Indian Academy of Sciences

Current-Science Vol-58

CONTENTS VOLUME 58

JANUARY 1969, No. 1
Articles
The population dynamics of gene substitution in molecular evolution -- P. Narain	1 - 11
Climatic constraints of high-yielding photo-insensitive winter rice in Kerala -- K. Viswambharan, K. P. Rajaram, D. Alexander, N. P. Chinnamma and N. Rajappan Nair	12 - 21
In vitro regeneration of date palm plantlets -- H. C. Dass, R. K. Kaul, S. P. Joshi and R. Raj Bhansali	22 - 24
Current Science—50 years ago	25 - 26
Short Communications
Study of molecular association of liquids by the application of the modified law of corresponding states -- C. Raghupathi Rao and P. Subrahmanyam	27 - 29
Synthesis of 5,6-dihydroxy-7,4'-dimethoxyflavone by transacylation method -- P. Ramesh, C. R. Yuvarajan and V. Narayanan	29 - 30
Revised structure of a product of the reaction of dimedone with phenylglyoxylic acid -- N. Viswanathan, D. H. Gawad, Vedavati G. Puranik, S. S. Tavale and T. N. Guru Row	30 - 31
Effect of exogenous treatment with some phenolic compounds on nitrogen fixation, growth and yield in Cicer arietinum L. (Chickpea) -- Garg Neera and O. P. Garg	31 - 32
Pterophyllum incisum Sahni and Rao from Uppugunduru, Andhra Pradesh -- B. A. Vayyani and S. K. Mane	33
Inheritance of powdery mildew resistance in wheat -- A. S. Randhawa, S. S. Bains and H. S. Dhaliwal	33 - 34
Seasonal effect on infection by coconut stem bleeding pathogen, Thielaviopsis paradoxa -- K. K. N. Nambiar, Anil Kumar, Kalpana Sastry and Y. Joshi	34 - 35
Effect of 2,4-D analogues on callus cultures in maize -- P. Suprasanna, K. V. Rao and G. M. Reddy	35 - 37
Effect of thyroid hormones on the activities of hepatic enzymes in thiouracil-treated teleost, Anabas testudineus (Bloch) -- M. C. Subash Peter and Oommen V. Oommen	37 - 38
Lipase activity in aestivated snail, Pila globosa : neuroendocrine involvement -- Gala Ramesh Reddy, G. R. Veera Babu and C. S. Chetty	38 - 40
Staphylinid beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis.—A potential bio control agent in rice -- R. Rajendran and M. Gopalan	40 - 41
New record of Xylocopa valga Gerstacker (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) from India -- D. P. Abrol and A. A. Bhat	41
The corpus luteum of the bat, Hipposideros lankadiva (Kelaart) -- A. Gopalakrishna and N. Badwaik	41 - 43
News	11
Announcement	21

January 20, 1989, No. 2
Articles
Some recent advances in digital differentiators -- S. C. Dutta Roy	45 - 51
Force field calculations from infrared intensities and zeta constants (for E species of CH₃Cl, CH₃Br, CH₃ I molecules) -- V. Dayanand and K. Ravindranath	52 - 54
On foliar helix of Cocos nucifera L. — Some geometrical considerations -- Jose Joseph and N. Neelakandan	55 - 57
Low power 915 MHz CW microwave radiation alters protein arrangement in Neurospora crassa : Comparison of effects on- heat damaged and undamaged cells -- S. K. Dutta and Mukesh Verma	58 - 63
Enzyme activity and isoenzyme patterns of Coccinia grandis in relation to sex expression -- Anu Gulati	64 - 68
Short Communications
Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of platinum with cetyltrimethyl- ammonium bromide in presence of iodide -- P. K. Paria, T. K.Thokdar and S. K. Majumdar	69 - 70
Azotobacter population as influenced by soil properties in some soils of North Karnataka -- H. T. Channal, A. R. Alagawadi, T. D. Bharamagoudar, S. G. Udupa, P. L. Patil and L M. Mannikeri	70 - 71
Haemotological changes in Indian desert gerbils (Meriones hurrianae, Jerdon) fed with maize diets containing organic acids -- Ameeta Banerjee, Yahoda L. Urs and S. K. Majumdar	71 - 73
Karyotype analysis in different varieties of Coriandrum sativum L.-- Ananthbandhu Das and Ranajit Mallick	73 - 75
Effect of saponins on ustilospore germination of smut -- N. Jaitly, K. Wadhwam, R. Banerji, G. Misra and S. K. Nigam	75 - 76
Intraspecific nuclear DNA variation in Coleus forskohlii (Lamiaceae) -- J. R. Bahl and B. R. Tyagi	76 - 78
A fossil marine brown alga from the Gangapur Formation, Pranhita-Godavari Graben -- A. Rajanikanth	78 - 80
Pollen grains: A possible source of fungal infestation in seeds of Cedrus deodara Loudon -- Jyoti Saxena and N. S. K. Harsh	80 - 81
Cytological studies in Aponogeton satarensis Raghavan, Kulkarni and Yadav -- S. R. Yadav, G. B. Dixit and C. B. Salunkhe	81 - 83
Eudarluca caracis—A hyperparasitic fungus on Uredo sissoo -- M. Narayana Bhat, R. K. Hegde and P. C. Hiremath	83
Antibacterial activity of Nitzschia obtusa -- S. Manivasaham, R. Selvaraj, A. Purushothaman and A. Subramanian	83
Young axis of Cyclanthodendron from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India -- C. L. Verma and Uma Upadhyay	84 - 85
A case of polyhaploidy in Guayule: Parthenium argentatum Gray -- Prakash Narain	85 - 87
Additional DNA homology between Agrobacterium and Rhizobium -- L. R. Kashyap	87 - 90
Amanita porphyria—A new record for India -- R. S. Adhikari and S. S. Bora	90 - 91
Ammonia levels in the developing larval fat body of Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval -- K. V. Lazar and U. V. K. Mohamed	91
Occurrence of Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht and its pathogenicity on guava scale Chloropulvinaria psidii Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae) -- C. Gopalakrishnan and K. Narayanan	92 - 93
Cyclic nocturnal opening and abcission of Nyctanthes flowers with a note on visiting thrips species -- Usha Raizada and Anjali Nangia	93 - 96
Book Reviews	97 - 101
News	54
Announcements	68 , 96

February 5, 1989, No. 3
Articles
DNA probes for detection and identification of human parasites -- Arun K. Rishi and Donald P. McManus	103-111
Detection of β-oxalyl diamino propionic acid in callus cultures of Lathyms sativus -- S. Badri Narayan, D. P. Bhat, P. N. Bhat and A. R. Mehta	112-114
Underwater geomorphology as a function of the variations in ferromanganese nodule characters in the Indian Ocean -- R. Mukhopadhyay and G. Banerjee	115-119
Fiftyfourth Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held at Calcutta — Summaries of lectures delivered	120-132
Current Science—50 years ago	133
Short Communications
Non-faceted growth islands on solution-grown anthracene crystals -- P. B. V. Prasad	135-136
Induction of acidosis by acute oral exposure to insect repellent N,N-diethylphenylacetamide in rats -- S. S. Rao and S. S. Purkayastha	136-137
A new anthraquinone glycoside from the seeds of Peganum harmala Linn.- - M. L. Khubchandani and S. K. Srivastava	137-139
Competitive saprophytic survival of azotobacter chroococcum in black cotton soil -- M. Venkata Ramana Reddy and T. K. Ramachandra Reddy	139-140
Micropropagation of banana through shoot tip culture -- D. M. Laxmikanth and K. Nataraja	140-141
Hemolytic effect of Prosopis juliflora alkaloids -- A. Kandasamy, S. William and S. Govindasamy	142-144
Ribonuclease isozymes at early germination stages in leaf-rust-resistant isolines of wheat -- J. P. Sharma and H. S. Chawla	144-145
A new variety of Meliola carissae Doidge from India -- V. B. Hosagoudar	145-146
Entoloma hochstetteri (Agaricales): A new record for India -- S. Dhancholia	146-147
Occurrence of dry root rot of Carica papaya L. caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. in Tamil Nadu, India -- S. Mohan and P. Lakshmanan	147-149
Detection of Indian cassava mosaic virus by ELISA -- V. G. Malathi, A. Varma and B. Nambisan	149-150
A new leaf blight disease of groundnut caused by Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze. Fr) Wiltshire in Karnataka -- P. V. Patil and P. C. Hiremath	151
Salinity-induced changes in phenol and ascorbic acid content in groundnut ( Arachis hypogea) leaves -- V. M. Latha, V. N. Satakopan and H. Jayasree	151-152
Adventitious bud formation from leaf cultures of castor ( Ricinus communis L.) -- K. R. K. Reddy and Bir Bahadur	152-154
Isolation of newcastle disease virus (Avian paramyxovirus-1) from pigeons ( Columbia livia) in India -- Gurkirpal Singh, A. P. S. Mangat and B. S. Gill	154-155
Records of green lacewings preying on mealybugs in India -- A. Krishnamoorthy and M. Mani	155-156
Megasporogenesis in Cocos nucifera L.—A reinvestigation -- G. N. Reddy and A. R. Kulkarni	156-157
Influence of Precocene II on the metamorphosis of Chilo partellus Swinhoe -- S. Sabita Raja, Amarjit Kaur and S. S. Thakur	157-159
Book Reviews	160-163
News	119 , 134 , 163
Announcements	111 ,114

February 20, 1989, No. 4
Articles
Low temperature heat conductivity of polymers -- B. D. Indu	165-167
Archaean carbonate rocks (Carbonatites?) from Borra region in the Eastern Ghats mobile belt, India -- A.T. Rao	168-172
Phototrophic breakdown of solid cellulose from silk cotton to hydrogen and volatile fatty acids by Rhodospirillum rubrum -- T. M. Vatsala and C. V. Seshadri	173-175
Evaluation of protoclonal variation versus chemically induced mutagenesis in Brassica napus -- L. S. Mohan Jain and R. J. Newton	176-180
An account of tolerant plant species growing on coal mine wastes of Talcher, Orissa -- R. K. Sahu, Bandita Deo, U. C. Mallick and R. C. Maharana	181-183
Genetic transformation and regeneration of transgenic neem ( Azadirachta indica) plants using Agrobacterium tumefaciens -- N. S. Naina, P. K. Gupta and A. F. Mascarenhas	184-187
Short Communications
Vibrational spectra of Mg₂P₄ O₁₂ -- K. Viswanathan, V. U. Nayar and G. Aruldhas	188-189
A new one-step preparation of β-apopicropodophyllin from podophyllotoxin -- C. Anjanamurthy and S. Shashikanth	189-190
High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of certain phenols and phenolic acids from plants -- T. K. Annapurani	190-191
Interaction of tris (2-ethyl hexyl) trimellitate (HATCOL-200) cotton seed oil and normal saline with pentobarbital sodium — a prospective approach -- K. Rathinam and P. V. Vedanarayanan	191-192
A note on bismuth incidence in Narda Hill, Nim-ka-thana tahsil, District Sikar, Rajasthan -- D. J. Das Gupta	192-194
Effect of cadmium-zinc interaction on yield and cadmium and zinc content of maize ( Zea mays L.) -- U. S. Sadana and Bijay-Singh	194-196
Tyromyces subcaesius David, a new record from India -- Anjali Roy and A. Mitra	196-197
Evaluation of cotton germplasm for resistance to whitefly Bemisia tabad (Gennadius) -- A. P. Jayaswal and R. Pundarikakshudu	197-198
Growth and sporulation of millet leaf blast fungus Pyricularia penniseti : Role of polyamines -- S. C. Gaur, N. S. Shekhawat	198-200
Foliar nectaries in Erythrina stricta L.-- M. Johncy, R. B. Subramanian and J. A. Inamdar	200-201
Micropropagation in diploid Indian squill ( Urginea indica Kunth.) - - V. I. Somani, C. K. John, Shubhada Thengane and R. J. Thengane	201-204
Isolation of new cyanophage An-1 -- S. Radha, B. D. Kaushik and Y. S. Ahlawat	204-205
In vitro multiple plantlet regeneration in Knol Khol ( Brassica oleracea L. var. caulorapa ) -- Sangeeta Shukla and S. K. Mishra	205-207
Immobilized Sporotrichum thermophile products cellulase -- Alka Singh, Reeta Goel and B. N. Johri	207-209
Chromosomal variability in Chara corallina Wildenow, under culture conditions -- B. R. Chaudhary and Anjali Das	209-210
Studies on germination behaviour in rice treated with gamma rays -- K. Pavithran and B. Shobha	210-211
A new record of a pupal endoparasite, Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyritidae), of the uzi fly, a serious parasite of silkworm -- Pradip Kumar, O. K. Remadevi, B. D. Singh and M. S. Jolly	212
Effects of Tribulus terrestris Linn, on the development of potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella Z. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) - G. V. Prasad Reddy and K. C. Devaraj Urs	212-213
Occurrence of keratin and collagen in the inner lining of the oesophagus in the crab, Charybdis annulata (Fabricius) -- K. Shyamasundari, B. Trinadha Babu and K. Hanumantha Rao	213-215
Prolactin-dependent activation of mammalian sperm metabolism -- Y. Dhananjaya Reddy, J. Nageswara Rao, M. Prasad and S. Govindappa	215-217
Science News	218-219
Book Reviews	220-221
News	175
Announcements	167 , 183 , 221

March 5, 1989, No. 5
Articles
Exchange effects in electron scattering from solid atoms and vapour atoms -- K. N. Joshipura and S. Mohanan	223-224
Significance of the aquatic mosses in biogeochemistry -- E. A. V. Prasad, A. Naga Raju, G. Sankaranna and V. Raghu	225-227
Visualization of ATPases of Aspergillus nidulans on polyacrylamide gels by lead nitrate -- P. K. Jha and Umakant Sinha	228-230
Combination therapy of transplantable tumour in mice with cisplatin and glucose -- Suniti Sarna and R. K. Bhola	231-233
Cytoarchitecture of ecdysial gland/Y-organ of Charybdis annulata (Fabricius) (Crustacea: Brachyura) -- B. Trinadha Babu, K. Shyamasundari and K. Hanumantha Rao	234-237
Current Science—50 years ago	238-241
Short Communications
Time stratigraphic position of the Early Palaeolithic culture in the Siwaliks of northwest India based on fission-track age of the associated sediments -- B. C. Verma	242-244
Grade distributions in manganese nodules of Central Indian Ocean Basin -- M. Sudhakar	244-247
Isolation of strains of Arthrobacter oxydans incapable of steroid ring degradation -- R. K. Dutta, M. K. Roy and H. D. Singh	247-248
A new anthraquinone from the roots of Morinda citrifolia Linn.-- Kalpna Rusia and Santosh K. Srivastava	249
Lithiation of aromatic ethers with ultrasound: Some synthetic applications -- A. Banerji and S. K. Nayak	249-252
Induced shy mutant of lentil ( Lens culinaris Med.) -- R. P. Sinha	252-253
Inheritance of resistance to a gallmidge ( Oseolia oryzae ) in rice -- M. V. S. Sastry and Mangal Sain	253-254
Some interesting features of male meiosis in Chlorophytum tuberosum Baker -- C. K. John, V. J. Somani and R. J. Thengane	254-255
Somatic embryos in Asparagus cooperi Baker -- Biswajit Ghosh and Sumitra Sen	256-257
Organogenesis in anther-derived callus culture of cowpea [ Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] -- I. D. Arya and N. Chandra	257-259
Survival of Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) Butler and Bisby with urd bean ( Phaseolus mungo L.) seeds -- Raj Kumar, Y P. S. Rathi and A. N. Mukhopadhyay	259-260
Structure, ontogeny and secretion of oil secreting glands in Hiptage acuminata Wall. -- K. Arumugasamy, J. A. Inamdar and R. B. Subramanian	260-261
Detection of rice tungro virus disease -- K. E. A. Aiyanathan and P. Narayanasamy	262
Chemotaxonomy of Basellaceae -- P. S. Narayana and L. L. Narayana	262-264
Heparin from some bivalve molluscs -- S. T. Somasundaram, A. Dey, R. Manavalan and A. Subramanian	264
Antagonistic interactions of Ganodenna lucidum (Leyss.) Karst. against some soil microorganisms -- A. N. Shukla and Kamla Uniya	265-267
Report of Blepharipa zebina Walker (Tachinidae) as a serious pest of muga silkworm, Antheraea assama Westwood (Saturniidae) -- M. C. Goswami and A. Barah	267-268
Cytopathological changes in erythrocytes of the cat-fish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) exposed to textile-mill effluent -- A. G. Murugesan, Sm. P. Muthu and M. A. Haniffa	268-270
Demorphogenesis of mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) by the vapours of juvenile hormone analogues -- Gursharan Singh and H. S. Sidhu	270-272
A new record of spiders as predators of sorghum spidermite Oligonychus indicus (Hirst) (Acari: Tetranychidae) -- M. Manjunatha and Puttaswamy	272
Science News	273-275
Book Reviews	276-278
News	275
Announcements	272 , 278

March 20, 1989, No. 6
A star pulsating 2000 times a second! -- S. Ramaseshan	279
Articles
On the implications of the submillisecond pulsar in supernova 1987A -- D. Bhattacharya and G. Srinivasan	280-286
Synthesis of some sulphonamide derivatives of thiadiazines as possible hypoglycaemic agents -- R. N. Goyal and Sandhya Bhargava	287-291
Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of cobalt (II) with p-methylisonitro- soacetophenone -- V. D. Barhate and M. R. Patil	291-293
Climato-diatomological results from Baltal-Lower Karewa beds, Kashmir, India -- D. J. Mohan	294-300
Short Communications
Solvent dependence of the absorption and fluorescence spectra of 4-methyl-5, 7-diethoxy coumarin -- R. Giri, S. S. Rathi,V. V. S. Murti and M. K. Machwe	301-302
Occurrence of lupeol in Calotropis procera latex -- Radha Pant and Kshama Chaturvedi	302-303
Serenian-moerithere dichotomy: Some evidence from the Middle Eocene of Kachchh, Western India -- Sunil Bajpai, Suresh Srivastava and Asit Jolly	304-306
Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from pre-Indus civilization fireplace, Upper Indus Valley, Ladakh -- K. K. Sharma, G. Rajagopalan and V. M. Choubey	306-308
Callus growth and plantlet regeneration in some Indian cultivars of Sorghum -- L. George and S. Eapen	308-310
Occurrence of bisaccate playnomorphs in the Neyveli lignite -- D. E. P. Jeyasingh, D. Balasubramaniam and H. K. P. Devadoss	310-312
A new chromosome number report for Chara globularis var. leptosperma f. leptosperma -- Samit Ray and Probir Chatterjee	312-313
Induction of proline accumulation by gamma irradiations in bermuda grass [ Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] -- S. K. Sachdeva and P. K. Ahuja	313-315
Genetics of phenol colour reaction of seed coat in pearl millet [ Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke] -- Y Saideswara Rao, V. Manga and M. V. Subba Rao	315-317
Polystichum makinoi (Tag.) Tag. — A new record for India -- N. Punetha and B. S. Kholia	317-318
A new species of Asplenium L. (Aspleniaceae) from Javadi hills of North Arcot District, Tamil Nadu, India -- M. B. Viswanathan	318-319
A note on the occurrence of white plaster disease of cultivated mushrooms ( Agaricus bispoms) caused by Scopulariopsis Jimicola — A new fungus from India -- S. C. Bhardwaj, P. K. Seth and D. S. Guleria	320-321
Poly- β-hydroxybutyric acid content of Rhizobium strains in relation to growth -- A. K. Fodder, S. L Khan and A. A. Chowdhury	321
Genetic diversity among plantagos VI. Satellite associations in Plantago ovata Forsk. -- P. K. Sharma, A. Langer and A. K. Koul	321-323
A critical account on the first occurrence of Coelastrum compositum West from India -- L. Jose and R. J. Patel	323-324
Studies on the inheritance of trimoulters in the silkworm, Bombyx mori -- Ravindra Singh, J. Nagaraju and K. Vijayaraghavan	324-326
New record of hyperparasitoids on Campoletis chloridae Uchida and Eucelatoria bryani Sabroskwy parasitizing Heliothis armigera (Hubner) on tomato -- S. K. Jalali, S. P. Singh, P. Kumar and C. R. Ballal	326-327
Dissolved oxygen requirements of mayfly nymphs -- K. Venkataraman and S. Mathavan	327-328
A new species of the spider, genus Poecilochroa (Gnaphosidae) from India - - S. K. Patel	328-329
Science News	330
Book Reviews	331-333
Obituary -- S. Bhagavantam	334-336
News	286 , 290 , 293
Announcements	329

April 5, 1989, No. 7
Editorial	337-338
Protein crystallography in India S. Ramaseshan	344
Articles
Laser Raman spectroscopic evidence for the existence of oxoperoxotitanate(IV) in aqueous solution containing 'titanyl' moiety and the synthesis of an unusual peroxotitanate(IV) complex, potassium oxoperoxodichlorotitanate (IV) monohydrate, K₂[TiO(O₂Cl₂]. H₂O -- Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Bimalendu Das	339-343
Crystal structure of carbonic anhydrase II from erythrocyte of Indian buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis) -- Vinay Kumar, K. K. Kannan and R. Chidambaram	344-348
Enhancement of oleo-gum resin production in Commiphora wightii by improved tapping technique -- J. R. Bhatt, M. N. B. Nair and H. Y. Mohan Ram	349-357
Discovery of Albian nannoflora from type Dalmiapuram Formation, Cauvery Basin, India—Paleoceanographic remarks -- S. A. Jafar and Jyotsana Rai	358-363
Pattern of changes in the protein metabolism of rat ovary during implantation and anti- implantation -- R. Manohar Reddy, C. Changamma, P. Reddanna and S. Govindappa	364-367
Antigenicity of cellular and subcellular fractions of Leishmania donovani -- K. A. Obaid, S. Ahmad, H. M. Khan, R. Khanna and A. A. Mahdi	368-371
Current Science — 50 years ago	372-373
Short Communications
Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy of certain rare flavonoids -- A. G. Ramachandran Nair, S. Mohandoss and Bernard Voirin	374-375
Garlic extract inhibits accumulation of polyols and hydration in diabetic rat lens -- V. K. Srivastava and Z. Afaq	376-377
C-banding technique for kinetochore and heterochromatin differentiation in Nitella mirabilis (Div. Charophyta) -- S. K. Bhatnagar, Abha Verma and V. K. Singh	377-378
Heavy metal inhibition of in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth in Amaryllis vittata (AIT) -- I. S. Bhandal and Rajni Bala	379-380
Polygloidy and radiosensitivity in Solanum americanum Mill. and Solanum villosum Mill. -- V. S. Kothekar	380-381
Methyl isocyanate: A mutagen -- I. P. Singh and S. K. Roy	381-382
A new report on abnormally fast germinating seeds of Haloxylon spp.—An ecological adaptation to saline habitat -- Tej P. Sharma and D. N. Sen	382-385
Sorghum purpureosericeum (A. Rich) Aschers. and Schweif sub sp. Dimidiatum (Stapf) Garber: Occurrence, morphology and cytology -- K. E. Prasada Rao, Y. Saideswara Rao and M. H. Mengesha	385-386
Electron microscopic studies of Xanthomonas campestris pv. ricini (Yoshi and Takimoto) Dye -- S. L. Choudhary and B. P. Chakravarti	386-388
A detached leaf technique for maintenance and multiplication of Phytophthora infestans and evaluation of fungicides -- T. S. Thind, Chander Mohan, S. S. Sokhi and J. S. Bedi	388-389
A leaf mutant in gram ( Cicer arietinum L.) -- G. P. Mishra, P. Perraju and D. K. Mishra	389-390
Interactive effects of soil fertility and salt stress on the activities of certain enzymes of nitrogen metabolism in mustard -- P. C. Sharma, P. C. Mali, B. K. Garg, S. P. Vyas, S. Kathju and A. N. Lahiri	390-392
Short-term effect of urea on nitrogenase activity in Nostoc anthoceros -- Surendra Singh and R. Prakasham	392-393
Plantlet formation from callus cultures of cowpea ( Vigna sinensis L.) -- Punita Pandey and Y. K. Bansal	394-396
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus (Berk. & Br.) Pat., a new find in Orissa, India -- M. K. Das and M. P. Sinha	396-397
Effect of streptomycin on the morphology of cowpea Rhizobium -- Y. P. Dubey, R. P. Pareek and T. A. Singh	397-398
A new leaf spot disease of mulberry caused by Myrothecium roridum Tode Ex Fr. Govindaiah, K. Sengupta, D. D. Sharma, Gargi and V. Gunasekhar	398
Chromosomal studies in Culex minutissimus -- N. K. Tripathy, S. K. Chand and C. C. Das	398-400
Decontamination of sheep faeces infested with gastro-intestinal nematodes by gamma irradiation -- Hemaprasanth and R. L. Sharma	400-401
In vivo sister chromatid differentiation in an amphibian model—Application of reverse banding -- S. N. Banerjee and S. Chakrabarti	401-403
Book Reviews	404-406
News	403
Announcements	343 ,348 , 357 ,363 , 367

April 20, 1989, No. 8
Challenging areas in chemical sciences	407-416
Articles
Diminishing discharges of mountain springs in a part of Kumaun Himalaya -- K. S. Valdiya and S. K. Bartarya	417-426
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase: An update of its kinetics -- Nayeem Ullah Khan, Manzoor Ahmad Bhat and C. S. Vaidyanathan	427-430
Cell-mediated immune response to egg drop syndrome-76 (EDS-76) virus infection in chickens -- K. Umesh Kumar, S. K.rishnaswamy and T. Venkata Reddy	431-433
First report on production of supermale tilapia by integrating endocrine sex reversal with gynogenetic technique -- K. Varadaraj and T. J. Pandian	434-441
Short Communication
Laser-excited Raman spectrum and vibrational analysis of thiophosphoryl dibromo- fluoride -- S. Mohan, Feridoun Payami and R. Madivanane	442-444
Chemistry of lichen products, Part VII: Some new amide derivatives from the reaction of acid hydrazides with pulvinic dilactone -- P. S. Rao, K. Ramesh Raju and K. Raghava Raju	444-446
Record of inarticulate brachiopods from the arenaceous member of the Tal Formation, Garhwal Syncline, Lesser Himalaya, India -- V. K. Mathur and Ashutosh Joshi	446-448
Effect of acetohydroxamic acid and p -hydroxymercuribenzoate on urease activity of blue-green algae -- Surendra Singh	449-450
Histological studies of microsporogenesis and male gametophyte development in ambrette ( Abelmoschus moshatus Medic.) -- G. Vijaya, A. A. Farooqi, Shyamsundar Joshi and C. Nagarajaiah	450-452
Effect of gibberellic acid and glutathione and their interaction on floral development in Tridax procumbens L. -- B. Adinarayana and P. Gopala Rao	452-454
Humic acid induced reversal of retarding effect of morphactin in Eruca vesicaria (Linn.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell -- N. R. Singhvi and K. D. Sharma	454-456
Outbreak of Sclerotina white mould disease in India - R. B. Singh and J. M. Agrawat	456
Foliar applications of urea and zinc sulphate for fruit drop control in Kinnow mandarin -- O. P. Gupta, J. S. Jawanda and K. R. Gupta	456-457
On the association of rice tungro virus components with tungro disease -- R. K. Jain and M. D. Mishra	457-459
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal associations of castor and safflower -- T. Sulochana and C. Manoharachary	459-461
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal association in mulberry -- R. S. Katiyar, P. K. Das, P. C. Choudhury, A. Ghosh and K. Sengupta	461-464
An induced leaf differentiation mutant in Sesamum indicum L. -- B. R. Murty and F. Oropeza	464-466
Coccidoxenoides peregrina: A new parasitoid of Planococcus citri in India -- A. Krishnamoorthy and M. Mani	466
Encentridophorus similis (Acarina: Unionicolidae), an active predator of mosquito larvae -- R. Rajendran and R. S. Prasad	466-467
Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuili., a possible biocontrol agent against Mylloceros viridanus Fabr. and Calopepla leayana Latreille in south India -- K. V. Sankaran, K. Mohanadas and M. I. Mohamed Ali	467-469
Influence of methoprene on the male reproductive system of Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabacidae) -- Mariamma Jacob	469-471
Effect of penicillic acid on isolated frog heart -- Mohammed Nayeem, V. Pandiyan, K. Nanjappan and R. Ramamurthi	471-472
Aggregation of platelets by fish collagen: Effect of side chain acetylation -- D. Vijaya Ramesh, P. K. Sehgal and S. C. Dhar	473-474
Studies on culture pearl production from freshwater mussels -- K. Janaki Ram	474
News	416 , 426 , 441
Announcements	430 , 476

May 5, 1989, No. 9
Articles
A note on comparison of some estimators using auxiliary information in sample surveys- L. N. Sahoo and S. Mohanty	477-479
Determination of zero error of electro-optical distance measuring instruments-S. P. Roy	480-485
Problem of mass-movements in a part of Kumaun Himalaya -- K. S. Valdiya and S. K. Bartarya	486-491
Current Science — 50 years ago	492-493
Short Communications
Geothermometry of ultramafic rocks around Terakanambi, southern Karnataka -- N. Shadakshara Swamy and B. Manjunatha Reddy	494-495
A note on the crystallization of foot-and-mouth-disease virus -- N. Banumathi and B. U. Rao	495-496
Charophyta from Niniyur Formation, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu -- T. Triambak Nath	496-498
Biology and pathogenic potential of black spot trematodes in high altitude fishes of India -- Shampa Banerjee and Sandeep K. Malhotra	498-500
Isolation of chlamydia from cerebral tissue of buffalo calf -- Charan Kamal Singh, P. N. Dhingra and Narendra Kumar	500-502
A simple, rapid and reliable serological method for diagnosis of amoebiasis -- R. K. Agarwal and S. R. Das	502-503
Simple colorimetric estimation of Furosemide in dosage forms — Part I -- Pradeep Mishra, D. Katrolia and R. K. Agrawal	503-505
Nature of the apical cap in Trentepohlia -- G. N. Hariharan and K. V. Krishnamurthy	505
Ontogeny of foliar stomata and trichomes in mulberry (Morus L.) -- Tomy Philip, Govindaiah, K. Sengupta and N. Suryanarayana	506-508
Biochemical changes during post-harvest storage of button mushroom (Agaricus hisporus) -- R. D. Rai ana Sanjeev Saxena	508-510
Alkaloid production by the immobilized cells of Solarium xanthocarpum -- J. Subramani, P. N. Bhatt and A. R. Mehta	510-512
Aflatoxin contamination in seeds of medicinal value -- Vineeta Kumari, H. K. Chourasia and A. K. Roy	512-513
Leaf rot of oil palm -- G. Mathai, B. Balakrishnan and James Mathew	513-514
Two new leaf spot diseases from India caused by Alternaria -- S. S. Saini, Sudhesh Kumari and N. S. Atri	514-515
A new report of Rhizopus rot of groundnut from India -- R. B. Gaur, R. D. Singh and R. S. Rathore	515
Susceptibility of rice sheath blight pathogen to mycoparasites -- K. Manibhushanrao, S. Sreenivasaprasad, U. L Baby and Y. Joe	515-518
Effect of copper sulphate algicide on growth of and nitrogen fixation in Azolla pinnata -- K. Rajarathinam, M. Jayabalan and M. A. Padhya	518-519
Growth response and root colonization in cultivars of sesame to VAM fungi -- T. Sulochana, C. Manoharachary and P. Rama Rao	519-520
Seasonal activity of the teak defoliator Hyblaea puera Cramer (Lepidoptera: Hyblacidae) at ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh -- C. S. Pawar and V. S. Bhatnagar	521
Role of inorganic phosphate in phytoplankton cycle in beel ecosystem -- V. Kolekar, Y. S. Yadava, R. K. Singh and M. Choudhury	522-523
Productivity and biomass turnover rates for serai grasslands of Cherrapunji in northeastern India -- Subhash C. Ram and P. S. Ramakrishnan	523-525
Book Reviews	526-527
News	491 528-530
Announcements	485 , 493 , 525

May 20, 1989, No. 10
Biotechnology developments -- S. Varadarajan	531-533
Public policy implications of biotechnology for Asian agriculture -- K. R. Narayanan	534-536
Meeting Reports
First National Seminar on Molecular Plant Pathology -- K. Manibhushan Rao et al	536-538
A broad-based discussion on Indian science and technology journals -- Rajaram Nityananda	539-540
Articles
Hopping conduction in disordered polypeptide chains -- A. K. Bakhshi	541-550
Lactase activity: Effect of an inhibitor of adrenal steroidogenesis -- M. S. Murthy	551-553
Malathion-induced effects on growth and nitrogen metabolizing enzymes in germinating wheat -- P. K. Sengupta, A. Chakrabarti and S. K. Banerjee	554-556
Heavy metal pollution in Gomti river sediments around Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh -- S. Kumar	557-559
Short Communications
Vibrational spectra of aquatungsten (VI) oxide (WO₃.H₂O) Daizy Philip, G. Aruldhas and V. Ramakrishnan	560-561
Stereospecific synthesis of methyl/ t-butyl ( + )-l R-trans-2,2-dimethyl-3-(2- p - chlorophenyl-ethynyl)cyclopropanecarboxylates from ( + )-3-carene -- S. S. Bhosale and G. H. Kulkarni	561-562
Co-ordination complexes of diorganotin -- P. R. Shukla, Malvika Bhatt and Nihal Ahmad	562-564
Discovery of a tephra bed in the Quaternary alluvial sediments of Pune district (Maharashtra), Peninsular India -- Ravi Korisettar, T. R. Venkatesan, Sheila Mishra, S. N. Rajaguru, B. L K. Somayajulu, S. K. Tandon, V. D. Gogte, R. K. Ganjoo and V. S. Kale	564-567
Proteolytic activity of a thermophilic strain of Nocardia sp.-TP8 isolated from soil -- Ruby Dash, S. R. Biswas, A. K. Mishra and Geeta Nanda	567-569
Solubilization of Mussorie rock phosphate by cyanobacteria -- P. Roychoudhury and B. D. Kaushik	569-570
Isolation of phosphate solubilizers from different sources -- N. S. Darmwal, R. B. Singh and Raman Rai	570-571
Biosorption potency of heavy metals by some fungi -- S. Lokesha and R. K. Somashekar	571-573
Additions to the fungi of India -- N. Krishna Rao and C. Manoharachary	573-574
Report on soft rot of Duabanga grandiflora seedling (Roxb. ex DC) Walp. -- B. Datta and G. D. Sharma	574-575
Role of phenols in resistance to tomato leaf curl virus, fusarium wilt and fruit borer in Lycopersicon -- M. K. Banerjee and Kalloo	575-576
Detached spike technique for in vivo production of Neovossia indica sporidia -- S. S. Bains and H. S. Dhaliwal	576-578
Flowering-induced ageing in Butica monosperma -- Vijay Maheshwari, R. Bhardwaj and D. Sharma	578-580
Polyploidy and gene dosage effects on peroxidase activity in mulberry -- B. N. Susheelamma, M. Venkateswarlu, N. K. Dwivedi, A. K. Sikdar, N. Suryanarayana and K. Sengupta	580-581
Mutagenic effects of sodium azide on black gram (Phaseolus mungo L.) -- S. K. Mahna, Rekha Garg and M. Parvateesam	582-584
In vitro selection for salinity and regeneration of plants in rice -- K. Subhashini and G. M. Reddy	584-586
In vitro regeneration, field transfer of plantlets and growth to maturity of plants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench -- Vandana Sharma, S. L. Kothari and N. Chandra	586-588
Effect of aestivation on food utilization in the freshwater snail Pila globosa (Swainson) -- M. A. Haniffa	588-591
Fluorescence microscopic studies on RNA of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Drury) -- Madan Gupta	591-592
Book Reviews	593-596
Announcements	505, 553, 556, 559

June 5, 1989, No. 11
Comments
Materials issues in the so-called 'cold fusion' experiments -- R. Chidambaram and V. C. Sahni	597-598
Electrochemically induced cold fusion? — A commentary -- S. K. Rangarajan	598-599
Meeting Report
First Conference on Advances in Purification of Recombinant Proteins --Rajni Kaul	600-601
Articles
Angular overlap treatment of the electronic spectra of actinide complexes of tetragonal symmetry -- M. A. Makhyoun	602-605
Tissue culture of forest trees in India --A. F. Mascarenhas and E. M. Muralidharan	606-613
Production and inter-relationship of two types of secondary sporidia of Neovossia indica -- H. S. Dhaliwal and D. V. Singh	614-618
Current Science — 50 years ago	619-620
Short Communications
Proton magnetic resonance study of 2-(p-methoxyphenyl)thiazolidine -- K. S. Raju, S. Eswaramoorthy, R. Umarani and P. Rajalingam	621-622
A facile synthesis of 2, 8-disubstituted 4,6-dioxo-4 H,6H-benzo[l,2-b:5,4-b']dipyrans and their antifeedant activity -- S. Purushotham Reddy, D. Ashok and P. N. Sarma	622-624
Esterification with hydrogen fluoride -- Tariq Umer Qazi	624-625
Leptomeryx, an Oligocene artiodactyl from the Lower Murree of Sial Sui (Kalakot tehsil), district Rajauri, Jammu and Kashmir -- Sunil Kumar Mehta and Asit Jolly	625-627
A new record of edible Amanita from India -- R. P. Bhatt and T. N. Lakhanpal	627-628
Peacock spot of olives in India -- B. L. Puttoo and S. K. Wattal	628-629
Pollination studies in Santalum album L.-- H. C. Sindhuveerendra and M. Sujatha	629-630
Increased mycorrhizal colonization in gamma ray-induced greengram micromutants -- K. Ammani, G. Rosaiah, A. S. Rao, A. Satyanarayana and P. Seenaiah	630-631
In the physiology of fern gametophyte preceding sex organ initiation -- Shila Roy and Anita Choudhury	631-633
Effect of certain chemicals on the in vivo status of the endosymbiont Anabaena azollae in Azolla pinnata R. Br. -- P. Malliga and G. Subramanian	634-635
Effect of cycloheximide on metabolism of pyrimidines in cotyledons of germinating black gram seedlings -- H. Ashihara and Y Kameyama	635-637
Morphogenetic studies in androgenic callus of Solanum melongena L. -- Neelam R. Yadav, T. M. Varghese and D. R. Sharma	637-639
Virus particles in chloroplast preparations from infected leaves of Nicotiana tabacum -- G. P. Rao and K. Shukla	639-640
A rapid technique for obtaining leaf prints for stomatal count with Fevicol -- K. A. Nayeem and D. G. Dalvi	640-641
New technique to culture Neovossia indica on yeast potato dextrose agar -- S. S. Aujla, Chander Mohan and Satvinder Kaur	641-642
Occurrence of Sabellaria simplex Day colonies in Ratnagiri and observations on tube building behaviour in captivity -- U. D. Gaikwad	642-643
A note on the infestation pattern and parasitism of Melanagromyza hibisci on okra -- Clement Peter and V. Govindarajulu	643-644
Record of Blepyrus insularis (Cam.) on Ferrisia virgata (Ckll.) in India -- M. Mani and A. Krishnamoorthy	644-645
Spermatogenesis during ontogeny in the black-headed caterpillar Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera: Xylorytinae) -- P. B. Santhosh Babu and V. K. K. Prabhu	645-646
Enhancement of biogas production using algae -- S. Ramamoorthy and N. Sulochana	646-647
Immobilization of extracellular lipase produced by Aspergillus japonicus in response to plant latex -- K. A. Fora, Lakshmi Vasudeva, Smita Bhandare and V. V. Modi	647-650
Book Reviews	651-653
Announcements	605 , 613 , 650 , 653

June 20, 1989, No. 12
Articles
Some reactions of sultones - S. Yassin, I. I. Ismail, A. H. Abd El-Aleem and A. Attia	655-658
Fine structure of conidia in two pathogenic species of Pestalotiopsis -- D. K. Purohit and G. C. Chawla	659-665
Studies on ATP : Phosphofructokinase in ripening mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit -- Rajiv Kumar and Y Selvaraj	666-668
Oscillation in Nitella cell membrane potential and its effect on cytoplasmic streaming -- A. K. Singh and M. Amin	669-672
Opinion
Are scientists profligate? -- G.Venkataraman	673-674
Short Communications
A macroscopic impulse theorem -- C. G. Jesudason	675-677
Influence of hydrogen diffusion on the resistivity of cold-worked nickel wires -- A. C. Gupta and A. N. Nigam	677-679
Characterization of the polymeric complex of Sn(II) with tetrathiazyl dihydrofluoride by IR, UV and EPR spectroscopy -- H. K. Sharma	679-680
Benthic foraminifera as bathymetric indicators -- T. Yeruku Naidu, S. Kamalakaram and M. Subba Rao	680-681
Sheath blight of ragi -- Lulu Das and V. K. Girija	681-682
Leaf streak (C. O. Pestalotiopsis royenae ) — A new disease of large cardamom from Sikkim -- L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma	682-683
New record of fungal pathogen Aspergillus flavus Link on mulberry silkworm -- Bombyx mori L. from India -- C. S. Patil	683
Development of endosperm in Rochelia stylaris Boiss --. B. Hanumantha Rao and P. S. Prakasa Rao	684-685
SEM study of corolla tube and pollen grains of Nyctanthes arbor-tritis L. L. C. Lamba and Anita Gupta	685-686
Sugar phosphates and uridine nucleotides in developing grains of low and high starch barley genotypes -- Sushil Kumar and V. L P. Batra	686-687
Occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of Morus alba L.-- D. Rajagopal, S. S. Madhavendra and Kaiser Jamil	687-689
Fine structure analysis of the glutinous locus in rice -- A. K. Sarala and G. M. Reddy	689-690
Early-maturing mutants in groundnut cultivar Phule-Pragati (JL-24) -- Chandra Mouli and D. M. Kale	690-692
In vitro plant regeneration potential from callus cultures of grain sorghum -- A. M. Rao and P. B. Kavi Kishor	692-693
Changes in the activities of some hydrolases and oxidoreductases in lAA-treated hypocotyl cuttings of Phaseolus vulgaris L. during adventitious root initiation and development -- A. Kumar and R. K. Kakkar	694-696
Enhanced cerium concentration in magnesium-deficient plants -- R. Renuka Nair, Prabha Nini Gupta, M. S. Valiathan, C. C. Kartha, John T. Eapen and N. G. Nair	696-697
Experimental control of phialide type in Chalara -- M. S. S. Mohan and R. N. Swamy	698-700
Harvest time residues of monocrotophos and fenitrthion in/on pigeonpea -- S. P. Singh and S. F. Hameed	700-701
Present status of the potato cyst nematodes in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu -- S. Subramaniyan, P. Balasubramanian, Rajeswari Sundarababu, T. G. Naganathan, PL. Lakshmanan, G. Rajendran, C. V. Sivakumar and S. Vadivel	701-702
Rare occurrence of Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854, inside the Cock's comb oyster, Crassostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) -- R. Kasinathan, P. Madeswaran and G. A. Thivakaran	702-704
Role of Herold's organ in Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) -- A. Mini and V. K. K. Prabhu	704-706
Occurrence of autosomal monosomic female black rat from a radioactive area —A cytogenetic sport -- G. Mohapatra and B. B. Parida	706-707
A case of furunculosis in laboratory-reared Lates calcarifer -- S. C. Mukherjee, M. Peer Mohamed and S. V. Alavandi	707-709
Enzymatic differentiation of Azotobacter and Azomonas -- S. C. Jana, P. K. Chakrabartty and A. K. Mishra	709-710
Viscometric studies on the effect of near-UV light irradiation on DNA in presence of chlorpromazine -- Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and R. K. Poddar	710-712
In vitro studies on the effect of cadmium on goat eye lens -- V. K. Srivastava, D. C. Pandey and N. Varshney	712-713
Book Reviews	714-715
Announcements	658 , 665 , 672 , 715