraborty 23-24
A note on the newly discovered columbite tantalite beryl and cassiterite bearing pegmatited in Latekalyan area, Bastar district, Madhya Pradesh-- P.V. Ramesh Babu and T.M. Ramachar 24-25
Seedling enantiomorphism in buckwheat (polygonaceae)-- K. Vijay Bhaskar, Bir Bahadur , G. Narsaiah and N. Rama Swamy 25-26
Susceptible stage of the developing cotton boil to pink bollworm attack-- N Hari Prasada Rao, J.C. Pant and R.A. Agarwal 27-27
A strain of Oryza barthi, an African wild rice immune to bacterial blight of rice-- S. Devadath 27-28
The development of embryo in Lycopsis Orientalis Linn.-- B. Hanumantha Rao and P.S. Prakasa Rao 28-30
A comparison of lipid synthesizing capasity in elongating fibre of two cottons differing in lint lengths-- Amarjit Singh Basra and C.P. Malik 30-31
Interspecific transfer of resistance to mungbean yellow mosaic virus from Vigna Mungo to Vigna Radiata-- A.S. Gill, M.M. Verma, H.S. Dhaliwal and T.S. Sandhu 31-33
Simulation induced by gamma rays in Solanum Nigrum L.-- V.S. Koleskar 34-34
Otolith and back calculation of age in mystus Keletius (valen)-- G. Santhakumar, S.V. Job and S. Vinojal 34-35
Changes in Glycogen levels in an air-breathing fish, channa gachua (Hamilton) following aerial exposure-- M. Ramaswamy 35-37
News - Karnataka weather guide calendar 37-37
Book Review 38-38
January 1983. 2
 
The new potential of powder diffraction. Structure and refinement using profile analysis technique-- H Manohar 39-44
Current Science-Fifty years Ago- a Scheme for advancing scientific research in India-- Hem Singh Prithi 45-45
Announcements 45-45
Articles  
Elongated beams, interpulses, and the new millisesond pulsar-- Ramesh Narayanan and V. Radhakrishnan 46-49
Application of photosynthetic pigments in light energy transduction-- M.M. Dhingra 49-52
Announcements 52-52
Concept of conformationally equivalent heminucleotides and its implications in the analysis of the folding of secondary and teritary structures of nucleic acids-- R. Malathi and N Yathindra 53-57
Grafting of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate onto hidepowder-- A Amudeswari, C. Rami Reddy and K. Thomas Joseph 58-59
Method of cultivation of M.leprae -- N. Veeraraghavan 60-63
Morphogenesis in cultured leaf discs of Salpiglossis--K. Raman 63-68
Announcements 68-68
Short Communications  
Spectrophotometric determination of Pt(IV) after extraction of its 2-furanthiocarboxhydrazide-complex with molten naphthalene-- N.a. Mote, M.A. Anuse and M.B. Chavan 69-70
Modification of a single-step separation procedure for several protein constitutents of venom of the Indian cobra (Naga naga)-- R. Manjunatha Kini and T. Veerabasappa Gowda 70-71
Scanning electron microscopic studies of archaean life forms from Karnataka, India--R.Suresh, S. Sambe Gowda and T.P. Sundara Raju 71-72
Ichnofossils from Bhuj formation (Cretaceous) as palaeoenvironmental parameter-- S.M. Cashyap, Pramindra Dev, R.C. Tiwari and A.K. S. Raghuvanshi 73-74
In vivo recovey of acetylcholinesterase activity from methyl parathion induced inhibitiion in the freshwater teleost, Cyprinus carpio-- R. Nagarathnamma and R. Ramamurthy 74-75
Mononchus sinensis N.Sp. (Nematoda:Mononchidae) from India--G.R. Soni and G.s. Nama 75-76
Adaptive strategies in cecidogenous thysanoptera-- T.N. Ananthakrishnan 77-79
Variation of free amino acids during fighting in Schozodactylus monstrosus Drury (Orthopters, Schizodactylidae) -- Aminul Islam and Subrata Roy 79-82
Effect of salinity on protein content and seed size if chickpea (cicer arietinum L.)--J. Kumar, C.L.L. Gowda, N.P. Sazena, S.C. Sethi, U. Singh and K.I. Sahrawat 82-83
B-chromosome occurrence in West African populations of pearl millet-- J.V. Pantulu 83-84
Activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phospho glucose isomerase in iron deficiency in rats-- D.C. Sharma amd M.M. Simlot 85-85
Effect of some vitamins on stomatal behavious in Clematis gouriana Roxb.--K.D. Sharma and N.r. Singhvi 86-86
Trieterphenoid feeding deterrent of Raphidopalpa foveicollis L. (red pumpkin beetles) from Momordica charantia L.-- M.V. Chandravadana and A.B. Pai 87-88
Effect of obscisic acid on endogenous cytokinin in rice (Oryza sativa L.) leaves-- Shyamali Saha, P.K. nagar and P.K. Sircar 88-89
Preliminary study of the handedness in first leaf and successive leaves, flag leaves and spikelets in triticale and its parents-- N. Ramaswamy and Bir Bahadur 89-91
Foliar macrotracheoids in Ilex dipyrene Wall (Aquifiliaceae)-- Barin Ghosh and G.G. Maiti 91-92
Genetic association between two panicle characters in sorghum-- B.Y. Kullaiswamy and J.V. Goud 93-94
A Newly introduced fodder legumes (Hedysaarum coronarium-Family leguminozae juss)-- V. Iswaran, M.P. Nuti and S. Casella 94-95
Late quarternary fossil bone from Goa-- v.s. Kale, A.A. Kshirsagar and V.R. Mitragotari 95-96
Announcements 96-96
Book Reviews 97-99
February 1983. 3
 
Search for unification of basic forces of nature: Perspective 1982-- L.K.Pandit 101-108
Risk Assessment of Exposure to Chemicals-- C.R.Krishna Murti 109-116
Current Science- Fifty years ago 117-117
Announcements 117-117
Articles  
Compressible Three - Dimensional Stagnation point flow over a Moving Wall-- R.Krishnaswamy and G.Nath 118-120
Polarographic Study of mixed ligand complexes of Copper with some Carboxylic acids and Propylenediamine-- J.K.Garg, P.S.Verma and D.S.Jain 120-123
Announcements 123-123
Short Communications  
Steric effect of Alkyl groups-- S.Sugunan 124-125
Bromination of Benzene and substituted Benzenes with Potassium Bromate- A Kinetic study-- L.Putturajan and N.Venkatasubramanian 125-126
The First record of early stone age tools of man from Ghumarin, Himachal Pradesh-- Anek Ram Sankhyan 126-127
A note on Fluorine in Biotite from a Granite-Biotite Schlieren suite of Sikkim-- P.K.Verma and P.Vishnoi 127-128
Intraspecific polyploidy in Mimosa Pudica Linn.-- M.A.Nazeer and K.J.Madhusoodhanan 128-129
Enhancement of In Vitro pollen growth of Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba-- M.K.Kandaswamy and M.Vivekanandan 129-131
Production of Momilactone associated with resistance of rice cultivars to Sheath rot disease-- R.P.Purkayastha, Anima Ghosal and S.Biswas 131-132
Inheritance and Linkage relationship of three Qualitative characters in Sorghum-- B.Y.Kullaiswamy and J.V.Goud 132-135
Senescence behaivour Gamma irradiated detached Betel (Piper Betle L.) leaf-- S.D.Mishra and B.K.Gaur 135-136
Occurence of protein aceous mass of spherular origin in the sieve cells of Araiostegia Pulchra (Don) Copel-- G.M.Nair 136-137
Embryology of Coreopsis Lanceolaria Linn-- T.Pullaiah 137-138
Associative Nitrogen fixing bacteria of Bajra (Pennisetum Americanum)-- R.P.Garg, S.K.Nair and K.R.Dadarwal 138-140
Gut bacterial flora of Cowpea weevils-- Y.F.Neelgund and S.Meena Kumari 140-141
Trypanosoma Rupicola (Sp.Nov) from a Hillstream fish Nemacheilus Rupicola (Hora)-- B.D.Joshi 141-142
On the action of a Carbamate analogue as a Juvenile hormone mimic-- D.Raghunatha Rao, S.S.Thakur and B.H.Krishnamurthy 142-143
Science News 144-147
Announcements 147-147
Book Reviews 148-150
February 1983. 4
 
Genetic engineering: Problem, Perspective and Proposition-- B.B.Biswas 151-156
Announcements 156-156
Current Science-Fifty years ago 157-157
Articles  
Extractive Photometric determination of Vanadium (V) as Azido mixed ligand complex with N-Hydroxy-N-p-Chlorophenyl-N'-(2-Methyl) phenyl-p-Toluamidine hydrochloride-- P.K.Sharma and R.K.Mishra 158-159
Short Communications  
Some generalized Friedmann models-- Abdussattar 160-161
Zircons in Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss from Kottayam district, Kerala-- Narayanaswamy and A.M.Nair 161-162
Rare radioactive Perpotassic alkali syenites from parts of South Sikkim, India-- Jagmer Singh, D.N.Saxena , H.M.Verma and R.Dhana Raju 162-164
Trichoderma Pseudokoningii Rifai Aggr: A new record for India-- Uma Tiwari 164-164
Riccia Curtish (Aust.) James from Kumaon, Himalayas-- S.D.Tewari and Giribala Pant 164-165
Catillaria Manipurensis- A new species of Lichen and a note on Lopadium Austroindicum from India-- K.P.Singh 165-166
Occurence of Terminalia in the Lower Siwalik beds near Koilbasa, Nepal-- P.P.Tripathi and V.D.Tiwari 167-167
Gelanispora Brasiliensis Ram,- A new record from India-- Shashi Chauhan, A.K.Agarwal and R.K.S.Chauhan 167-168
Leersia Hexandra as an alternate host of rice gall midge in India-- K.Natarajan, K.C.Mathur and S.Rajamani 168-170
Nomenclature changes in the genus Oidium-- G.Bhagyanarayana and P.Ramachar 170-171
All plant Mycoplasmas are not Spiroplasma-- H.D.Dube and I.L.Kothari 171-172
Reduction in Tissue sensitivity to Auxin action in Gamma-Irradiated Barley Coleoptile-- I.C.Dave, T.Mathew and B.K.Gaur 172-173
Observations on the nature of damage to rice earheads by Thrips, Haplothrips Ganglbaueri Schmutz-- P.S.P.V.Vidyasagar and J.P.Kulshreshtha 173-174
Variation of protein and nucleic acid during Larval development of Chironomus Barbatitarsis in normal and Aposymbiotic conditions-- Aminul Islam and Subrata Roy 174-176
A new species of the genus Danio Hamilton from India (Pisces: Cyprinidae)-- R.P.Barman 177-178
The occurence of Trehalase in the Euborellia Annulipes (Lucas) Dermaptera-- V.Veera Raghavan and M.Mohammed Ibrahimsia 178-179
Effect of Alpha-Methyl Dopa administration of the Pheromonal block to implementation in Mice-- S.C.Sahu and C.J.Dominic 179-181
Announcements 181-181
Science News 182-189
Book Reviews 190-192
Errata 192-192
March 1983. 5
 
Phase conjugate optics-- G.S.Agarwal 193-198
The general problem of regulation of cell division and Malignant transformation-1. The Phenomology and the Questions-- P.M.Bhargava 199-205
Current Science- 50 years ago 206-206
Articles  
A Hypothesis for a double helix in which the two polynucleitide strands intercalate instead of Base-Pairs-- M.A.Viswamitra and J.Pandit 207-209
Variable Anion Polarisability in Ionic crystals-- G.Raghurama and Ramesh Narayanan 210-212
Announcement 212-212
Short Communications  
Performance of 56 AVP photomultiplier-- R.K.mishra 213-214
Radiation resistance of corner driven loop antenna immersed in a two component warm plasma-- Anil Kumar and R.K.Gupta 214-215
Effect of CdCl2 on the Quantitative variation of carbohydrate, protein, amino acids and cholesterol in Chrysocoris Stolli Wolf (Insecta : Hemiptera)-- Aminul Islam and Subrata Roy 215-217
A new record of commenalism between Argyrodes Progiles Tikader (Aranea: Theridiidae) and Stegodyphus Sarasinorum Karsch-- B.L.Bradoo 217-218
Achyla Oryzae Nagai, A new record for Indian Aquatic fungi-- B.L.Verma and R.D.Khulbe 218-219
Acid Mucopolysaccharides in the Lens-cuticle of the Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Birmanicum-- Sudip Dey and Raghu Varman 219-219
Polyschema Chambalensis Sp.nov. from Indian soil-- I.J.Joshi, R.K.S.Chauhan and S.B.Saksena 220-222
A Simple and Rapid detection method for Aflatoxin using Polythene Minicolumn-- M.S.Madhyastha and Ramesh V.Bhat 222-223
Foliar Stomatal development in three Spp. of Aristolochia L.-- Tomy Philip 223-224
Announcements 224-224
Book Reviews 225-226
March 1983.6
 
Cosmic Energy Machines-- J.V.Narlikar 227-233
Announcement 233-233
The General Problem of Regulation of Cell Division and Malignant Transformation 2.An Approach towards Unravelling of the Underlying Mechanism-- P.M.Bhargava 234-239
Announcements 239-239
Current Science- 50 years ago 240-240
An Effecient Computer code for Monitoring Hydrogeological Data-- B.H.Briz-Kishore and R.V.S.S.Avadhanulu 241-244
On the Pituiary Gland of Channa Striatus (Bloch) with relation to Gonadal Cycle-- A.K.Karmakar and A.K.Sircar 244-247
Announcements 247-247
Short Communications  
Flavone C-glycosides from Mollugo Hirta-- A.G.Ramachandran Nair and R.Gunasegaran 248-249
A new method for the Estimation of Isoniazid-- A.Murugesan and D.Venkappayya 249-249
Copper interference in Nitrite Estimation by Diazotization and its elimination-- C.Subramanyam and G.Venkateswerlu 249-251
Additional Faunal Material from the Pleistocene Formation of the river Ghod-a tributary of the Bhima, Maharashtra, India.-- G.L.Badam, R.K.Ganjoo and Salahuddin 251-252
Effect of Drying Conditions on the Solanum Viarum Berries-- Shridhar Patil and M.M.Laloraya 252-254
Fungal Spores from the Holocene Sediments of Tripura, India.-- M.N.V.Prasad and N.R.Ramesh 254-256
Efficiency of callys initiation and direct regeneration from different explants of castor (Ricinus Communis L.)-- Prasanna Athma and T.P. Reddy 256-257
Response of barley (Hordeum vulgare)to inoculation with Azospirillum Brasilense-- K.V.B.R. Tilak and B.N. Murthy 257-258
A new species of isachne (Poaceae) from Karnataka, India--K. Gopalakrishna Bhat and C.R. Nagendran 258-259
Dimeria Jainh (poaceae)-A novelty from Kerala, India-- P.V. Sreekumar, V.J. Nair and N.C. Nair 259-260
Pythium Elongatum Matthews a New record for temperate Indian aquatic fungi--R.D. Khulbe 260-260
Total phenoloc content of ridgegourd leaves in relation to downy mildew infection--Amarnath Shetty 260-261
Origin and evolution of Solanum Scabrum Mill. and its relationshipwith the Indian Hexaploid Solanum Nigrum L.-- G.R. Rao and Anil Kumar 261-262
Occurrence of endosperm haustorium in Rhynchospora Corymbosa (L.) Britton. (Cyperaceae)-- B.H.M. Nijalingappa and D.G. Tejavathi 262-263
Quercetin-3-Rutinoside and Naringenin 7-Rhamnoglucoside in Marsilea Sporocarps-- S.D. Lal , V.M. Gupta and R.K. Garg 263-264
Use of computer cards as edge punched cards-- C.K. Rao 264-265
Evidence for seed transmission of Xanthomonas campestris PV. Oryzae--P. Ranga Reddy 265-266
On the distribution of plasmodesmata in the euphorbiales-- V.S. Raju and P.N. Rao 266-267
Cholinesterase system during 5th instar of the Silk-worm, Bombyx Mori, L.-- K Subhashini,M. Prameela dn P. Murali 268-269
Errata 269-269
Book Reviews 270-271
Announcement 272-272
April 1983. 7
 
On some recent advances in nuclear physics-- R. Ramanna 273-279
Announcement 279-279
Some aspects of diffusional interference in catalytic reactions--V.K. Jayaraman and L.K. Doraiswamy 280-290
Announcement 290-290
Current years-50 Years ago 291-291
Vector-matrix representation of boolean algebras and application to extended predicate logic (EPL)-Part I+--G.N. Ramachandran 292-302
Announcement 302-302
In Vitro action of antifilarials on synthesis of Macromolecules by Setaria cervi adults-- A.K. Srivastava and S. Ghatak 303-304
Synthesis of 2-thio-3-arylamino/distributed amino-methyl-4-oxo-5 cinnamylidene-Thiazolidines as CNS and anti-inflammatory agents--Charanjeet Singh, Rajesh Agarwal and V.s. Misra 305-308
Colonization factor antigens and serogroups of enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli --Radhika Mirchandani, K.D. Sharma. D.S. Chitnis and r.S. Kamat 308-310
Significance of virus-induced proline accumulation in rice tungro epidemis-- S.K. Mohanty, M.K. Satapathy and R. Sridhar 311-314
Short Communications  
A new species of Pseudocercospora from India --S.P. Gautam, R.K. Rajak and N. Malaviya 315-315
Nematodes parasites of captive birds at Nehru Zoological park at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-- K.Radhakrishna Reddy and B.V.Rao 316-316
Boletaceae of Kumaun Hills, India-- N.S.K.Harsh and N.S.Bisht 316-317
Cellular damage induced by food processing industry waste waters in Allium cepa-- R.K.Somashekhar and M.T.G.Gowda 317-319
Thiocetamide causes increase in Leucocytes in Channa Punctatus (BL.)-- O.P.Saxena and Aditya Parashari 319-320
Synthesis of Queen Bee Phromone-- R.N.Majee, R.Ramani and S.N.Mukherjee 320-321
Response of Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation to Insecticides-- B.D.Kaushik and G.S.Venkataraman 321-323
Announcements 323-323
Book Reviews 324-324
April 1983. 8
 
Accelerators and their Impact on Society-- A.S.Divatia 325-333
Announcements 333-333
Current Science-50 years ago 334-334
Announcements 334-334
Articles  
Vector-matrix representation of Boolean Algebras and Application to extended predicate Logic (EPL)- Part II-- G.N.Ramachandran 335-341
Variations of Neutrino Flux from the Sun-- A.Subramanian 342-346
Mammalian Sex chromosomes-- H.Sharat Chandra 347-349
Effect of Chloramphenicol on some of the cytosolic enzymes from Aspergillus Niger-- Sujata Mehd and H.S.Chhatpar 350-352
Regulation of Nitrogenase expression in Rhizobium-- S.S.Mohapatra and P.M.Gresshoff 352-359
Short Communications  
On the Applicability of carrier distillation and Buffer techniques to the Spectrographic analysis of lighter Refractory Oxides like Al2O3 and MgO-- P.S.Murthy and S.V.N.Bhaskara Rao 360-361
Rapid spectrophotometric determination of Nickel(II) with Hydrazine Carbothioamide-2-(2-Furanyl methylene): Analysis of Alloys and Minerals-- H.Sanke Gowda, S.Maqbool Ahmed and K.N.Thimmaiah 362-363
A new Collection of fossils from the Precambrian Vindyan supergroup of Central India-- S.M.Mathur 363-365
Tissue culture of Chinese tallow- An Euphorbiceous tree-- Varsha Gandhi 365-367
Witches Broom disease of Butterfly Flower-- Y.S.Ahlawat and V.V.Chenulu 367-368
Peroxidase activity and its ospzymes in relation to flower Sex expression in Ricinus Communis L.-- V.S.Jaiswal and Aravind Kumar 368-369
Migration of Nuclear material in Callus cultures of Triticum Dicoccum Schulb-- S.Dutta Gupta and P.D.Ghosh 369-370
Aflatoxin contamination in normal and Insect damaged Kesari (Lathyrus Sativus L.) in Andhra Pradesh-- B.N.Reddy and M.Nusrath 370-371
Polygalacturonase production by Rhizoctonia Solani Kuhn- The causal organism of Sheath blight disease of rice-- P.Ramalingam 371-372
Enterocystis Bengalensis N.Sp.(Apicomplexa: Enterocytidae) from Psocatropos sp. (Psocoptera) of West Bengal, India-- N.K.Sarkar 372-373
histopathology of Liver of Bufo Melanostictus infected by Anisakis Sp.Larvae (Nematoda)-- K.C.Bose, A.K.Sinha and Chitra Sinha 373-374
A new Neurohaemal organ in Odioporus Longicollis (Oliv.) (Coleoptera : Curculionidae)-- A.K.Tripathi 375-377
Book Reviews 378-380
Science News 381-381
Announcements 382-382
May 1983. 9
 
Reminiscences on Genetics: From Mendelism to recombinant DNA-- G.Ponte orvo, F.R.S 383-390
Materials Science for Indian Needs-- J.B.Goodenough and C.N.R.Rao 391-397
Twenty five years of research on Tuberculosis at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-- T.Ramakrishnan 398-402
Announcements 402-402
Current Science-50 years ago 403-403
Articles  
Thermal noise in insulator diode with traps lying below the Fermi level under CDDM regime-- V.S.Raghav, Y.K.Sharma and C.S.Agarwal 404-407
DNA-Polycation interactions: Urea dependance-- V.H.Mulimani, M.Madaiah and R.A.Day 407-409
Biologically active mixed ligand complexes of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) and their effect on some bacteria and fungi-- R.C.Sharma, R.S.Sharma and S.P.Tripathi 410-412
Announcements 412-412
The Proposed brown rust of Wheat (Puccinia Recondita F.Sp. Tritici) Virulence monitoring system-- S.Nagarajan, S.K.Nayar and P.Bahadur 413-416
Methyl Parathion Impact on the regulation of Phosphorylase activity in selected tissues of the Snail, Pila Globosa (Swainson)-- K.Siva Prasada Rao, K.Sathya Prasad and K.V.Ramana Rao 416-418
Announcements 418-418
Short Communications  
Relationship between Amplitude of Equitorial SC (-+) and Electrojet Strenth-- J.Hanumanth Sastri 419-420
Crystal structure of Barium sulphamate-- R.Manickkavachagam, R.K.Rajaram and K.S.Chandrsekharan 420-421
Isolation and Reactions of a new Stable Phosphonium Ylio: 10- Anthronylidenetriphenyl-Phosphorane-- K.C.Gupta, (Miss) A.B.Saksena, Saroj Malik and Kalpana Pandey 421-424
Mutagenecity studies of Nitrazepam and its metabolite in Salmonella/ Microsome Test-- R.L.Gupta, Giridhari Lal, T.R.Juneja, M.S.S.Murthy, K.B.Anjaria and N.Shankaranarayana 424-426
A new Ichnofossil from the Bhander group, Vindhyan supergroup-- S.M.Mathur and N.K.Verma 426-428
Protoachlya Oryzae Sp.Nov. from Nainital-- R.D.Khulbe 428-428
Indigofera Grandulosa Willd. Var. Sykesh-Papilionaceae - A new Variety from Maharashtra state-- B.K.Vijay Kumar and n.Ramayya 429-429
Effect of Near-Ultraviolet radiations on Endogenous respiration of Conidia of Neurospora Crassa and Myrothecium Roridum-- K.Mani and T.S.Suryanarayanan 430-430
Natural Triploidy in Blumea Fistulosa Kurz (Compositae)-- R.C.Gupta and B.S.Gill 431-431
Fillet/Food calorie ratio as an Index of energy assimilation in some Teleostean Fish-- A.K.Jafri and M.J.K.Shamsi 431-431
Neuroendocrine control of Oocyte development in Poecilocerus Pictus Fabr. (Acrididae, Orthoptera)-- Smita Banerjee and Y.N.Sahai 432-434
Auxin induced regeneration of forest tree- Dalbergia Sissoo Roxb. through Tissue culture-- S.K.Datta and K.Datta 434-436
Spodoptera Litura- A Voracious feeder of Marsilea Weed-- Mangal Sain, J.S.Bentur and M.B.Kalode 436-437
Tandonella leaf-spot: A new disease of Ber in Punjab-- K.S.Verma and S.S.Cheema 437-437
Interception of two new fungi on potato in Quarantine-- R.Dwivedi 437-438
A note on the Occurence of Cylindrocladium Clavatum Hodges and May in Lesions caused by Radopholus Similis on Coconut roots-- V.K.Sosamma and P.K.Koshy 438-438
Record of Chrysopa (Apertochrysa) Crassinervis Esben-Peterson from India-- R.S.N.Rao 438-439
Field response of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) to inoculation with Azospirillum Brasilense-- N.S.Subba Rao, K.V.B.R.Tilak, C.S.Singh and B.K.Linge Gowda 439-440
Book Reviews 441-441
May 1983. 10
 
The Universe from <10^-36 second to >10^30 years -Part I-- Martin J.Rees 443-449
Announcements 449-449
Immunoprophylaxis in Leprosy-- M.G.Deo 450-457
Applications of Antimitotics in Angiosperm Embryology-- N.S.Rangaswamy and Janaki Subramanyam 458-467
Announcements 467-467
Current Science-50 years ago 468-468
Announcements 468-468
Articles  
Design of an Ion-pump based Helium analyser for Geological Investigations-- S.K.Gupta 469-471
Mixed ligand complexes of Uranyl Bis-(Phenyl Acetate) with some Amines-- Suneeta R.Jaiswal and Dinesh C.Rupainwar 471-474
Host parasite Relationships in Channa Punctatus and Euclinostomum Heterostomum-- A.K.Gupta and S.M.Agarwal 474-476
Daily Rhythms in phosphorylase activity of the freshwater field Crab, Oziotelphusa Senex Senex (Fabricius)-- M.Raghupathi, D.Chandrasekhara Reddy, K.R.Purushottam and B.Padmanabha Naidu 477-479
Announcements 479-479
Short Communications  
Angular distribution of Electron scaterred inelastically by Hydrogen atoms-- H.S.Desai and N.S.Rao 480-481
Binuclear Ni(II),Co(II), Cu(II), VO(II) and Pt(II) chelates of Schiff bases-- R.P.Mathur, Praveen Mathur and R.K.Mehta 481-483
A Chemical examination of the fungus Sterum Elegans rich in Ergosterol-- S.K.Gupta and A.C.Jain 483-483
Fluorite mineralisation in the Mandi Granite , Himachal Pradesh, India-- R.S.Rawat 484-484
Regeneration of plants from pollen- Embryos of Arachis, Brassica and Triticum SPS. Cryopreserved for one year-- Y.P.S.Bajaj 484-486
A High frequency of nullisomics in the wild population of Coix Gigantea (Poaceae)-- A.B. Sapre and Suniti S. Brave 486-487
A New leaf spot disease of Mulberry (Morus alba L.)-- P.C. Gupta and J.K. Dang 487-488
Seed mycoflora of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and its effect on seed viability-- C. Narayana Reddy 488-490
Intra-Cortical occurrence of Beijerinckia Indica in some rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties-- Ranjana Karkhanis 491-491
Euastrum Verrucosum Ehrenb., Division under scanning electron microscope-- Vidyavati 492-493
Induced mutations for seed protein improvement in Hordeum vulgare L.--Y.R. Bhargava abd A.S. Khalatkar 493-494
Basidiocarp productionby Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. and Br.) heim in culture-- A.B. De 494-495
Extracellular products of three species of Alternaria-- P. Bharathi, M. Sunita and B.R. Renuka 495-496
Chemotherapy of periwinkle little leaf disease-- R.K. Kar, T. Kabi and H. Pattnaik 496-497
Effect of growth hormones on retention of fruiting bodies in cotton--B.S. Sandhu and S.S. Brar 498-498
A new record of emergence of Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus Bol. (Acrididae:Orthoptera) at Aligarh-- Sujata Agarwal and s.K.A. Rizvi 498-498
Induced breeding of Cirrhina Mrigala (Ham.) using catfish pituitary extracts--K.K. Rishi and M.Kaul 499-499
Haploglobins in South Indian Fish--K. Sasikala 500-501
Mating, oviposition and emergence of diadegma trichoptilus (Cameron) (Hymenopters:Ichneumonidae), a larval parasitoid of Exalastics atomosa Fab.--T.V. Sathe and P.K. Nikam 501-502
Occurrence of triploidy and parthenogenesis in the allocreadium fasciatusi Kakaji 1969--J.V. Ramanjaneyulu and R. Madhavi 502-503
Occurrence of ventral prostate in the female Gerbil, Tatera Indica cuveirii (Waterhouse)-- G. Govinda Raj and K.M. Kadam 503-504
Announcements 504-504
Book Reviews 505-507
Announcements 507-507
June 1983. 11
 
The Universe from <10-36 second to >10 30 years-Part II-- Martin J. Rees 509-517
Announcement 517-517
Magnetic behaviour of RRh3B2 ternary borides--R. Vijayaraghavan 518-527
Scientific transformation of Indian agriculture - the second phase--H.K.Jain 528-534
Announcement 534-534
Current Science-50 years ago-Dr M.O. Foster and the Indian Institute of Science 535-535
Articles  
Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic separation of methylated and non-methylated nucleif aid bases--Prema madyastha, Pratima Rao, D.N. Deobagkar and K.M. Madyastha 536-538
A simple and reliable technique for mass scale serodiagnosis of human amoebiasis using drop of blood on filter paper-- Sanjay Kumar, P. Das, A. Malik, S.K. Katiyar, P. Anand and S.R. Das 538-540
The use of G-banding technique in the chromosome studies of a millipede species-Spirostreptus Asthenes--K.P. Achar 540-543
Short Communications  
Weak gamma transition of 0.89 MeV of 207Pb--R.K. Mishra 544-544
Spectrophotometric studies of Iron(III) and Uranium(IV) complexes with 4,5,7-Trihydroxy-3-(p-Methoxyphenyl)coumarin--M.L. Dhar and Kuldeep Pandita 544-546
A new one step preparation of picropodophyllone from Podophyllotoxin--C. Anajan Murthy and K.M. Loknatha Rai 546-546
Characterisation of sexes in the pupal stage of the sunflower caterpillar, Diacrisia Casignetum Kollar (Lepidoptera:Arctiidae)--T.C. Banerjee and N.Haque 547-548
Middle cambrian trilobites from Karihul, Liddar valley, anantnag District, Kashmir and its significance--Gopendra Kumar and Gopal Singh 548-549
Structure and development of the Caryopsis in Sporobolus Coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth.--T.V. Satyamurthy 549-550

RuDP and pep carboxylases activity in subaerial blue-green algae--S.N. Tripahi

550-552
Level of serum sialic acid in different stages of cervical cancer before and after therapy--Putul Maity and J. Roy Chowdhury 552-553
Synchrony in Drechslera Sorokiniana population during primary infection of barley and wheat leaves--B.S. Yadav 553-556
Invitro hybridization in an incompatibel cross-BlackgramXgreengram--S.S. Gosal and P.S. Bajaj 556-557
Discovery of eggs and fundatrix of Aphis Sp. from India (Homoptera:Aphididae)--B.K. Agarwala 558-558
Bursa kinetics during experimental ancylostomiasis in chickens-- D. Dev, R.K. Agarwal and S.M. Agarwal 558-561
Contribution ot the reproductive biology of the Fern Lygodium Flexuosum (L.) Sw.--Nand Lal and s.K. Roy 561-562
Chemotaxonomy of a few compositae--H. Maheshwari Devi and A.R. Girija 562-563
Mycena Indica Sp. Nov. from India--B.M. Sarwal and G.S. Rawla 564-565
A new leaf spot disease of garden nasturtium from India--D.K. Agarwal and A.K. Sarbhoy 565-566
News- Understanding the earth-Deep crustal exploration--B.P. Radhakrishnan 567-568
Announcements 568-568
Book Reviews 569-570
June 1983. 12
 
Some spectacular response of flowering in Impatiens balsamina L.Cv. Rose--K.K. Nanda and surinder Kumar 571-576
Current Science-50 years ago- Extracts fro the Editorial "Cooperation in Scientific Research" at page 185 of the January 1933 issue of vol.1 577-577
Announcement 577-577
Recent developments in the fischer indole synthesis--Sarvottam Y. Ambedkar 578-582
A novel tannin from prosopis Juliflora Roots-- S. Malhotra and K. Misra 583-585
Quinazolones and their psychopharmacological activity-- S. singh, M. Sharma, C. Nath, K.P. Bhargava and K. Shanker 585-588
Bairdiidae (Ostracod) from the recent coastal sediments of Bhaktal area )Karnataka state) West coast of India-- Honnappa and syed Abrar 588-591
Short Communications  
A plane symmetric universe filled with perfect fluid in a modified brans-dicke cosmology--L.N. Rai 592-593
An analytical study of higher order born terms in the static field-- N.s. Rao and H.s. Desai 593-595
Gell-Mann-Okubo mass formula-A modified version--T.N. Tiwari and (Mrs) Saroj Sharma 595-596
Evaluation of nitrate displacement and wetting front depth following infiltration in coarse-textured soil--R.c. Joshi and D.K. Das 596-598
Triterpenoides of Coriandrum Sativum seeds--C.g. Naik, K.N. Namboori and J.R. Merchant 598-599
Soda lake stromatolites from fregory Rift, East Africa-- P.c. Dixit 599-601
Three new sphaeropsidales from India-- K.K. Soni, v.s. Dadwal and Jamaluddin 601-603
Symptomatology and transmission of witches'broom disease of soybean in India-- K.L. Dhingra and v.V. Chenulu 603-604
Leaf vein and apical bud necrosos of potato incited by Bacillus Polymyxa-- Sunila Piplani, G.S.Shekhawat and M.M. Ansari 605-605
Cucurbitacins and morphogenesis in callus cultures-- v.N. Gadgil, T. Halder and S. Mandal 605-606
Direct and indirect effects of Gamma Rays on stimulation of morphogenesis in long term tissue culture of Rice(Oryza Sativa L,)--D.R. Sharma , S. Dawra and J.B. Chowdhury 606-607
In situ germination of spores in Asplenium Rutaefolium-- Ashok K. Bhargava, Shobhana Bhargava abd S.N. Singh 608-608
Effect of selection on seedling handedness in Pigeon pea--K. Lokendar Rao, BirBahadur and a Satyanarayana 608-609
Transfer of male sterility from Gossypium Hirsutum to G. Barbadense -- M.V. Thombre 609-609
Two new spot disease of Loquat from India-- I.J. Joshi, alka Saxena and S.B. Saksena 610-611
Residual mercury level in a Blue-Green alga, westiellopsis Prolifica, Janet-- P. Rath, A.K. Panigrahi and B.N. Misra 611-612
An addition to Indian Mycofora-- P.C. Jain and S.C. Agrawal 612-612
Elaboration of mycotoxins by Fungi associated with TIL (Sesamum Indicum L.) --A.S. Reddy and S.M. Reddy 613-614
Occurrence of pentasonic and Hexasomic plants in Wild population of Coix-Gigantea-- A.B. Sapre and S. S. Barve 614-615
Diurnal Rhythmicity in total protein and copper contents of the blood of the Freshwater field crab, Oziotelphusa Senes Senex (Fabricus)-- P. Sreenivasulu Chetty and v. Kala Rani 615-617
Announcement 617-617
July 1983. 13
 
Integrated development and managementof the resources of the coastal zone--R. Natarajan 619-622
Announcements 622-622
Current Science-50 years ago- The malers and the Malpaharias of the Rajmahal Hills--Sasanka Sarkar 623-623
Conversion of 3-Carene, alpha-Pinene,beta-pinene and camphene over platinum-Alumina catalyts:Influence of caesium and flouride ions-- V.Krishnaswamy and Pravin Mathur 624-627
Anti-Gonadotrophic effect of diethyl carbamazine citrate in albino rats--M.S. Murthy 627-629
Acenaphthenequinonedioxime as an analytical reagent:Studies on palladium Complex--P chattopadhyay and S.K. Majumdar 629-631
Short Communications  
Interpretation of the refractive and rotary dispersion of crystalline LiIO3-- M.S. Madhava and Ch. Satyanarayana 632-633
Synthesis of some new N-Oxidopyridylthiazolidin-4-ones-- A.K.El-Shafei and Kh.M. Hassan 633-634
Pyridine complexes of Nickel(II) and copper (II) containing orthophosphate ion/orthophosphoric acid-- G.S. Rao, M.S. Sastry and T. Jesavadas 635-636
Hydrazine carbothioamide,2-{(4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxy Phenyl)Methylene}, as a selective reagent for the rapid spectrophotometric determination of Cobalt(II)-- H. Sanke Gowda, K.N. Thimmaiah and S. Maqbool Ahmed 636-638
Oscillatory reaction unravelled by a novel diagnostic approach-- R. Ramaswamy and S. Ramanathan 638-640
Action of halogens on Methylamino para phenol sulphate-- U.B.Hadkar and V.V. Nadkarni 640-640
Record of a new disease of lemongrass (Cymbopogon Flexuosus Stapf) caused by curvularia Verruciformis Agarwal and Sahni-- A. Barua and D.N. Bordoloi 640-641
Aphyllophorales of Kumaun Hills-III-- N.S.K.Harsh and N.S. Bishat 641-644
Potential biological control of Parthenium Hysterophorus L.-- N.P. Singh 644-644
Regulation from Glume calli of Hexaploid triticale-- V.D. Reddy and G.M. Reddy 644-645
Differentiatioan of multiple shoot buds and plantlets in cultured embryos of Capsicum annuum L. Var. Mathania-- Sadhana Agrawal and N. Chandra 645-646
Preliminary observations on the bioecology of the ectoproct-pectinatella Burmanica annadale-- G.T. Tonapi and George Varghese 646-647
Mean parasitic Burden of nematodes and nematodes eggs in periplaneta Americana (L.)--M. Krishnan, R.N. Gargesh and R. Velayudhan 647-649
Announcement 649-649
Book Reviews 650-651
July 1983. 14
 
Relative amounts of nuclear DNA in populations of Costus Speciosus (Koen.) SM.-- A.K. Sharma and Suchitra Chattopadhyay 653-658
Current Science-50 Years ago 659-659
The conformation of proline using the concept of pseudorotation-- K.K. Chacko, S. Swaminathan and K.R. Veena 660-663
Passive transfer of immunity to Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses from actively immunized mothers to infant mice-- A.B. Kulkarni, M.K. Govershan and K.M. Pavri 663-666
Synthesis of some formazans and tetrazolium bromides as potential antiviral agents--S.P. Singh and Surendra Bahadur 666-669
Announement 669-669
News  
Recent developments in imaging in Medicine--R. Subramanian 670-672
Annoucement 672-672
Short communications  
Light emission during mechanical deformation of bones--B.P. Chandra, A.K. Jaiswal and B. Majumdar 673-674
Effect of two pesticides on oxidative metabolism of cowpea bacteroids--S.P. Palaniappan and A Balasubramanian 674-675
Effect of sublethal concentration of metasystox on hte circadian Rhythm of Bimodal oxygen uptake in Channa striatus -- G. M. Natarajan and G. Sundara Rajulu 675-678
Temporal effects of barbiturates of pregency in Albino Rats--Saraswathi B.Patil and M. Appaswamy Rao 678-680
Functional analogy of plant vacuoles with animal lysosomes-- H.S. gupta and D.N. De 681-682
Nuclear Polyhedrosis of Sesamia Inferens (Noctuidae:Lepidopters) the pink stem border of rice-- D.B. Godse and P.Nayak 682-683
Gabbroic anorthosite from togamalai area, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu-- R. Ramawamy 683-686
Achlya Flagellata Coker parasitic on Wheat Seedlings-- B.L. Verma and R.D. Khulbe 686-686
Nitrogenase activity in the rice Rhizosphere soil as affected by Azospirillium inoculation and fertilizer Nitrogen under upland conditions--J.L.N. Rao and Rajaramamohan Rao 686-688
Vessels in Orchidaceae--H. Singh 688-688
A new Immunogenic strain:Mycobacterium Marinum (sato) against M.Ulcerans Challenge in mice and rat experiments--A. Srivastava, N.B. Singh, V.K. Verma and S.K. Gupta 689-690
Seed-borne infectionof Maize by Xanthomonas maydis in Karnataka-- K.G. Ranganathaiah, D. Nanje Gowda and s.M. Srinivasaiah 690-691
A new powdery mildew disease from India-- I.J. Joshi and S, B. Saksena 691-691
Book Reviews 692-694
Announcement 694-694
August 1983. 15
 
Fonons, Fonons focussing and helicon-phonon interaction--K.s. Viswanathan 695-703
Prenatal diagnosis of genetic defects-- Archana sharma, Geeta Talukder and lalita Singhania 704-710
Announcement 710-710
Current Science-50 Years Ago 711-712
A new plant extract to suppress the population of yellow fever and Dengue vector aedes Aegypti L. ( Diptera: Culicidae)--S.c. saxena and r.s. Yadav 713-715
Short Communications  
Dilemma of EuMo6X8(X=S,Se)-possible solution-- S.N. Ekbote, S.K. Gupta and A.V. Narlikar 716-718
Cryst structure of diaqua nitroglycinecalcium(II) Nitrate-- S. Natarajan and S.S. Rajan 718-719
A new route for synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines vis Phosphonium ylides-- K.C. Gupta, R.K. Nigam and (Miss) N. Srivastava 719-721
Excess Gruneisen parameter and intermolecular interaction in binary liquid mixtures of trichloroethylene--B.P. Shukla, V.N. Mishra and S.N. Dubey 721-723
On the taxonomic position of Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis L.-- Neeta Vaishampayan and Y.N. Sharma 723-724
A primitive flower in the palm Liculala Spinosa Thunm.--K.S. Manh al and C. Renuka 725-726
Embryogenesis in three species of Vandellia L.-- S. Syamala Reddy and P.s. Prakasa Rao 726-728
Seedling and leaf blight of jowar by seed-isolated Exserohilium and Drechslera Species-- M.P. Shree 728-730
On the operculateaperture in the pollen of Sanchezia Parvibracteata-- G. Valsaladevi and P.M. Mathew 731-731
Influence of methionine and threonine on lysine overproducers--S.K. Sen, M.Chatterjee and S.P. Chatterjee 731-733
Lactopropionic orcein as a suitable stain for mitotic chromosomes of Oleaceae--K. George and S. Geethamma 733-734
Conochaetae comosa Klebahn (Chlorophyta)-A new addition to the Indian Flora--R.K. Tiwari 734-735
Dactylospora Korber patellariaceae:A new generic record for India--M.P. Sharma and Amar Singh 735-735
Pythium Vexans var. Minuta Var. Nov. from Kumaun, the Himalayas, India--G.S. Mer and R.D. Khulbe 735-736
Root rot of groundnut incited by fusarium nivale -- Ravi Kumar, S.K. Mathur and Anila Mathur 736-737
Effect of phosphamidon on alpha-amylase activity of Pheretima Posthuma (annelida:Oligochaeta)-- S.K. Gupta and kanchan Srivastava 737-738
Hepatic hyperplasma in a catfish, Mystus Gulio (Ham), collected from Visakhapatnam Harbour-- K. Srinivasa Rao and Rafia Sultana 738-739
Nanoplankton:Chief primary produceers in lake Nainital-- M.C. Pant and A.P. Sharma 739-741
Some new records of freshwater ostracoda (Crustacea:Entomostraca) from India -- D.K. Harshey and A.K. Shrivastava 741-742
Book Reviews 743-745
August 1983. 16
 
On excellence in Indian Science-- P.K. Kaw 747-754
The onset phase of the Southwest monsoon-- R. ananthakrishnan, J.M. Pathan and S. S. Aralikatti 755-764
Current Science-50 years ago 765-765
Synthesis of some3-(4'-Nitrobenzoylhydrazone)-2-Indolinones as potential antiviral agents-- S.P.Singh, S.K. Shukla and L.P. Awasthi 766-769
A Classical view of quantum chemistry--Swapan K. Ghosh 769-774
News -exploring the Indian Oceans 775-776
Announcements 776-776
Short Communications  
Te Enhancement in Bi-Ni Compounds-- s.N. Ekbote, s.K. Agarwal, V.S. Yadav and A.V. Narlikar 777-778
Mid-Holocene fossil, wood from colva, Goa--V.S. Kale and S.N. Rajaguru 778-779
Genome size of slow growing species of Rhizobium--S.K. chakrabarti, a.K. Mishra and P.K. chakrabarty 779-780
Acremonium Zeylanicum-A new record of Entomogenous fungus from India--P.N. Chowdhury and J.L. Carshney 780-781
Cytomixis in Cissus Discolor Blume.--P.K. Agarwal 781-782
Nuclellar seedling from polyembryonic mango stones--N.P. Singh, K.L. Chadha and R.P. Shrivastava 782-784
A Simple method for collecting Eggs of Stromatium Narnatum Fabr. (coleopteraLCerambycidae)-- S.N. Pal and N.B. Chatterjee 784-784
Effect of sumithion on the ovaries of freshwater fish Garra Mullya (Sykes.) 784-785
Book Reviews 786-787
Announcement 787-787
September 1983. 17
 
The Short-range nucleon interaction and the quantum chromodynamic potential models-- C.s. Warke 789-794
Newer indolyl antiparkinsonian agents--P. Kumar, C. Nath, K.P. Bhargava and K. Shanker 795-797
Current Science-50 Years Ago 798-798
Announcement 798-798
Short Communications  
X-rayabsorption studies of YbAl2 abd YbAl3 intermetallic compounds--V Prabhawalkar and B.D. Padalia 799-800
Anomalously long radiate lifetimes of uranyl ion in solutions--G.C. Joshi and D.D. Pant 800-802
Analogues of house fly attractant muscalure--U.R. Joshi and A.H. Kapadi 802-802
Photooxygenation Studies on 2-Oxazolin-5-Ones--S.S.Chibber, S.K.Dutt and Sangeeta Pandita 803-804
Tannin content at different stages of grain development in some bird susceptible and resistant sorghums-- S.P. Yadav and B.s. Rana-- 804-806
Water Hyacinth as a prospective source of Stigmasterol--P.C. Goswami, B. Nag, A.K. Sharma, Archana Borthakur, H.D. Singh and J.N. Baruah 806-808
Icelandspar ocelli from skarn rock of garigaipalli area, Tamil Nadu-- R Ramaswamy 808-811
New Plant type in groundnut, Arachis Hypogaea L. --U.R. Murthy 811-812
Origin and sequential patten of maturation of foliar sclerids in Mouriri Guianensis Aubl. (Melastomataceae) 812-814

Eurotium repens de bary var. Columnaris- a new variety of Aspergillus Repens-- J.L. Varshney, A.K. Sarbhoy and P.N. Chowdhury

814-816
On the papillate cotyledonary surface of scleria Foliosa Hochst. Ex A. Rich. (Cyperaceae)-- B.H.M. Nijalingappa and G.D. Arekal 816-817
chromosome interlocking in some species of Genus Crotalaria L. --Rani Mangotra and A.K. Koul 817-818
Occurence of Maize dwarf mosaic virus in India-- Chaudhary A.K. Singh 818-819
A Productive early salt-tolerant IR-8 Mutant --M.L.H.Kaul and K.K. Sharma 819-821
Two new Disease of ornamental plants:Fusarium rot of Gladiolus and mammalaria species --A.K. Sarbhoy and D.K. Agarwal 821-822
Isolation of Bordetella Pertussis from a Public Telephone --N.P. Shukla, Roop K. Rajak and G.P. Agarwal 822-822
Isolation of Sistosterol from sugarcane waste and its bioconversion into add using Arthrobacter Oxydans-- R.A. K. Srivastava, S.K. Srivastava and S.N. Mathur 823-824
Distribution of canavanine in some Indian Galegeae (Fabaceae) and its systematic significance-- C.K. Rao 824-825
Costus malortieanus H. Wendl. a new Source for Diosgenin--P. Nagendra Prasad and E,K, Janaki ammal 825-826
Formation of Adventitious and floating roots in cotton under waterlogged conditions--N. Ray and V.K. Khaddar 826-828
Fish productivity in lake Nainital-- M.c. pant, P.C. Sharma and A.P. Sharma 828-829
Lesion-producing nematodes of Musa Paradisiaca-Histopathology and abundance--S sudha and N.R. Prabhoo 829-832
Effect of Dimethioate on cholinesterase activity in the organs of a Teleost H. Fossilis -- Mohini Awasthi and M.S. Dubale 832-833
Occurence of Eurydendroid cells in the Metencephalon of Notopterus Chitala (Ham) --H.R. Goel 833-834
Long-term effect of bilateral vasectomy on Haematological measures in langur monkeys-- N.K.Lohiya and s.N. Tiwari 834-835
Announcement 835-835
Book Reviews 836-838
Announcement 838-838
September 1983. 18
 
Articles  
Lesser Himalayan Geology:Crucial Problems and Controversies-- K.S.Valdiya 839-857
Announcement 857-857
Fluorescence Spectra of Biflavones-- Ashutosh Sharma, M.K.Machwe and V.V.S.Murti 858-861
Some new Cyclopentadienyls and Indenyls of Antimony(III) containing aromatic Hydrocarbon bridge-- R.C.Sharma and M.K.Rastogi 862-865
Announcement 865-865
Suitability of Glauconite for Fission track dating-- A.P.Srivastava, H.S.Saini and G.Rajadopalan 866-869
Current Science-50 years ago 870-870
Short Communications  
On the Physical meaning of Nijenhuis in general relativity-- Zafar Ahsan 871-872
Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of some substituted Phenyl Methyl sulphoxides by N-chlorophthalimide-- N.Bhavani and K.Lily 872-874
Polysaccharides of Ricinus Communis seed Endosperm-- Y.V.Anjaneyalu, K.Kulkarni and D.Channe Gowda 874-875
On a new Neogene Fossil locality, near Dunera, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India-- R.N.Vasishat, R.Gaur, I.J.Suneja and S.R.K.Chopra 875-877
In Vitro studies on interaction of Cadmium Chloride with angiostenin converting enzyme from Rat testes and Epididymis-- Anil K.Jaiswal, J.N.Panda and M.Vijay Kumar 877-879
Accumalation of Histidinol Phosphate in Copper toxic cultures of Neurospora Crassa-- C.Subramanyam, G.Venkateswarlu and S.L.N.Rao 879-880
A simple method to induce sporulation in Helminthosporium Turcicum incitant of leaf blight of maize-- s.Shankerlingam and K.A.Balasubramanian 880-881
Increased susceptibility of Thioacetamide injected mice to Bacillus Calmette Guerin-- Reeta Srivastava and S.K.Gupta 881-882
Induced regeneration in stem explants of Acacia Nilotica-- Indu Mathur and N.Chandra 882-883

Embryology of Anodendron Paniculatum A.DC-- V.Balasubramanian

883-885
Pectic substances from Mesta (Hibiscus Cannabinus ) and Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) plants-- A.Day, P.C.Dasgupta and D.Sardar 885-886
Inhibition of root growth by Gibberelic Acid and Its reversal by Thiamine in Green gram Seedlings (Vigna Radiata L.Wilczek)-- P.Gopala Rao 886-888
Sordaria Lappae Poteb- An unrecorded ascomycetes from India-- Shashi Chauhan, R.K.S.Chauhan and A.K.Agarwal 888-889
Pseudonodules in Cicer Arietinum L.-- P.S.Jain, Purnima Srivastava and H.S.Narayana 889-890
Development of the Embryo of Oreorchis Foliosa lindl.-- S.K.Sood 890-891
In Vitro induction of Androgenesis and Organogenesis in Cicer Arietinum L.-- S.K.Khan and P.D.Ghosh 891-893
Hydrophosphorous Acid- Its use in the selective extraction of RNA from fixed animal tissues-- Mihir K.Dutt 893-894
Announcement 894-894
Book Reviews 895-896
October 1983. 19
 
Articles  
Biosynthetic Pathways of Isoquinoline Alkaloids-- D.S.Bharani 897-903
Announcement 903-903
Crystal structure of L-Prolyl-L-Methionine Monohydrate-- V.M.Padmanabhan and V.S.Yadava 904-906
Temperature dependent Z-B transitions in Poly (dG-dC)-- P.K.Latha, Kumud Majumder and Samir K.Brahmachari 907-910
Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of some new N-substituted benzylidene-6,8-substituted-2-ethyl-quinazolin-4-oxy-acetic acid hydrazides--Surendra Bahadur,Neeru Srivastava and Shobha Mukherjei 910-912
Lectin-like components of pollen and complimentary saccharide moiety of The Pistil are involved in self-incompatibility recognition--Neelam Sharma and K.R. Shivanna 913-916
Nitrogen fixation does not-limit yield in pulses-- S. k. Sinha, banwari Lal, K.R. Kondal Rao and R. Khanna Chopra 916-918
Current Science-50 years ago 919-919
Felicitations 919-919
News 919-920
Short Communications  
Masses of the quarks: an Estimation from (1/2) Baryon Data-- T.N. Tiwari, Manorama Mishra and Saroj Sharma 921-922
A Contribution to the Floral Anatomy of Phryma Leptostachya L. --R.v. Ramanna, P.S. Prakasa Rao and L.L. Narayana 922-924
Breeding behaviour in Pseudodarynaria Coronans (Wall.) Ching-- S.P. Singh and S.K. Roy 924-926
Xenococcus schousboei thuret (Pleurocapsales, Cyanophyta) from India--Madhu Sengar and D.C. Pandey 926-927
Occurence of the Cyst forming nematode, Heterodera Graminis in India-- S.B.Sharma. D.K.Handa and A.N.Srivastava 927-927
Observation son fungal infectyion of Cyprinus Carpio Var. Communis-- G.D.Srivastava, S.K.Sinha and S.K.Srivastava 927-928
Variability in seed Oil content in Diploid genetic stocks of Cotton-- Phundan Singh and V.V.Singh 928-929
First record of a simple Ascidian, Microcosmus Curvus Tokioka 1954 from Indian waters-- T.K.Renganathan 929-930
A Rare association between the Larvacean, Oikopleura Intermedia Lohmann and the Protozoan, Acineta Sp-- K.Venkataramanujam and G.Sanjeeviraj 930-931
On the presence of Renin granules in the Kidney of Toad Bufo Melanostictus (Scheider)-- M.Firoz Ahmad 931-932
Effect of Copper on the Estradiol Receptors in Rat Uterus-- R.K.Puri and R.K.Johri 932-934
A new Psyllid Gall on the leaves of Alstonia Kurzii H.K.F.(Apocynaceae) from the South Andaman islands-- C.Kandaswamy and R.M.Sharma 934-935
On a new species of Longidoroides Khan, Chawla and Saha, 1976 and with key to Its species-- G.R.Soni and H.S.Nama 935-936
Antifertilty effect of 1,2-Diethyl-1,3-Bis-(P-Methoxyphenyl)-1-Propene in Mice-- A.O.Prakash and S.K.Roy 937-938
Variations in total Protein contents of the Adenohypophysis, Neurohypophysis and eight brain areas of Phytohaemagglutinin- poisoned rats-- Anthony D.Ologhobo 938-939
Association of Phythina Arcuata, Adams 1856, an erycnid bivalve with Lingula Translucida Dall, 1921, from Indian waters-- S.A.Fernando and O.J.Fernando 940-940
Book Reviews 941-941
Announcement 942-946
October 1983. 20
 
Articles  
Natural Producta in Medicine -Present Status and future prospects-- Sukh Dev 947-956
A Probable pathway of Ureide assimilation in Pigeonpea Pods-- Y.P.Luthra, I.S.Sheoran, A.S.Rao and Randhir Singh 957-960
Chemical Changes in Dry fruits during Aflatoxin elaboration by Aspergillus Flavus Link. ex fries-- K.S.Bilgrami, K.K.Sinha and Anjana Singh 960-964
Angiosperm Pollen- a sytem for cell differentiation-- A.Rashid 964-967
The Neurosecretory control of the Annual reproductive cycle in the Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Kistnensis-- m.S.Mirajkar, R.Sarojini and R.Nagbhushan 967-970
Current Science -50 years ago 971-971
Short Communications  
Interaction of Calcium Agonist with some Cardiac Drugs-- D.K.Basu and D.m.Brahmankar 972-973
The First record of the genus Sphaerochara (charophyta) from the Upper Siwaliks in the North of Chandigarh-- R.Gaur and S.R.K.Chopra 973-974
Growth and Nitrogen fixation of bacterial Isolates from Barley roots-- Renu Grover and B.S.Kundu 974-976
A note on the discovery of upper Palaeolithic culture from the Central Narmada Valley, Madhya Pradesh-- Salahuddin and G.L.Badam 976-978
New techniques for selective isolation and purification of mucoracious fungi-- S.S. Ali and R.C. Jain 978-978
A new disease cycle of wilt of pigeon-Pea--R.S. Upadhyay and Bharat Raj 978-981
Mortality, Sterility, fecundity and Non-disjunction induced by Chloroehyl methanesulphonate (cems) and Cyclohenane (CH) in drosophila melanogaster -- G.H. Prabhakar Shetty and v. Rangaswamy 982-984
Combining ability for resistance to blast disease rice--C.R. Mohanty and S. Gangopadhyay 984-985
Effect of temperature pre treatment and gibberellic acid on growth, chlorophyll and protein in vigna radiata, L. Wilczek--P. Gopala Rao and J.Kodandaramaiah 985-988
A promising induced mutant of black henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger L.)-- J.R. sharma and O.P. Singh 988-989
Sexuality of Polyporus Bicolor Jungh---S. Dutta and Anjali Roy 989-990
Poronia pileformis (Berk,) Fr.:A new record from India-- G.S. Rawla and A.M. Narula 990-990
Observations on the eggs and embryo of Ichthyophis Malabarensis (Taylor) (Apoda: Amphibia)-- T.A. Balakrishna, K.R. Gundappa and Katre Shakuntala 990-991
Book Reviews 992-992
Announcements 993-993
November 1983. 21
 
Structure of L-Tyrosyl-L-phenylalanine Monohydrate-- e. Subramanian, R. Murali and J. Trotter 996-997
Systematic entomology in India-past,present and future-- B.R. subba Rao 997-1000
Plant meristems as monitors of genetic toxicity of environmental chemicals--C.B.S.R. Sharma 1000-1002
The cytoplasmic factor in attenuating the ultraviolet radiation induced inhibition of photosynthesis in isolated leaf cells-- A.M. Noorudeen and G. Kulandaivelu 1003-1004
Effect of prolonged electrical stimulations on the lipid metabolism of the exercised amphibia muscle-- C.V. Narasimha Murthy, M. Bhaskar, D. Bharathi, P. Reddanna and S. Govindappa 1005-1007
Announcement 1007-1007
Current Science-50 Years Ago 1008-1008
Announcement 1008-1008
Short Communications
The conformational chain plot and the analysis of protein conformations--G. Raghunathan and R. Balasubramanian 1009-1012
Catalytic activity of Ln2MnNiO6 perovskites for iso-proponol decomposition--R. Radha and C.S. Swamy 1012-1013
Studies on tellurium (IV) Chloride complexes with N,N'-Substituted Thioureas--G.L. Tember and A.S.R. Murthy 1013-1015
Initiation factor IF3 partially dissociates 16S.23SRNA complex--B. Nag, D.s. Tewari and D.P. Burma 1015-1017
Occurence of Cancrinite Tinguaite and K-Rich Trachyte from nongcharam- Darugiri area of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India-- sunil Kumar, R.dhana Raju, H.M.Varma and N.K.Dougall 1017-1017
Discovery of Ichnogenus Belorhaphe Fuchs, from the Garbyang formation, Malla johar area, Uttar Pradesh--S. Kumar and M.P. Singh 1018-1018
Crossability studies between greengram and Blackgram--A.S. Shanmugam, R. Rathinasamy and S.R. Sree Rangaswamy 1018-1019
nature of Salt injury at Germination stage in Paddy--K.S. Gill and S.K. Dutt 1020-1022
Induction of resistance against tobacco mosaic virus in Detached leaves of Nicotiana Tabacum Var, samsun, NN by leaf extract of Hellanthus Annulus --.K.Johari, R.K. Raizada, K.M. Srivastava ad B.P. Singh 1022-1023
Aflatoxin contamination in pulses from tribal areas of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh --B.N. Reddy and M. Nusrath 1024-1024
A new variety of Cylindroncladium Morgan--L.N.Nair and v.S. Nair 1025-1026
A new Species of Drechslera ito from India-- C. Manoharachary and v.R. Thulasi Reddy 1026-1027
Tissue culture technique to Demonstrate the Viability of downy mildew mycelium in pearl Millet Seeds--M Satish Chandra Prabhu , K.M. Safeeulla and H. Shekar Shetty 1027-1029
Seedling handedness in Cajanus Cajan(L.) Mill Sp. in Relation to seed position--K. Lokendar Rao, Bir Bahadur and A.Satyanarayana 1029-1030
Pathogenic fungi from sweet potato-- V. Ravichandran and S.B. Sullia 1031-1031
Immobilization of Beijerinckia, A Nitrogen-Fixing bacterium, on Silica Gel-- M.G. Murthy 1031-1033
Neocentric activity in Pennisetum Orientale Rich--Z. Vishnuvardhan and N. Lakshmi 1033-1034
Toxic effects of Cadmium on the liver of a freshwater teleost Garra Mullya (Sykes)--G.P.Wani and A.N. Latey 1034-1035
Announcement 1035-1035
Correspondence 1036-1039
Announcement 1039-1040
Felicitation 1041-1043
Announcements 1043-1043
Obituary - Prof Harish Chandra 1044-1044
Announcement 1044-1048
November 1983. 22
 
Articles  
The geometrics of tetracoordinate carbon--Eluvathingal D. Jemmis 1049-1053
Announcements 1053-1053
Reaction mechanisms in (n.gamma) reactions-- H.M. Agrawal and M.L. Sehgal 1054-1055
Current Science-50 years ago 1056-1056
Announcement 1056-1056
Short Communications  
Small diameter vascular graft: Development and modification--Chandra P. Sharma 1057-1058
Bioassay of Herbicidal activity with pigment content and CO2 Fixation--P.S. Dubey 1058-1059
Tapetal dimorphism in two species of Premna L.-- R. Venkata Ramana and P.S. Prakash Rao 1059-1061
Formation of negatively-geotropic roots in shoot Aped cultures of Carthamus Tinctorius Linn. S. C. Goyal and A. Pillai 1061-1062
Mutagenic effects of Hydroxylamine on tomatillo (Physalis Ixocarpa Brot,) .. S.K. Mahana, G.G. Saini and Rashmi Gupta 1062-1064
Cytomixis and Meiotic abnormalities in Jasminium Spp. -- K. George and S Geethamma 1064-1065
A modified Zadrazils method fr the cultivation of oyster mushroom--A.V. Sathe and M.B. Nagarkar 1066-1067
Male sterility in Indian Turnip Rape-- R.K. Katiyar 1067-1068
Acute toxicity of Sterigmatocystin in Chicks--S.B.A. Salam And E.R.B. Shanmugasundaram 1068-1070
Phosphate mediated biochemical changes in Neurospora crassa-- Smita Savant, Nutan Parikh, B.g. Nair and H.S. Chhatpar 1070-1072
Apospory in Cremopogon Foveolatus (Del.)Stapf--T.V. Ch. Sathyamurthy and V. Seshvatharam 1072-1073
Announcements 1073-1073
Correspondence 1074-1076
Announcements 1076-1076
Book Reviews 1077-1078
December 1983. 23
 
Articles  
A Schrodinger- like probability Amplitude description of an Ensemble of a class of Hamiltonian dynamical systems and the concept of Ensemble modes-- Ram K.Varma 1079-1084
Announcement 1084-1084
Static and Dynamic Dielectrophoresis of yeast cells-- G.Gopal Krishna, Adeel Ahmad and A.K.W.Anwar Ali 1085-1091
Comparison of Copper uptake by Intestinal cells of Normal and Crinkled Mice-- Ravendra Pal Singh 1091-1093
Wood Gas generators for small power (5 hp) requirements-- U.Srinivasa and H.S.Mukunda 1094-1098
Comparison of Seed proteins in Himalayan Crotalaria by Disc Gel Electrophoresis-- N.P.Todaria, A.R.Nautiyal and J.K.Semwal 1098-1101
Announcement 1101-1101
Current Science-50 years ago 1102-1102
Announcement 1102-1102
Abstracts of papers presented at the 49th Annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences at Pune, 7-9 November 1983 1103-1129
Announcement 1129-1129
Short Communications  
Larvaecidal Activity of some reduced Carbazoles and Compounds containing Methylene-Dioxy-Phenyl Ring-- (Miss) B.Choudhury and B.P.Das 1130-1132
The Mass spectra of 4-(Benzalamino) Antipyrines-- T.Radhakrishnan, C.P.Prabhakaran and K.N.Rajasekharan 1132-1133
Synthesis of 2,6-Diaryl-4H-1,3,4-Oxadiazines as antibacterial agents-- K.Suhasini, T.V.Padmanabha rao and V.Thirupathaiah 1133-1136
Lower jurassic Foraminifera from the Chert Phosphorite member of the Tal formation, GarhwJl lesser Himalaya and the age of Krol Belt Sediments-- S.S.Srivastava, R.K.Goel, A.K.Jain, A.K.Aswathi and R.M.Verma 1136-1139
Peridotite from the Archaean Belt of Khammam, Andhra Pradesh-- T.Ramamhana Rao, V.S.V.Prasad Rao, D.Sairam Prasad and N.Ranga Rao 1139-1141
Host Parasite Relationships in Channa Punctatus and Euclinostomum Heterostomum-II-- A.K.Gupta and S.M.Agarwal 1141-1143
Improving Symbiotic Nitrogen fixation and productivity in Black gram (Vigna Mungo L.)-- P.C.Paricha and M.Kar 1143-1145
Occurence of Crucigenia Mitrii Tiwari et Pandey, from Poona-- M.S.Balakrushnan and Leela T.Deore 1145-1145
Studies of Areoles on Asclepiadaceae and Periplocaceae-- T.M.Ramakrishna and D.A.Govindappa 1145-1148
A new malformation disease of Gandharaj (Gardenia Jesminoides Ellis)-- B.Pal, S.K.Nandi and N.C.Chattopadhyay 1148-1149
A new blight of Sesamum caused by Alternaria Alternata-- V.Usha Rani and V.Thirupatahaiah 1149-1150
Studies on induced Desynapsis in Capsicum Annuum L.-- M.Venkataraman and K.Subhash 1151-1152
Enzyme Adaptation in the Kidney of Cobalt fed Rats-- S.V.S.Rana, V.P.Agarwal and R.Prakash 1152-1154
New species of the genus Shindeobothrium, Shinde and Chinchonkar 1975 from Trygon Sp.At Ratnagiri-- G.B.Shinde, D.V.Sarwade and E.S.Pawar 1154-1155
Book Reviews 1156-1160
December 1983. 24
 
Articles  
Early Evolution of the Universe and the Primordial Nucleosynthesis-- N.C.Rana 1161-1168
Announcement 1168-1168
Quaternary Ammonium salts of potential biological activity-- A.M.Badawi, M.M.El-Marzibani, B.Haroun and H.Soliman 1169-1171
Macroscopic description of the strength of composite laminates-- N.Balasubramanian 1171-1176
A Review of the taxonomic position of Miniopterus based on embryological characters-- A.Gopalakrishnan and G.C.Chari 1176-1180
Current Science- 50 years ago 1181-1182
Short Communications  
Effect of electroststic field on blood glucose, liver glycogen and cholesterol levels in Rats-- S.S.Reddy and V.Raghukumar 1183-1184
Photopolymerization of N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide by Potassium trisoxalatocobaltate (III)-- I.Tajuddin and Q.Anwaruddin 1184-1185
An improved synthesis of chalcones using triethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (TEBA)-- Pinkey, P.K.Jain and S.K.Grover 1185-1188
Spectrophotometric determination of Zirconium as molybdoarsenozirconic acid-- T.V.Ramakrishnan and M.S.Subramanian 1188-1189
Cerium (IV) induced one pot synthesis of 2,4-dihydroxy-3-nitro acetophenone - A model for biomimetic aromatic hydroxylations-- H.Mohindra Chawla and Ram S.Mittal 1189-1190
Kinetics of aquation of bromopenta-ammineconalt(III) perchlorate in dicarboxylate solutions containing 10% ethanol at 40 deg celcius-- M.F.Amira, F.M.Abdel-Halim, N.H.Ismail and M.M.Elsemongy 1190-1192
Significance of albite rims around felspars in the migmatites of Sarahan Bushair area, Himachal Pradesh, India-- K.P.Singh 1192-1194
Note on the occurence of Dinosaurian fossil eggs from Infratrappean in Kheda district, Gujarat-- D.M.Mohabey 1194-1194
Genus Radiococcus Schmidle (Chlorococcales) from India-- S.P.Singh, M.Sengar and D.C.Pandey 1195-1195
Toxin production by Pestalotia palmarum-- M.P.Ramanujam 1195-1196
Effects of NIA 23509, a juvenile hormone analogue on Dysdercus cingulatus (red Cotton Bug)-- S.Singhamony, I.Anees and Z.Osmani 1196-1198
Regeneration of a tree- Leucosceptrum canum Sm. through meristem culture-- Amita Pal 1198-1199
Occurence of Algae in the aerial biomass at Bareilly (India) and its bearing on human Allergy-- P.K.K.Nair, Sudershan Kumar and B.n.Pande 1199-1201
Fresh water Turtles as strong predators of Water Hyacinth-- G.T.Tonapi and George Varghese 1201-1202
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