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January 5,1987.1

  
Articles  
Protein localization in cells - R. Nagaraj 1-7
News 7
Chemical analysis of epicuticular wax of x-ray-induced thick leaf and big seed mutant of Beta palonga - K. K. Mukherjee, R. K. Basu and A. Ghosh 8-10
News 10
Carbon isotopic evidence for different feeding patterns in an Asian elephant population - R. Sukumar, S. K. Bhattacharya and R. V. Krishnamurthy 11-14
News 14
Current Science — 50 years ago 15-17
Announcements 17
Short Communications  
Molecular force field-Parametric approach - S. Mohan, T. J. Bhoopathy and Asha Selvaraj 18-19
Lectin-immobilized albuminated polyether urethane urea: Tissue compatibility - K. Rathinam and Chandra P. Sharma 19-21
Influence of aeration levels on neomycin titre in continuous stirred reactor by Streptomyces marinensis - P. Ellaiah and M. K. Basu 22-23
Nitrogen fixation and transfer of fixed nitrogen to associated cereal in a maize-cowpea mixed cropping system - D. D. Patra and B. V. Subbiah 23-25
Mycobacterium phlei : A novel immunogenic strain against M. tuberculosis infection in experimental animals - N. B. Singh, Kanchan Srivastava and M. S. Choudhury 26-27
Tomato shoe string disease incited by necrotic strain of potato virus Y in Himachal Pradesh-A new record - M. K. Behl, S. C. Chowfla and S. M. Paul Khurana 27-29
Association of a mycoplasma-like organism with pigeonpea phyllody - K. S. Ravi, H. R. Reddy and S. P. S. Beniwal 29-30
A new potential source of citral : An improved clone of cymbopogon pendulus - J. R. Sharma, R. K. Lal, H. O. Mishra and A. Naqvi 30-31
Pollen mitosis and extraclinal variation in Ophiopagon intermedius D. Don - V. K. Sachdeva 31-32
Technique to detect grain spot of rice caused by Trichoconiella padwickii (Ganguly) Jain - S. A. Shetty, R. Sharada and H. S. Shetty 32-33
Interspecific variation in the amount of DNA in Ocimum L - A. K. Kundu 34-35
Superoxido dismutase : An indicator of SO2-tolerance in plants - M. Agarwal, P. K. Nandi, S. B. Agrawal and D. N. Rao 35-36
Colchicine-induced tetraploids in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton) - M. R. Sudarshan 36-37
On the vascular pigment of some freshwater Lamellibranch molluscs - A. S. Narain, K. Singh and S. L. Srivastava 37-39
Fatigue-induced alterations in dehydrogenase activity profiles in different skeletal muscle types of albino rats - P. Krishna Mohan, K. Indira and W. Rajendra 39-40
A simple technique to detect satellite and satellite-stalk in amphibia - S. N. Banerjee and S. Chakrabarti 41-42
Description of a new genus, Crescentalcyrodes for Aleurolobus semilunaris (Corbett) (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) and two new combinations - B. Vasantharaj David and R. W. Alexander Jesudasan 42-44
Announcements 44
News 44
Book Reviews 45-46
January 20,1987.2
  
Articles  
High Tc superconductivity in quasi two-dimensional copper oxides of K2NiF4 structure - C. N. R. Rao and P. Ganguly 47-49
News 49
Extension of Huyghen's construction of a wavefront to a nonlinear wavefront and a shockfront - Phoolan Prasad 50-54
Factors regulating mitosis in eukaryotic cells - Ramesh C. Adlakha and Potu N. Rao 55-72
News 72
Kinetics of bromine addition to acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile in aqueous solution - S. Mohamed Farook, S. Viswanathan and R. Ganesan 73-76
News 76
Histopathology of sorghum varieties resistant and susceptible to helminthosporiose infection - M. P. Shree 77-80
Announcements 80
Obtaining an annual yield in a fortnight - Yuri Meshkov 81-82
News 82
Science News 83-84
Short Communications  
Evaluation of sound velocity and interaction studies in binary liquid mixtures - A. P. Srivastava 85-87
Polymer supported reagents: An improved synthesis of sulphones using anion exchange resins - J. G. Deshmukh, M. G. Jagdale, R. B. Mane, M. M. Salunkhe and P. P. Wadgaonkar 87-88
Glycogen metabolism in liver in perchlorate-treated rats - P. Sangan and D. B. Motlag 88-90
First report of conodonts from the infra-trappean limestones at Duddukuru, Andhra Pradesh, India - A. V. R. Sastry and A. Narasimha Murthy 90-92
In vivo effect of some metabolic inhibitors on glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamate synthase activities in excised maize tissues - R. P. Singh and H. S. Srivastava 93-94
Aecidium painavuensis sp nov from Idukki, Kerala, India - V. B. Hosagoudar 94-95
Free amino acid content in certain insect-induced plant galls - C. G. Prakasa Rao and C. Sree Devi 96-97
n-Butyl butyrate-induced cytological aberrations in Allium sativum L - B. Digamber Rao, P. Surender, C. Janaiah and Vidyavati 98-99
Effect of ovariectomy on protein pattern and concentration in Dysdercus koenigii (Hemiptera) - R. K. Bhola and K. P. Srivastava 99-101
A report on follicular cyst in the pituitary of the bat, Hipposideros speoris (Schneider) - A. N. Jagtap and M. N. Nalavade 101-103
Thrombo and leucocytic studies in the domestic fowl naturally infected with Raillietina tetragona (Cestoda) - P. C. Sekhar and S. S. Simha 103-105
Modification of sex expression in mulberry (M. alba and M. indica) by silver thiosulphate - S. Ravindran, S. B. Dandin, R. Kumar and M. S. Jolly 105-106
Colour polymorphism in muga silkmoth Antheraea assama Westwood - K. Thangavdu, A. K. Bhagowati and A. K. Chakraborty 106-107
February 5,1987.3
  
Articles  
Recent developments in transonic flow—Part II—Experimental - M. A. Ramaswamy 109-119
Announcements 119
Motility and chemotaxis in Actinoplanes - Dilip K. Arora 120-126
Announcements 126
Elastic scattering of electrons by some light atoms and molecules in the forward direction - N. S. Rao 127-129
Plane and cylindrical strong shocks in magnetogasdynamics - Ram Prakash and Santosh Kumar 130-132
News 132
Phase transition study of sodium halide crystals - G. B. Varshney and J. P. S. Rana 133-136
Announcements 136
Current Science — 50 years ago 137-138
Announcements 138
Short Communications  
Pinitol—A new anti-diabetic compound from the leaves of Bougainvillea spectabilis - C. R. Narayanan, D. D. Joshi, A. M. Mujumdar and V. V. Dhekne 139-141
Synthesis of some new fluoro-substituted nitrophenothiazines - R. L. Mital, Poonam Taneja, Vlneeta Khatri and Lalit Prakash 141-144
Synthesis of linear pyranocoumarins: 4-methoxy- and 4,5-dimethoxy-xanthyletin - M. Aslam Ansari and V. K. Ahluwalia 145-146
Unusual current-potential relationship and morphology of electrodeposits on metallic glasses - M. Shekhar Kumar and S. Nageswar 146-147
A new triterpenic ester, from the stem bark of Sapium eugnifolium - Mira Saxena and S. K. Srivastava 147-148
Lactarius sanguifluus Fr : an edible mushroom new to India - T. N. Lakhanpal, R. P. Bhatt and Kamaraja Kaisth 148-149
February 20,1987.4
  
Articles  
The biogeography of thermophylic fungi - Ramesh Maheshwari, P. T. Kamalam amd P. V. Balasubramanyam 151-155
Announcements 155
The mathematical style of modern physics - N. Mukunda 156-162
Announcements 162
Perturbation of the conformation of poly (dA-dT). poly (dA-dT) in the presence of poly-1-lysine at low ionic strength - G. Suresh Kumar, M. Atreyi and M. V. R. Rao 163-165
Fifty-second Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi — Summaries of lectures delivered 166-184
Announcements 184
Short Communications  
Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by γ-irradiated salts - H. J. Arnikar, A. H. Kapadi, V. M. Bhalerao and S. B. Bhosale 185-186
Inhibition of rat brain succinate dehydrogenase by carbamate and organophosphate pesticides - Sunita Khemani, L. D. Khemani and M. C. Pant 186-187
Tetrazolium reducing microorganisms inside the root of Brassica species - Shefali Agarwal and S. T. Shende 187-188
Studies on flocculation of Zymomonas mobilis - T. Karunakaran and P. Gunasekaran 188-190
A preliminary report on venom apparatus in Conus amadis (Gmelin) from Porto Novo Coast - R. Kasinathan, A. Shanmugam and J. Tagore 190-191
Inheritance of 2,4-D tolerance in wheat - A. S. Randhawa, H. S. Dhaliwal, S. K. Sharma and D. S. Multam 191-192
Association of green islands with rice blast lesions and its utility in varietal screening - Urmila Dhua 192-193
Regeneration of leaf callus cultures of Euphorbia hirta Linn - S. Baburaj, R. Dhamotharan and K. Santhaguru 194
Observations on conidiogenesis in Entomosporium mespili (DC ex Duby) Sacc - J. Muthumary (alias) Kalaivani 195-196
Powdery mildew — A new disease of groundnut in India - M. P. Ghewande and P. S. Reddy 196
March 5,1987.5
  
Articles  
Bounds on the cosmological constant - P. S. Joshi and S. M. Chitre 197-199
Trans-Himadri Thrust and domal upwarps immediately south of collision zone and tectonic implications - K.S.Valdiya 200-209
Analysis of allergenicity and hypersensitivity of Prosopis juliflora pollen grains in Guinea pigs - lndu Shekhar Thakur and J. D. Sharma 210-212
Current Science — 50 years ago 213-214
Announcements 214
Seventy-fourth Indian Science Congress held at Bangalore, 1987 — Summaries of lectures delivered 215-233
Short Communications  
Synthesis of 4,6-dinoiethyl-3,7-diaryl-2,8-dioxo-2H,8H-benzo[1,2-b:5,4-b'] dipyrans as potential insecticides - D. Ashok and P. N. Sharma 234-235
Synthesis of 4-(5-nitro-2-furfurylidene)amino-3-mercapto-5-(substituted)-l ,2,4-triazoles as possible antibacterial agents - B. S. Holla, B. Kalluraya and K. R. Sridhar 236-238
Sperm abnormalities in a natural population of Poecilocems pictus (Fabr) - S. K. Shyama and M. Abdul Rahiman 238-239
Use of unsuckled bovine serum in tissue culture - Smita P. Paranjape, V. D. Kadam, U. V. Wagh and N. P. Gupta 239-241
An interesting new species of Cylindrospermum Kütz: C. Anabaenoides, sp nov — a blue green alga - U. D. Bhongale and R. P. R. Singh 241-242
Book Reviews 243
Announcements 243
March 20,1987.6
  
Articles  
White dwarf origin of SN 1987a - G. Srinivasan 245-249
On the high Tc-superconductivity in (Y1-xBax)2CuO4-δ and La1.8Sr0.2CuO4 - A. M. Umarji, L K. Gopalakrishnan, J. V. Yakhmi, L. C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan and R. M. Iyer 250-251
Onset of superconductivity at 110K in Y-Ba-Cu-O compound system - E. V. Sampathkumaran, P. L. Paulose, A. K. Grover, V. Nagarajan and S. K. Dhar 252-253
Announcements 253
A Aggregatory reactions of blood platelets in unstirred dilute suspensions and their monitoring by spectrophotometry - M. Jamaluddin, L. K. Krishnan and C. Sreedevi 254-256
Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of 2-methylbenzoxazole and 2-methylhenzo-thiazole - A. L. P. Sinha and S. P. Tewari 257-260
News 260
Developmental pattern of the glycolytic enzymes in the human fetal testes - Chhabbi Datta, Trishna Sengupta, Jayati Dasgupta, Kathakali De, S. De and D. Sengupta 261-263
Short Communications  
Synthesis and biological evaluation of some novel N-[2-(phenoxy/bromosubstituted phenoxy) acetyl) morpholines/imidazoles - M. L. Khubchandani and S. K. Srivastava 264-266
Prehistoric research in Kerala - P. Rajendran 266
Peroxidase isoenzymes — A device of genie differences in four forms of Datura metel Linn - A. B. Bhatt and S. C. Pandeya 266-268
Asterophora lycoperdoides (Agaricales) : A new Indian record - S. Dhancholia and M. P. Sinha 268-269
A modified multipurpose detached leaf technique for rice sheath blight investigations - Premalatha Dath 269-270
A new species of Ilex L, (Aquifoliaceae) from Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 270-271
New record of two flea beetles infesting black pepper Piper nigrum L leaves - T. Prem Kumar and M. R. G. K. Nair 271
Influence of organic volatile compounds on the growth of certain keratinophilic fungi - B. Geetha Singh and S. C. Agrawal 271-274
Calotropis mosaic virus - J. Mohan and A. K. Sharma 274-275
Levels of enzymes of C4 acid metabolism in developing maize silks - Navjot K. Brar, A. S. Basra and C. P. Malik 275-276
A new stem gall on Gnetum scandens Roxb - P. Jayaraman 276-278
Reversible and irreversible changes in the ATPase distribution during hexachlorocyclo-hexane induced liver lesions in inbred Swiss mice - D. K. Bhat 278-280
Tori longitudinales — A compensation for true optic chiasma - A. K. Dhillon and K. K. Tandon 280-281
Deposition of lead in reproductive organs of male rats following the administration of lead acetate - R. V. Rao, A. Roy Chowdhury and N. J. Chinoy 281-282
Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja — A new egg parasitoid of sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata Rondani - K. Jai Rao, T. S. Thontadarya and Yelshetty Suhas 283
Age-correlated biochemical changes in two thrips-induced galls - T. Chandraguru, T. N. Ananthakrishnan and K. Gopinathan 283-287
Pollen transfer and stigmatic receptivity with reference to thrips (Insecta : Thysanoptera) in Solanum melongena Linn - R. Velayudhan and R. S. Annadurai 287-289
Announcements 289
Reviews 290
April 5,1987.7
  
Articles  
A possible mechanism for the recently discovered high Tc superconductors - R. Jagadish and K. P. Sinha 291-292
Mathematical theory of scattering in quantum mechanics - a review - K. B. Sinha 293-297
Announcements 297
Haemotological changes due to dietary ascorbic acid deficiency at various levels of calcium and phosphorous in rainbow trout - A.M. Akand, M. Sato, R. Yoshinaka and S. Ikeda 298-301
News 301
Current Science — 50 years ago 302-303
Short Communications  
Varietal screening of some cereals against aflatoxin elaboration - T. Prasad and Punam Jeswal 304-305
Aspleniumsporites Trivedii gen et sp nov from the Neyveii lignite of South India - R. K. Srivastava 305-306
Pseudolachnea longiciliata (Hino and Katumotto) Sutton - A new record from India - J. Muthumary (alias) Kalaivani 306-307
Asparaginase production by some bacteria - V. Krishna Reddy and S. M. Reddy 307-308
Branching development of the blue-green alga Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn at different pH levels - Jayanti Sahu and S. P. Adhikary 308-309
Strobilurus stephanocystis (Hora) Singer - A new record from India - R. C. Upadhyay and H. S. Sohi 309-310
Introduction and establishment of Zygogramma bicolorata on Parthenium hysterophorus at Bangalore, India - K. P. Jayanth 310-311
A natural variant bearing pods on the root-hypocotyl transitional zone in groundnut - M. S. Basu and P. S. Reddy 311-312
New record of larval parasite, Friona sp (Gelinae : Ichneumonidae) on cardamom shoot borer, Dichocrocis punctiferalis Guen (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) - S. Varadasan 312
White cane rot -A new disease of Ramie - D. P. Singh 312-313
On the occurrence of Calamus metzianus Schlecht in Kerala - C. Renuka and K. M. Bhat 313-314
Biotoxicity of Excoecaria agallocha L latex on marine organisms - K. Kathiresan and T. Subramonia Thangam 314-315
Pangasium pangasium (Ham) - An addition to the list of air-breathing teleosts - Nirmal K. Thakur, B. R. Dutta and B. B. Satpathy 315-317
Coptarca punctaria (Walker), an unique Indian acridid with chromosomal polymorphism (Order: Orthoptera, Class: Insecta) - K. Umadevi and N. V. Aswathanarayana 317-318
Comparative studies on the toxicity of endosulphan in some freshwater fishes under different pH and hardness of water - D. Paul and S. K. Raut 318-320
Lactic acidosis in different tissues of Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters) exposed to sevin - P. Venkateswaran and M. Ramaswamy 320-322
Effect of Liv-52 on blood sugar in beryllium nitrate-exposed rats - Seema Mathur, A. O. Prakash and R. Mathur 322-325
Effect of human chorionic gonadotrophin on methallibure inhibited spermatogenesis in Rana tigrina during the preparatory period - T. Kurian and S. K. Saidapur 325-327
Curly wing mutant in Mansonia uniformis (Diptera: Culcidae) - Cherian Thomas and R. S. Prasad 327-328
Ecological affinity of the zooplankton populations in their natural environment - M. P. Sharma 328-329
Weight and calcium content of egg shell in relation to age of pultry fowl - B. Dhanakkodi and M. Aruchami 329-330
On.the occurrence of Oochoristica americana Harwood (Cestoda) from India - A. L. Deshmukh 330-331
Independent and combined action of carbaryl and phenthoate on snake head, Channa punctatus (Bloch) - K. R. Sambasiva Rao and J. Chandrasekhar Rao 331-332
A record of a mermithid from maize Borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) - S. Hamid and M. Aslam 332-333
News 333
Book Reviews 334-336
April 20,1987.8
  
Articles  
Techniques to regulate sex ratio and breeding in tilapia - T. J. Pandian and K. Varadaraj 337-343
Announcements 343
Status of complement system in Indian Childhood Cirrhosis (ICC) - Nalini Srivastava Bora and L. M. Srivastava 344-345
Growth of BHK21 C13 monolayer cells on microcarriers for production of foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccines - G. Butchaiah and B. U. Rao 346-349
Announcements 349
Lignin biodegradation — Present status and future - Anjali Roy 350-353
Qualitative distribution pattern of cartenoids in three selected gymnosperms
- Satyendra Yadav, P. K. Ralhan and S. P. Singh		 354-359
News 359
Short Communications  
A modification of the law of corresponding states as applied to ultrasonic propagation in liquids - C. Raghupathi Rao and P. Subramaniyam 360-362
N-α-pyridyl-n'-benzoyl thiourea (PBT) as a new reagent for the determination of platinum (IV) gravimetrically - D. K. Das 362
Effect of herbicide DPX-F6025 (classic), 2(([(4-chloro-6-methyl-pyrimidine-2-yl) amino carbonyl] amino sulfonyl)) benzoic acid, ethyl ester, on cultured cells of corn and several geno types of soyabean - Vijay K. Chowdhury, Brent E. Zehr and J. M. Widholm 362-364
Isolation and tentative characterization of certain gene-controlled substances in anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize - V. Satyanarayana and G. M. Reddy 364-367
Phytophthora associated with arecanut (Areca catechu Linn) in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka - M. N. L. Sastry and R. K. Hegde 367-368
Spanish groundnut strains with fresh-seed dormancy - P. S. Reddy, M. S. Basu, S. P. Tiwari, Devi Dayal and T. Radhakrishnan 368-369
Identity and taxonomy of Sapindus trifoliatus Linn - I. Umadevi, M. Daniel and S. D. Sabnis 369-370
A new species of Litsea Lamarck (Lauraceae) from Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 371
Occurrence of Neotestudina cunninghamiae in Indian soil - A. B. Chandra and K. Natarajan 371-372
Histochemical studies in cotton stenosis - A. S. Nalini and V. B. Bidari 372-374
Habitat diversity and frond morphology of two Cyatheaceous ferns of Rajasthan - Satish Padala and T. N. Bhardwaja 374-375
Constitutive heterochromatin in the palm squirrel, Funambulus palmarum Linn
(Mammalia— Rodentia) - N. V. Aswathanarayana and S. Krishna Rao		 375-377
Hyper or hypoproteinemia due to helminthiasis in poultry - P. C. Sekhar, U. C. Mohan and S. S. Simha 377-380
Placenta of rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L) - U. C Goswami, B. K. Bhattacharyya and P. K. Sarma 380-381
May 5,1987.9
  
Articles  
Structure and functioning of Central Himalayan chirpine forest ecosystem - J. S. Singh and S. P. Singh 383-391
News 391
Radical cyclizations in the synthesis of natural products - A. Srikrishna 392-396
News 396
De novo synthesis of protease during germination of pearl millet seeds - T. Ramana and T. M. Radhakrishnan 397-400
News 400
Replication of Coxsackie B4 virus in brown fat - R. Kaiwar, S. R. Pal, R. M Chakravarty and P. L. Wahi 401-404
News 404
Current Science — 50 years ago 405-406
Announcements 406
Short Communications  
Relative intensities of the low energy gamma transitions in the decay of Ba-133 - A. S. V. Subba Lakshmi, S. Venkataratnam, S. Bhuloka Reddy and K. Venkata Reddy 407-408
Alternaria blight: A new disease of patchouli - T. N. Parameswaran, N. S. Ravindra and M. Sarwar 408-409
Stereospecific synthesis of optically active cis-3(R)-(3', 3'-dihalo-2'-propenyl)-2, 2-dimethyl-1(S)-dydroxymethyl cyclopropanes and the corresponding cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acids from (+)-3-carene - G. S. Joshi, R. H. Naik and G. H. Kulkarni 409-411
A simple and inexpensive method of mass screening for abnormal haemoglobins - S. Chandra, A. Rao, A. Dutta and D. K. Bhattacharya 411-412
Masculinization of Oreochromis mossambicus by administration of 17α-methyl-5-androsten-3β-17β-diol through rearing water - K. Varadaraj and T. J. Pandian 412-413
Report of Serpulid Framestone from Khuiala Formation (Lower eocene) Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan - C. C. Ghosh 414-415
Evolutionary model for Malani Volcanics: A test case of Gurapratap Singh and Diri Volcanics, Pali District, Rajasthan - Anil Maheshwari 415-416
Effect of pesticide formulation solvent on isomalathion formation in malathion solutions - V. Iyer and B. S. Parmar 416-417
Frequency and effectiveness of Lr13 in conferring wheat leaf rust resistance in India - A. K. Gupta and R. G. Saini 417-419
Induced male sterile mutant in green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) - R. D. S. Yadav and V. P. Singh 419
Purification of potato virus Y and the production of antiserum - S. M. Paul Khurana, M. N. Singh and Shiv Kumar 420-422
Cytomixis and chromosomal variation in pollen mother cells of Sesbania aegyptiaca (Poir.) Pers. - R. S. Parihar and S. N. Zadoo 422-423
Inhibitory effect of lycorine on spore germination and gametophyte development of Polypodium verrucosum Wall. - Sadhana Roy and S. K. Roy 423-425
Garcinia darwiniana — A new species of clusiaceae from Coorg District, Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 425-426
Notes on Cytosphaera Mangiferae died - J. Muthumary (alias) Kalaivani 426-427

Allelopainic effect of Argemone mexicana L. on species of Triticum, Brassica,
Raphanus and Pennisetum - Vivek Sharma and G. S. Nathawat

 427-428
Electrical conductivity as a measure of seed viability in Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn F.) - V. K. Yadav, P. K. Khare and G. P. Mishra 428-429
Addition of two species of the genus Bulbochaete Agardh (Oedogoniales, Chlorophyta) to Indian algal flora - H. M. Shukla, R. K. Tiwari, U. C. Pandey and G. L. Tiwari 429-431
Occurrence of a cladoceran swarm in the lower stretch of Hooghly estury, West Bengal, India - S. K. Sarkar and A . Choudhury 431
Lipase activity in the crystalline style of some bivalve molluscs - P. Shahul Hameed 432-433
An ovipositional attractant isolated from natural breeding water of Mansonia uniformis - B. Ayyacham Daniel, Cheriyan Thomas and R. S. Prasad 433-435
Effect of aminoglutethimide phosphate on adrenal glands of the musk shrew, Suncus Murinus L. - N. Mohanty and G. B. N. Chainy 435-437
Announcements 437-438
Book Reviews 439-443
Announcements 443
Announcements 444
May 20,1987.10
  
Articles  
Solving and creating problems: Hepatitis B virus and the public health - Baruch S. Blumberg 445-462
Molar polarizations and permanent electric moment of some hexahydro-s-triazines - J. Santhanalakshmi 463-465
Erratum 465
Ontogeny of TCA cycle enzymes in human fetal heart - Jayati Dasgupta, Chhabi Datta, Trishna Sengupta, S. De and D. Sengupta 466-468
Announcements 468
Laterites and lignites of northwestern India and their relevance to the drift tectonics of the Indian plate - S. P. H. Sychanthavong and P. K. Patel 469-475
Announcements 475
Properties of purified lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from the breast muscles of different birds adapted to various habitats - M. Prabhakaram, J. Kaur, S. Agarwal, A. Agarwal, S. M. Singh and S. N. Singh 476-479
News 479
Short Communications  
Biflavones from the leaves of Fitzroya patagonica Hook F. - S. W. I. Naqvi, N. Parveen, M. Parveen and N. U. Khan 480
Day-to-day variability of total electron content at low latitudes - S. Alex 481-482
Spectrophotometric platelet aggregation assay to measure single platelet disappearance: An evidence - C. Sreedevi, Ancy Thomas and M. Jamaluddin 483-485
A simple and economic method for long-term preservation of mushroom culture - A. V. Sathe and Sangita Dighe 485
Baliospermum raziana — A new species of Euphorbiaceae from Coorg District, Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 486
Induced resistance in rice to sheath blight disease - A. Waheeta, S. Sreenivasaprasad, R. S. Chitralekha and K. Manibhushanrao 486-489
Salt responses of enzymes from rice cultivars differing in salt tolerance - R. Krishnamurthy, M. Anbazhagan and K. A. Bhagwat 489-490
Effect of benlate on the germination of Azolla mexicana megasporocarps - S. Kannaiyan 490-491
Differential mutagenic sensitivity in Coriandmrn sativum Linn. - V. S. Kothekar 491-492
A new. record of spirurid nematode Parabronema skrjabini Rassowska, 1924 from Indian goats - S. C. Yadav, O. P. S. Sengar and P. P. S. Chauhan 492-494
A note on Chimera in Guava (Psidium guajava L.) - P. H. Ramanjini Gowda, B. B. Madalageri and N. Vijaya Kumar 494
Suppression of water hyacinth by the exotic insect Neochetina eichhorniae in Bangalore, India - K. P. Jayanth 494-495
Heart beat rate of intermediate forms produced after juvenoids and antiallatotropin treatments on diapausing larvae of Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) (Lepidopetera: Pyralidae) - N. Roychoudhury and S. Chakravorty 495-497
Relative importance of temperature and photoperiod in the physiology of Indian garden lizard, Calotes versicolor - Anand Kar 497-499
Protection against Plasmodium berghei in rats by immunization with adult worm homogenate of Setaria cervi - Vijayalaxmi R. Kamath and D. M. Renapurkar 499-500
Ecological consideration in the control of fish disease - K. L. Shah and B. C. Tyagi 500-501
Announcements 501
Book Reviews 502-505
Announcements 505
June 5,1987.11
  
Articles  
Approaching new points by application of linear transformations - S. G. Dani 507-513
Announcements 513
The chemical nature of acid precipitation over Europe - R. Sequeira 514-517
Biological studies of ONS and ONN donar schiff bases and their Cu(II), Ni(II),
Zn(II), Co(II) and Mn(II) complexes - R. K. Parashar, R. S. Sharma, Rajesh Nagar and R. C. Sharma		 518-521
Announcements 521
Studies on the peroxidase isoenzyme pattern in relation to the cineole content of Eucalyptus hybrid leaf - V. V. Prabhu and K. S. Theagarajan 522-523
Comparison of different spray reagents for identification of trichothecenes - Y. Ramakrishna and R. V. Bhat 524-526
News 526
Current Science — 50 years ago 527-529
News 529
Short Communications  
Binuclear adducts of silicon(IV) chloride with tetradentate schiff base cabalt(II) complexes - T. M. Aminabhavi, N. S. Biradar and V. L. Roddabasanagoudar 530-531
13C NMR evidence for the structure of thevefolic acids - A. G. Ramachandran Nair, R. Gunasegaran and K. V. Ramanathan 531-532
Dyrosaurid crocodile (Mesosuchia) from the infratrappean beds of Vikarabad,
Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh - Rajendra Singh Rana		 532-534
Occurrence of fossil remains in Warkalli sediments (type area), southern Kerala, and its stratigraphic significance - C. P. Rajendran 534-536
Effect of penicillic acid on intestinal brush border of rabbits - V. Pandiyan, S. Meerarani and E. R. B. Shanmugasundaram 536-538
A new leaf spot of Commiphora wightii a medicinal plant, caused by Phoma sp. - M. L. Sharma and H. N. Gour 538-539
Studies on the nematodes from mangrove swamps of deltaic Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. (III) Anoplostoma macrospiculum n. sp. (Anoplostomatidae: Nematoda) - Baby Sinha, A. Choudhury and Q. H. Baqri 539-540
A note on the use of rainfall erosion indices for predicting soil and water losses from the slopy fields of Kerala - K. Viswambharan and V. K. Sasidhar 540-542
SEM studies on spores of Riccia frostii Aust. - A. Kumar, A. K. Sinha and D. C. Pandey 542-544
Amomum subulatum, A new host for Phakopsora elletariae (Racib.) Cummins from Sikkim - L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma 544
A new variety of Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabberly (Dipterocarpaceae) from Coorg District, Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 544-545
α-Amylase activity of Rollandina capitata - B. K. Choudhury and A. K. Chandra 545-547
Toxicity of Pseudomonas fluorescens towards bacterial plant pathogens of banana (Pseudomonas solanacearum) and rice (Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae) - E. Sivamani, C. S. Anuratha and S. S. Gnanamanickam 547-548
Influence of some insecticides on photosynthetic oxygen evolution in the cyanobacterium Anabaena - G. Subramanian, M. S. Krishnamurthi and S. Lakshmiprabha 549-550
Palynotaxonomy of Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis aculeata Royle) - C. M. Sharma and R. D. Gaur 551
Some observations in the seed-borne nature of Peronosclerospora sorghi in sorghum - Geetha Upadhyaya 552
New record of the nucleopolyhedrosis of Thiacidas postica Walker from India
- K. Gunathilagaraj and P. C. Sundara Babu		 553
Carboxyl ester hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.1) in Antheraea mylitta larval tissues - K. N. Mehrotra and Amrit Phokela 553-555
Efficacy of moult inhibitor PH 60-43 on mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus - S. Chockalingam and P. Somasundaram 555-556
Announcements 556
Science News 557
Book Reviews 558-560
News 560
June 20,1987.12
  
Articles  
Antigen presentation - U. C. Chaturvedi, Nigar Rizvi and A. Mathur 561-568
Announcements 568
Studies of superconductivity of Y-Ba-Ca-Cu-O and Y-Ce-Ba-Cu-O systems - S. K. Agarwal, B. Jayaram, A. Gupta and A. V. Narlikar 569-571
News 571
Possible superconductivity above 230 K in Y-Ba-Cu-O system containing Sr and Ca - B. Jayaram, S. K. Agarwal, A. Gupta and A. V. Narlikar 572-574
Announcements 574
On the neutrinos from SN 1987a - N. D. Hari Dass, D. Indumathi, A. S. Joshipura and M. V. N. Murthy 575-580
News 580
Theoretical study of conformational flexibility of distamycin-A analog and its binding to DNA - A. K. Royyuru, Mrigank, A. Kalia and V. Kothekar 581-584
Syntheses of some 1-aryl-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-propen-1-ones as potential anti-bacterial agents - B. S. Holla, B. Kalluraya and K. R. Sridhar 585-588
Geology of the Mount Gillies rhyolitic vents, southeastern queensland, Australia - J. A. Ross, A. S. Ross and G. L. Ross 589-595
Short Communications  
Cooling rate dependence of theratoremanent magnetization of some archaeological samples - K. Ramaswamy, M. Dheenathayalu and S. Barathan 596-597
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons -(synthesis of 6,7,13-trimethylbenzo [c] chrysene through spiro-rearrangement) - K. S. Sharma and Rajindar Parshad 597-600
Effect of feeding Trigonella foenum gracecum (Methi) leaves on serum cholesterol, triglycerides and high density lipoprotein cholesterol in the normal rabbits - Vinita Chaturvedi and M. C. Pant 600-601
Levels of arginase and transminases in polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDFs) fed rats - P. S. Devamanoharan, R. Sankar and C. S. Shyamala Devi 601-603
Salivary immunoglobulin 'A' in peptic ulcer patients - V. Radha, C. M. Habibullah, Qamar Ayesha and O. S. Reddi 603-604
Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Bl, (Rhizophoraceae) — A new locality record from the westcoast of India - S. R. Bhat and A. G. Untawale 604-605
A note on the ostracode fauna from the Quilon beds (Lower Miocene) of Kerala - S. C Khosla and M. L. Nagori 605-606
Did the dinosaurs cross over to tertiary in India? - U. B. Mathur 606-607
Antifeedant activity of plant extracts against Spilosoma obliqua Walker - A. K. Tripathi, S. M. Rao, D. Singh, R. B. Chakravarty and D. S. Bhakuni 607-609
Decomposition of sugarcane bagasse by the bird's nest fungus Cyathus - R. C. Kuhad and B. N. Johari 609-611
Antigenic relationship among bacteriocin-producing and non-bacteriocin-producing strains of Cajanus-rhizobia - N. Parveen, S. Chauhan and Y. D. Gaur 611-612
Age-related changes in the activity of erythrocytic carbonic anhydrase during early neonatal period in buffalo calves - S. P. S. Gill, Rajvir Singh, S. P. S. Singha and M. S. Setia 613-614
Response of peroxidase isoenzymes to chemical sex modification in cucumber
(Cucumis sativus L.) - E. A. El-Ghamriny, N. Singh and V. K. Verma		 614-616
A serious root disease of tomato caused by Pythium inflatum Matthews - B. L. Verma 616-617
Certain new taxa of Cosmarium Corda (Desmidiaceae) from Karnataka State
(India) - U. D. Bongale		 617-619
Mycelial amino acid composition of differentially virulent isolates of Rhizoctonia solani - K. Manibhushanrao, Mohammed Zuber and S. Sreenivasaprasad 619-621
A new orchid from Coorg District, Karnataka - K. R. Keshava Murthy, S. N. Yoganarasimhan and K. Vasudevan Nair 621-622
Inhibitory effect of light on aflatoxin B1 formation in copra - C. Krishna Kumari and M. Nusrath 622-623
Microsporogenesis and development of male gametophyte in Anisomeles indica (Linn.) O. Kze. - N. K. Dwivedi 623-624
Record of natural enemies on the grape mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) - M. Mani, T. S. Thontadarya and S. P. Singh 624-625
News 625
Book Reviews 626-627
July 5,1987.13
 
Articles  
Order and chaos in fluid flows - R. Narasimha 629-645
Science News 645
A new spectrophotometric reagent for determination of sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde - S. P. Chattopadhyay and Arabinda K. Das 646-648
Occurrence of xenacanthid freshwater shark teeth in the mudstone litho-facies of Nilkanth, Pauri, Garhwal Himalaya - D. M. Shringarpure and A. N. Shah 649-650
Seasonal changes in dehydrogenase activity in cultivated, pond and virgin soils - B. N. Singh and H. Ram 651-654
Current Science — 50 years ago 655-657
Short Communications  
Effect of chronic smoking on lipoproteins - E. Padmini and D. B. Motlag 658-659
Redlichiid trilobites from the Tal Formation, Lesser Himalaya, India - Gopendra Kumar, Ashutosh Joshi and V. K. Mathur 659-663
Rate of infiltration — An in situ measurement - S. Avudainayagam, K. K. Sharma, V. Rajamani and B. Rukmangada Reddi 663-664
Determination of water soluble phosphorus in fertilizer materials - M. P. S. Gill, N. S. Dhillon and G. Dev 664-666
Geographical distribution of the genus Piper Linn, in India - B. A. Rahiman 666-668
Myonecrosis in Swiss albino mice following xylotox administration. Changes in alkaline and acid phosphatases - S. S. Katoch and H. V. Vaidya 668-669
Production of cellulases from Curvularia lunata - J. Annapurna and U. T. Bhalerao 669-670
Occurrence of ursolic acid and related compounds in Eucalyptus hybrid leaves - Rameshwar Dayal 670-671
New record of a baculovirus disease in Leucinodes orbonalis Guen - G. C. Tewari and S. J. Singh 671-672
Propagation of Zephyranthes through tissue culture - P. A. Philomena, B. Prema Gunaseeli and B. V. David 672-673
A new leaf spot of Curcuma longa in Sikkim - L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma 673
Formation of infection structure in Colleiotrichum capsici as influenced by nitrogen sources and cellophane - V. Muruganandam, T. S. Suryanarayanan and S. Venkatachalam 674-675
Effect of morphactins IT 3233 and IT 3456 on pollen germination and tube growth in Asclepias curassavica L. - Mamatha Rao 675-676
Effect of antibiotics on the growth of Hypnea valentiae (Turn.) Mont. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) - R. Rengasamy, M. Prema, S. Govindarajan and K. Ilanchelian 676-677
New rusts from Mannanur forest, Andhra Pradesh, India - K. Niranjan Rao 677-679
Methyl isocyanate and fern gametophyte - I. P. Singh and S. K. Roy 679-681
Nectar dilution pattern of bees in semi-arid environments - D. P. Abrol and R. P. Kapil 681
Book Reviews 682-684
News 684
Science News 685-686
News 686
Announcements 687
Erratum 687
July 20,1987.14
  
Articles  
Cyclostereoisomerism - D. Nasipuri and A. Saha 689-692
Synthesis and purification of oligodeoxyribonucleotides: A modified approach - Kumud Majumder, Latha P. Kadalayil and S. K. Brahmachari 693-697
News 697
Biological profile of some thiodicarbonimidic diamide dihydrochlorides - S. N. Pandeya, Vandana Srivastava and K. Gupta 698-701
News 701
Isolation and identification of a Bacillus species pathogenic to mosquito larvae: Its commercial implications as bioinsecticide - R. P. Singh 702-704
News 704
Biochemical adaptive responses in glucose metabolism of fish (Tilapia mossambica) during ammonia toxicity - S. Jabeen Begum 705-708
Short Communications  
Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of some 5-substituted tetrazoles - J. S. Shukla, R. Misra and R. Rastogi 709-710
Effect of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) on glutathione, glutathione peroxidase and lipid peroxidation in rat liver - P. S. Devamanoharan, R. Sankar and C S. Shyamala Devi 710-712
On the ultrapotassic rhyolites from Gurapratap Singh and Diri area, Pali District, Rajasthan - Anil Maheshwari 712-713
Some metabolic aspects of fungal infected sweet potato (Ipomea batatas (L.) Poir) tubers - S. K. Addy, A. Singh and S. Srivastava 713-714
Coriolis coupling constants and centrifugal distortion constants of selenyl halides - S. Mohan, S. Durai and N. S. Narasimhan 714-715
EDAX mineral assay of cross-bred bull's semen - P. M. Belorkar, K. V. Patel, A. J. Dhami and S. B. Kodagali 715-717
Monosomics in Brassica carinata A. Br. - N. Sarla and R. N. Raut 717-718
Analysis of genetic architecture for pungency (pyruvic acid) in onion (Allium cepa L.) - Netra Pal and Narendra Singh 719-720
RNA as a substrate for the assay of heat stable nuclease of Staphylococcus aureus - N. Keshava, P. Venkatasubbaiah and C. T. Dwarakanath 720-721
Effect of fungicide zineb on the leaching of micronutrients from the leaves of
Zea mays L. - Annapurna Jetty and P. Raghuveer Rao		 721-722
Removal of seed dormancy by GA in some weeds - P. K. Kasera and D. N. Sen 722-723
Can the use of Azospirillum biofertilizer control sorghum shootfly ? - S. Mohan, S. Jayaraj, D. Puroshothaman and A. V. Rangarajan 723-725
Little known attributes of some mangrove plants of the Karnataka coast - T. Ananda Rao, P. V. Suresh and A. N. Sherieff 725-727
Graniferous tracheary elements in the haustorium of Scleropyrum wallichianum Arn. (Santalaceae) - R. Niranjana and G. R. Shivamurthy 727-730
Biochemical changes during androgenesis in Datura innoxia - P. L. Swarnkar, S. P. Bohra and N. Chandra 730-731
Outbreak of stunt nematodes on wheat in Gujarat - D. J. Patel, N. A. Thakar, H. R. Patel and C. C. Patel 731
Phomopsis leucaenae sp. nov. causing foliar infection on Leucaena leucocephala in Kerala, India - C. Mohanan and J. K. Sharma 732-733
Toxicity of industrial effluents to the freshwater cat fish Mystus keletius - S. Stephen Maria Antony Raj, A. G. Murugesan and M. A. Haniffa 733-735
Sexing larva and pupa of Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera: Cryptophasidae) - P. B. Santhosh Babu and V. K. K. Prabhu 735-736
Occurrence of Aedes (Stegomyia) Krombeini Huang (Diptera: Culicidae) in India - S. C. Tewari, J. Hiriyan and R. Reuben 736-737
On the transfer cell-like nutritive cells of the galls induced by thrips (Thysanoptera: Insecta) - A. Raman 737-738
Book Reviews 739-740
Science News 741-742
Announcements 742
August 5,1987.15
  
Articles  
Experimental study of fluctuations in materials - K. R. Rao 743-749
A study of dielectric relaxation of terramycin at high frequencies - V. K. Farkya and Dinesh Kumar 750-752
News 752
Structural motif (s) at the active site of nucleotide-binding proteins - P. Narayanan 753-758
News 758
Precocious centromere separation in five groups of chromosomes in control and Pseudomonas culture-treated mice and their progeny - G. K. Manna and G. K. Chatterjee 759-763
Inhibition and recovery of acetylcholklesterase activity in the nervous tissue of prawn, Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius) exposed to phosphamidon and methylparathion - M. Srinivasulu Reddy, S. Ghouse Lazam and K. V. Ramana Rao 764-767
News 767
Current Science — 50 years ago 768-769
News 769
Short Communications  
A new limonoid, Amoorinin from the stem bark of Amoora rohituka Wall - V. K. Agnihotri, Savitri D. Srivastava and S. K. Srivastava 770-771
Clay-catalysed Knoevenagel condensation - M. T. Thorat, M. H. Jagdale, R. B. Mane, M. M. Salunkhe and P. P. Wadagaonkar 771-772
Formation of H2O2 on rutile TiO2 during photo-illumination of oxygen - V. Vishwanathan 772-773
Spontaneous mutation to 0/129 resistance in Vibrio parahaemolyticus - Indrani Karunasagar, I. Karunasagar and C. N. Nagesha 773-775
Microbial enzymes in the processing of oilseeds - Satyaveer Bhatnagar and B. N. Johari 775-776
New approaches to reduce the cost of hybrid seed production: I use of hormones - N. L. Bhale, M. R. K. Rao and R. K. Deshmukh 776-778
Efficiency of S1 method for population improvement in pearl millet - E. V. D. Sastry, D. S. Narooka, R. K. Sharma and J. R. Mathur 778-779
Synthesis of Brassica carinata A. Br. - N. Sarla, R. N. Raut and Shyam Prakash 779-781
Ergot alkaloid production in suspension cultures of Ipomoea batatas Poir. - P. B. Kavi Kishor and A. R. Mehta 781-783
Uncommon cuticular ornamentation on the stigma surface of mango (Mangifera indica L.) - Philip John, Y. Raghuram and G. M. Nair 783-784
On the cytology of Pennisetum orientals Rich (2n = 56) - Suman Kumari Parihar and S. N. Tripathi 784-787
In vitro fertilization of rabbit ova - V. H. Rao and N. K. Bhattacharyya 787-788
Stress-induced structural aberrations in the ovary of imagines of Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) - N. Roychoudhury, B. Mukhopadhyay and S. Chakravorty 788-790
Comparative studies on growth and nitrogenase activity of water fern Azolla germplasm collection - P. K. Singh and R. P. Singh 790-794
A new host record of a hyperparasite Perilampus sp. (Perilampidae : Hymenoptera) on Apanteles aristaeus (Nixon.) (Braconidae : Hymenoptera) - K. Subbiah 794-796
August 20,1987.16
  
Articles  
Solution conformation of 5-receptor agonist: [D-Ser2]-leucine-enkephaIin-threonine by NMR - M. M. Dhingra and Anil Saran 797-801
Fluorescence characteristics of 7,4-substituted coumarins - S. S. Rathi, S. K. John, M. K. Machwe and V. V. S. Murti 802-804
Role of microenvironment in recognition of DNA by nonintercalating ligands - A. K. Royyuru, Mrigank, Anita Kalia and V. Kothekar 805-810
Synthesis, antimicrobial activities of 8/methoxycoomarin analog of chloramphenicol and mass spectral fragmentations of 2-dichloroacetamido-3-hydroxy-1-[3-(8-metho-xycoumarinyl)]-1-propanone - R. V. Joshi and V. V. Badiger 811-814
Studies on nicotinic acid and some of its derivatives on growth and sporulation of bacilli - D. K. Kalita and R. P. Singh 815-817
News 817
Anthrone as a reagent for the detection of glycosides and saponins by thin layer chromatography - S. S. Kamat and G. B. Kawale 818-821
Announcements 821
Changes in mineral content of cotyledon and embryo of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seeds during germination - G. Bose, B. N. Ghosh and P. C. Bose 822-824
Announcements 824
Short Communications  
Spherically symmetric line element in a generalized cartesian coordinate system - Kalpana Mishra, G. S. Khadekar and Vidya Gaikwad 825-826
Studies in nucleophilic substitutions: II. Reactions between aryl alkyl ethers and hydro-bromic acid - S. Ramakrishnan 826-827
High-resolution solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance study of acetaminophen: A common analgesic drug - N. R. Jagannathan 827-830
Xylanase production by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. udum - G. S. Prasad, K. Prabakaran and H. C. Dube 830-831
Occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhiza in ascochyta blight resistant and susceptible cultivars of chickpea - C. Chaturvedi, Renu Singh and A. K. Sharma 831-832
Biochemical characterization of the root exudates of coconut palm - B. M. Bopaiah, H. Shekara Shetty and K. V. Nagaraja 832-833
Nitrate reduction in relation to nitrogenase activity in summer mung (Vigna radiata) as influenced by bacterial inoculation and phosphorus application - S. K. Kothari and C. S. Saraf 833-836
Use of phytohormones in synthesis of Brassica napus L. - N. Sarla 836-837
Plant remains from Banawali, Haryana - F. A. Lone, M. Khan and G. M. Buth 837-838
Anther culture of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia viv - Raageeva Bimal 838-840
Leaching of phycobilin pigments to salinity response in Oscillatoria sancta - N. Anand and R. S. Shantha Kumar Hopper 840-842
Sequential analysis of meiosis in Gloriosa superba L. - C. K. John, V. J. Somani and R. J. Thengane 842-844
Occurrence of new virulent pathogenic forms in race 77 of Puccinia recondita f .sp. Tritici in India - S. K. Nayar, M. K. Menon, S. Nagarajan, P. Bahadur and S. P. Singh 844-845
A potential predator for sorghum mite, Oligonychus indicus (Hirst.) - S. Mohan and P. Karuppuchamy 845-846
Influence of plant and animal food on food utilization of the freshwater carp Labeo rohita (Ham.) - M. A. Haniffa, A. G. Murugesan and A. T. Fleming 846-848
Genotoxic activity of naphthyl carbamate in the larval stages of Drosophila - L. Dey, B. Majhi, N. K. Tripathy and C. C. Das 848-850
Accumulation of B-chromosomes in Drosophila nasuta albomicana - N. B. Ramachandra and H. A. Ranganath 850-852
News 852
Book Reviews 853-856
News 856
September 5,1987.17
  
Articles  
Theoretical prediction of the existence of stable distonic radical cations - Kuruvilla Pius and J. Chandrasekhar 857-860
Raman and infrared spectroscopic studies of the new ferroelectric crystal telluric acid ammonium phosphate - M. N. Shashikala, Suja Elizabeth, B. Raghunatha Chary and H. L. Bhat 861-863
Superposed epoch study of the rainfall of Kerala during the onset phase of the southwest monsoon - R. Ananthakrishnan and M. K. Soman 864-871
High temperature superconductivity - V. Saraswati 872-878
News 878
Genus Perissonoe (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyceae) from the Indian Ocean -  T. V. Desikachary, S. Gowthaman, A. Hema, A. K. S. K. Prasad
and P. Prema		 879-882
Pesticidal impact on freshwater teleost, Tilapia mossambica Retina - K. Jayantha Rao, Md. Azhar Baig, V. Radhaiah and K. Ramamurthy 883-885
News 885
Current Science — 50 years ago 886-887
Announcements 887
Short Communications  
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced tumour formation on some tropical dicot and monocot plants - K. N. Suseelan, Anjali Bhagwat, Helena Mathews and C. R. Bhatia 888-889
Biological activity of schiff bases and their metal complexes - T. D. Bharamagoudar, M. A. Pujar and A. R. Alagawadi 889-890
Anti-lipid peroxidative efficacy of plumbagin and menadione: An in vitro study - R. Sankar, P. S. Devamanoharan, G. Raghupathi and C. S. Shyamala Devi 890-892
In vitro regeneration in Solanum nigrum - Neeru Agarwal and Y. K. Bansal 892-894
Effect of age on micronucleus frequency induced by mitomycin-C in ddY male mice - A. K. Jain and H. Tezuka 894-895
Some observations on preservation of fungal cultures by serial subculturing and liquid paraffin - G. P. Tandon, H. M. Dayal, K. Mehta, H. C. Pant, R. S. Pandey and J. P. Trivedi 895-896
Stimulation of liver triglyceride secretion in rats by capsaicin - K. Sambaiah and M. N. Satyanarayana 897-898
A novel, microbial method for augmentation of biogas - T. M. Vatsala and V. Balaji 898-899
A new record of leaf disease of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze) - B. N. Chakraborty 900
Morphology and nitrogen-fixing ability of Azolla nilotica decaisne - R. P. Singh and P. K. Singh 900-902
Response of alar at different concentrations for germination and seedling growth of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) - T. S. Barman and C. M. Sarma 902-903
Induced interchange heterozygote in green gram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) - H. R. Pulivarthi, Z. Vishnuvardhan and T. N. Mary 903-905
α-amylase activity and morphogenetic potential in callus cultures of Solanum surattense - P. L. Swarnkar, S. P. Bohra and N. Chandra 905-906
An unusual strain of Apodachlya minima Coker and Leitner - G. S. Mer and S. C. Sati 906-907
Effect of sunflower mosaic virus on the activity of ribulose 1,5-bis-phosphotase in sunflower - Vijaya Luxmi, A. K. Sharma and Jitendra Mohan 907
Structure and histochemistry of the internode in Nitella furcata subsp. Mucronata - M. R. Vijayaraghavan and Inderdeep Kaur 907-910
β-glucosidase activity in the spinning gland cells and mid gut of Diacrisia obliqua (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) - S. Narain and R. P. Dixit 910-911
Karyology of the pigmy shrew, Suncus etruscus perrotteti (Savi) (Soricidae: Insectivora) - N. V. Aswathanarayana, K. L. Satya-Prakash and S. Krishnarao 911-913
Juvenomimetic effects of solasodine on Chilo partellus - S. Sabita Raja, Amarjit Kaur and S. S. Thakur 913-915
Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica breaks wilt resistance in chickpea variety 'Avrodhi' - K. D. Upadhyay and Kusum Dwivedi 915-916
Book Reviews 917-918
September 20,1987.18
  
Articles  
Direct observation of five bond 1H-1H coupling correlation by 2-D NMR spectroscopy as an aid in resonance assignment - M. M. Dhingra 919-922
Announcements 922
Analytical and experimental study of leak rates through a metal-elastomer interface in an on/off valve - B. K. Venkataramu, K. Anantha Ram and T. Nagarajan 923-927
Announcements 927
Retrogression of charnockites from Madukkarai, Tamil Nadu—Evidence from geochemistry and fluid inclusions - C. Srikantappa, P. N. Satish, M. N. Jagannathappa and A. S. Janardhan 928-932
Announcements 932
Using logistic regression in ecology - A. Shanubhogue and A. P. Gore 933-935
Announcements 935
Gum tapping in Anogeissus latifolia (Combretaceae) using ethephon - J. R. Bhat 936-940
News 940
Short Communications  
Lattice dynamics of cesium fluoride using three-body force shell model - S. Durai, N. Venkatasubramanian and S. Mohan 941-942
Revised van der Waals radius for hydrogen - R. Srinivasan, Meena Hariharan and J. Vijayalakshmi 942-945
Serum electrolytes levels in relation to the progression of different transplanted tumours in mice model system - Archana Sengupta, Ranjit Mallick, Santi Ranjan Dutta and Rathin Sarkar 945-946
Unconsidered aspects of mechanism of reactions of sulphonylpropionates - S. P. Choudhari 947
Significance of benthic foraminiferal predation in species diversity - V. Sharma and Ravindra Kumar 948-949
Development of the salt gland in Acanthus illicifolius L. - Yash Dave, Vinoth Thomas and P. M. Kuriachen 949-951
Growth and nitrogenase activity of Azospirillum brasilense as influenced by fungicides - Kiran Bala and A. V. Rao 951-953
Inheritance of a spikeletless character in pearl millet - K. N. Rai, S. Appa Rao and A. S. Rao 953-954
Phyllody—A new menace to the sunflower leading to sterility - V. B. Bidari, H. K. Sangappa and D. M. Mahalinga 954-956
Off-season survival of the predatory mirid bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Reuter) - J. S. Bentur and M. B. Kalode 956-957
The cyst wall of Unicauda laumae Rahemo (Myxosporidia: Myxobolidae) from the liver of Barbus grypus Heckel - L. J. Rashan, N. S. Gorgees and Z. I. F. Rahemo 958-959
Indigenous plant oils as larvicidal agent against Anopheles Stephensi mosquitoes - Anil Kumar and G. P. Dutta 959-960
In vitro regeneration from callus cultures of Scilla indica (Roxb.) Baker - Bipasha Chakravarty and Sumitra Sen 960-962
Leaf bud organogenesis in vitro in a fern—Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel. - D. S. Loyal and Gurpreet Kaur 962-963
Polyembryony in Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. - S. M. Bhuskute 963-964
Effect of scent components on somatic cells of Allium sativum L. - P. Surender, T. Mogili, D. Thirupathi, C. Janaiah and Vidyavati 964-967
Oviposition-inducing and mating-inhibiting factor in the male accesory glands of Opisina Arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera: Cryptophasidae) - P. B. Santhosh-Babu and V. K. K. Prabhu 967-968
Activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system by mycobacteria - Om Parkash, V. D. Ramanathan, D. P. Singh and U. Sengupta 968-969
Distribution of endosymbiotes among the insect fauna of Annamalainagar - G. Shankar and P. Baskaran 970-971
Upper extreme of temperatures limiting the development of Tetrastichus pyrillae Crawford within its host eggs - R. P. Yadav and J. P. Choudhury 971-973
News 973
Book Reviews 974
Announcements 975-977
October 5,1987.19
  
Articles  
Low density polyethylene (LDPE) polymerization—A review - S. K. Gupta 979-984
Astrophotography with high angular and temporal resolution: Preliminary results from the Kavalur Experiments - S. K. Saha, P. Venkatakrishnan, A. P. Jayarajan and N. Jayavel 985-988
Undermethylation of the c-myc gene in a rat hepatoma correlates with increased expression of the gene - Veena K. Parnaik, D. N. Patil and M. R. Das 989-994
Announcements 994
Ecology of fossil diatoms from Ara Karewa beds of Kashmir (India) - D. J. Mohan and A. B. Vora 995-998
Current Science — 50 years ago 999-1000
Short Communications  
Ultrasonic studies in aqueous solutions of non-electrolytes with alkali halides - P. Mallikharjuna Rao and A. Srinivasa Rao 1001-1003
Iridium enrichment at Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in Meghalaya - K. N. Bhandari, P. N. Shukla and J. Pandey 1003-1005
Evaluation of genotoxic effects of turmeric in mice - A. K. Jain, H. Tezuka, T. Kada and I. Tomita 1005-1006
Penicillic acid action on liposomes - V. Pandiyan, S. Meerarani and E. R. B. Shanmugasundaram 1007-1008
A convenient laboratory synthesis of methyl isocyanate - M. P. Kaushik, A. K. Sikder and D. K. Jaiswal 1008-1009
Symplectitic intergrowths of sapphirine in cordierite from biotite-hypersthene-silli-manite gneisses of Kasipatnam, Vishakapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh - A. T. Rao and P. V. Nageswara Rao 1009-1011
An early maturing yellow seeded mustard - V.Abraham 1011-1012
A new species of the genus Calamus Linn. (Arecaceae) from India - C. Renuka 1012-1013
Evidence for the 'dissociation' hypothesis of M. J. D. White - Sm. P. Muthu 1013-1015
Aflatoxins from actinomycetes - Usha Kiran Koul 1015-1017
A new report on dimorphism in seeds of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew. in Indian desert - M. S. Paul and D. N. Sen 1017-1019
Resin secretion in Commiphora wightii: Structural association between organelles in the process - A. M. Babu, Philip John, K. P. Kurien and G. M. Nair 1019-1020
Leaf extracts of Lawsonia inermis as antifungal agent - M. R. Natarajan and D. Lalithakumari 1021-1022
Nyssopsora schefflerae sp. nov. from India - G. Bagyanarayana, G. Subbalakshmi, P. Ramachar and V. B. Hosagoudar 1022-1023
On the occurrence of Elatodadus plana (Feistmantel) Seward 1919, from Uppugunduru (A. P.) - D. A. Vagyani and M. R. Jamane 1023-1024
Cytogenetics of a pentaploid hybrid of Solanum scabrum Mill, and S. villosum Mill. - A. Ganapathi and G. R. Rao 1024
A simple method for seed testing - R. Nandakumar and H. S. Shetty 1025
Ovarian dysfunction and morphogenetic defects induced by Origanum vulgare L. oil in the red cotton bugs - Opender Koul, K. Tikku and B. P. Saxena 1025-1028
Dictyocaulus filaria: Whole blood coagulation time in the infected sheep - R. L. Sharma, T. K. Bhat and D. N. Dhar 1028
22-25 Diazocholesterol-DiHCl: an effective insect growth regulator for Dysdercus similis - Amarjit Kaur, S. Sabita Raja, S. S. Thakur and B. Kishen Rao 1028-1029
Infection by a ciliate and a fluke on the fry of Indian major carps - S. S. Maiti, R. N. Roy and D. P. Haldar 1029-1030
Record of a new hyperparasite, Trichopria sp. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) of Tricholyga bombycis Beck (Diptera: Tachinidae), a larval parasite of Bombyx mori L. - G. Veeranna, M. R. Nirmala and D. Mahadevappa 1031-1032
Impact of pollen food on the fecundity and feeding time in two species of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) infesting flowers of Solanaceae - R. S. Annadurai and M. Noble Morrison 1032-1033
Book Reviews 1034-1037
October 20,1987.20
  
Articles  
Nonlinear analysis of an electroencephalogram (EEG) during epileptic seizure -
Lalaja Varghese, V. P. N. Nampoori and R. Pratap		 1039-1041
Announcements 1041
Histopathological observations on pink disease of eucalyptus - S. V. Subramaniam and V. Ramaswamy 1042-1044
Distributional resume of coastal floristic elements in the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands - T. Ananda Rao and Swapna Chakraborti 1045-1051
News 1051
Spores of the fungus Alternaria brassicicola as a clastogen in treated mice -
G. K. Manna and M. Banerjee		 1052-1054
Short Communications  
X-ray evidence for the presence of single crystals of sodium salts in Kevlar 49 fibres - Kalyani Vijayan 1055-1056
On the lifetime of the excited state of 4-methyl-6, 7-dimethoxy coumarin -
R. Giri, S. S. Rathi, M. K. Machwe and V. V. S. Murti		 1056-1058
Presence of ingenol and a new diterpene 4-deoxy ingenol in the latex of Euphorbia megalantha (Boiss) - R. R. Upadhyay and G. Mohaddes 1058-1059
A preliminary study on root associated diazotrophs of cotton - Indu Bala and B. S. Kundu 1059-1061
Improvement of carrier material for development of rhizobial inoculants - K. S. Jauhri and M. Gupta 1061-1062
Embryology of Euphorbia maddeni and Euphorbia nivulia - R. K. Bhanwra 1062-1064
A new species of Septocyta Petrack, from India - D. K. Purohit and G. C. Chawla 1065-1066
Pure culture synthesis of Pinus patula ectornycorrhizae with Scleroderma citrinum - K. Kannan and K. Natarajan 1066-1068
Induction of proline accumulation by methylparathion in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. ) - A. A. Deshpande and G. Sivakumar Swamy 1068-1070
Viability of Cercospora canescens conidia under simulated airborne conditions - P. Bhaskara Rao and K. V. Mallaiah 1070-1071
A new species of asterina - L. N. Nair and V. P. Kaul 1071-1072
A rapid staining technique for staging of microspores in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and rice bean (Vigna umbellata) - H. S. Gupta 1072-1073
Amanita flavofloccosa—an addition to Indian agaric flora - K. B. Purushothama and K. Natarajan 1073-1074
Electrophoretic studies on seed protein profiles of diploid and auto-tetraploid green-gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) - Z. Vishnu Vardhan, H. R. Pulivarthi and N. S. Prakash 1074-1075
A note on colehicine-induced interchange heterozygosity in Capsicum annuum L. - I. Harini, N. Lakshmi and N. S. Prakash 1075-1076
Batch spawning on larval survival in Macrobrachium lanchesteri - P. Maria Charles 1077-1078
Phomopsis ichnocarpi sp. nov. on Ichnocarpus frutescens - K. Yesodharan and J. K. Sharma 1078-1079
Statistical interpretation of the hatching percentage of carp eggs - M. V. Mohan and T. M. Sankaran 1080-1081
Neuroendocrine involvement in the regulation of lactate and succinate dehydrogenase activities in the freshwater crab, Barytelphusa guerini (H. Milne Edwards) (Decapoda, Potamidea) - S. A. T. Venkatachari, M. S. Gangotri and N. Vasantha 1081-1083
New records of natural enemies of Spodoptera litura (Fab.) in Kolhapur, India - T. V. Sathe 1083-1084
News 1084
November 5,1987.21
  
Articles  
Arrow's paradox and the percentage voting system - K. K. Nambiar 1085-1089
News 1089
Quantitative structure-activity relationship studies on prostaglandin synthetase (PCS) inhibitors - S. P. Gupta, Y. S. Prabhakar and P. Singh 1090-1092
Announcements 1092
Synthesis of some sulphonamide derivatives of isoxazoles and isoxazolin-5-ones as possible antibacterials - R. N. Goyal, Ashwani Minocha and Sangeeta Sharma 1093-1096
News 1096
Effects of cadmium and zinc on cell division and chromosomal aberrations in Allium sativum - Anita Mukherjee and Archana Sharma 1097-1100
Announcements 1100
Current Science — 50 years ago 1101-1102
News 1102
Short Communications  
Layering of thermocline in the western equatorial Indian Ocean - Basil Mathew and P. G. K. Murthy 1103-1104
Distribution of potassium and chloride ions during pollen-pistil interaction in maize - N. K. Brar, A. S. Basra and C. P. Malik 1104-1105
Scanning electron microscopic study on pollen grains of Oryza sativa L. var. Jaya - B. K. Jain 1106-1107
Teratological observations in two species of Corchorus L. (Tiliaceae) from Marathwada - V. N. Naik and S. P. Rothe 1107-1109
Marine fungi from India—V - B. D. Borse 1109-1111
Observations on nitrogen nutrition and sex organ formation in fern gametophyte - Shila Roy and I. P. Singh 1111-1112
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots and scale-like leaves of Acorus calamus Linn, and Colacasia esculenta Linn. - T. Selvaraj and G. Subramanian 1112-1114
Association of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with the roots of different cultivars of barley (Hordeum vulgare) - K. V. B. R. Tilak and B. N. Murthy 1114-1116
X-ray irradiation of Bhendi (Hibiscus esculentus) seeds - S. Khaleel Basha and P. Gopala Rao 1116-1117
On the occurrence of Lycoperdon perlatum in Pinus patula plantations in Tamil Nadu - K. Natarajan and K. B. Purushothama 1117-1118
Serodiagnosis of typhoid fever by indirect haemagglutination using crude lysate antigen - K. Zachariah and G. P. Rai 1118-1119
Changes in enzymatic activities in callus cultures of cotton I. Effect of gibberellic acid - P. B. Kavi Kishor and A. R. Mehta 1120-1122
A new record of parasitism of Meteorus NR Arctiicida Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braco-nidae) on Spilosoma (= Diacrisia) obliqua Walker - Nawin Kumar and R. P. Yadav 1122-1123
Lymphocystis in Macropodus cupanus (Cuv. & Val.) (Pisces: Belontiidae) - B. Indira and S. Radhakrishnan 1123-1124
Mycosis of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal.) from India - K. Gunathilagaraj, P. C. Sundara Babu and M. Gopalan 1124-1125
Innervation of the prothoracid glands and its possible significance in the larva of the castormoth, Trabela vishnu (Lepidoptera) - R. K. Tiwari, J. N. Tiwari and K. P. Srivastava 1125-1126
A new species of Thalerosphyrus from south India (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) - K. Venkataraman and K. G. Sivaramakrishnan 1126-1129
Announcements 1129
Science News 1130
Announcements 1130
Book Reviews 1131-1137
News 1138
November 20,1987.22
  
Articles  
Experimental study of ablation and energy transport in KrF laser-plasma interaction - P. D. Gupta, A. A. Offenberger, R. Fedosejevs, R. Popil and Y. Y. Tsui 1139-1146
News 1146
Amperometric estimation of some rare-earths using methyl thymol blue -
Nisha Shrivastava and K. S. Pitre 		1147-1149
Announcements 1149
Palynological dating of olive-green shales underlying the Athgarh Sandstone in Mahanadi Basin - R. S. Tiwari, A. Tripathi, A. B. Dutt and A. Mukhopadhyay 1150-1153
News 1153
Cytotoxic effect of nickel chloride on the somatic chromosomes of Swiss albino mice Mus musculus - P. K. Mohanty 1154-1157
Announcements 1157
Effect of non-narcotic analgesic drug (aspirin) on developing chick embryo -
V. Radhaiah, K. Vijay Joseph, K. Jayantha Rao and R. Ramamurthi 		1158-1160
Short Communications  
Giant/abnormal cataclasites of Timmapur, Nilgund and Kardigud, Belgaum, Bijapur Districts, Karnataka State - N. W. Gokhale and G. V. Hegde 1161-1164
Burrowing of gastropod Umbonium Link and its implication in ichnofossil study - R. M. Badve and S. P. Bhonsle 1164-1166
Spectral study of the C-X system of transient mercury bromide - P. N. Asthana 1166-1168
Coordination polymers of cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium (II) with 3-allyl-I-(2-mercapto-4-oxo-3(4H)-quinazolinyl)-2-thiopseudourea - J. K. Verma 1168-1171
Biflavones from the leaves of Rhus alata Thumb. - Mehtab Parveen and Nizam U. Khan 1171-1172
Dependence of crystallinity of nickel on electrodeposition conditions - S. Nageswar and A. Ramachandran 1172-1173
Sterility and meiosis in five species of jasmine - P. G. Karmakar and H. C. Srivastava 1173-1175
An easy method of preserving cultures of aspergilli and penicilla - S. P. Lal and J. N. Kapoor 1175
Effect of mercury on Pistia stratiotes - Sasadhar Jana 1175-1176
A preliminary report of cone toxins to fishes and crabs - N. Rajendran and R. Kasinathan 1176-1178
Effect of magnetic fields on the sex expression and yield in the Cucumis pubescens Willd - M. Babu Rao and (Mrs) J. K. Bhalla 1178-1179
Plate assay to screen fungi for proteolytic activity - S. Rajamani and A. Hilda 1179-1181
Cytology of a tetrasomic plant of Capsicum annuum L. - N. Lakshmi and P. Nalini 1181-1182
Ashy stem blight of soybean in India - Vishwa Dhar and A. K. Sarbhoy 1182-1183
Fertility of frozen semen in Surti buffaloes - A. J. Dhami, V. R. Jani and S. B. Kodagali 1183-1184
Validity of the genus Chlorolepiota—a member of agaricales - Sandhya Deshpande 1184-1185
A new weed host of rice tungro virus complex - S. K. Mohanty, G. Bhaktavatsalam and S. K. Singh 1185-1186
Reversal of chlorofluorenol-induced inhibition in elongation barley seedlings by
gibberellic acid - T. Mathew 		1186-1188
Mycoflora on unbloomed floral buds of Papaver somniferum L. - N. Nigam, B. Rai and K. G. Mukerji 1188-1189
Stage-specific proteins during the ontogeny of Dysdercus koenigii (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) - R. K. Bhola and K. P. Srivastava 1189-1191
On the identity of a lymantriid defoliator of cashew and cocoa in south India - G. Ramaseshiah and Ramesh Bali 1191-1192
Record of mealybug species on grapevine in Karnataka - M. Mani and T. S. Thontadarya 1192
Records of Blepharella lateralis Macquart and Carcelia sp.—two indigenous parasitoids of Spilosoma (=Diacrisia) obliqua Walker from Bihar, India - Nawin Kumar and R. P. Yadav 1192-1193
Announcements 1193
Book Reviews 1194-1199
News 1199-1200
December 5,1987.23
  
Articles  
Stabilization mechanisms of transbilayer phospholipid asymmetry in erythrocyte membrane - C. M. Gupta 1201-1209
News 1209
Structure and conformation of linear peptides: XI—structure of glycyl-L-leucyl-L-tyrosine - E. Subramanian and R. Parthasarathy 1210-1213
Announcements 1213
Kinetic and mechanistic study on the substitution reaction of aquo-ligands from cis-diaquo-bis (biguanide) chromium(III) ion with iminodiacetic acid in aqueous medium - A. K. Gangopadhyay and G. S. De 1214-1218
Announcements 1218
Significance of termite mounds in gold exploration - E. A. V. Prasad, M. Jayarama Gupta and Colin E. Dunn 1219-1222
Announcements 1222
Simultaneous caecal and liver infections in hamster, mouse and guinea-pig by oral feeding of Entamoeba histolytica cysts - M. S. Chauhan and S. R. Das 1223-1224
Announcements 1224
Uptake of metal ions by phototrophic bacterium - T. M. Vatsala 1225-1227
Announcements 1227
Current Science — 50 years ago 1228-1229
News 1229
Short Communications  
A simple and sensitive method to monitor the presence of di(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in I.V. fluids - A. C. Fernandez, P. V. Vedanarayanan and Mary Vasantha Bai 1230
Synthesis and purification of model operator oligonucleotides - Arun Kumar and V. S. Chauhan 1231-1232
Studies with picolinamide on development of thermo resistance in bacilli - Ravendra Pal Singh 1232-1234
Effect of gamma irradiation on growth and phenolic production in castor bean callus cultures - K. R. K. Reddy, G. P. Rao, N. Malathi and Bir Bahadur 1234-1235
Welded tuffs from the Malani Volcanics of Gurapratap Singh and Diri areas, Pali District, Rajasthan - Anil Maheshwari 1235-1237
Induced mutants of groundnut cultivar Phule-Pragathi - Chandra Mouli, D. M, Kale and G. S. S. Murthy 1237-1238
Puccinia hyderabadensis—A new graminaceous rust from India - G. Bagyanarayana and E. John Ravinder 1238-1239
Electron microscopic evidence on the role of Stephanitis typica (Distant) as vector of coconut root (Wilt) disease - K. Mathen, J. J. Solomon, P. Rajan and L. Geetha 1239-1241
Histopathology of nuclear polyhedrosis with simultaneous parasitization in Chrysodeixis chalcytes (Esp.) with Litomastix sp. - R. J. Rabindra and S. Jayaraj 1241-1242
A new disease on papaya fruit stalk - A. B. De 1242-1243
Leaf-surface effects of environmental pollution on Putranjiva roxburghii - S. C. Datta and Subrata Sinharoy 1243-1245
New records of Coelomycetes from India - J. Muthumary (alias) Kalaivani 1245-1247
First record of the whitefly subfamily Aleurodicinae (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) from India - B. V. David 1247-1248
Semen additives, freezability and fertility in crossbred bulls - P. M. Belorkar, A. J. Dhami, B. S. Bhadashiya, J. M. Vyas and S. B. Kodagali 1248-1249
Low temperature induced abnormalities in silkworm Bombyx mori - J. Nagaraju, Ravindra Singh and V. Premalatha 1249-1251
Antitumor effect of cisplatin and glucose in mice bearing Dalton's lymphoma -
Suniti Sarna and R. K. Bhola 		1251-1253
News 1253
Book Reviews 1254
December 20,1987.24
  
Articles  
Srinivasa Ramanujan—A biographical sketch and a glimpse of his work - V. Krishnamurthy 1255-1262
Announcements 1262
New hypoglycemic agents: synthesis and hypoglycemic activity of some new 1-[p-(4-oxo-2-substituted-3(4H)-quinazolinyl)-phynyl sulphonyl]-3-aryl/ cyclohexyl-2-thioureas - G. Rama Murthy, V. Malla Reddy, A. Bhaskar Rao, and P. V. Diwan 1263-1265
Preliminary study on the desmutagenic and antimutagenic effect of some natural products - A. K. Jain, K. Shimoi, Y. Nakamura, I. Tomita and T. Kada 1266-1269
Squamules of osteroglossid fish from the Intertrappean beds of Pargi, Andhra Pradesh - G. V. R. Prasad 1270-1272
Effect of humic acid on sorghum vulgare var. CSH-9 - A. Mallikarjuna Rao, R. Govindasamy and S. Chandrasekaran 1273-1276
News 1276
Short Communications  
Studies on the transition metal thiocyanate complexes with thioureas containing S, S and O, S, S, O donor sequences - G. L. Tembe and A. S. R. Murty 1277-1279
Estimation of palladium(II) using 4-amino-3-mercapto-1, 2-4-triazine-4(4H)-5-one as replacing reagent - B. Narayana and M. R. Gajendragad 1279
New 4, 5-diarylisoxazoles from chalcones G. V. Subba Raju and K. S. Rao 1280-1281
A method for estimating haemoglobin A2 and E for mass detection of carriers of thalassaemia - D. Adhikary, P. Lahiri, S. Chandra and D. K. Bhattacharya 1281-1283
Characterization of organic matter from subsurface sediments, Alleppey Coast, Kerala, India - C. P. Rajendran and P. K. Raha 1283-1285
Isolation of influenza virus from horses in the equine influenza outbreak of 1987 - Gurkirpal Singh, M. S. Oberoi, M. S. Kwatra and S. S. Gill 1285-1286
First report on polyembryony in curry leaf (Murraya koengii) - B. B. Madalageri and P. H. Ramanjini Gowda 1286-1287
Propagation of species of Polygonatum in vitro - Jayanti Sengupta and Sumitra Sen 1287-1289
Induction of multiple shoots by gamma rays from cotyledon cultures of Capsicum - K. Subhash and B. Prolaram 1289-1291
Prohibitins from groundnut root - P. T. Kalaichelvan and A. Mahadevan 1291-1292
Diurnal changes on photosynthesis in triticale, rye and wheat - D. C. Uprety and G. S. Sirohi 1292-1294
Influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and nutrition uptake in barley (Hordeum vulgare) - R. S. Champawat, V. N. Pathak and K. R. Krishna 1294-1295
Effect of cisplatin and trypsin on fibrosarcoma cells by Con A-FITC labelling
- S. B. Prasad		 1295-1298
Evolutionary trends in the genus Funambulus (Rodentia-Sciuridae) - N. V. Aswathanarayana 1298-1300
'Giant' fibres in the ventral nerve cord of the whip scorpion Thelyphonus indicus - K. P. Rajashekhar and Geethabali 1300-1301
Book Reviews 1302-1304
Announcements 1305