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    Current Science-Volume 58
 
     
 

Contents

July 5,1989. 13

Articles

Application of Shannon-Wiener index as a measure of pollution of river Ganga at Patna, Bihar, India - V. G. Jhingran, S. H. Ahmad and A. K. Singh

717-720

Effect of exogenous 17β-estradiol on gonadal photostimulation in house sparrow, Passer domesticus (Linn.) - P. D. Tewary and G. Ravikumar         

721-723
Computer simulation of the interaction of prostaglandins PGF2α and PGB1  with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine - Purnima Tiku and V. Kothekar 724-732
Current Science — 50 years ago 733-734
News — Metallic hydrogen (?) 734
Views and Opinions — Guidelines for investigators in scientific research 735-736
Short Communications  
Axially symmetric vacuum solutions of the bimetric relativity theory - G. S. Khadekar and T. M. Karade    737-738
13C NMR and new kinetic evidence for steric enhancement of resonance - V.Baliah, B. Theymoli and A. Mangalamudaiyar 738-739
Isonitrosothiocamphor as a spectrophotometric reagent for platinum - P. K. Paria, T. K. Thokdar and S. K. Majumdar 739-740
Chemical analysis of Calotropis procera latex - Radha Pant and Kshama Chaturvedi 740-742
Garnet content in the beach sands of Gopalpur (Bay of Bengal) - B. K. Sahu, D. K. Sahu and S. N. Padhy 742-743
A report on the occurrence of microvertebrates in the Subathu Formation (Montian-Early Lutetian) near Nilkanth, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh, India - Kishor Kumar 743-746
Echinocatena arthrinioides Campbell — A new generic record for India - K. K. Soni, Jamaluddin and R. C. Rajak 746-747
A new leaf spot on Trichosanthes anguina L. caused by Phaeotrichoconis crotalariae (Salam and Rao) Subram - A. Venkata Rao, M. Nagaiyan and K. Balasubramanian 747
Pythium intermedium causing root rot of Oraxylurn indicum in Kerala— A new Indian record - M. I. Mohamed Ali and N. G. Nair 747-748
Record of Mimela xanthorrhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), as a new pest of cardamom Elettaria cardamomum Maton - A. K. Chakravarthy, M. R. Sudarshan, N. E. Thyagaraj and D. Rajagopal 748-750
Rooting of excised leaves of grain legume crops - K. S. Reddy, S. E. Pawar and C. R. Bhatia 750-751
Growth analysis in Siratro as influenced by gibberellic acid and boron treatments - Rajeev Tiwari and R. B. R. Yadava    751-752
Response of different rice cultivars to Azospirillum inoculation - G. Gopalaswamy and P. Vidhyasekaran 752-754
Alterations in amino acid balance in rice mutants - M. L. H. Kaul and Neelangini 754-755
Cytomixis in PMCs of Saccharum spontaneum L. - C. B. Singh, J. Datta Munshi and S. P. Sinha 755-757
On the occurrence of a new hexaploid cytotype of Coix lacryma-jobi Linn, from north-east India - J. Christopher and Benny Jacob 757-758
Differential radiation sensitivity in moth bean - V. S. Kothekar 758-760
Neuroendocrine control of protein and amino acids in the tissues of freshwater crab, Barytelphusa guerini (H. Milne Edwards) (Decapoda, Potamidea) - M. S. Gangotri, S. A. T. Venkatachari and N. Vasantha 760-762

A report on the presence of various pathogenic microbes in a wild population of Bihar hairy caterpillar, Diocrisia obliqua - S. D. Sharma, M. Balavenkata-subbaiah and M. Baig

762-763
Serum lipid profiles in cryptorchid albino rats - C. Changamma, J. Nageswara Rao, P. Geervani and S. Govindappa 763-764
Nitrate reductase from the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria laetevirens (Crouan) Gom.- B. J. Mehta and V. D. Chauhan 765-766
Metabolic resistance to methyl parathion toxicity in a bivalve, Lamellidens marginalis - C. Ravi Shankara, N. S. Ashok Babu, K. Indira and W. Rajendra 766-769
In vitro digestibility of cashew kernel protein - K. V. Nagaraja 769-771
Announcements 771
A Letter — The Adyar Banyan 772
Book Reviews  772-775
   

July 20,1989. 14

Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister—A brief overview - P. J. Lavakare

777-781
Correspondence—Science and audit, Earlier work of M. Fleischmann 782-783
Announcements 783
Articles
Some physicochemical studies on organic eutectics and 1:2 addition compounds: P-phenylenediamine-α-naphthol and P-phenylenediamine-β-naphthol systems - U. S. Rai and K. D. Mandal 784-787
News 787
Effect of Chlorella density and temperature on somatic growth and age at maturity of the rotifer Brachionus patulus (Muller) (Rotifera) - S. S. S. Sarma

788-791

Short Communications  
Dipole moments of some arylmercuric chlorides—valence angle of mercury -   V. Baliah, P. Subbarayan and M. Uma 792-793
Intensity variation of X-ray reflections in sintered materials -  K. M. R. Achari and R. B. Ramachander 793-795
A new apparatus for the determination of gel strength of phycocolloids -  V. Vyjayanthi and R. Rengasamy  795-796
Photochromic activity of 4-hydroxybenzylidenesalicyioylhydrazine - M. S. M. Rawat, S. Mai and G. Pant 796-797
Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of iron in steels and haematite ore using thiocyanate and chlorpromazine - P. G. Ramappa and S. Manjappa 797-798
A  rapid  spectrophotometric   method   for   the   determination   of vanadium (V)  in sedimentary rocks - Rajendra Sharma 799-800
A note on the radioactive intraformational conglomerate in Pakhal beds near Bangaru-chilka, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh - Yamuna Singh, S. D. Rai and T. M. Ramachar 800-801
Microporellus Murr. (Polyporaceae) : a new generic record from India - Suninder S. Virdi  801-802
Farinose spot of French bean—a new disease - L. S. Srivastava and D. K. Gupta 802
A mosaic disease of sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) — a new record - A. Singh, R. Singh and S. Shaigan 802-803
Scanning electron microscopic studies on hilum structures in black and green grams - M. Iqbal A. Khan and M. A. Rizwi 803-804
Mechanism of leaf rolling in rice - G. Singh and T. N. Singh 804-806
Residual mercury accumulation in exposed mulberry plants - A. Mohapatra, P. K. Das and A. K. Panigrahi 806-807
Inhibition of photosynthesis in leaf discs by herbicides - P. Basuchaudhuri 807-808
Genetic variation at alcohol dehydrogenase locus in some drosophilids - Ravi Parkash, Jyoutsna, J. P. Yadav and Manju Sharma 808-811
Plantlet regeneration from hypocotyl tissue of Strychnos nuxvomica Linn. - Anjani Kumar and S. K. Datta 812-813
Association of geminivirus-like particles with yellow mosaic disease of Dolichos lablab L. - S. K. Raj, M. Aslam, K. M. Srivastava and B. P. Singh 813-815
Microbial conversion of murrayanine to mukoeic acid - P. Bhattacharyya, N. C. Mandal and P. K. Chakrabartty 815-816
Acetylene reduction activity of some blue-green algae - Surendra Singh 816-817
Tropane alkaloids from Lycium barbarum Linn., in vivo and in vitro - M. L. Harsh 817-818
Preliminary report on cardiac depressant effect of Hemidiscus hardmannianus (Bacilla-riophyceae) - S. Babuji, R. Manavalan and A. Subramanian 818-820
Modulation of protective effects of vitamin C in aflatoxicoses - K. S. Bilgrami, S. P. Sinha and K. S. Ranjan 820-821
Parasites of uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae): a new record - Pradip Kumar, Anand Kumar, M. K. R. Noamani and K. Sengupta 821-822
Effect of the essential oil from the gum oleoresin of Boswellia serrata Roxb. on the gonads of male Dysdercus similis F. - D. Raghunatha Rao and Amarjit Kaur 822-824
Sib mating and reproductive strategy of Gryon sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) - R. Velayudhan and R. Senrayan 824-826
Erratum 826
Book Reviews 827-831
Announcements 832
   

August 5,1989. 15

Comment—Cold fusion: Is there a solid state effect? - N. Kumar

833-835

Correspondence—Science and audit  

836

Articles
Carrier density fluctuations in single-injection solid state diodes with traps lying below the Fermi level - G. Kumar, Y. K. Sharma and A. V. Nagayach    837-838
Discovery of pre-trilobite small shelly fossils and the position of Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Tethyan sequence of northwestern Kashmir - Meera Tiwari 839-843
Callus culturing, its maintenance and cytological variations in Trigonella foenum-graecum L. - Malka Azam and Amal K. Biswas   844-847
Announcements 847
Cytogenetic monitoring of occupationally radio-exposed workers in a rare-earth plant - B. B. Parida and G. Mohapatra 848-850
Announcements 850
Current Science - 50 years ago 851-853
Short Communications
Weak gamma rays of 75As - Shashi Prabha and R. K. Mishra 854-855
Two undescribed fungi on orchids  - V. G. Rao and B. R. Dayakar Yadav 855-856
Cultivation trials of Pleurotus opuntiae (Dur. and Lev.) Sacc. - D. Bahukhandi, R. L Munjal and J. N. Kapoor 856-857
Phyllody of Tephrosia coccinea Wall. (Fabaceae) - V. N. Naik 857-859
Localization of urease in Anabaena doliolum - Surendra Singh and Ashwani Kumar Rai  859-860
Sensitization  of Aspergillus parasiticus  spores  to  gamma  radiation  in  presence   of hydrogen peroxide - Umesh D. Patel and Prafulla J. Dave    860-861
Effect of different media on the morphology and cultural characteristics of Candida albicans - M. K. Rai 861-863
Impact of different liquid media on amylase production by seed moulds of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) - S. P. Gambhir and D. N. Khairnar 863-864
Physiological basis for the inhibition of nitrogenase activity in water-stressed cowpea - (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) - B. Venkateswarlu, M. Maheswari and Neelam Saharan 864-867
Effect of Stik on sprouting in the stem cuttings of Pyrus pashia Buch. - Ham. ex D. Don - S. P. Sharma and A. K. Badoni 867-869
New evidence on the phylogeny of basic chromosome number in Pennisetum - Y. Saideswara Rao, S. Appa Rao and Melak H. Mengesha 869-871
Induced complex translocation heterozygosity in chilli - R. K. Raghuvanshi, Subodh Kumar, Anita Saxena and Dalbir Singh 871-872
Tissue culture studies on desert plants: I. Cenchrus ciliaris cv. 75 - A. Sankhla and N. Sankhla  872-874
Recovery of rare interspecific hybrids of gram Cicer arietinum x C. cuneatum L. through tissue culture  - R. P. Singh and B. D. Singh 874-876
In vitro mass-scale propagation of Rosa hybrida cv. Landora - G. R. Rout, B. K. Debata and P. Das 876-878
Diabetogenic nature of ochratoxin A - S. Subramanian, N. Balasubramanian and S. Govindasamy 878-880
Chromosomal studies in Fulvia mutica (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Japan - Usna Goswami   880-882
Rapid detection of aflatoxin by pressure mini-column technique: A collaborative trial - R. B. Sashidhar, R. V. Bhat and S. Vasanthi 882-885
Isolation and characterization of several soil phages that lyse Bacillus brevis - Mukesh Verma 885-887
Plasmid-encoded production of hydrocarbon-solubilizing factor by Pseudomonas PG-I - Swaranjit S. Cameotra and H. D. Singh 887-889
Biosynthesis of pyrimidines during germination of black gram seeds: Changes in the levels of participant enzymes - H. Ashihara and Y. Kamtyama 889-891
Stability   of indomethacin   to   conditions  of enzymatic   release  from   tissue—some interesting aspects - V. Shankar, C. Damodaran and P. Chandra Sekharan 891-892
Announcements 892
Book Reviews  893-894
   

August 20,1989. 16

News  
More facilities for university research 895
Restriction enzymes to be made in India 895
Twenty-five years of radio astronomy at TIFR 895-896
Announcements 896
Meeting Report  
IAU/URSI symposium on radio astronomical seeing 897-898
Articles
Metal complexes of 6-methoxy-2-benzothiazolamine - A. I. P. Sinha, Poonam Agarwal and S. P. Tewari 899-903
Announcements 903
Influence of anions on the activity of pig pancreatic alpha-amylase - V. H. Mulimani and M. Gopal 904-906
Announcements 906
Autosomal dosage compensation in interspecific hybrids of Drosophila: Transcriptional actiyity in diploid and triploid hybrids - Asish K. Ghosh, Mita Ghosh and A. S. Mukherjee 907-911
Short Communications
Precipitation of MgO by a 'bio-method' - M. N. Bapat and S. Sivaraman 912
Vertical distribution of spectra of heat and momentum fluxes over east and west coasts of  India during MONEX-1979 - U. S. Singh, R. K. Singh and R. S. Singh 912-915
EPR  spectroscopic studies of calcic-plagioclases from the Archaean anorthosites of Holenarasipur, Karnataka Craton, South India - G. V. Anantha Iyer and S. N. Gananath 915-917
A New species of Scytalidium from India - K. K. Soni, Jamaluddin and R. C. Rajak 917-918
Occurrence of water-borne conidial fungi on Pinus roxburghii needles - S. C. Sati, G. S. Mer and N. Tiwari 918
A new host record for Alternaria ahernata (Fr.) Keissler and its toxigenic potential - M. Vijayalakshmi and A. S. Rao 919
An unrecorded post-harvest disease of apple in Kumaun hills - B. L Verma 919-920
Control of citrus greening disease in India - Y. S. Ahlawat, M. M. Payak and M. J. Thirumalackar 921-922
Natural autofluorescence in oospores of Peronosclerospora sorghi and their viability - P. S. Bhavanishankara Gowda, S. Shankara Bhat, N. S. Devaki and K. R. Manjunatha      922-924
In vitro growth of some fungi isolated from wheat phylloplane in relation to SO2 treatment - A. K. Singh and Bharat Rai 924-925
A new record of dipioid cytotype of Schizandra grandiflora Hook. f. & Thoms, from India - P. S. Sandhu, Late S. K. Mann and Manju Kapil 925-926
Plant regeneration from polyethyleneglycol adapted callus of rice - G. Siddeswar and P. B. Kavi Kishor 926-928
Protection of mung bean seedlings against heat shock by a substituted phthalimide - Ranjit K. Basra, Amarjit S. Basra and C. P. Malik 928-929
Colorimetric method for the estimation of p-Coumaric acid from the bark of Oroxylum indicum Vent - R. V. Gaitonde and S. P. Sapre 929-930
New host records of the bruchid Sulcobruchus kingsolveri Arora and the parasite Oedaule  stringifrons Waterson from India - B. R. Verma 930
Aphis gossypii Glover, an insect vector of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) mottle virus—a new record - R. Singh and A. Singh 931
Occurrence  of Beauveria   bassiana  (Balsamo)  Vuill.  on sapling  borer Sahyadrassus  malabaricus Moore (Lepidoptera: Hepalidac) in Kerala, India -  M. L. Mohamed Ati and George Mathew 931-932
Mating disruption through behavioural manipulation of Spodoptera litura Fabricius - M. S. Venkateswara Rao, K. M. Azam and Khalid Ahmed 933-935
Beneficial effects of aspirin in cyanate-induced hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia in rat eye lens - V. K. Srivastava and N. Chaturvedi 935-936
Precipitation reactions of lectins with serum samples of patients with various malignant  disorders - Suraksha Agrawal 936-937
Book Reviews 938
The Scientific Community  939-942
   

SEPTEMBER 5,1989. 17

 
News  
Science journalism to get impetus 943
Journal costs cause worry 943
Correspondence  
Premature failure in Ni-Cd batteries 944-945
Publishing codes 945
Comment  
Protein crystallography and the structure of insulin 946-947
Policy on Indian editions of foreign S & T periodicals 948-950
Current Science — 50 years ago 951-952
Articles
On the lifetime of low mass X-ray binaries - G. Srinivasan and D. Bhattacharya 953-954
Polarographic and cyclic voltammetric reduction of o-chlorobenzaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone - P. Raveendra Reddy and S. Brahmaji Rao

955-957

Thiosemicarbazones as analytical reagents: A selective spectrophotometric determination on palladium - R. Palaniappan 958-961
Announcements 961
Short Communications
Monsoonal microtremors at Kottuli, Calicut - P. T. Roy Chacko 962
Sulphide mineralization around Ambadungar, Baroda District, Gujarat - Rajesh K. Srivastava and S. G. Karkare 962-964
Spectrophotometric determination  of micro  quantities of gold   with   cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide in, presence of iodide - K. Paria, T. K. Thokdar and S. K. Majumdar  964-966
Photo-sensitized    oxidation    of   6,7,8,9,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepin-3-oxide (endosulfan) by singlet oxygen - V. K. Vaidya , R. L. Pitliya , H. S Sharma and Suresh C. Ameta

966-967

Synthesis of some 2-amino-3-cyano-4,6-disubstituted pyridine derivatives and their antibacterial activity - L. Prakash, Shaihla, Seema Malik and R. L. Mital 967-970
A new species of Chrysosporium - R. K. S. Kushwaha and J. N. Shrivastava  970-971
Large cardamom— A new host for Pestalotiopsis versicolor (Speg.) Steyaert - L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma 971-972
Transmission of Rhizoctonia solani (Kuhn) in seeds of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) - Saad Shama 972-974
Selection for red rot resistance in sugarcane - S. S. Gill, S. Pandey and B. K. Tripathi 974-975
Role of surface wax of chilli fruits in inducing resistance to fruit rot pathogens Colletotrichum capsici and Helminthosporium rostratum - V. Prakasam and R. Jeyarajan 976-977
Mangiferine-induced chromosome aberration in root-tip cells of Solanum incanum L. - G. Kumar  977-979
Tallus initiation and regeneration potential in different genotypes of Eruca sativa - Surya-Parkash, J. B. Chowdhwry and R. K. Jain 979-980
Thin-layer chromatography on cellulose - Jayaprakasam and R. Sivakumar   980-982
Estimation of quercetin in the leaves of Maesa indica Wall by a new colorimetric method -  K. K. Gaitonde and P. L. Naik 982-983
Cation exchange capacity of soil and adsorption of Azospirillum to soil particles - K. Govindarajan and D. Purushothaman 983-984
Multiple xanthine dehydrogenase isozymes in the exotic carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cyprinidae: Pisces) - B . K. Padhi and A. R. Khuda-Bukhsh  984-986
Studies on electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins of the toad Bufo andersonii - Meera Srivastava, P. Ahluwalia and M. L. Gupta  986-987
Radiomodifying effect of camphor as revealed by sister chromatid exchange - H. C. Goel , Surendra Singh and S. P. Singh 987-989
A novel method for cloning chromosomal DNA in Haemophilus influenzae Rd - E. B. Somiwala and N. K. Notani 989-991
Transfer of saline tolerance from one strain of rice to another by injection of DNA - K. S. Prakash and J. D. Padayatty 991-993
Book Reviews 994-995
The Scientific Community 996
   

SEPTEMBER 20,1989. 18

Editorial 997
Science News  
Discovery of asteroid number 4130 998
Cold fusion results from BARC 999
Correspondence  
SAC-PM 1000
Science and audit 1001-1002
Announcements 1002
Meeting Reports  
XII AIRAPT High Pressure Conference 1003-1004
II International Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Technology 1004
Opinion  
Problems of scientific publications 1005-1007
Articles
The isolation and expression of pollen-expressed genes - Joseph P. Mascarenhas 1008-1015
Announcements 1015
Epoxidation of chalcones with t-butyl hydroperoxide in presence of an iron(III) Schiff base complex - D. R. Gupta, Kamaluddin and Shobha Naithani 1016-1018
Electron donor-acceptor complexes of phenothiazine with iodine - B. N. Achar and M. V. Krishnaswamy        1019-1022
Short Communications
Examples of shell predation by predatory gastropods and parasites in the Middle Eocene rocks of Kutch, Gujarat - S. J. Patel and D. M. Shringarpure 1023-1024
Orthohydroxyacetophenone  thiosemicarbazone  as  a new  analytical  reagent  for  the spectrophotometric determination of copper - G. V. Ramana Murthy and T. Sreenivasulu Reddy 1024-1026
Synthesis and structural studies on the complex of copper(II) with N-(p-tolyl)-N'-benzoylthiocarbamide - B. P. Yadava 1026-1028
Heterocyclic systems containing bridgehead nitrogen atom : Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of p-bis(s-triazolo [3,4-b] [1,3,4]thiadiazin-3-yl) phenylene and p-bis (s-triazolo [3,4-b] [1,3,4]thiadiazol-3-yl)phenylene - Jag Mohan, G. S. R. Anjaneyulu and Pratima Verma      1028-1030
Synthesis and characterization of some new 3-acetyl-4-aryl-2-pyrazolines - G. V. Subba Raju and Kotha S. Rao 1030-1033
Two nannandrous species of Oedogonium Link, new to Indian algal flora - H. M. Shukla, Iqbal Habib, U. C. Pandey and G. L. Tiwari 1033-1034
Leaf anatomy of midribless mutants in pearl millet - S. Appa Rao, M. H. Mengesha, Y. Saideswara Rao and C. Rajagopal Reddy  1034-1036
New report of wilt disease of brinjal in India - V. K. Mandhare, S. K. Ruikar and B. K. Konde 1036-1037
Peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities in sorghum and Peronosclerospora sorghi interaction - P. S. Bhavanishankara Gowda, S. G. Bhat and S. Shankara Bhat 1037-1039
Record of the genus Krugeria (Tenuipalpidae, Acari) from India - B. Mallik, M. Harish Kumar, N. Srinivas and H. P. Prabhuswamy 1039
Some histochemical studies on the neurosecretory cells in the eyestalk of the crab Potamon magnum magnum (Pjetzman) - L. J. Rashan, N. S. Gorgees and T. F. Al-Azawi   1039-1041
Lactate dehydrogenase in the grass crap Ctenopharyngodon idella (Pisces) -  B. K. Padhi and A. R. Khuda-Bukhsh 1041-1044
Aeromonas hydrophila septicaemia of Indian major carps irksome commercial fish farms of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh - Indrani Karunasagar, G. M. Rosalind, Iddya Karunasagar and K. Gopal Rao        1044-1045
Physiological effect of malathion on the brain of Sarotherodon mossambicus - S. Agarwal and N. Balakrishnan Nair 1046-1047
Accumulation  of proline  and  poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in  high  temperature-resistant strains of Azospirillum - D. Purushothaman and K. Vijila

1047-1048

In vitro effects of three organophosphorus insecticides on kinetic constants of acetyl-cholinesterase in a freshwater teleost, Claries batrachus (Linn.) - L. V. Joyce Shobha Rani and C. Janaiah

1048-1051

Announcements 1051
Book Reviews 1052-1054
The Scientific Community 1055-1056
Announcements 1057-1058
   

October 5,1989.19

Comment
Cold fusion produces more tritium than neutrons 1059-1062
Opinion  
Japanese inroads into European industry 1063
Current Science — 50 years ago  
The scope and limitations of physical anthropology 1064-1065
The coconut palm  beetle 1065-1066
Announcements 1066
Articles
Crystal  structure  and  five-fold   diffraction  symmetry   of the   aluminium-manganese icosahedral phase: A reappraisal - T. R. Anantharaman    1067-1075
Fractional voting system: A voting system to circumvent Arrow's Paradox - K. K. Nambiar 1076-1081
Announcements 1081
Mechanism of Ru(III) catalysis in acid bromate oxidation of some glycols: A kinetic study - Bharat Singh, Amrita Rat an and Deepika Singh 1082-1084
Short Communications
Superconductive behaviour of Ba2Y0.5La0.5Cu3O7-δ - S. Mohan, T. Radjakoumar and K. G. Ravikumar 1085-1086
Why has Uranus toppled over? - R. K. Kochhar   1086-1088
Bedding plane fault in the Kaladgi rocks, Basidoni, Belgaum district, Karnataka State - N. W. Gokhale and G. S. Pujar  1088-1089
Reaction of dibenzoylmethane with formaldehyde: A revised structure for the product - G. V. Subba Raju 1089-1090
Condensation Products of β-phenylpropionic acid with commercial PPA -  Rana Pratap Singh, Balbhadra Prasad Singh and Jagdish N. Srivastava    1090-1091
A single-step synthesis of 5- and 7-substituted 2-(p-bromobenzoyl)-3-methyl-4H-1,4-benzothiazines - D. D. Bhatnagar, K. K. Gupta, Vandana Gupta and R. R. Gupta   1091-1093
Isolation of a new triterpene from Calotropis procera latex - Radha Pantand Kshama Chaturvedi 1093-1094
Bhidea borri, a new species of Poaceae from India - R. Deshpande, Ved Prakash and N. P. Singh 1094-1095
A new severe mosaic disease of opium poppy - Mohd. Zaim 1095-1096
Rapid effects of lead on water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes Solms) plants following single exposure detected by photoacoustic spectroscopy - Saumen Pal, P. B. Vidyasagar and V. R. Gunale 1096-1098
Trathala flavo-orbitalis Cameron (Ichneumonidae)—Parasite of Leucinodes  orbonalis Guen. from Bihar - S. N. Mallik, M. Kumar, A. N. Sinha and B. P. Karn 1098-1099
Biocoenotic association   between  nitrogen-fixing   and   phosphate-solubilizing  microorganisms - Sarojini Varma and R. S. Mathur 1099-1100
Levels of serum antioxidants in doxorubicin-treated rats—Influence of vitamins E and C - A. Geetha, R. Sankar and C. S. Shyamala Devi 1100-1102
Antifertility effect of Vinca rosea (Linn.) leaf extract on male albino mice—A sperm parametric study   - T. Murugavel, A. Ruknudin, S. Thangavelu and M. A. Akbarsha  1102-1103
Quantitative analysis of thiocyanate in urine by head space gas chromatography - G. J. Rao, V. K. Sharma and Heeresh Chandra 1103-1105
Announcements  1105
Book Reviews 1106-1108
Announcements 1108
The Scientific Community 1109-1110
   

October 20,1989. 20

Comment  
Metallic hydrogen 1111-1113
Opinion  
A modest proposal for glasnost in the peer review process 1114-1116
Announcements 1116
Articles
Top quark search - D. P. Roy 1117-1124
Structure of bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)bis(2,4,6-trinitrophenolato) calcium(II)       [Ca(C10N2H8)2 (C6N3O7H2)2] - V. M. Padmanabhan, V. S. Yadava, Ramesh Chandra and N. S. Poonia  1125-1130
Announcements 1130
Solvent effects on the electric moments of some hexahydro-s-triazines - J. Santhanalakshmi    1131-1133
Root-mediated water transport to the shoot in rice - G. Singh and T. N. Singh 1134-1138
Announcements 1138
Short Communications  
Excess enthalpy during electrolysis of D2O - K. S. V. Santhqnam, J. Rangarajan, K. C. Mandal and S. K. Haram    1139-1141
Plasma redistribution in low latitude ionosphere during intense spread F conditions - S. Alex, P. V. Koparkar and R. G. Rastogi 1142-1144
Petrochemical behaviour of an acidic-basic contact zone - Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay 1145-1146
An empirical modification to Higasi's equation for the evaluation of dipole moment of a polar substance in a non-polar solvent - M. B. R. Murthy and R. L. Patil  1146-1148
Unrecorded pathogen on bamboo causing blight in India - M. Narayana Bhat, R. K. Hegde, P. C. Hiremath and Srikant Kulkarni 1148-1149
Inheritance of a puckered leaf mutant in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - S. L. Dwivedi and S. N. Nigam 1149-1150
A simple technique for pollen viability test - G. C. Mitra 1150-1151
A note on the aneuploidy in Araiostegia pulchra (D. Don) Copel. and Asplenium yoshina-gae Makino var. planicaule Morton - V. P. Singh and S. K. Roy 1151-1153
Fungicidal activity of toiclofos methyl in groundnut plant and in soil on Sclerotium rolfsii - B. V. S. C. Hari, V. Chiranjeevi, D. K. Sarkar, K. Subrahmanyam and  K. Sitaramaiah 1153-1155
A note on the spontaneous oily larval mutant in silkworm, Bombyx mori L. -  P. Rama Mohana Rao, K. Vijayaraghavan, Ravindra Singh and V. Premalatha   1155-1157
Vibration characteristics of cancer cells - Sasadhar De 1157-1159
Fecundity of mayflies of Western Ghats of peninsular India - S. Sridhar and K. Venkataraman 1159-1160
Crystal structure of putrescine-glutamic acid complex - S. Ramaswamy, M. Nethaji and M. R. N. Murthy 1160-1163
A preliminary report on early cell type-specific antibodies in Xenopus laevis - Debjani Roy 1163-1165
Book Reviews 1166-1168
   

November 5,1989. 21

Voyager 2 and the world of Neptune - K. Kasturirangan, T. M. K. Marar and V. N. Padmini 1169-1177
Current Science—50 years ago  
The Indian chemical industry 1178-1179
Alcohol as motor fuel 1179-1180
Announcements 1180
Articles
Comments on the Benofy and Quay theory of thermomagnetic effects -  C. G. Jesudason 1181-1184
Variation of directivity and quality factors of circular patch microstrip antenna in plasma - Deepak Bhatnagar 1185-1187
Synthesis and characterization of tellurium(IV) complexes with 2-naphthol - K. C. Malhotra, Rajender Sharma, S. C. Chaudhry and Neeraj Sharma 1188-1191
Announcements 1191
Short Communications
Search for a possible new neutral cosmic ray - A. Subramanian and S. D. Verma   1192-1193
A model study of effect of electron temperature enhancements on D- and E-region electron densities - B. Parvatheeswara Rao, D. N. M. Rao, T. Aruna Mani, T. S. N. Somayaji and  K. V. V. Ramana 1194-1195
Polarographic studies of mixed-ligand complexes of the In(III)-1-methyl-imidazole-tartrate system - A. M. Ahmed and G. B. Mohamed 1195-1196
Reaction of some p-substituted phenacyldimethylsulphonium bromides with aromatic aldehydes: Synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyrimidines - K. C. Gupta and P. Manglum 1196-1198
Synthesis of thiosemicarbazides, triazoles, thiadiazoles and oxadiazoles - R. N. Majee   1198-1201
Synthesis, characterization  and antimicrobial activity of thiomalates of Ag(I), Hg(II) and Cd(II) - O. P. Agrawal, K. K. Verma and Seema Bhayana  1201-1203
Inheritance of salt tolerance in progenies of tissue culture selected variants of rice - K. Narayanan and S. R. Sree Rangasamy   1204-1205
Neuroanatomy and cholinesterase activity in Acanthotaenia multitesticulata (Cestoda) - V. Ramakrishna, Dharma Goud and D. Brahmaiah 1205-1207
Functional   significance   of  arginase  in   aestivating  snail,  Pila  globosa  (Swainson): Neuroendocrine involvement - G. Ramesh Reddy, G. R. Veera Babu and C. S. Chetty 1207-1208
Effect of pH on phosphate solubilization by microbes - Sunita Gaind and A. C. Gaur 1208-1211
Heterochromatin of rye and triticale — repetitive sequences - V. R. K. Reddy 1211-1213
Multiple forms of human urinary т-glutamyltranspeptidase - K. Basheer Ahamad, S. B. Hinchigeri and K. S. Datta 1213-1214
Induction of lysomal enzymes in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells by bromophos  - Soghra Fatima, T. Shivanandappa and Cletus J. M. D'Souza  1214-1216
Trace metals in cancer tissues - T. R. Doraiswamy and B. S. Seshadri 1216-1217
Effect of potassium embelate, an analgesic compound, on brain monoamine uptake - U. Zutshi, R. K. John and S. K. Dhar 1217-1218
Book Reviews

1219-1221

   

November 20,1989. 22

An experiment at motivating young earth scientists - B. P. Radhakrishna 1223-1224
Abstracts of talks given at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences at Bhopal, 10-13 November 1989 1225-1230
Articles
Synthesis and effect of gamma irradiation on some new 6,8-dibhloro-4-(3H)-quinazolinones of biological interest - Y. A. Ammar, Y A. Mohamed, N. E. Amin and M. M. Ghorab 1231-1234
Separation by pulsed-field gradient gel electrophoresis of giant linear plasmids from antibiotic-producing strains of Streptomyces and Nocardia - Maggie J. Rathos, N. C. Verma and N. K. Notani 1235-1239
Petrochemistry of the granite near Vandanmedu, Idukki District, Kerala, India - P. K. Thampi and G. Balasubramonian    1240-1246
Short Communications
A generalized logistic model for analysis of dose-response data - Karon P. Singh and Mohammed A. El-Saidi 1247-1249
New records of fungi from India - Rajendra Singh, V. C. Saxena and Sunita Thakur 1249
Hermaphrodite flowers in dioecious Momordica dioica Roxb. - U. C. Jha and R. P.Roy  1249-1250
Effect of sodium chloride on ionic composition of Azolla pinnata - K. Rajrathinam and M. A. Padhya 1250-1251
Biochemical changes in the 'tukra'-affected exotic mulberry plants - M. P. Shree and N. N. Umesh Kumar   1251-1253
Scanning electron microscopic observations of Diaschistorchis gastricus - Anitha, B. Dharma Goud and G. V. Rama Krishna 1254-1255
Susceptibility of cabbage diamondback moth Plutella xylostella L. to the entomofungal -pathogen Verticillium lecanii (Zimmerm.) Viegas - C. Gopalakrishnan  1256-1257
A new fruit rot of Citrus reticulata Blanco - N. L. Vyas 1257-1258
Outbreak of Orgyia positca Walker (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera)—A new pest on mango in Uttar Pradesh - M. Fasih, R. P. Srivastava, S. R. Abbas and S. Sharma 1258-1260
Harvesting high cell densities for development of Rhizobium cell concentrate - K. S. Jauhri and Mala Gupta 1260-1262
Reversal of chloramphenicol-inhibited protein synthesis by EDTA and sulphhydryl compounds in bhendi seedlings (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.) - B. Adinarayana, P. Gopala Rao 1262-1264
Pyruvate oxidation in toad gastrocnemius muscle after anodic or cathodic stimulation - K. Subrahmanyam, K. S. Swami and C. S. Chetty 1264-1267
Myocardial glycogen content of some representative vertebrates - Mathew M. Oommen and K. M. Alexander 1267-1268
Mutageriic potential of human kala-azar haemoflagellate in mouse - G. K. Manna and A. K. Sarkar 1268-1271
Book Reviews 1272-1274
   

December 5,1989.23

Challenging areas in life sciences—SERC recommendations on thrust areas of research in life sciences 1275-1315
Articles
Statistical analysis of lineaments of Goa, India - S. D. Iyer, G. Banerjee and B. G. Wagle 1316-1319
Announcements 1319
Cysteine protease inhibitors from banana (Musa paradisiaca) - N. Mallikarjuna Rao 1320-1322
Short Communications
Freelengths in relation to the molecular interactions in liquids - S. Umapathy 1323-1324
Petrology of the post-tectonic granites from Gundlupet, southern Karnataka - N. Shadakshara Swamy and M. Jayananda 1325-1326
Triterpenes from the leaves of Rhus alata Thumb. - M. Parveen, Nizam U. Khan, Basudeb Achari and Pradeep K. Dutta   1326-1327
Two new species of Pseudocercospora from India  - A. N. Rai and Kamal 1327-1330
First report of occurrence of oospores of Pseudoperonospora cubensis on   two cucurbitaceous hosts - P. P. Singh and S. S. Sokhi  1330-1331
Polyphenols of some Indian vegetables - M. Daniel  1332-1334
Inhibition of photosynthesis by oxyfluorfen -  D. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj and V. Maheshwari   1334-1336
Electrical conductivity as an indicator of orthodox and recalcitrant seed physiology in tropical forest trees - P. K. Khare, V. K. Yadav and G. P. Mishra 1336-1339
Physiology of mutant strains of Erwinia carotovora producing L-asparaginase - N. K. Maladkar  1339-1340
Effect of Rhizobium in association with granular insecticides on nodulation and yield in soybean - G. G. Kundu and Trimohan 1340-1342
Azotobacter chroococcum in root, stem and leaf tissues of cells of Triticum aestivum L. and Triticum durum L. - C. M. Tippannavar and T. K. Ramachandra Reddy 1342-1343
Antibacterial activity of a polycation - M. Gopal, T. B. Karegoudar and K. H. Mulimani 1343-1344
Phosphamidon-induced changes in hepatic enzymes of mouse - Pradeep Bhatnagar and Nirmala Jain  1344-1346
Current Science—50 years ago         
Prof. E. O. Lawrence 1347-1348
Sedov Arctic expedition 1348
   

December 20,1989. 24

Articles
Inhibition of sweet potato β-amylase by a polycation - V. H. Mulimani and K. Sreeramulu 1349-1352
Amino acid decarboxylases of Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis - S. P. Singh, S. Gupta, J. C. Katiyar and V. M. L. Srivastava 1353-1356
A study of acid-base status and gases in body fluids in two species of bovines - S. S. Randhawa, Avtar Singh, M. S. Setia and A. K. Ahuja 1357-1360
Short Communications
Petrology of the brick-red rock and albitite from the southern Closepet granite region - M. Jayananda and B. Mahabaleswar 1361-1363
Neomeris van-Bossae Howe—A new record along the Indian coast - Ambiye Vijaya, B. B. Chougule and A. G. Untawale   1363-1364
Cyanostylon cylindrocellulare Geitl. & Ruttn., a blue-green alga new to India - P. Ampili, M. V. N. Panikkar and V. D. Chauhan 1364-1365
Niesslia exilis and Phyllachora balansae: Two new records for India - N. D. Sharma and S. Nema 1365-1366
Morphological and ecological observations on Stigeoclonium farctum—Chaetophorales, Chlorophyceae - Tasneem Fatma  1366-1368
Helicoubisia coronata, new to India - B. P. R. Vittal and M. Dorai 1368-1369
Pachykytospora Kotl. & Pouz. (Polyporaceae): A newgeneric record from the Himalayas, India - Suninder S. Virdi   1369-1370
Gomphus floccosus—A new record for India - R. N. Verma, S. Mukta Singh, Th. G. B. Singh and K. S. Bilgrami 1370-1371
Occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza in Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort—A pioneer mangrove of the Chenopodiaceae - A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri 1372
Cytological study of basidiospore of Puccinia ruelliae (Berk. & Br.) Lagerh - A. B. De 1373-1374
Some new reports on Keratinophilic fungi - Neeta Nigam and R. K. S. Kushwaha  1374
Epidermal surface patterns of achene in Eleocharis R. Br. (Cyperaceae)
S. K. Varma, A. K. Pandey and A. K. Sinha 
1374-1377
Relationship between phosphatase activity and sex expression in Coccinia indica W & A - Madan Lai and V. S. Jaiswal  1377-1378
Induction of mutation, through interspecific grafting - S. B. Dandin, K. R. Mala, S. R. Ramesh and R. Balakrishna 1378-1380
Cadmium inducible proteins in Scenedesmus quadricauda - G. Narender Reddy and M. N. V. Prasad 1380-1382
Regeneration of shoot buds from callus cultures of Papaver somniferum - P. L. Swarankar and S. P. Bohra 1382-1384
Karyotype analysis of Papaver dubium L. -  J. R. Bahl and B. R. Tyagi  1384-1385
Shoot-tip culture in -Dolichos biflorus L. - V. Sounder Raj, D. E. Tejavathi and B. H. M. Nijalingappa 1385-1388
Histogenesis of a moth gall on Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae) - P. Jayaraman 1388-1391
Occurrence of the new species Azospirillum halofraeferens in association with rice roots - Balasubramanian and S. R. Prabhu 1391-1392
Bovine manure liquor as a growth medium for Rhizobium inoculants - A. R. Alagawadi and T. K. Ramachandra Reddy 1392-1393
Effect of quinone extracted from Pyxine pefricola Nyl. on mitosis in Alliwn cepa L. root meristems - K. Muralikrishna, C. Manoharachary and U. Prasad 1393-1394
Competitiveness of homologous and heterologous Rhizobium for nodulation and growth of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] - A. H. Khan and S. V. Hegde        1394-1397
Variation in anther culture efficiency among donor plant tillers in rice - S. Hadi and S. K. Raina  1397-1398
Influence of N and P on cadmium toxicity on photosynthesis in rice - A. K. Misra, V. Sarkunan, Mira Das, S. K. Nayak and P. K. Naya 1398-1400
Occurrence of hitherto unknown insects of maize in India - L. M. L. Mathur, M. C. Joshi and M. Arif 1400-1401
A new record of seed setting in scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L. Herit) from India - Sharan P. Angadi and T. Vasantha Kumar 1401-1402
Staining of the neurosecretory cells and material by Eisen haematoxyline - Sudhir Bhargava and Helmut Kallenborn 1402-1404
Record of Beauveria bassiana (Balsano) Vuillemin on membracid spp. - S. R. Madhavan Pillai and K. K. Srivastava 1404-1405
A pigmented, xylose-utilizing strain of Streptomyces bobili - Sharma and S. K. Sinha

1405-1406

Screening   for   oleaginous   yeasts   using   replica   printing   technique   coupled   with densitometric scanning - Sneha Gogte, Kalpagam Polasa and C. Rukmini        1406-1408
Senim urea and enzymes in rat on intragastric administration of garlic oil and garlic extracts - P. K. Joseph and C. S. Sundaresh 1409-1410
 
     
     
   
     
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