Current-Science Vol-55

 

 

 

CONTENTS VOLUME  55

 

JANUARY-No. 1,  1986

 

The Influence of Thymine Nucleotide Depletion on Genetic Stability and Change in Eukaryotic Cells -- R H Haynes and B A Kunz

1-11

  Announcement
   11

New Hardware Circuits for the Implementation of Logical Relations in Information Processing Part I and II* -- G N Ramachandran

12-18

Magneto-Viscoelastic Interaction on One-Dimensional Wave Propagation -- B K Datta

19-21

Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Enhancing Plant Growth and
Suppressing Plant Pathogens -- N Sakthivel, E Sivamani, N Unnamalai and S S Gnanamanickam

22-25

  Announcement
  25

Current Science  50 Years Ago

26

Science News

27-28

News

28

Short Communications

 

  Potential Energy Curves of D States of SiF and SiCl -- J B Bhartiya and
 S H Behere*

 29

 

Temperature Dependence of the Viscosity of Organic Binary Liquid Mixtures -- R D Mathad

30-31

On the Nature of Local Strains During Self-Diffusion in Cubic Metals -- 
B V Radhakrishna Bhat, A K Gogia and T Balakrishna Bhat

31-32

Nitrogen Chemisorption Suppression in the Strong Metal Support Interaction State of Co/TiO2 Catalyst -- B Viswanathan and R Gopalakrishnan

32-34

Lignocaine Hydrochloride as a Highly Selective Extractant for Spectro- Photometric Determination of Molybdenum with Thiocyanate -- P G Ramappa and K S Ramachandra

34-35

Allanite-Bearing Migmatites of the Archaean Schist Belt of Khammam, Andhra Pradesh -- T Ramamohana Rao, V S V Prasada Rao, N Ranga Rao & B V S N Raju

35-36

Heavy Metal Contents in the Sediments of Narava Gedda Stream, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh India -- Darshan Kumar

37-38

Spontaneous Secondary Shoot Development from the Root Cells of Brassica (Rapeseed-Mustard) -- R K Katiyar

38-39

Phytoalexin Accumulation in Diethyl Ether Treated Cotyledons of Cajanus Cajan -- J S Dahiya and Dalel Singh

39-40

Studies on Nucleolus and Nucleolar Chromosomes in Angiosperms.XIII. Further Observations on Plant Chromosomes with Tertiary Constrictions -- P K Sharma*, A Langer and A K Koul

41

A Holotrichous Ciliate from the Coelom of Chaetognaths --
V Santhakumari

42

Ichthyophthiriasis in Aquarium Fishes A Note on the Pathogenicity and Life Cycle of the Parasite -- C V Mohan

42-43

Effects of a Fungicide Metalaxyl on the Root Meristem of Zea Maysl --
R K Somashekar

43-45

Chromosomal Stability in Induced Tetraploids of Atylosia Scarabaeoides Benth -- S N Zadoo

45-47

Pythium Inflatum Matthews, A New Record for India -- B L Verma and R D Khulbe

47-48

Two Species of Achlya as Fish Parasites -- S C Sati

48-49

Neuronal Distribution in the Ganglia of the Cervico-Thoracic Segment of the Ventral Nerve Cord of the Larva of Waxmoth, Galleria Mellonella as Revealed by Cobalt Filling Technique -- H H Singh, K P Srivastava and R L Katiyar

49-51

On the Hyperglycemic Hormone of the Freshwater Crab, Barytelphusa Guerini Milne Edwards -- M S Gangotri*, S A T Venkatachari** and N Vasantha***

51-53

A Technique for Identification of the Instar of Mansonia Larvae --
A Jose Mary Cheriyan Thomas and R S Prasad

53-55

Book Reviews

56-57

  Announcement
  57

January-N0.  2, 1986

 

Chemical Industry Year 2001: Regional Trends*  -- M M Sharma

59-66

  Announcement
  66

New Hardware Circuits for the Implementation of Logical Relations in Information Processing Part II* -- G N Ramachandran

67-72

On the Synthesis of some 1-(5-Nitro-2-Furyl)-3-Aryl-2-Propen
-1-Ones -- B S Holla, B Kalluraya and K R Sridhar

73-76

Fifty First Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Held at Madurai Kamaraj University Campus, Madurai. Summaries of Lectures Delivered

77-90

  Announcement
  90

Short Communications

 

Stability of Icosahedral Units in Quasicrystals -- K J Rao and G V Kulkarni

91-93

Dissociation Constant of Some Pesticide Derivatives -- A A Harfoush*,
K A Idriss and A El-kholy

93-94

  Synthesis of 1-[N-Substituted Aryl,N-(4-'-Dimethylamino-3-Nitro-
Benzyl)  Amino]-2-[4"(Imidazolin-2-Yl Amino) Benzoyl]-Ethane Hydroiodies as Antihypertensive Agents -- Amarika Singh and V S Misra

  94-96

A New Rapid Colorimetric Estimation of Urea in Urine Using Orthophthalaldehyde -- C N Ramchand and K I Tripurasundarai

96-98

Effect of Penitrem a on Glucose Tolerance Studies in Rats --
R Suseela, E R B Shanmugasundaram and K R S hanmugasundaram

98-100

Plant Regeneration from Hypocotyl Protoplasts of Mothbean (Vigna Acontifolia) -- Ravinder Gill and Susan Eapen

100-102

Phomopsis Crini SP Nov on Crinum Asiaticum -- P N Chowdhry & Durga Gupta

102-103

Chemotaxonomy of Two Genera of Cynometreae -- G Nageshwar,
M Radhakrishnaiah and L L Narayana*

103-104

Metabolism of Exogenous Proline in Sugarcane Var Co 740 Under Salinity and Peg Stress -- G R Naik and G V Joshi

104-106  

Toxicity of Pseudomonas Fluorescens Towards Rice Sheathrot Pathogen Acrocylindrium Oryzae Saw -- N Sakthivel and S S Gnanamanickam

106-107 

Occurrence of Eichhornia from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Madhya Pradesh, India -- C L Verma and Uma Upadhyay

108-109  

Madurasia Obscurella Jacoby A New Vector of Southern Bean Mosaic Virus -- D R R Reddy and Anupam Varma 

109-111 

Laboratory Colonisation of Mansonia Mosquitoes -- P S Sasikumar, Cheriyan Thomas and R S Prasad

111- 112

Appearance of Chloride Cells in the Gills of Two Freshwater Teleosts Under Urea Stress -- O P Srivastava

112-113

  Announcement
  113-114

Feburary-No.3, 1986

 

Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanical Approach to Reactive Scattering -- V Mohan*and N Sathyamurthy

115-119

Excursions into High Pressure Physics* -- S Ramaseshan

120-122 

Echolocation in a South Indian Bat Community -- G Neuweiler

123-125 

  Announcement
  125 

Geomagnetic Disturbance Effect on Equatorial Radio Wave Scintillations -- P V Koparkar and R G Rastogi

126-128

News - New Tea Leaf Cold Treatment Technology

128  

Effect of Seed Treatment wit h α- Amylase on the Biometry of the Sesame Plant and on Biochemical Composition of Seeds -- S Khullar*, M M Simot and G C Nanawati

129-132 

'Tellurics' in the Exploration of Kimberlite Pipes An Experimental Study -- S V S Sarma, T Harinarayana, C Venugopala Krishna* & P V Sanker Narayan**

133-136 

News  

136

Electromyographic Changes in the Denervated Frog Muscle -- T Somasekhar,
T Ramakrishna* and R V Krishnamoorthy

137-139

News  

139

Current Science  50 Years Ago

140-141

News  

141

Short Communications

 

Relative Effectiveness of Four Commercial Repellents Against Simuliids -- P R Malhotra, P K Sarkar and M Bhuyan

142

Evaluation of Fossil Homind The Maker of late Acheulian Tools at Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh, India -- G L Badam, R K Ganjoo, Salahuddin S N Rajaguru

143-145

A Note on the Plagiogranite Occurrence in the Naga Hills Ophiolite Belt, Ne India -- P Venkataramana, S Bhattacharyya and Sibdas Ghosh

145-147

Effects of Solvents Concentration of Biopolymer and Dose of γ Irradiation on the X-Peak and Y-Peak of Nucleohistone -- S N Upadhyay, R P Singh and A K Gupta

148-150

A Modified Staining Method for Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase Isozymes -- M S Shah

150-151

Conjugal Transfer of Streptomycin-Ressistance from Coagulase Negative Staphylococci to Staphylococcus Aures in Mixed Cultures -- E S Mathew and K T Punnoose

151-152

Screening Rough Lemon and Rangpurlime Strains for Resistance to Citrus Scab -- M R S Reddy, P H Naidu and G S Reddy

152-153

Xylochia Stegonsporioides in Soil A New Report -- P N Chowdhry

153-154

Effect of Ammonia on Associated Surface Mycoflora, Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Abelmoschus Esculentus L -- D K Tyagi

154-155 

Vegetative Propagation and its Advantages in Eggplant
(Solanum Melongena L) -- T S Kalda and S S Gupta

155-156 

New Record of Bumilleria Sicula Borzi from India --
O N Srivastava, Madhavi Srivastava and A K Singh

157

Involvement of Rhizoctonia Solani Toxins in Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase and Tyrosine Ammonia Lyase Activities of Rice Tissues --
P Ramalingam

157-159

B-Chromosome in Trichosanthes Lepiniana (Naud). Cogn. (Cucurbitaceae) -- V S Pandey and Sunil Saran

159 

A Case of True Polyembryony in Lumnitzera Racemosa Willd --
K K Lakshmanan and V Narmatha Bai

159-160 

Fertility Restoration in the Cytoplasmic Genetic Male Sterile Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L ) -- M V Thombre

161

Effects of Prolactin on Nutritional Stress-Induced Implantation Failure in Laboratory Mice -- S C Sahu and C J Dominic

161-162

Role of 2-Mercaptopropionyl-Glycine Against 3 H β- Rays in the Developoment of Mice Brain -- A L Bhatia, R Sisodia and A Saraswat

163-165

Histoenzymological Study on Oesophagostomum Columbianum --
Wajihullah, Humaira Khatoon and Jamil A Ansari

165-167

Mitosis and Meiosis in Two Species of Mosquitoes --
S Patnaik, N K Tripathy and C C Das

167-169

  Announcement
  169

Obituary - Dr A S Ganesan (1900-1986)

170

Book Reviews

171-173

Feburary-No.4, 1986

 

Histochemical Localization of Steroidogenic Enzymes in the Reptilian Epididymis -- T Shivanandappa* and H B Devaraj Sarkar

175-178

Short Communications

 

A New Leucoanthocyanin from Peltophorum Ferruginieum Bark --
Neeta Khare*, Rekha Gupta and P C Gupta

179-180 

Evaluation of Excess Internal Pressure in Binary Liquid Mixtures of Water with Associated Liquids -- A P Srivastava and S N Tripathi

180-182 

Occurrence of Skarn Rocks in the Chaur Area, Himachal Himalaya, India -- B K Das, Martin Okrusch* and Rakesh Rastogi

182-183 

Pearson Distribution of Nitrogen Fixing Potential Among Nostoc Strains -- Paromita Roychoudhury, B D Kaushik, Daljit Singh* and G S Venkataraman

183-185 

Scanning Electron Microscopy and Germination Studies of Pollens in the Genus Iphigenia (kunth) -- B A Hegde and M R Lugade

185-187 

On the Occurrence of Dendrobium Lawianum Lindl In Kerala --
Muktesh Kumar and N Sasidharan

187-188 

On the Occurrence of Meteoromyrtus Wyn Aadensis (Bedd.) Gamb., in Karnataka -- M Radhakrishna Rao and S N Yoganarasimhan*

188-189 

Scanning Electron Microscopic Study on the Spore of Lygodium Flexuosum (L)SW. -- Nand Lal and S K Roy

189-190 

A New Midge Gall on Ipomoea Staphylina R. & S. (Convolvulaceae) --
P Jayaraman

190-191 

Allelopathy: Some New Terminalogical Considerations -- S J H Rizvi and V Rizvi

191-192

Nuclear Behaviour During Germination of Uredospores of Puccinia Arachidis Speg -- A B De

192-193

Studies on Non-Specific Esterases in Sebaceous Glands of External Portion of Vagina in the Bat, Cynopterus Sphinx Sphinx -- L T Mote and C N Kumbhar

193-195

Isolation of Tenuazonic acid, A Phytotoxin from Alternaria Crassa (SACC.) Rands Causing Leaf Blight and Fruit Rot of Datura Stramonium Mill -- A Sattar, M Alam, K K Janardhanan and A Husain

195-196

Acid-Temperature-Shock Treatment as a Method for Inducing Resting Spore Germination in Some Tropical Synchytria -- N N Raghavendra Rao & M S Pavgi

196-197

Two New Generic Reports to Fungi of India -- K G Karandikar & P G Patwardhan

197

Sapogenins at Different Ploidy Levels of Asparagus -- D K Kar & Sumitra Sen

198

On the Occurrence of a Rare Lichen from India -- Ajay Singh

198-200

Aphid Vectors of Potyvirus Isolates Infecting Groundnut Around Tirupati -- A Sailaja, R A Naidu, P Sreenivasulu and M V Nayudu

200-201

Richards Function A Functional Growth Analysis Model for Rice Cultivars  ( Oryza Sativa L. ) -- P S Srinivasan, K Mohan Naidu and C R Ranganathan

201-203

Comparative Study on the Photosynthesis and Productivity of Triticale, Rye and Wheat -- D C Uprety, M C Ghildiyal and G S Sirohi

203-205

Effect of Cadmium Chloride on the Ovary of the Frog Rana Tigerina --
S Pramoda and S K Saidapur*

206-208

Stomodeal Nervous System of Hieroglyphus Furcifer (Acrididae Orthoptera) -- Brijesh Nanchal and B N Mathur

208-210

On the Structural Adaptation of an Intestinal Breather Lepidocephalichthys Guntea (HAM.), A Torrential Loach -- K P Mishra  and M Firoz Ahmad

210-211

Protein changes in Chilo Partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) During Vitellogenesis -- Sabita Raja, S S Thakur, B Kishen Rao and Amarjit Kaur

211-213

  Announcement
  213

Book Reviews

214-216

  Announcement
  216

March- No. 5. 1986

 

Perspectives in Plant Biotechnology -- M R Ahuja

217-224

Nonlinear Free Vibrations and Thermal Buckling of Polygonal Plates at Elevated Temperature by Conformal Transformation -- P Biswas and P Kapoor*

225-227 

  Announcement
  227 

Transition from Hall-Petch Hardening to Superplastic Behaviour --
A O Surendranathan, L S Amanna and K I Vasu

228-231 

  Announcement
  231 

Thin-Layer Chromatographic Separation of Cobalt (II) and Cobalt (III) via Their Acetylacetonates -- K Ravindranath and P B Janardhan

232-234 

  News

  234 

Observations on Peculiar Air Passaged in the Stems of Gloriosa Superba L. and Iphigenia Indica Kunth -- P Dayanandan A D Barnabas. P S Jayakumar and   J Christopher

235-238 

  News
  238 

Current Science  50 Years Ago 

239-240 

Short Communications

 

Effective Triple Alpha Reaction Rates in Stars –- A E Md Khairozzaman

241-242

Isocoumarin: Synthesis of 3-(4 – Methoxyphenyl)-4-Formylisocoumarin

-- B K Sarkhel and J N Srivastava

242-243

Possible Antiparkinsonian Compounds Synthesis of 2-Styryl-3-Arylthiouryl-3,4-Dihydro-4-Oxoquinazolines –- V K Pandey

243-246

Role of Polyphosphoinositides in Brain – C V Ramakrishnan

246-249

Effect of Sesbania Mosaic Virus Infection on the Nitrite Reductase Activity in Leaf Tissues of Dhaincha ( Sesbania Sesban (L.) Merr.) –- A K Srivastava

249-250

Heteropatella Indica Muthumary SP. Nov. from India –- J Muthumary

250-251

Studies on Stoechospermum Marginatum (C.AG.) Kutz (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) – R Rengasamy

251-253

In Vitro Studies of Spike Disease of Sandal (Santalum Album L. ) –-

A N S Gowda and R Narayana

253-254

Natural Occurrence of Tobacco Etch Virus (Tev) on Chilli in India –-

V B Bidari * and H R Reddy

254-256

Observations on Fungal Infection of Carassius Carassius L. –-

G C Srivastava, S K Sinha and S K Prabhuji*

256-258

Serum Immunoglobulin Studies in VDRL Positive Patient –- Shrawan Kumar

258-259

Multiple Viviparity In a Few Taxa of Mangroves –- T Anandra Rao, P V Suresh and A N Sherieff

259-261

Cassia Sericeas .To Fight Parthenium Hysterophorus Linn. –-

J Syamasundar and M Mahadevappa

261-262

Observations on Meiobenthos from the Mangalore Region [West Coast of India] -- H R Venkataswamy Reddy, and V Hariharan

262-264 

Antivral Activity in Extracts of Phyyllanthus Fraternus Webst (P.Niruri) –-

D V R Saigopal, V Siva Prasad and P Sreenivasulu

264-265 

A Physical Method for Killing Notonectids in Nursery Ponds –-

M V Mohan, M J Sebastian and D M Thampy

265-266 

Synthesis of Substituted Amides for Repellency Against Mosquitoes –-

M Kalyanasundaram, D Amalraj, K P Paily, Nishna George and C H Sujatha

266-268

  News
  268

Book Reviews

269-272 

March- No. 6, 1986

 

Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Isolated Plant Nuclei In Vitro –-

Rita Das and Dipak K Dube*

273-280

Synthesis of 12-Substituted Alkyl-8-Chloro-6-Phenyl-11H-Dibenzo[b,g] [1,3,6]Triazonines as Possible Anticonvulsants –- Y D Kulkarni, Rashmi Sharma, V L Sharma and P R Dua*

281-283

Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in the Development of Acquired Aroma in Tea

(Thea Sinensis Var Assamica L) -- R A K Srivastava

284-287

  Announcment
  287

Lead Toxicosis in Cross Bred Calves –- M S   Setia*, Rajvir Singh, A K Srivastva I R Miller, S P S Sodhi and P J S Rattan

288-291 

  Announcement
  291 

Brain Lactate Dehydrogenase as a Function of Methyl Parathion Exposure in the Developing Tadpoles of Frog, Rana Cyanophlictis –- Naiyara Yasmeen and Nayeemunnisa

292-294

News

294-300

Short Communications

 

Estimation of Gumbel Distribution Parameters –- N P Singh

301-302