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    Current Science-Volume 54
 
 
January 1985. 1
 
Articles
Symmetry and imperfections - G. Venkataraman 1-9
Announcements 9-9
Interaction of novel polycations with nucleic acids - V. H. Mulimani 10-14
Announcements 14-14
Structural similarity of platelet-derived growth factor (PGDF) to cancer-triggering virus p28 sis. implications in oncotherapy- D. K. Hazra and S. Saran 15-17
News 17-17
Effects of onion in atherosclerosis in rabbits. III. Reduction of nucleic acids and proteins in aorta - T. M. Vatsala and Megha Singh  18-21
News 21-21
Consumption and utilisation of certain cotton and chilli varieties by Spodoptera litura Fb. - N. Dhandapani, A. Abdul Kareem and S. Jayaraj 22-24
News 24-24
Microinjection of bacteriophage lambda into mycelium of the fungus Neurospora crassa -  K. N. Angerbauer 25-31
News 31-31
Current Science - 50 years ago 32-34
Announcements 34-34
Short Communications
Thermoluminescence of Li doped MgO - M. N. Bapat and S. Sivaraman 35-37
Dyesensitized photo-oxygenation of α -ketoglutaric acid - Pinki Gandhi, Rakesh Dubey, M. M. Bokadia and T. C. Sharma 37-38
New glycosides from the stem bark of Alphanamixis polystachya - S. K. Srivastava and V. K. Agnihotri 38-40
Record of marine paleocene sequence near Sanu, Jaisalmer, western Rajasthan - Prabha Kalia and Durjoy chakraborty 40-42
Crossability between triticale x Wheat and reversion patterns in early segregating generations - S. R. Vishwakarma and S. C. Mani 42-43
Involvement of calcium in nitrogen fixation by Nostoc linckia - D. K. Mishra, M. Jha and H. D. Kumar 43-45
Chromosome number and karyotypic studies in Glycyrrhiza - Sheela Verma and           R. S. Nadkarni 45-47
Distribution of adrenaline and noradrenaline chromaffin cells in the adrenal gland of a fresh water turtle, Lissemys punctata granosa - U. Rai and Shamin Haider 47-49
News 49-49
Book Reviews 50-51
Science News 51-52
Errata 52-52

January 1985. 2

 
Articles  
Prof. K. R. Ramanathan - A. Mani  53-56
Colony fission in a social wasp - Raghavendra Gadagkar and N. V. Joshi  57-62
Preparation and characterization of solid solutions of phosphate and vanadate apatites of lead - T. S. B. Narasaraju, S. K. Gupta and P. V. R. Rao  63-66
News 66-66
Synthesis in the field of podophyllotoxin and related analogues. Part IV: Synthesis of b-apopicropodophyllin analogues with expanded lactone ring - C. Anjanamurthy and  K. M. Lokanatha Rai   67-69

Announcements

69-69
Immunological studies on the scorpion Heterometrus fulvipes Venom - P. R. Parthasarathy, B. Venkaiah and S. Krishnaswamy 70-73
Scientific reconstruction of archaeological evidence of Ganga Valley - P. R. Sen Gupta 74-79
Lectin Concanavalin A distribution at different stages in the tissues of Canavalia gladiata - B. N. Ghosh, B. Dasgupta and P. K. Sircar 80-82
Current science-50 years ago 83-87
Short communication
Tissue  g-glutamyltranspeptidase activity in experimental giardiasis - R. K. Srivastava, S. R. Das and B. Ray 88-90
Effect of extracts of Artabotrys uncinatus and Allium satium on Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae - Micheal Grainge, Leslie Berger and Saleem Ahmed 90-90
Some new pteridophytic remains from the lower Gondwana rocks of Hinjrida Ghati, Orissa - D. D. Pant, P. C. Srivastava and P. K. Das 90-92
Vitellogenin of alfalfa pollinating bee Megachile flavipes - R. C. Sihag 92-94
News 94-94
Book Reviews 95-96
Science News 97-99
News 99-102

February 1985. 3


Articles
Some recent developments in solid phase synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides        K. N. Ganesh 103-110
Announcements 110-110
Evolutionary perspectives of isoprenoid chemistry - P. H. Ladwa and John Barnabas 111-118
Announcements 118-118
72nd Session of Indian Science Congress, Lucknow 1985 119-134
Announcements              134-134
Current Science-50 years ago 135-136
Announcements  136-136
Short Communications
Infrared and plasma emission spectroscopic method of analysis of human urinary bladder stones - B. Krishnan and A. Srinivasa Rao 137-138
Preparation and characterisation of some dialkoxytungsten (VI) oxypseudohalides     S. M. Musleh, P. Dabas, R. K. Multani and M. Katyal   138-140
Some typical platelet forms of gel grown barium molybdate crystals - K. V. Kurien and M. A. Ittyachen 140-142
Occurrence of Azotobacter chroococcum in Pothos scandens - S. Sharma, N. Jain and A. K. Shah 142-143
Evolution of some anti-cholesterol and anti-inflammatory drugs for mutagenicity using Bacillus subtilis hcr-9 multigene sporulation test - P. Shobha Devi and H. Polasa  143-144
A new species of Pseudocercospora Speg. - A. K. Singh, Kamal and S. K. Singh 144-145
Inhibitation of polygalacturonase activity of rice pathogens by the oxidized products of chlorogenic acid - K. Manibhushanarao and S. Sreenivasaprasad 145-148

Study of pollen mitosis and determination of gametic chromosome number in Oleaceae -K. George and S. Geethamma   

148-149
Improved production of calcium gluconate by mutants of Penicillium funiculosum -     S. K. Mandal and S. P. chatterjee 149-150
Sequence of senescence in sorghum seed during accelerated ageing -                    V. Krishnaswamy 150-151
Isolation of Candida guilliermondii from suspected bovine lymphangitis cases -          A. Sikdar and P. K. Uppal 151-151

Arneth counts of neutrophils in three hillstream fishes - S. N. Bhatt and H. R. Singh

151-153 
Inheritance of greyish brown (gb) and dark (da) larvae, autosomal recessive mutants in the filaria vector Culex quinquefasciatus - N. Jaya Shetty and B. N. Chowdaiah 153-155
Announcements 155-155
Book Reviews 156-157
News 158-159

February 1985. 4


The pursuit of Science: Its Motivations - S. Chandrasekhar 161-169
Discovery of mixed coccoliths from mud volcanoes of Baratang Island, Andamans, India - Syed A. Jafar 170-173
News 173-173
Studies on physiological adjustment of the heartbeat frequency in vitro and in vivo and acetylcholine levels in acclimatized Periplaneta americana (L.) - Kaiser Jamil  174-178
News 178-178
Rice root nematode (Hirschmanniella spp.) A review of the work done in India -         J. C. Edward, N. N. Sharma and V. Agnihothrudu 179-182
News 182-182
Current Science-50 years ago 183-183
Short Communication
In vitro propagation of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq var tenera) through somatic embryogenesis in leaf-derived callus - V. Thomas and P. S. Rao 184-185
Interaction of platelets and plasma proteins with HEMA grafted polyurethanes - Ajantha K. Nair and Chandra P. Sharma  185-187
Record of late permian ammonoid Cyclolobus from Zoji-La, Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir - M. L. Razdan, N. K. Dhir and A. K. Kacker 187-188
Preliminary observations on the oxidation of phloretyglycine by silver carbonate on celite - R. Padma Bai, K. Narasimhan, Bhickoo V. Anandam and K. Thomas Joseph 189-190
On the spirochaete bacteria infesting the crystalline style of Bivalvia (Phylum: Mollusca) - P. Shahul Hameed and A. L. Paulpandian 191-192
Response of cyanobacterial nitrogenase expression to exogenous NO3- and NH4- Zahed U. M. Khan, P. A. Chandrasekharan and G. S. Venkataraman 193-194
Incidence of fungal infection on the developing eggs of Cyprinus carpio var. communis and use of polythene shreds as egg attachment device -                       K. G. Padmakumar, V. Jayaprakash, A. V. Mathew and U. Mohammed Kunju 195-196
Occurrence of yellow mosaic virus on Siratro (Macroptilium atropupureum) fodder crop - P. Lakshmanan, V. K. Balakrishnan and T. Manoharan 196-196
A new toxin responsible for the early symptom in Fusarium wilt disease of cotton - Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan and S. Umesh Kumar  196-197
Fertile pinnules of Marattiopsis Schimper from the Sivaganga beds of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu - D. E. P. Jeyasingh and C. sudherson 197-199
A new disease of coconut kernel - R. B. Sharma, A. N. Roy and M. P. Sharma 199-200
Effect of medullary extract of the thiamine deficient chicken on the activity level of acetylcholine esterase in the broad compartments of the brain of the normal chicken - U. P. Nalini and Nayeemunnisa  200-201
Laboratory evaluation of leaf extract of a new plant to suppress the population of malaria vector Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae) - S. C. Saxena and L. Sumithra 201-202

Book Reviews 

203-205
News 205-206

March 1985. 5


Articles


Biomimetic models in artificial photosynthesis - V. Krishnan 207-213
Announcements 213-213
Propagation of finite amplitude whistler waves through the ionosphere - I. M. L. Das 214-217
Synthesis and structural studies of some trivalent lanthanide complexes of isonicotinic acid hydrazide - T. R. Rao, I. A. Khan and R. C. Aggarwal 218-221
Announcements 221-221
Synthesis and characterization of some N-phenyl-N'-[4-aryl-5-(N-substituted sulphamido-azo) thiazol-2-yl] thiocarbamides as possible antibacterial compounds -   R. N. Goyal and Ashwani Minocha 222-225
News 225-225
Current Science-50 years ago 226-227
Short Communications
Current science: What in cites and what cites it? - Roshan Raina 228-228
Self-diffusion of sodium in soil - G. S. Mudahar and H. S. Sahota  228-229
Catalytic decomposition of N2O on La2MnMO6 (M = Ni, Cu and Zn) - N. Kameswari, B. Rajasekhar, R. Radha and C. S. Swamy 229-231
Chemistry of lichen producrs-Part III: Synthesis of a new benzothiazole derivative from pulvinic dilactone and its physiological activity evaluation - K. Raghava Raju and P. S. Rao 231-232
Kinetics and Mechanism of oxidative decarboylation and deamination of glycine and DL-a phenylglycine by phenyl iodosoacetate - N. Bhavani and K. Lily 233-235
Solubilisation of rock phosphate by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans - S. S. Roy Mahapatra,  A. K. Mishra and D. Chandra 235-237
A new species of Uncinula (Erysiphaceae) from Kashmir - A. K. Sharma 237-239
The species status of Heliothis armigera (Hub.) (Leidoptera: Noctuidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India on the basis of Aedeagal cornutal spines - D. R. Jadhav, V. S. Bhatnagar and C. S. Pawar 239-240
Effect of ox bile on the formation of calcareous corpuscles during in vitro growth of Hymenolepis microstoma - Nirmalendu Chowdhury and Paul H Derycke 240-242
Improved technique for chromosome study in some members of labiatae - T. P. Singh 242-243
Preferential selection and genetic characterization of an amino acid uptake mutant in Aspergillus - Bhupendra N. Tiwary and Umakant Sinha 244-245
Foliar venation in Glossostigma spathulatum Arn. Ex. Benth. - S. C. Paliwal and G. S. Lavania 245-246
Schizophyllum communae Fr. on endosperm of Cocos nucifera L.-A new host record from India - S. N. Kazmi, N. K. Soni and G. P. Mishra 246-248 
Auxin + KNO3 inducted regeneration of leguminous tree-Leucaena leucocephala through tissue culture - Karabi datta and S. K. Datta 248-250 
Occurance of common antigens in jute and Colletotrichum corchori - Bhaswati Bhattacharyya and R. P. Pukayastha 251-252
Proteolytic activity in the gut of red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus Fabr. and its predator, Antilochus conquebertii (fabr.) (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) - Zaheer S. Zaidi 252-253
News 253-253
Book Reviews 254-254
Science News 255-256

March 1985. 6


Articles
New concepts in the architecture of solids - S. Ramaseshan 257-261
Announcements 261-261
Culture condition dependent changes of 4-thiouridine in the transfer RNA of Azobacter vinelandii - P. Ajithkumar and joseph D. Cherayil 262-265
Correlation of some enzyme activities with axis growth in seedlings raised from aged soyabean seeds - A. S. Rao and D. S. Wagle  266-268
Announcements 268-268
Effect of malathion on blood glucose, liver glycogen, plasma corticosterone and electrolytes concentrations and eosinophil count in adrenal demedullated rats - Honnegowda, R. P. Uppal and B. D. Garg 269-271
Tuff-lava from southeast Queensland, Australia - J. A. Ross 272-274
Announcements 274-274
Current Science - 50 years ago 275-276
Short Communications
Protein profiles as an aid to taxonomy among caryophyllidean cestodes - A. Niyogi,   A. S. Gaur and S. M. Agarwal 277-278
In vitro micro assay system for identifying antimalarials that act through their metabolites - T. Venkata Ramanaiah and A. Gajanana 278-280
Origin and geologic significance of the chavara placer deposit, Kerala - K. Soman  280-281
A new find of carbonatite from Meghalaya - A. R. Nambiar and P. R. Golani 281-282
Selection and characterization of methionine-sulfoximine resistant cell cultures of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) - R. K. Jain, J. B. Chowdhury, and D. R. Sharma  283-284
Regeneration of plants from callus cultures of Anthurium patulum - Susan Eapen and P. S. Rao 284-286
Studies in nematophagous fungi IX: Myzocytium papillatum - A new record from India - Geeta Prasad and R. Dayal    286-287

Bacterial wilt of Seasamum indicum L.-A new record - P. K. Sathyarajan, A. Naseema and T. C. Radhakrishnan

288-288
New record of leaf vein gall on Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. (Leguminosae) induced by a psyllid - C. Kandasamy and K. Thenmozhi 288-289
Anastomosis grouping of isolates of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn (Thanatephorus Cucumeris (Frank) Donk) causing sheath blight of rice - M. Vijayan and M. Chandrasekharan Nair 289-291
Effect of morphactin on seed germination and seedling growth of tea (Camellia sinensis L) - T. S. Barman and C. M. Sarma  291-292
Notes on taxonomy of Daedalea microzona Lev. - Asim Mitra 293-294
Morphological mutant of Scenedesmus bijugatus (Turp.) Kuetz. - Veena Bajaj and Pushpha Srivastava 294-295
Record of two new hyperparasites of Apanteles taragamae Vier.  (Braconidae : Hymenoptera), A larvel parasite of the blackheaded caterpillar pest of coconut - S. M. Ghosh and U. C. Abdurahiman 295-296
Effect of the juvenoid hydroprene on oviposition and hatchability in the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius F. (Coleoptera = Curculionidae)  - G. Maruthi Ram, Simgekar Ashok and D. Raghunatha Rao 296-297
Announcements 297-297
Book Reviews 298-298
News 299-299
Science News 300-301
Announcements 301-301
News 301-306
Announcements 306-306

April 1985. 7


Articles
Nitrocellulose membrane filter binding assay of 16S.23S RNA complex formation -       B. Nag, D. S. Tewari, A. K. Srivastava and D. P. Burma 307-313
News 313-313
Evaluation of equivalent potential temperature (EPT) from radiosonde data -            R. Ananthakrishnan and M. K. Soman  314-317
News 317-317
First record of Upper Cretaceous plant megafossils (Class: Angiospermae) from upper Krol Formation of Maldeota in Mussoorie syncline of Garhwal Lesser Himalaya, Northern India - A. C. Nautiyal  318-322
News 322-322
Golden Jubilee Meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Summaries of lectures delivered  323-332
Development of nuclear energy in India particularly successful this year 332-334
News 334-334
Plant protoplasts: A new tool in plant biotechnology - P. S. Rao 335-336
News 336-336
Current Science - 50 years ago 337-339
Short Communications
Spectroscopic study of solvation of cobalt(II) and nickel(II) ions in aquo-organic mixed solvent - I. Haque and K. G. Sarma  339-340
Desensitized photo-oxygenation of sym-diphenylthiourea - Rakesh Dubey, Pinki Gandhi, Shubha Jain and M. M. Bokadia 340-342
Successful colonization of Laccotrephes griseus (Hemiptera: Nepidae) - E. Jayakumar and S. Mathavan 342-344
Protoplast formation and regeneration in Rhizobium and Azospirillum - S. S. Sindhu and K. R. Dadarwal 344-346
Morphological variation and inheritance in a pigeonpea intergeneric hybrid - P. Sateesh Kumar, N. C. Subramanyam and D. G. Faris 346-348
Salt tolerant dinanath grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum Trinn.) as C4 plant- A new record- K. A. Varshneya, Neera Goel and B. D. Baijal 348-349
Pollen morphology of Strobilanthes kunthianus - G. Valsaladevi and P. M. Mathew 349-350
Foliar sclereids in Persoonia R. Br. Ex. Knight (Proteaceae) - T. Ananda Rao, Poornima Nayak and Swapna Chakraborthi 350-353
Two new combinations in the genus Usnea - G. Awasthi 353-354
Dichlobenil arrests root hair growth in radish - Janaki Subramanyan 354-356
On mitochondria of Bunostomum trigonocephalum (Rud., 1808) Railliet, 1902 - Sanjeev Kumar and S. S. Lal 356-359
Science News 359-359
Book Reviews 360-362
News 362-364

April 1985. 8


Articles


Direct integration of charge densities from x-ray diffraction - T. N. Guru Row

365-368
Assembly of mitochondria - J. Jayaraman, K. Shivakumar, Tara Hariharan and M. Vairapandi 368-375
Paper electrophoresis in the study of mixed ligand complexes in solution - S. Singh, H. L. Yadava, P. C. Yadava, K. L. Yadava and S. R. Tripathi 376-378
News 378-378
DST's support for young scientists - Dinesh Mohan 379-380
News 380-380
Current Science - 50 years ago 381-382
News 382-382
Short Communications

Decomposition of nitrous oxide on La2 Ni1.5M0.5O6 (M = Mo, W and Re) - N. Kameswari and C. S. Swami

383-384
Effect of ring size on the oxidation of some cyclic sulphoxides with chromium(VI) in aqueous - V. Balaiah and P. V. V. Satyanarayana 384-384
An undescribed species of Phomopsis and its associated ascigerous state - V. G. Rao and B. R. Dayakar Yadav 385-386
Ultrastructure of sperms of heat sterilized Dysdercus koenigii F - K. Tikku and B. P. Saxena 386-387
Occurrence of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola in semi-deep water rice - J. S. Prasad, M. S. Panwar and Y. S. Rao 387-388
Effect of leaf curl disease on seed and oil quality of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L) -  B. Prasad, O. P. Verma and L. N. Daftari  388-389
Role of L-cysteine on azide mutagenecity in azotobacter -  L. R. Kashyap and V. L. Chopra 389-390
Impact of lack of callose on pollen development in Najas marina L. - B. K. Jain and    C. K. Shah  390-391
In vitro plantlet formation from cotyledons, leaf lamina and midrib of cauliflower -      S. Singh and Anil Mathur 391-393
Effects on growth and photosynthesis of Vigna radiata cv Pusa baisakhi in environment containing SO2 and/or NO2 - P. C. Pande 393-394
Translator apparatus in Leptadaenia sporteum (Asclepiadaceae) - Veena Gupta and  M. R. Vijayaraghavan 395-396 
Parasite-host interaction in relation to the nematode Anguillulina aptini (Sharga)-A parasite on Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford) and Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom) - R. Varatharajan 396-398 
Toxicity of mercury on the ovaries of the carisean prawn, caridina rajadhari (Bouvier) - R. Sarojini and B. Victor    399-400
Activity levels of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) in cell-free system under dietary stress in Anabas scandens (Cuvier) - Shantha Vijayaraghavan and J. V. Ramana Rao    400-401
Erythrocytic anisocytosis due to helminthiasis in poultry - P. C. Shekar and S. S. Simha    401-402
Book Reviews    403-404
Announcements   404-405
News  405-405

May 1985. 9 


Articles   
Fe2+ -dependent metabolic modulation - T. Ramasarma 407-411
Algorithm for the design of precompensated contact screens - Mohammed A. Karim and Sukomal Talapatra     412-414
Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of acetone by N-bromoacetamide in acedic media - Bharat Singh and Rohit Shrivastav      415-418
News 418-418
Metabolism of 4-hydroxyisopthalic acid by a Pseudomonas species - B. Haribabu and S. C. Vaidyanathan   419-421
Agronomic manipulation in saline sodic soils for economic biological yields - S. C. Jain, R. K. Gupta, O. P. Sharma and V. K. Paradkar 422-425
Current Science-50 years ago  426-427
Short Communications 
Synthesis and pharmacological studies of 4,4'-spiro-6, 6-dimethyltetrahydropyramidine-2-one - Mahbub Alam, Fazal Hussain and Khalid P. Lone 428-429
Recent foraminifera from Okha beach sand, Gujarat State -A preliminary note - S. N. Bhalla and M. Lal  429-430
Clastogenic and mitoclasic effects of benzimidazole derivatives - D. K. Murthy and    P. Hanumanthu 430-432
Rice chaff and rachillae-Potential inoculum sources for sheath blight infection -        A. Premalatna Dath    432-433
Allelopathic effects of weeds in soyabean, groundnut and greengram - S. P. Tiwari, S. S. Bhadauria, M. A. Vaddoria and Devi Dayal 434-435 

Potato virus S on wild Potato (Solanum chacoense Bitt) - R. B. S. Sangar, B. B. Nagaich and H. P. Agarwal 

436-436
Application of Azolla pinnata in rice cultivation - M. S. Vora, R. D. Sheth and J. P. Patel  437-437
Phenolics and growth habit in mango (Mangifera indica L) varieties - R. Chandra Babu, K. P. Vijayan, N. Natarajaratnam and G. Dharmaraj   437-438
A new species of cercospora on Leucaena leucocephala - A. N. Shukla and P. C. Sarmah 438-438
Eyestalk neurosecretory system in the freshwater prawn, Cardina rajadhari (Bouvier) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae - R. Sarojini and B. Victor 439-441
News 441-441
Book Reviews 442-444
News 445-446

May 1985. 10


Articles
Vapour phase ammonolysis of phenol on ZSM-5-type catalysis - K. K. Piltale and R. A. Rajadhyaksha 447-450
Announcements 450-450
a-Difluromethylornithine inhibits the growth of fibrosarcoma in rats - Nalini Chandar and B. Nagarajan 451-454
News 454-454
Polycyclic aromatic compounds: A new synthesis of polyrylated benzofluroanthene derivatives by [4+2]-cycloaddition reaction - S. Mondal, T. K. Bandyopadhyay and A. J. Bhattacharya                                      455-458
News 458-458
Properties of protease during the germination of Anabaena sp 310 - T. R. K. Reddy and K. Sarada 459-462
News 462-462
Comparison of adoptive immunity through sensitized cells from primary and secondary lymphoid organs in mice infected with Hymenolepis nana - R. Khanna and G. N. Johri 463-465
News 465-465
Current Science-50 years ago  466-467
News 467-467
Short Communications
Photosynthesis and competition for photosynthate in VA mycorrhiza, Rhizobium and cajanus cajan symbiosis - P. Sivaprasad and P. V. Rai 468-469
Lecythispora indica gen et sp nov to Hyphomycetes - P. N. Chowdhry 469-470
A new fruit rot of guava caused by Sclerotium rolfsii - B. A. Ullasa and R. D. Rawal 470-471
Preliminary observations on the occurrence of B-chromosome in the silkworm Antheraea roylei (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) - H. P. Puttaraju and J. Nagaraju 471-473
Arrangement of cotyledons in Citrus medica Linn - D. Padmanabhan and                  R. Radhakrishnan 473-474
Evolution of CO2 in soil infested with four soil-borne pathogens of sugarbeet seedlings - S. Pandey 474-475
Comparitive toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies to Spodoptera litura (F.) - S. V. Amonkar, Urmila Kulkarni and Amardeep Anand 475-478

Tissue lactic acid and glycogen level of molluscs exposed to Cu and Hg - P. T. Lakshmanan and P. N. K. Nambisan

478-479
On the stomata in Murdannia Royale (Commelinaceae) - N. N. Kale, N. S. Zade and R. M. Pai 480-481
Stomatal movement and behaviour as influenced by Basalin and Satrun in some weed species - N. V. R. Reddy, K. E. C. Rajkumar and K. R. Rao 481-482
Studies on salt resistance in wheat I. growth and development - K. K. Sharma and   S. Kumar 482-485
Two new species of Phoma from India - A. U. Pachkhede, S. V. Vyawahare and J. L. Shreemali 485-486 
An ear and kernel rot of maize caused by Trichothecium roseum - Vasantha Kumar and H. S. Shetty 486-487
Susceptibility of Spilosoma Obliqua Walker to Nosema sp - K. Narayanan 487-488
Book Reviews  489-490
News 490-492

June 1985. 11


Articles
Molecular biology and biotechnology of cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation - G. S. Venkataraman 493-498
News 498-498
Mictic and amicitic modes of reproduction in the rotifer Brachionus Patulus Mueller -  T. Ramakrishna Rao and S. S. S. Sarma 499-501
Announcements 501-501
Current Science-50 years ago 502-503
Announcements 503-503
Short Communications
Excess thermodynamic functions of mixing in binary mixtures of alcohols and tolune - B. B. Swain 504-506
Mutual diffusion coefficients of binary liquid mixtures - T. M. Aminabhavi, R. H. Balundgi and R. C. Patel 506-507
A novel spray reagent for chromatographic detection of trichothecene toxins - G. V. Rao, P. S. Rao, S. Girisham and S. M. Reddy 507-509
Stigmata-5,22-diene-3b-O-b-D-glucopyranoside-A new saponin from the roots of Sapium insigne - Meera Saxena and S. K. Srivastava  509-510
Clastic dyke and the associated zeolite veins in Talchir deposits, Sarguja district, Madhya Pradesh - S. Rais, I. R. Ansari and D. Raza 510-511
Isoperoxidase in relation to microspore differentiation in Dioscorea composita - Rakesh Bhargava and Pushpa Koul 511-512
Technique for rearing the predatory mirid bug Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Reut) on Corcyra eggs - J. S. Bentur and M. B. Kalode 513-514
A source of morphological resistance to leaf blight disease of rape seed and mustard caused by Alternaria brassicae (Berk) Sacc - P. N. Munde and T. P. Bhowmik 514-515
A simple technique for Rhizobium plant infection test - V. Udayasuriyan, J. Prabakaran and G. Oblisami 515-516
Optic lobes in the silverfish - S. P. Sharma and Moninder Kaur  516-517
Megachromosomes in paphiopedilum villosum (Orchidaceae) - R. N. Sehgal and P. N. Mehra 518-519
Double interchange heterozygote among the nullisomics of Coix gigantea Koen ex Roxb - S. S. Barve and A. B. Sapre 519-520
Historical changes during the development stages of Chara vulgaris Linn - C. P. Sukes Kumar 521-523

Polymorphic multi-microcytes in Jasminum pubescens Wild - Y. R. Bhargava

523-523
Giant stomata in some members of the genus Ixora L (Rubiaceae) - Tariq Hussain and S. R. Paul 524-524
Embryo sac haustoria in Echinops echinatus DC - H. Maheshwari Devi and N. Padma 524-526
A potent systemic inhibitor of plant virus infection from Aerva sanuguinolenta Blume - H. N. Verma and Alka Srivastava 526-528
A new genus and species of fern infesting thrips (Thysanoptera:insecta) with further notes on Myceterothrips nilgiriensis (Anan.) - A. Mohan Daniel  528-530
Acid phosphate activity in the testis of the Eri silkworm: Philosamia ricini(Hutt.)-A histochemical study - H. K. Hurkadli, M. A. Hooli and V. B. Nadkarni 530-532
Succinate-dehydrogenase in the tissues of albino rats infected with Trypanosoma evansi - Damayanthi 532-533
Announcements 533-533
Book Reviews 534-535
Announcements 535-535
News 536-538

June 1985. 12


Articles
Modification of cadmium toxicity in biological systems by other metals - Archana Sharma, Anita Mukharjee and Geeta Talukder 539-549
Announcements 549-549
Regulation of mitochondrial oxidative Phosphorylation by chloroplasts - V. K. Chaturvedi and C. K. Ramakrishna Kurup 550-553
Announcements 553-553
Plant lysosomes: Aspects and prospects - H. S. Gupta  554-559
News 559-559
Guidelines for holding International Scientific Conference in India 560-563
Seven thousand scientists appeal ban of Nuclear Arsenals - Yosiaki Ito 563-565
Current Science-50 years ago 566-567
News 567-567
Short Communications
Comparison of antigenic profiles of a candidate vaccine strain: Mycobacterium habana with other mycobacteria by polyacrylamide slab gel - N. B. Singh and Sudhir Sinha 568-569
Leaf Blight of Euphorbia geniculata orteg caused by Helminthosporium species - V. Prabhakara Rao, G. W. Dhande and G. S. Pandse 569-570
Apigenin 5-O-galactoside from the roots of Melia azeadarach Linn - Hari Om Gupta and S. K. Srivastava 570-571
Reactions Of benzylpyridinium  bromide and 4-nitrobenzyl-pyridinium bromide with a, b-unsaturated ketones: Synthesis of some new 1, 3-disubstituted naphthalenes - K. C. Gupta, B. K. Saxena, P. K. Pathak and Nirupama Srivastava 571-574
Weltrichia (male Williamsonia) from the borehole samples of Malda, West Bengal, India - A. K. pal and S. C. Ghosh 574-576
Juvenoid activity in extracts of certain plants - U. S. Srivastava, A. K. Jaiswal and Rehana Abidi 576-578
A jute mutant with improved seed yield component - S. chattopadhyay, G. C. Mitra and S. L. Basak 578-579
Cytology of octoploid Gloriosa simplex L. - J. L. Karihaloo 579-580

Rubbery wood-A hitherto unrecorded disease of citrus - Y. S. Ahlawat and V. V. Chenulu

580-581
Loss of ions in pearl millet seeds treated with honeydew of Claviceps fusiformis Lov - H. N. Gour, O. P. Verma and V. N. Pathak 581-582
Commensal luminous bacteria of the coelenterate, Pteroeides sp. - A. Ramesh, B. Loganathan and V. K. Venugopalan 582-583
The "opening out" process in root meristems-Anew type - Vijay Goyal and Ambuja Pillai  583-584
Sarasapogenin in callus culture of Asparagus racemosus - D. K. Kar and Sumitra Sen 585-585
Karschia nigerrima Sacc (Patellariaceae)-Anew report from India - M. P. Sharma 585-586
Role of cytomixis in the speciation of Jasminum - K. George and S. Geethamma  586-587
Induced chlorophyll mutations in Physalis ixocarpa Brot - S. K. Mahna and Rashmi Gupta  588-590
Influence of soil and variety of factors on dry matter, quality and quantity of cotton - V. K. Khaddar, S. B. Jadhav and N. Ray 590-592
Effects of three benzyloxy compounds on the weight of different development stages following larval treatement in Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) - N. Roychoudhury and S. chakravorty 592-594
The primary orb web of Uloborus ferokus Bradoo (Araneae: Uloboridae) - B. L. Bradoo 594-596
News 596-596
Book Reviews 597-599

July 1985. 13


Articles
Outer rings of Satrun - J. C. Bhattacharya and R. Vasundhara 601-605
Announcements 605-605
Radiations from a circular patch microstrip antenna in a two component warm plasma - Deepak Bhatnagar and R. K. Gupta 606-609
News 609-609
Classical particle with internal structure: A systamatic analysis - M. V. Atre and R. K. Gupta 610-614
News 614-614
Artificial surface-complement proteins-L-Ascorbic acid: Platelet interaction at the interface-An understanding - Chandra P. Sharma and Thomas Chandy 615-618
Glutamine synthetase isozymes in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum Cv. CO-740) cultured in vitro - U. N. Dwivedi, D. N. Deobagkar and A. F. Mascarenhas 619-621
News 621-621
Current Science-50 years ago 622-624
News 624-624
Short Communications
Ancient sun was highly active - J. T. Padia and M. N. Rao 625-627 
Vibrational spectrum of Na2HPO4.2H2O - V. Ramakrishnan and G. Aruldhas  627-628
Results of a magnetic study on a chromite reef at Tekaru in the Eastern Ghats belt - A. Lakshmipathi Raju 628-629
Antifeedant activity of indigenous plants against Diacrisia obliqua Walker - A. K. Tripathi and S. M. A. Rizvi 630-631
Rotational isomerism in benzil - G. Prasada Rao, A. S. T. Swamy and B. Subrahmanyam 632-634
Occurrence of highly acidic groundwater in Mulug Taluk, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh, India - V. Ramesam and M. Veeranna 634-634

New spray for the identification and determination of quinophos, disulfton and monocrotophos by thin layer chromotography - S. V. Mirashi, V. B. Patil and K. A. Ambade

635-635
Iatrogenic effect of copper oxychloride sprays on Alternaria blight of some crucifers - T. S. Thind and J. S. Jhooty 635-636
Piper longum L-A new host record for Collectotrichum gloeosporioides Penz - P. K. Sathyarajan and A. Naseema 637-637
Isolation and characterisation of assimilatory nitrate reductase from Azospirillum brsilense - A. K. Datta Ray and A. K. Mishra 637-640
Patent infection with Schistosoma Incognitum in white mouse (Mus musculus) - M. C. Agrawal, Ninder Panesar and Manoranjan Das 640-641 
Anther culture of Catharanthus roseus L-Development of pollen embryoids - Leela George 641-642
Scanning electron microscopic studies on the spermoderm of some Leea species -     J. V. V. Dogra, S. K. Varma and A. K. Pandey  642-643
Structure and mode of breaking of pericarp in Entada scandens Benth - R. Sundaram, V. Gopal and R. Sekaran 643-646
A hitherto unrecorded collateral host of Ustilaginoidea virens (Cke) Tak - S. A. Shetty and H. S. Shetty 646-647
Oocyte differentiation and vitellogenesis in the caridean prawn Caridina rajadhari (Bouvier) - B. Victor and R. Sarojini 647-649
Effects of methyl parathion on the rate of oxygen consumption of tadpoles of frog, Rana cyanophilictis - Naiyara Yasmeen and Nayeemunnisa 649-651
Effects of caffeine on puffing pattern in the polytene chromosomes of salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster - J. P. Srivastava and K. K. Bangia 651-652
News 652-652

Book Reviews

653-656
Announcements 656-656 

July 1985. 14


Articles
HLA and Disease associations-The Indian scene - N. K. Mehra 657-665
Proposed Indo-Soviet collaborative studies based on the data along the geomagnetic meridian 1450 - V. O. Papitashvli, A. N. Zaitzev, R. G. Rastogi and N. S. Sastri 666-671
Scientific and technical information experiences and activities in India: Problems and Future prospects - P. J. Lavakare 672-678
Announcements 678-678
Identification Of heavy metal deposit in the cabbage tissues of diseased coconut palms (Cocos nucifera L.) by using electron microprobe x-ray micro-analyser -          C. C. Biddappa 679-682
News 682-682
Effect of estradiol-17b and PGF2a on glycogen metabolism of the albino ret testis -  C. Changamma and P. Reddanna 683-686 
News 686-686 
Current Science-50 years ago 687-688
News 688-688
Short Communications
Integral inelastic cross sections for the rotational energy transfer in CO2-Ar system -   P. M. Agrawal and N. C. Agrawal 689-690
Polarographic studies on active constituents of Sida cordifolia - Asha begerhotta and N. R. Bannerjee 690-692
Growth equations of Saprolegnia - A. K. Jain and S. K. Prabhuji 692-694
Complexes of dithocarbazic acid with some oxocation - R. K. Agrawal, Gyanendra Singh, Veena Kapur and A. K. Srivastava 694-695
The interaction of nickel, cobalt, palladium and beryllium with ovalbumin by pH metric method - J. P. S. Arora, D. Soma and A. Kumar 695-696
Genetic construction of a promising plant type in Indian turnip rape (Brassica campestris L) - R. K. Katiyar 696-698
Some aspects of the daly Gap - J. A. Ross 698-699
Insect-trapping behaviour and diel priodicity in Sauromatum guttatum Schott (Arcaceae) - Sandhya Dakwale and S. Bhatnagar 699-702
Unrecorded pathogen on wheat in India - S. Kulkarni, S. N. Chattannavar, V. B. Nargud and R. K. Hegde 702-702
Karyological studies in the genus Cymbopogon Spreng II. Karyotype of Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt - V. Verma 702-704 
Biochemical changes in white rust infected leaves of Boerhaavia diffusa L - K. Arvind Kumar and C. Manoharachary 704-705
Occurrence of Ginkogoites crassipes (Feistmantel) Seward from the jurassic of Andhra Pradesh - B. A. Vagyani 705-706
Chromosome count of Centella asiatica (Linn) Urban - P. nagendra prasad and (late) E. K. Janaki Ammal 706-707
Foliar epidermal studies in Amaranthaceae - S. Babber and H. R. Dhingra 707-709
The action of maleic hydraide on Euastrum verrucosum Ehrenb - B. Digamber Rao and Vidyavati 709-710
First record of Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouche) (Pteromalidae: Hymenoptera), A hyper-parasitoid of Diaeretiella rapae (M'intosh) (Aphidiidae: Hymenoptera) from India - K. P. Pandey, Arvind Kumar, S. Shanker and C. P. M. Tripathi 710-710
Book Reviews 711-712
Science News 713-714
News 714-714

August 1985. 15


Articles
Kinetics of carbon monoxide absorption in cuprous ammoniacal chloride solutions -     R. Sriram and J. B. Joshi 715-719
Synthesis and biologica activities of (6,8-dibromo-3-aryl-3,4-di-hydro-4-oxo-2-quinazolinyl) methyl N-substituted dithiocarbamates - A. Devender Rao, Ch. Ravi Shankar and V. Malla Reddy 720-722
Ethologica interpretation of ichnogenus Zoophycos massalongo - R. M. Badve, M. A. Ghare and K. G. Kulkarni 723-727
The evolutionary sequence of five geometric solids - P. O. Adetiloye 728-733
News 733-733
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn: Its effect on b-glucuronidase in the uterus of ovariectomied rats - A. O. Prakash, Sangeeta Shukla and R. Mathur 734-736
Current Science - 50 years ago 737-739
News 739-739
Short Communications
The mean Debye-Waller factors and Debye temperatures of AgCIxBr(1-x) mixed crystals -  K. Srinivas and D. B. Sirdeshmukh 740-741
A new method for the study of dissociation constatnt - Satyendra Singh, A. K. Bajpai, D. Gupta and K. L. Yadava 741-743
Pyoverdine, fluorescent pigment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: production, purifcation and physicochemical properties -  H. B. Barbhaiya and K. K. Rao 744-745
A rapid diagnositic test for Q fever employing immunofluoresence and the mosquito inoculation techniques - V. Dhanda, V. S. Padbidri and D. T. Mourya 745-747
Antibiotics produced by a streptomycete strain - A. K. Ghosh and S. L. Chakrabarty 747-749
Comparative bod removal efficiency of certain microorganisms isolated from a stabilisation pond - S. M. Gaddad and S. S. Rodgi  749-750
Protoplast liberation from Saccharomyces cerevisiae using thermomycolase of Malbranchea pulchella var Sulfurea - R. K. Sharma and B. N. Johri 750-752
Rhizosphere soil nitrogenase (C2H2 reduction) as influenced by rice variety - J. L. N. Rao and V. R. Rao 752-754
Sexual dimorphism in Oryzias melastigma (McClelland) - Takashi Iwamatsu, Hiroshi Uwa and O. P. Saxena 754-755 
Duportell tristicula (B & Br) reinking - A new record from India - A. B. De 755-756
A new species of Pseudocercospora - A. K. Barde and K. M. Nene 756-757
Myrothecium mori sp nov - A new leaf spot pathogen of mulberry - S. B. Sullia and   S. D. Padma 757-758
Effect of adenine on regeneration of Vicia faba in tissue culture - Subhra Chakraborty and S. C. Roy 758-760 
A new disease on banana main stalk - M. Narayanappa and M. M. Mustaffa 760-761 
Variations in inflorescence and floral characters following irradiation in yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus Linn) - S. G. Nair and Susan Abraham 761-762
Studies on the host age selection by Diadegma trichoptilus (Cameron), A larval parasitoid of Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham) - T. V. Sathe and P. K. Nikam 762-763
Mycetocytes in Aegypoecus perspicuus (Phthiraptera) - A. K. Saxena and G. P. Agarwal 763-764
Announcements 764-764
Book Reviews 765-766
News 766-766
Science News 767-769
Announcements 769-769
News 770-770

August 1985. 16


Articles
Chemical evolution: An approach involving molecular interactions - M. Vijayan and    C. G. Suresh 771-780
Announcements 780-780
Differential heat determination through the estimation of pressure derivatives - S. D. Prasad 781-786
Recent developments in matrix ensemble theory - Nazakat Ullah 787-788
Interaction of 84.26 keV photons by bound electrons - G. K. Raju, K. Venkataramaniah, M. S. Prasad, K. Narasimhamurthy and V. A. Narasimha Murthy 789-793
Carbohydrate metobolism of brain during induced muscular atrophy and work overload in the dog, Canis domesticus - Y. Dhananjaya Reddy, K. Venkatarami Reddy, O. Ramakrishna, S. Govindappa and P. Reddanna 794-796
Current Science - 50 years ago 797-798
Short Communications
Effect of sodium-1-naphthyl phosphate on the electrodeposition of copper - Y. N. Sadana and S. Nageswar 799-800
Growth inhibition of Entamoeba histolytica by methylglyoxal bisguanyl hydrazone (MGBG) - S. M. Kaul, S. A. Imam and O. P. Shukla 800-801
Dinitrogen fixation in pearl millet - B. S. Kundu, Pushpa Kharb and P. Tauro 801-803
Trimethylamine oxide reducing bacteria in Penaeus indicus stored at different temperatures - M. Chandrasekaran, P. Lakshmanaperumalsamy and D. Chandramohan 804-805 
Action of haloperidol on meiotic chromosomes of male mice - D. K. Murthy and S. Subramanyam 805-807
Dose response relationships for chromosome aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes after cytostatics in vitro - R. Thomas-Jacob, O. S. Reddi and P. P. Reddy 807-809
First report of Cylas formicarious F. on black pepper, Piper nigrum L - A. M. Ranjith 810-810
Residual mercury concentration in brain, liver and muscle of contaminated fish collected from an estuary near a caustic-chlorine industry - B. P. Shaw, A. Sahu and A. K. Panigrahi 810-812
Seed coat of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L) Taub: Structuralism and functionalism -  Alka Jain and M. R. Vijayaraghavan 812-814
Action of antihistamine on somatic cells of Allium sativum L - T. Mogili and Vidyavati 814-816
Haemagglutination by certain baculoviruses - K. Narayanan 816-817 
Histomorphology of cerebral neurosecretory system in the caridian prawn, Caridina rajadhari (Bouvier) - B. Victor and R. Sarojini 817-818
Book Reviews 819-820
Announcements 821-822
News 822-824 

SEPTEMBER 1985. 17

 
Articles
The big bang and quantum cosmology - J. V. Narlikar 825-831
News 831-831
DNA repair and mutagenesis - N. K. Notani and R. P. Kanade 832-839
News 839-839
Food safety-Facts and fallacies - K. K. G. Menon 840-844
Mutagenic and plasmid-eliminating action of acridine orange in the cyanobacterium Nostoc - H. D. Kumar and A. K. Tripathi 845-852
Announcements 852-852
Gravitational attraction due to a two-dimensional asymmetrical wedge-like body and its interpreation using fourier transform - T. V. S. S. Sharma, P. Chandra Reddy, B. V. S. Murthy and N. L. Mohan 853-855
Current Science - 50 years ago 856-857
News 857-857
Short Communication
Laser Raman Spectrum of tungstic oxide - S. Mohan and A. Mukunthan 858-859
A. ochraceus toxicity on carbohydrate metobolism in chicks - S. Subramanian and S. Govindasamy 860-862
Occurenece of todorokite from Adilabad Manganese Mines, Andhra Pradesh - J. S. R. Krishna Rao and C. Kasipathi 862-862
Influence of hydration-dehydration treatments of rice seed on the growth of embryo-endosperm transplants - Kalpana Sur (Mandal) and R. N. Basu 862-864
The record of Curvularia lunata Boedijn causing a leaf-spot of Euphorbia geniculata Orteg in Poona - V. Prabhakara Rao and G. S. Pendse 864-864
Bacillus subtilis as antagonist to vascular wilt pathogens - A. R. Podile, G. S. Prasad and H. C. Dube  864-865
Physiology of host parasite relationships of Pallisentis nagpurensis and Senga visakhapatnam-ensis, parasitizing liver of Colisa lalia and intestine of Channa punctatus - A. K. Gupta and S. M. Agarwal 866-869
Morphology of three species of conchostraca using scanning electron microscope -   N. Samyiah, K. Venkataraman and S. Krishnaswamy 869-871
Regulation of K+ and Na+ in Diplachne fusca (Linn) P Beavu, and alkali halophyte - Ali Qadar 871-873
Mosaic disease of citrus in India - Y. S. Ahlawat, V. V. Chenulu, S. M. Viswanath, P. K. Pandey and K. N. Bhagabati 873-874
Significance of cell wall phenols in the resistance of rice against blast - S. Kumar and R. Sridhar 874-876
Traps to monitr gall midge population in rice - Mangal Sain and M. B. Kalode 876-877
Influence of nectart on the fecundity, longevity and sex-ratio of Bracon brevicornis Wesm, and important parasite of Opisina arenosella Walk, the blackheaded caterpillar of coconut - D. N. Yadav 877-878
Ontogeny and the structure of the mature seed coat of Entada scandens Benth -     R. Sundaram, V. Gopal and R. Sekaran 878-880
Basic number six in Sporobolus from South India - J. Christopher 880-880
Observations on fungal infection of eggs and fingerlings of Channa punctatus B1 -    S. K. Prabhuji, G. C. Srivastava and S. K. Sinha 880-881
Marine fungi from India-II - B. D. Borse 881-882
Embryology of stegnospermataceae - P. Satyanarayana and L. L. Narayana 882-884
Outbreak of giant mealybug, Drosicha stebbingi (Green), in West Rajasthan (Hemipter: Margarodidae) - R. K. Varshney 884-885
A case of lerneosis and its control in an air-breathing fish culture system -               K. Ravindranath, K. Gopal Rao and M. Yusuf Kamal 885-886
Volume index for determining the natrue of anaemia caused by helminthiasis in poultry - P. Chandrasekhar and S. S. Simha 886-887
Radioresponse of resting primary spermatocytes in the presence of S-2(3-aminopropylamino) ethyl phosphorothioic acid - Jaimala and H. C. Bhartiya 887-888
Science News 888-888
Book Reviews 889-891
News 891-891
Science News 892-892
News 893-893

SEPTEMBER 1985. 18


Articles
Electron microscopy of quasi-crystals and related structrues - K. Chattopadhyay, S. Lele, S. Ranganathan, G. N. Subbanna and N. Thangaraj 895-903
On the synthesis and microstructure of aluminium alloys containing icosahedral phases - J. A. Sekhar 904-911
Announcements 911-911
Physics at Planck length - T. Padmanabhan 912-916
News 916-916
Significance of atomic and gravitational clocks in scale-covariant theory - Ramesh Chandra 917-919
News 919-919
Effect of Stik on rooting and regeneration of stem cuttings of Aerva sanguinolenta Linn - S. S. Singh and G. S. Paliwal  920-923
News 923-923
Currents Science-50 years ago 924-926
News 926-926
Short Communications
Effect of pesticides on in vitro pollen germination and growth and yield of okra - P. A. Philomena and B. V. David 927-928
Occurence of endotrophic mycorrhizal fungus in agarwood plant Aquillaria agallocha (Roxb) - M. N. Venkataramann, Rumi Borthakur and H. D. Singh 928-928
Radioprotective effect of 2-mercaptopropionylglycine on the protein contents of mouse ileum - V. B. Mathur 929-930
Further genetic analysis of the tribolate leaf mutanats in mungbeen (Vigna radiata var aureus (L) Wilcek) - P. K. Sareen 930-931
Inheritance of ten induced mutants in okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (Linn) Moench - V. Abraham  931-935
Zonate leaf blight - A new disease of finger millet - P. C. Hiremath and V. V. Sulladmath 935-935
A new fungus associated with boll rot of Arboreum cotton - Y. R. Sharma and B. S. Sandhu  936-936
2-p-Metoxy styryl 1,8-napthyridine induced mitotic spindle irregularities in Nigella sativa L - T. Mogili, B. Digamber Rao, K. Mogilaiah, B. Sreenivasulu and Vidyavati  936-938
A post pachytene diffuse stage in Alysicarpus rugosus DC - C. K. John, R. J. Thengane and S. H. Tulpule 938-939
Karyomorphological study on eight cultivars of high yielding rice (Oryza sativa L) from pachytene - P. Mukherjee and A. R. Debnath 939-941
Aecidium Hartwegiae Thuem an addition to Indian Mycoflora - P. K. Yadava and        K. Saran 941-942
An unrecorded leaf blight disease of taramira (Eruca sativa Mill) from India caused by Alternaria brassicicola (Schew) Wiltshire - A. K. Sharma 942-943
Influence of chemical environment on the fidelity of ribosomal protein synthesis -      A. Jana and S. P. Sen 943-945
Effect of certain proanthocyanidins on the chlorophyll content of Lemna paucicostata Hegelm - S. Seeta Ram Rao and K. V. N. Rao  945-947
A double-embedding technique for sectioning embryoids - V. V. Anand 947-948
Promotion of female flower formation in castor bean (Ricinus communis L) by pthalamides - V. S. Jaiswal and Madan Lal 948-949
Upper limit of temperature for the development of Ooencyrtus papilionis Ashmead within its host eggs - R. P. Yadav and J. P. Choudhury 949-950
Evaluation of deoiled neem (Azadirachta indica A Juss) seed kernel against Trogoderma granarium Eversts. - R. P. Singh and S. Singh 950-951
Effect of juvenile hormone analogue on the egg numbers and egg vialibility in different egg cycles of the bug, Dysdercus koenigii Fabr -  K. P. Srivastava, R. L. Katiyar and V. K. Awasthi 951-953
News 953-953
Book Reviews 954-956
Announcements 956-957
News 958-958

October 1985.19


Articles
Chromospheric inhomogeneities: origins and dynamics - P. Venkatakrishnan 959-963
Announcements 963-963
Blood oxygenation sans lung - M. S. Valiathan 964-969
News 969-969
Information entropies in quantum chemistry - S. R. Gadre and R. D. Bendale 970-977
Announcements 977-977
Regeneration of somatic embryos and plantlets from stem callus protoplasts of sandalwood tree (Santalum album L) - V. A. Bapat. Ravinder Gill and P. S. Rao 978-982
Announcements 982-982
Protoplasts isolation culture and plantlet regeneration from cotyledons of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) - I. V. Ramanuja Rao, I. Usha Rao, H. Y. Mohan Ram and Kolachana Prema 983-986
News 986-986
Anthocorids (Anthocoridae: Heteroptera) as efficient biocontrol agents of thrips (Thysanoptera: Insecta) - T. N. Ananthakrishnan and N. Sureshkumar 987-990
Current Science-50 years ago 991-993
News 993-993

Short Communications 


On the temperature dependence of free energy of crystallisation - Shrikant Lele, K. S. Dubey and P. Ramachandrarao 994-995
Antifertility screening of Ruellia prostata Poir and an ayurvedic preparation - C. K. Andhiwal, Chandra Has and R. P. Varshney 995-997
Antiviral activity of a-(methyl-phthalimido)- a'-(substituted styryl)-cyclohexanone-thio-semicarbazones - V. K. Pandey, Yogendra Saksena, M. M. A. A. Khan and H. N. Verma 997-998
A new anthraquinone pigment from the stem bark of Diospyros discolor - S. K. Srivastava and Sandhya Pitre 998-1000
Antimicrobial activity of mycotoxin sterigmatocystin produced by Aspergillu versicolor - Shamsia Banu and E. R. B. Shanmugasundaram  1000-1001 
Monodictys indica sp nov as a saprophyte but transitory fungus on human skin - S. M. Singh and A. K. Barde 1001-1003 
Association of Fumago vagans on coconut leaves - M. Govindam and T. C. Radhakrishnan 1003-1004
Differential sensitivity to various factors of akinete and vegetative cell in green alga Stigeoclonium pascheri (Vischer) Cox and Bold - S. C. Agrawal 1004-1005
Neottianthe calcicola (W. W. Sm. Schlecht (Orchidaceae): new to the flora of India - G. S. Rawat and Y. P. S. Pangtey 1005-1006
Some rabi weeds-new hosts for Meloidogyne javanica - B. P. S. Mangat, D. C. Gupta and D. S. Bhatt 1006-1006
Influence of root-infecting fungi on development of Glomus mosseae in groundnut - K. Parvathi, K. Venkateshwarulu and A. S. Rao  1006-1007
Shikimate-sensitive isozyme of 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase in the cynobacterium Nostoc linckia - D. K. Mishra and H. D. Kumar 1007-1008
Development of embryo sac in Paracautleya bhatii - R. M. Smith Zingiberaceae - M. R. Gurudeva and R. K. Somashekar 1009-1010
Distribution and multiplication of symbiotic microorganisms in the eggs of brown planthopper during its early embryogenesis - G. Shankar and P. Baskaran 1011-1011
Induction of quiescence in muga silkworm Antheracaea assama Westwood - K. Thangavelu, A. K. Bhagowati and A. K. Chakraborty 1011-1013
Haemogram changes during senescence processes in Schizodactylus monstrosus D (Orthopetea: Schizodactylidae) - Sanjay Mandal and Anupama Mandal 1013-1016
Occirrence of myxosporidian cyst in the pituitary of the teleost Channa punctatus (Bloch) - Raj Narayan Ram and A. G. Sathyanesan 1016-1016
Book Reviews 1017-1019
News 1019-1019

October 1985. 20


Articles
Vitiligo - Abburi Ramaiah  1021-1024
In support of phyllorhie? - B. K. Nayar 1025-1035
Announcements 1035-1035
Newer techniques in monoclonal antibody production in relation to tumour targetting - S. Saran, V. L. Lahiri, D. K. Hara and Ram Singh 1036-1039
Kinetic study of excited state protolytic reaction in fluorescein cation - J. Shah and D. D. Pant 1040-1043
Cloning and expression of the cDNA for the major antigen of foot and mouth disease virus type Asia I 63/72 - V. V. S. Suryanarayana, B. U. Rao and J. D. Padayatty 1044-1048 
News 1048-1048
Studies on nitrogenase expression in relation to glutamine synthetase I and II of Rhizobium mutant- Ketan Shah, Shobha Vanchiswar and V. V. Modi 1049-1051
Micropropagation and protoplast culture of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L) - Minal Mhatre, V. A. Bapat and P. S. Rao 1052-1056
Announcements 1056-1056
Chromosome studies in Indian Diplopoda (Myriapoda): II-A note on the occurrence of trabslocation in Aulacobolus excellens - K. P. Achar 1057-1060
Announcements 1060-1060
Current Science-50 years ago 1061-1062

Short Communications

 
Mossbauer effect studies on inc borate glasses containing iron - R. V. Anavekar, N. Devaraj and J. Ramakrishna 1063-1063
A novel approach in the study of chemical oscillators - R. Ramaswamy and S. Mohan 1063-1066
Synthesis of 2-methyl 4-[2'-(mercaptoacetoxy) benzimidazolyl/benzoxazolyl]-6-or 7-substituted quinolines as potent antimalarials - J. S. Shukla and V. K. Agarwal 1066-1067
Fibrinogen/platelet interaction: Changes due to surface treatements on polyvinyl chloride - George Joseph and C. P. Sharma 1068-1070
Boraginaceae (angiosperm) seeds and their bearing on the age of Lameta beds of Gujarat - A. K. Mathur and U. B. Mathur 1070-1071
Miocene crocodilian (Tomistomidae) fossil from southwestern Kutch, Gujarat - G. Vijayasarathi and A. B. Sabale  1071-1073
Kinetics of acetate dissimilation during methanogenesis from cattle waste - R. Singh, M. K. Jain and P. Tauro 1073-1074 
Detached earhead culture of pearl millet ergot - O. P. Verma and V. N. Pathak 1074-1075
Mangiferin-A phenolic growth inhibitor - S. Seera Ram Rao and K. V. N. Rao 1075-1076
Observations on the host preferences of Cletus bipunctatus Weste. (Heteroptera: Coreidae) on some amarantaceous host plants - S. S. Chandrasekar 1076-1077
Significance of aminotransferase activity of the freshwater teleost, Oreochromis mossambicus (trewavas) under lindane toxicity - B. Narasimha Murthy, M. Srinivasalu Reddy and K. V. Ramana Rao 1077-1079
A case of chromosome polymorphism in Rattus rattus - N. K. Tripathy, H. S. Misra and C. C. Das 1079-1080
Clastogenic effect of WR-2721 on mouse chromosomes - P. Uma Devi, Rachana Gupta and Binthi Thomas 1080-1082
Scanning electron microscope observations on the copulatory and penial setae of the earthworm Octochaetona pattoni (Michaelsen) - S. A. Ismail 1082-1083
News 1083-1083
Book Reviews  1084-1086

November 1985. 21


Articles
What makes metal? - C. N. N. Rao 1087-1091
Announcements 1091-1091
A ribosomal RNA gene clone isolated from Neurospora crassa wild strain 74A diffrs significantly from a similar clone isolated from its abnormal developmental slime mutant - Mukesh Verma, B. Ghosh, Carolyn Chambers, Robert J. Crouch and S. K. Dutta 1092-1097
Announcements 1097-1097
Cellulose digesting bacteria from live termite mound soils - Jaishree Paul, Aditi Sarkar and Ajit Varma 1098-1101
News 1101-1101
Can acetyl intercalation be incorporated into a DNA double helix? - C. C. Wilson and P. Tollin  1102-1104
Soviet strategy of technological advance - G. Marchuk 1105-1106
News 1106-1106

Current Science-50 years ago

1107-1108
Short Communications
Excited state dipole moment of euchrysine - Ashutosh Sharma and M. K. Machwe 1109-1110
Antifeeding properties of Swerita chirata against jute semilooper (Anomis sabulifera Guen) - R. N. Mallick, P. C. Das and S. M. Chatterji 1110-1112
Mitodepressive and clastogenic activity of 2-mercapto-6-methyl-pyrano-[2,3-e- benzoxazol-8(H)-one in Allium sativum L. -G. Sathaiah, B. rajeshwar Rao, P. Venkataiah and Y. D. Reddy 1112-1114
Evidence predicting existence of trionychid turtles in the intertrappean rocks of Saurashtra (Gujaray state) - D. M. Shringarpure 1114-1115
Polymorphic flowers in Cyperaceae-a new report - R. Shiam, Nirmal Gambhir, Premalatha and Gopi Chand 1115-1116
Effect of pH of pollen germination medium on pollen diffusates and pH regulation in Ipomoea cairica L. - C. K. Shah, Kannu and B. J. Apparao 1117-1118
Tracheary elements in Ceratopteris thalictrodes (L) Brong - S. P. Tiwari, D. R. Mishra and D. K. Chauhan 1118-1120
Development of vescular-arbuscular mycorrhial fingi on an upland rice variety - K. Ammani, K. Venkateswaralu and A. S. Rao 1120-1122
Frequency distribution and regulation of parasitic population in Colisa lalia - A. K. Gupta, A. Niyogi and S. M. Agarwal 1122-1123
Ichthyopthirius multifiliis Fouquet (protozoa: ciliata) infection in Channa striatus (Bloch): Experimental induction with notes on treatement - A. P. lipton and M. Lakshmanan 1123-1126
A whitefly transmitted yellow vein mosaic disease of Cosmos sulphureus Cav - K. M. Srivastava, M. Aslam and B. L. Subba Rao 1126-1128
Record of Ankylopteryx octopunctata candida (Fabricius) (Neuroptera, chrysopidae), as egg and larval predator on Opisina arenosella Wlk, the leaf eating caterpillar of the coconut palm - B. Sathiamma, S. P. Jayapal and G. B. Pillai 1128-1128
Genetic variation for seed protein of Vicia faba L. -M. R. Naidu and A. Chhabra 1128-1129
Resistance of rice callus tissues to sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol - P. B. Kavi Kishore and G. M. Reddy 1129-1131
A new medium for mounting meliolaceous fungi - V. B. Hosagoudar and M. Mohanan 1131-1132
Toral glandular hairs of Cassia auriculata L - Bir Bahadur, Arthi chaturvedi and N. Pratap Reddy 1132-1133
Immobilized trysin on gelantinated PVC: Platelet adhesion - C. P. Sharma, George Joseph and N. V. Nirmala 1133-1134
Comparitive phosphate solubilizing capacity of some soil fungi - S. Surange 1134-1135
Chloroclonium glaeophilium Borzi-A new record for India - L. T. Deore and M. S. Balakrishnan 1135-1137
Distribution of pH in the central Arabian sea by Redfield, Ketchum and Richard's model - Anil Kumar 1137-1138
Effect of streptomycin on the growth of Rhizobium - R. P. Pareek, Ramesh Chandra and S. F. A. zaidi 1138-1140
Myceliophthora vellerea (Sacc & Speg) van oorschot: A new record from India - S. K. Agnihotri and S. C. Agrawal 1140-1141
Steroid dehydrogenases in regenerating tail of house lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis - Jaishri Menon and R. V. Shah  1141-1143
A new record on the parasites of the uzi fly, Tricholyga bombycis Beck - M. V. Samson and O. K. Remadevi 1144-1144
Book Reviews 1145-1146
News 1147-1147

November 1985. 22


Articles
Advances in the genetics of industrial microorganisms - Vedpal Singh Malik 1149-1158

Announcements

1158-1158 
Synthesis and anticonnvulsant activity of some new N-[p-(substituted benzamido) benzoyl] hydrazones - M. Imtiaz Hussain and Mohd. Amir 1159-1161
Synthesis of 6,8-disubstituted-2-methyl/phenyl-3-[4-(3-pthalamido acetamide/propion-amido)] phenyl-quinazolin-4-ones as anthelmintic agents - J. S. Shukla and Beena Srivastava 1162-1164
Announcements  1164-1164 
Spectral study on barbituric and thiobarbituric acids - A. A.Hasanein, M. S. Masoud and A. M. Heiba 1165-1167 
Secondary silicification of rhyolites from the focal peak shield volcano, Australia - J. A. Ross 1168-1171
Announcements 1171-1171
Current Science-50 years ago 1172-1173
Short Comminications
Sulphamic acid in zwitterion-An ab initio SCF MO study - P. Kaliannan, S. Vishveswara and V. S. R. Rao 1174-1176
A typical phsiochemical properties of cyanogen bromide fragments of human serum albumin - M. Yashiya Khan and Renu Sagar  1176-1178
Studies on diamagnetic susceptibility of biologically important heterocycles: Diamagnetic Susceptibilities of phenothiazine sulphones - R. R. Gupta, M. Kumar and Rakesh Kumar 1178-1180
Phenolic constituents of Thuja orientalis - M. Khabir, Fehmeeda Khatoon and W. H. Ansari 1180-1181
Response of Tolypothrix ceylonica to sodium stress - P. Roychoudhury, B. D. Kaushik and G. S. Venkataraman  1181-1183
Effect of cyclic-AMP on catabolite repression of cellulase complex of Penicillium islandicum - K. Prabhakaran and H. C. Dube 1183-1184
Occurrence of scab of wheat in the Nilgiris hills - R. N. Brahma and S. D. Singh 1184-1185
A new species of Ascochyta on Lagerstroemia - P. N. Chowdhury and Duraga Gupta 1185-1185
Partenium hysterophorus L-A substrate for raising Pleurotus sajor caju mushroom -  T. K. das, M. K. Sarmah and R. Sarmah 1186-1186
Utilization of the diazotroph, Azospirillum for inducing rooting in pepper cuttings (Piper nigrum L) - M. Govindam and K. C. Chandy 1186-1188
A note on the sexuality and monosporous fruiting of Trametes rigida Berk - S. Dutta and Anjali Roy 1188-1189
A new approach to papaya propagation - R. N .Singh, O. P. Rao and Gorakh Singh 1189-1190
The occurrence of mixed infection of viruses in Spodeptera litura F - K. Narayanan 1190-1191
Sexual dimorphism in the ponyfish, Leiognathus bindus (Val) - N. Jayabalan and        K. Ramamoorthi 1191-1192
Extracellular polysaccharides in Turbinaria conoides: Structure and ultrastructure - Gunwant Sokhi and M. R. Vijayaraghavan 1192-1193
A new mycoplasma disease in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L) - M. Muthusamy and N. Subramanian 1193-1194
Twins and triplets in Machilus bombycina King (Lauraceae) -Md. Isa, M. Devnath and K. Thangavelu 1194-1195
Infertility study and oxidase test of Duportella tristicula (B & Br) Reinking - A. B. De  1195-1196 
Uterine changes in rat following administration of crude extract of Pueraria tuberosa Dc. - Vinita Saxena, R. Mathur and A. O. Prakash 1197-1199 
Bromo benzodiazaboroles - V. V. Kanabur and S. H. Dandegaonker 1199-1200
On the flank (Musk) gland of the house Shrew, Suncus Murinus blanfordi (Anderson) - R. V. Ranade and P. V. Joshi 1200-1202
News 1202-1202

December 1985.23


Articles

Analytical Raman spectroscopy in nuclear technology - B. S. M. Rao and H. J. Ache

1203-1212 
Announcements 1212-1212
A new method of estimation of m-dinitrobenzene by potassium cyanide reagent - Sabita Dey and S. H. Godbole 1213-1216
Announcements 1216-1216
Copepod components of inshore zooplankton of the Bay of Bengal off Sagar Island, West Bengal, India - S. K. Sarkar, B. N. Singh and A. Choudhury 1217-1220
Announcements 1220-1220 
Laboratory infection of mosquito larvae by entomopathogenic fungi with particular refernce to Aspergillus parasiticus and its effects on the fecundity and longivity of mosquitoes exposed to conidial infection in larval stages - E. S. Nnakumusana 1221-1228 
Current Science-50 years ago 1229-1230
Announcements 1230-1230
Short Communications
Quantitative synthesis of 2-aryl-4-aryldene-2-imidazolin-5-ones - P. Mohamed Shafi 1231-1232
Evaluation of sound velocity in molten halides at different temperatures - A. P. Srivastava 1232-1233
Mass spectra of 3-(2'-furyl) indole-2-carboxylates - S. Y. Ambekar and B. S. Holla 1233-1234
Platytuba, ichnogen nov from the intertrappean bed at Bamanbor, Gujarat - V. D. Borkar 1235-1236
Ultramafic xenoliths (?) in lamprophyre dykes from Murud-Janjira, raigarh district, Maharashtra, India - A. G. Desai 1236-1238
Ecology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Shroeter) Migula in hospital and domestic affluents of Madras City - M. Pugalendhi and S. S. Gnanamanickam 1238-1239
Trametes menziezii (Berk) Ryv in India - A. B. De 1239-1240
Pea seed borne mosaic virus in India-A new record - V. S. Thakur, (late) M. S. Thakur and S. M. Paul Khurana 1240-1241
A white rot of Dianthus caryophyllus-A new record - J. Upadhyaya and G. Singh 1241-1242
Spontaneous triploidy in Solanum nigrum L complex - A. Ganapathi and G. R. Rao 1242-1242
Septate sieve tube elements - N. Venugopal, K. V. Krishnamurthy and K. Periasamy 1243-1244
A comparitive study of ammonia excretion by Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn and Gloeocapsa sp. - D. Subramanian, A. Sakunthala and N. Rajalakshmi 1244-1245
A new species of Ascoglena from India - O. N. Srivastava and M. Srivastava 1245-1246
A new record of club root disease on mustard - J. N. Laha, I. Naskar and B. D. Sharma 1247-1247
Effect of polyoxin complex-A chitin synthesis inhibitation on immature stages of Dysdercus cingulatus - K. N. Jyothi, A. L. Prasuna, Z. Osmani and Kaiser Jamil 1247-1249
Notes on the incidence and life history of Japanagromyze sp (Agromyzidae: Diptera) on rapeseed and mustard hitherto unreported - Y. K. Mathur, Neerja Agrawal and R. S. Singh 1249-1249
Record of Creatonotus gangis (Linnaeus) on Wheat - Yelshetty Suhas, Parameshwar Hugar and K. J. Rao 1249-1250
Can alfalfa pollinating subtropical megachilid bees overcome Coelioxys parasitization? - R. C. Sihag 1250-1251
Effect of thiourea on human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) induced spermatogenesis in the frog Rana Tigerina during the postbreeding regression phase - Thomas Kurian and S. K. Saidapur 1251-1254
News 1254-1254
Book Reviews 1255-1255

December 1985. 24


Articles
Recent developments in transonic flow, Part 1-Theoretical and computational - M. A. Ramaswamy 1257-1266
News 1266-1266
Molecular model for a solid solution of nylon6 and poly(p-phenylene terepthalamide) - Kalyani Vijayan 1267-1270
Felicitation-Erwin Bunning-An appreciation 1271-1272
News 1272-1272
Current Science-50 years ago 1273-1274
Short Communications
Vertebrate fossils and palaeoenvronment of the Karewa intermontane basin, Kashmir, Northwestern India - B. S. Kotilia 1275-1277
Interconversion of substituted 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones and corresponding 2'-hydroxychalkones over silica surface - N. K. Sangwan, B. S. Verma, M. S. Malik and K. S. Dhindsa 1278-1279
Ruthenium (III) catalyzed oxidation of secondary alcohols by N- methylmorpholine-N-oxide - K. Vijayasri, J. Rajaram and J. C. Kuriacose 1279-1280
Mid-holocene fossil wood from Bhima basin In Solapur district, Maharashtra - T. D. Tandale 1280-1281
Does eyestalk ablation induce hyperphagia? - T. J. Pandian and S. Sindhu Kumari 1281-1282
Effect of Bacillus subtilis on the growth of vascular wilt fungi - A. R. Pondile and H. C. Dube 1282-1283
Self-sown plants from bacterial blight-infected rice seeds-A possible source of primary infection in north-west India - J. C. Durgapal 1283-1284
In vitro development of cajanus x atylosia hybrids - M. S. Dhanju, B. S. Gill and P. S. Sindhu 1284-1286
Burrowing nematode Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne, 1949 on banana in Madhya Pradesh - S. P. Tiwari and G. S. Dave 1286-1286
Pentaphyllus Mutant in Vigna mungo (Urd) - R. K. Singh and S. S. Raghuvanshi 1286-1287
A new leaf spot disease of Cannabis sativa caused by Phomopsis cannabina Cruzi -   R. C. Gupta 1287-1287
Susceptibility of Spodoptera litura (F) to granulosis virus - K. Narayanan 1288-1289
Two new species of Pulvinaria targ-tozz (Homoptera: Coccidae) from India - R. K. Avasthi and S. A Shafee 1289-1291
News 1291-1291
Science News 1292-1294
News 1294-1294
Book Reviews 1295-1298