A note on comparison of some estimators using auxiliary information in sample surveys-
L. N. Sahoo and S. Mohanty

Determination of zero error of electro-optical distance measuring instruments-S. P. Roy

Problem of mass-movements in a part of Kumaun Himalaya --
K. S. Valdiya and S. K. Bartarya

Current Science — 50 years ago

Short Communications

Geothermometry of ultramafic rocks around Terakanambi, southern Karnataka --
N. Shadakshara Swamy and B. Manjunatha Reddy

A note on the crystallization of foot-and-mouth-disease virus  --
N. Banumathi and B. U. Rao

Charophyta from Niniyur Formation, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu -- T. Triambak Nath

Biology and pathogenic potential of black spot trematodes in high altitude fishes of India -- Shampa Banerjee and Sandeep K. Malhotra

Isolation of chlamydia from cerebral tissue of buffalo calf  --
Charan Kamal Singh, P. N. Dhingra and Narendra Kumar

A simple, rapid and reliable serological method for diagnosis of amoebiasis --
R. K. Agarwal and S. R. Das

Simple colorimetric estimation of Furosemide in dosage forms — Part I --
Pradeep Mishra, D. Katrolia and R. K. Agrawal

Nature of the apical cap in Trentepohlia --
 G. N. Hariharan and K. V. Krishnamurthy

Ontogeny of foliar stomata and trichomes in mulberry (Morus L.) --
Tomy Philip, Govindaiah, K. Sengupta and N. Suryanarayana

Biochemical changes during post-harvest storage of button mushroom (Agaricus hisporus) -- R. D. Rai ana Sanjeev Saxena

Alkaloid production by the immobilized cells of Solarium xanthocarpum --
J. Subramani, P. N. Bhatt and A. R. Mehta

Aflatoxin contamination in seeds of medicinal value --
Vineeta Kumari, H. K. Chourasia and A. K. Roy

Leaf rot of oil palm -- G. Mathai, B. Balakrishnan and James Mathew

Two new leaf spot diseases from India caused by Alternaria --
S. S. Saini, Sudhesh Kumari and N. S. Atri

A new report of Rhizopus rot of groundnut from India --
R. B. Gaur, R. D. Singh and R. S. Rathore

Susceptibility of rice sheath blight pathogen to mycoparasites --
K. Manibhushanrao, S. Sreenivasaprasad, U. L Baby and Y. Joe

Effect of copper sulphate algicide on growth of and nitrogen fixation in Azolla pinnata
 -- K. Rajarathinam, M. Jayabalan and M. A. Padhya

Growth response and root colonization in cultivars of sesame to VAM fungi --
T. Sulochana, C. Manoharachary and P. Rama Rao

Seasonal activity of the teak defoliator Hyblaea puera Cramer (Lepidoptera: Hyblacidae) at ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh --
C. S. Pawar and V. S. Bhatnagar

Role of inorganic phosphate in phytoplankton cycle in beel ecosystem --
V. Kolekar, Y. S. Yadava, R. K. Singh and M. Choudhury

Productivity  and   biomass   turnover   rates   for   serai   grasslands   of  Cherrapunji   in northeastern India -- Subhash C. Ram and P. S. Ramakrishnan

Book Reviews

News

Announcements

May 20, 1989, No. 10

Biotechnology developments -- S. Varadarajan

Public policy implications of biotechnology for Asian agriculture -- K. R. Narayanan

Meeting Reports

First National Seminar on Molecular Plant Pathology -- K. Manibhushan Rao et al

A broad-based discussion on Indian science and technology journals --
Rajaram Nityananda

Articles

Hopping conduction in disordered polypeptide chains -- A. K. Bakhshi

Lactase activity: Effect of an inhibitor of adrenal steroidogenesis -- M. S. Murthy

Malathion-induced effects on growth and nitrogen metabolizing enzymes in germinating
wheat -- P. K. Sengupta, A. Chakrabarti and S. K. Banerjee

Heavy metal pollution in Gomti river sediments around Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh --
S. Kumar

Short Communications

Vibrational spectra of aquatungsten (VI) oxide (WO ₃.H₂O)
Daizy Philip, G. Aruldhas and V. Ramakrishnan

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

Co-ordination complexes of diorganotin --
P. R. Shukla, Malvika Bhatt and Nihal Ahmad

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

Proteolytic activity of a thermophilic strain of Nocardia sp.-TP8 isolated from soil --
Ruby Dash, S. R. Biswas, A. K. Mishra and Geeta Nanda

Solubilization of Mussorie rock phosphate by cyanobacteria --
P. Roychoudhury and B. D. Kaushik

Isolation of phosphate solubilizers from different sources --
N. S. Darmwal, R. B. Singh and Raman Rai

Biosorption potency of heavy metals by some fungi --
S. Lokesha and R. K. Somashekar

Additions to the fungi of India -- N. Krishna Rao and C. Manoharachary

Report on soft rot of Duabanga grandiflora seedling (Roxb. ex DC) Walp. --
B. Datta and G. D. Sharma

Role of phenols in resistance to tomato leaf curl virus, fusarium wilt and fruit borer in
Lycopersicon -- M. K. Banerjee and Kalloo

Detached spike technique for in vivo production of Neovossia indica sporidia --
S. S. Bains and H. S. Dhaliwal

Flowering-induced ageing in Butica monosperma --
Vijay Maheshwari, R. Bhardwaj and D. Sharma

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

Mutagenic effects of sodium azide on black gram (Phaseolus mungo L.) --
S. K. Mahna, Rekha Garg and M. Parvateesam

In vitro selection for salinity and regeneration of plants in rice --
K. Subhashini and G. M. Reddy

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

Effect of aestivation on food utilization in the freshwater snail Pila globosa (Swainson) -- M. A. Haniffa

Fluorescence microscopic studies on RNA of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus of tasar
silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Drury) -- Madan Gupta

Book Reviews

Announcements

June 5, 1989, No. 11

Comments

Materials issues in the so-called 'cold fusion' experiments --
R. Chidambaram and V. C. Sahni

Electrochemically induced cold fusion? — A commentary -- S. K. Rangarajan

Meeting Report

First Conference on Advances in Purification of Recombinant Proteins --Rajni Kaul

Articles

Angular overlap treatment of the electronic spectra of actinide complexes of tetragonal
symmetry -- M. A. Makhyoun

Tissue culture of forest trees in India --A. F. Mascarenhas and E. M. Muralidharan

Production and inter-relationship of two types of secondary sporidia of Neovossia indica -- H. S. Dhaliwal and D. V. Singh

Current Science — 50 years ago

Short Communications

Proton magnetic resonance study of 2-(p-methoxyphenyl)thiazolidine --
K. S. Raju, S. Eswaramoorthy, R. Umarani and P. Rajalingam

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

Esterification with hydrogen fluoride -- Tariq Umer Qazi

Leptomeryx, an Oligocene artiodactyl from the Lower Murree of Sial Sui (Kalakot tehsil), district Rajauri, Jammu and Kashmir -- Sunil Kumar Mehta and Asit Jolly

A new record of edible Amanita from India -- R. P. Bhatt and T. N. Lakhanpal

Peacock spot of olives in India -- B. L. Puttoo and S. K. Wattal

Pollination studies in Santalum album L.-- H. C. Sindhuveerendra and M. Sujatha

Increased mycorrhizal colonization in gamma ray-induced greengram micromutants --
K. Ammani, G. Rosaiah, A. S. Rao, A. Satyanarayana and P. Seenaiah

In the physiology of fern gametophyte preceding sex organ initiation --
Shila Roy and Anita Choudhury

Effect of certain chemicals on the in vivo status of the endosymbiont Anabaena azollae in Azolla pinnata R. Br. -- P. Malliga and G. Subramanian

Effect of cycloheximide on metabolism of pyrimidines in cotyledons of germinating black gram seedlings -- H. Ashihara and Y Kameyama

Morphogenetic studies in androgenic callus of Solanum melongena L. --
Neelam R. Yadav, T. M. Varghese and D. R. Sharma

Virus particles in chloroplast preparations from infected leaves of Nicotiana tabacum -- G. P. Rao and K. Shukla

A rapid technique for obtaining leaf prints for stomatal count with Fevicol --
K. A. Nayeem and D. G. Dalvi

New technique to culture Neovossia indica on yeast potato dextrose agar --
S. S. Aujla, Chander Mohan and Satvinder Kaur

Occurrence of Sabellaria simplex Day colonies in Ratnagiri and observations on tube building behaviour in captivity -- U. D. Gaikwad

A note on the infestation pattern and parasitism of Melanagromyza hibisci on okra --
Clement Peter and V. Govindarajulu

Record of Blepyrus insularis (Cam.) on Ferrisia virgata (Ckll.) in India --
M. Mani and A. Krishnamoorthy

Spermatogenesis during ontogeny in the black-headed  caterpillar Opisina arenosella
Walker (Lepidoptera: Xylorytinae) -- P. B. Santhosh Babu and V. K. K. Prabhu

Enhancement of biogas production using algae -- S. Ramamoorthy and N. Sulochana

Immobilization of extracellular lipase produced by Aspergillus japonicus in response to
plant latex -- K. A. Fora, Lakshmi Vasudeva, Smita Bhandare and V. V. Modi

Book Reviews

Announcements

June 20, 1989, No. 12

Articles

Some reactions of sultones - S. Yassin, I. I. Ismail, A. H. Abd El-Aleem and A. Attia

Fine structure of conidia in two pathogenic species of Pestalotiopsis --
D. K. Purohit and G. C. Chawla

Studies on ATP : Phosphofructokinase in ripening mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit
 -- Rajiv Kumar and Y Selvaraj

Oscillation in Nitella cell membrane potential and its effect on cytoplasmic streaming --
A. K. Singh and M. Amin

Opinion

Are scientists profligate? -- G.Venkataraman

Short Communications

A macroscopic impulse theorem -- C. G. Jesudason

Influence of hydrogen diffusion on the resistivity of cold-worked nickel wires --
A. C. Gupta and A. N. Nigam

Characterization of the polymeric complex of Sn(II) with tetrathiazyl dihydrofluoride by
IR, UV and EPR spectroscopy -- H. K. Sharma

Benthic foraminifera as bathymetric indicators --
T. Yeruku Naidu, S. Kamalakaram and M. Subba Rao

Sheath blight of ragi -- Lulu Das and V. K. Girija

Leaf streak (C. O. Pestalotiopsis royenae ) — A new disease of large cardamom from Sikkim -- L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma

New record of fungal pathogen Aspergillus flavus Link on mulberry silkworm -- Bombyx mori L. from India -- C. S. Patil

Development of endosperm in Rochelia stylaris Boiss --.
B. Hanumantha Rao and P. S. Prakasa Rao

SEM study of corolla tube and pollen grains of Nyctanthes arbor-tritis L.
L. C. Lamba and Anita Gupta

Sugar phosphates and uridine nucleotides in developing grains of low and high starch
barley genotypes -- Sushil Kumar and V. L P. Batra

Occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of Morus alba L.-- 
D. Rajagopal, S. S. Madhavendra and Kaiser Jamil

Fine structure analysis of the glutinous locus in rice -- A. K. Sarala and G. M. Reddy

Early-maturing mutants in groundnut cultivar Phule-Pragati (JL-24) --
Chandra Mouli and D. M. Kale

In vitro plant regeneration potential from callus cultures of grain sorghum --
A. M. Rao and P. B. Kavi Kishor

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

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

Experimental control of phialide type in Chalara -- M. S. S. Mohan and R. N. Swamy

Harvest time residues of monocrotophos and fenitrthion in/on pigeonpea --
S. P. Singh and S. F. Hameed

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

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

Role of Herold's organ in Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) --
A. Mini and V. K. K. Prabhu

Occurrence of autosomal monosomic female black rat from a radioactive area —A cytogenetic sport -- G. Mohapatra and B. B. Parida

A case of furunculosis in laboratory-reared Lates calcarifer --
S. C. Mukherjee, M. Peer Mohamed and S. V. Alavandi

Enzymatic differentiation of Azotobacter and Azomonas --
S. C. Jana, P. K. Chakrabartty and A. K. Mishra

Viscometric studies on the effect of near-UV light irradiation on DNA in presence of
chlorpromazine -- Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and R. K. Poddar

In vitro studies on the effect of cadmium on goat eye lens --
V. K. Srivastava, D. C. Pandey and N. Varshney

Book Reviews

Announcements

July 5,1989. 13

Alterations in amino acid balance in rice mutants - M. L. H. Kaul and Neelangini

Cytomixis in PMCs of Saccharum spontaneum L. - C. B. Singh, J. Datta Munshi and S. P. Sinha

On the occurrence of a new hexaploid cytotype of Coix lacryma-jobi Linn, from north-east India - J. Christopher and Benny Jacob

Differential radiation sensitivity in moth bean - V. S. Kothekar

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

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

Serum lipid profiles in cryptorchid albino rats - C. Changamma, J. Nageswara Rao, P. Geervani and S. Govindappa

Nitrate reductase from the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria laetevirens (Crouan) Gom.- B. J. Mehta and V. D. Chauhan

Metabolic resistance to methyl parathion toxicity in a bivalve, Lamellidens marginalis - C. Ravi Shankara, N. S. Ashok Babu, K. Indira and W. Rajendra

In vitro digestibility of cashew kernel protein - K. V. Nagaraja

Announcements

A Letter — The Adyar Banyan

Book Reviews 

July 20,1989. 14

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

Correspondence—Science and audit, Earlier work of M. Fleischmann

Announcements

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

News

Effect of Chlorella density and temperature on somatic growth and age at maturity of the rotifer Brachionus patulus (Muller) (Rotifera) - S. S. S. Sarma

Short Communications

Dipole moments of some arylmercuric chlorides—valence angle of mercury -   V. Baliah, P. Subbarayan and M. Uma

Intensity variation of X-ray reflections in sintered materials -  K. M. R. Achari and R. B. Ramachander

A new apparatus for the determination of gel strength of phycocolloids -  V. Vyjayanthi and R. Rengasamy 

Photochromic activity of 4-hydroxybenzylidenesalicyioylhydrazine - M. S. M. Rawat, S. Mai and G. Pant

Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of iron in steels and haematite ore using thiocyanate and chlorpromazine - P. G. Ramappa and S. Manjappa

A  rapid  spectrophotometric   method   for   the   determination   of vanadium (V)  in sedimentary rocks - Rajendra Sharma

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

Microporellus Murr. (Polyporaceae) : a new generic record from India - Suninder S. Virdi 

Farinose spot of French bean—a new disease - L. S. Srivastava and D. K. Gupta

A mosaic disease of sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) — a new record - A. Singh, R. Singh and S. Shaigan

Scanning electron microscopic studies on hilum structures in black and green grams - M. Iqbal A. Khan and M. A. Rizwi

Mechanism of leaf rolling in rice - G. Singh and T. N. Singh

Residual mercury accumulation in exposed mulberry plants - A. Mohapatra, P. K. Das and A. K. Panigrahi

Inhibition of photosynthesis in leaf discs by herbicides - P. Basuchaudhuri

Genetic variation at alcohol dehydrogenase locus in some drosophilids - Ravi Parkash, Jyoutsna, J. P. Yadav and Manju Sharma

Plantlet regeneration from hypocotyl tissue of Strychnos nuxvomica Linn. - Anjani Kumar and S. K. Datta

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

Microbial conversion of murrayanine to mukoeic acid - P. Bhattacharyya, N. C. Mandal and P. K. Chakrabartty

Acetylene reduction activity of some blue-green algae - Surendra Singh

Tropane alkaloids from Lycium barbarum Linn., in vivo and in vitro - M. L. Harsh

Preliminary report on cardiac depressant effect of Hemidiscus hardmannianus (Bacilla-riophyceae) - S. Babuji, R. Manavalan and A. Subramanian

Modulation of protective effects of vitamin C in aflatoxicoses - K. S. Bilgrami, S. P. Sinha and K. S. Ranjan

Parasites of uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae): a new record - Pradip Kumar, Anand Kumar, M. K. R. Noamani and K. Sengupta

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

Sib mating and reproductive strategy of Gryon sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) - R. Velayudhan and R. Senrayan

Erratum

Book Reviews

Announcements

August 5,1989. 15

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

Correspondence—Science and audit  

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   

Discovery of pre-trilobite small shelly fossils and the position of Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Tethyan sequence of northwestern Kashmir - Meera Tiwari

Callus culturing, its maintenance and cytological variations in Trigonella foenum-graecum L. - Malka Azam and Amal K. Biswas  

Announcements

Cytogenetic monitoring of occupationally radio-exposed workers in a rare-earth plant - B. B. Parida and G. Mohapatra

Announcements

Current Science - 50 years ago

Short Communications

Weak gamma rays of ⁷⁵As - Shashi Prabha and R. K. Mishra

Two undescribed fungi on orchids  - V. G. Rao and B. R. Dayakar Yadav

Cultivation trials of Pleurotus opuntiae (Dur. and Lev.) Sacc. - D. Bahukhandi, R. L Munjal and J. N. Kapoor

Phyllody of Tephrosia coccinea Wall. (Fabaceae) - V. N. Naik

Localization of urease in Anabaena doliolum - Surendra Singh and Ashwani Kumar Rai 

Sensitization  of Aspergillus parasiticus  spores  to  gamma  radiation  in  presence   of hydrogen peroxide - Umesh D. Patel and Prafulla J. Dave   

Effect of different media on the morphology and cultural characteristics of Candida albicans - M. K. Rai

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

Physiological basis for the inhibition of nitrogenase activity in water-stressed cowpea - (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) - B. Venkateswarlu, M. Maheswari and Neelam Saharan

Effect of Stik on sprouting in the stem cuttings of Pyrus pashia Buch. - Ham. ex D. Don - S. P. Sharma and A. K. Badoni

New evidence on the phylogeny of basic chromosome number in Pennisetum - Y. Saideswara Rao, S. Appa Rao and Melak H. Mengesha

Induced complex translocation heterozygosity in chilli - R. K. Raghuvanshi, Subodh Kumar, Anita Saxena and Dalbir Singh

Tissue culture studies on desert plants: I. Cenchrus ciliaris cv. 75 - A. Sankhla and N. Sankhla 

Recovery of rare interspecific hybrids of gram Cicer arietinum x C. cuneatum L. through tissue culture  - R. P. Singh and B. D. Singh

In vitro mass-scale propagation of Rosa hybrida cv. Landora - G. R. Rout, B. K. Debata and P. Das

Diabetogenic nature of ochratoxin A - S. Subramanian, N. Balasubramanian and S. Govindasamy

Chromosomal studies in Fulvia mutica (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Japan - Usna Goswami  

Rapid detection of aflatoxin by pressure mini-column technique: A collaborative trial - R. B. Sashidhar, R. V. Bhat and S. Vasanthi

Isolation and characterization of several soil phages that lyse Bacillus brevis - Mukesh Verma

Plasmid-encoded production of hydrocarbon-solubilizing factor by Pseudomonas PG-I - Swaranjit S. Cameotra and H. D. Singh

Biosynthesis of pyrimidines during germination of black gram seeds: Changes in the levels of participant enzymes - H. Ashihara and Y. Kamtyama

Stability   of indomethacin   to   conditions  of enzymatic   release  from   tissue—some interesting aspects - V. Shankar, C. Damodaran and P. Chandra Sekharan

Announcements

Book Reviews 

August 20,1989. 16

News

More facilities for university research

Restriction enzymes to be made in India

Twenty-five years of radio astronomy at TIFR

Announcements

Meeting Report

IAU/URSI symposium on radio astronomical seeing

Articles

Metal complexes of 6-methoxy-2-benzothiazolamine - A. I. P. Sinha, Poonam Agarwal and S. P. Tewari

Announcements

Influence of anions on the activity of pig pancreatic alpha-amylase - V. H. Mulimani and M. Gopal

Announcements

Autosomal dosage compensation in interspecific hybrids of Drosophila: Transcriptional actiyity in diploid and triploid hybrids - Asish K. Ghosh, Mita Ghosh and A. S. Mukherjee

Short Communications

Precipitation of MgO by a 'bio-method' - M. N. Bapat and S. Sivaraman

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

EPR  spectroscopic studies of calcic-plagioclases from the Archaean anorthosites of Holenarasipur, Karnataka Craton, South India - G. V. Anantha Iyer and S. N. Gananath

A New species of Scytalidium from India - K. K. Soni, Jamaluddin and R. C. Rajak

Occurrence of water-borne conidial fungi on Pinus roxburghii needles - S. C. Sati, G. S. Mer and N. Tiwari

A new host record for Alternaria ahernata (Fr.) Keissler and its toxigenic potential - M. Vijayalakshmi and A. S. Rao

An unrecorded post-harvest disease of apple in Kumaun hills - B. L Verma

Control of citrus greening disease in India - Y. S. Ahlawat, M. M. Payak and M. J. Thirumalackar

Natural autofluorescence in oospores of Peronosclerospora sorghi and their viability - P. S. Bhavanishankara Gowda, S. Shankara Bhat, N. S. Devaki and K. R. Manjunatha     

In vitro growth of some fungi isolated from wheat phylloplane in relation to SO2 treatment - A. K. Singh and Bharat Rai

A new record of dipioid cytotype of Schizandra grandiflora Hook. f. & Thoms, from India - P. S. Sandhu, Late S. K. Mann and Manju Kapil

Plant regeneration from polyethyleneglycol adapted callus of rice - G. Siddeswar and P. B. Kavi Kishor

Protection of mung bean seedlings against heat shock by a substituted phthalimide - Ranjit K. Basra, Amarjit S. Basra and C. P. Malik

Colorimetric method for the estimation of p-Coumaric acid from the bark of Oroxylum indicum Vent - R. V. Gaitonde and S. P. Sapre

New host records of the bruchid Sulcobruchus kingsolveri Arora and the parasite Oedaule  stringifrons Waterson from India - B. R. Verma

Aphis gossypii Glover, an insect vector of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) mottle virus—a new record - R. Singh and A. Singh

Occurrence  of Beauveria   bassiana  (Balsamo)  Vuill.  on sapling  borer Sahyadrassus  malabaricus Moore (Lepidoptera: Hepalidac) in Kerala, India -  M. L. Mohamed Ati and George Mathew

Mating disruption through behavioural manipulation of Spodoptera litura Fabricius - M. S. Venkateswara Rao, K. M. Azam and Khalid Ahmed

Beneficial effects of aspirin in cyanate-induced hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia in rat eye lens - V. K. Srivastava and N. Chaturvedi

Precipitation reactions of lectins with serum samples of patients with various malignant  disorders - Suraksha Agrawal

Book Reviews

The Scientific Community 

SEPTEMBER 5,1989. 17

News

Science journalism to get impetus

Journal costs cause worry

Correspondence

Premature failure in Ni-Cd batteries

Publishing codes

Comment

Protein crystallography and the structure of insulin

Policy on Indian editions of foreign S & T periodicals

Current Science — 50 years ago

Articles

On the lifetime of low mass X-ray binaries - G. Srinivasan and D. Bhattacharya

Polarographic and cyclic voltammetric reduction of o-chlorobenzaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone - P. Raveendra Reddy and S. Brahmaji Rao

Thiosemicarbazones as analytical reagents: A selective spectrophotometric determination on palladium - R. Palaniappan

Announcements

Short Communications

Monsoonal microtremors at Kottuli, Calicut - P. T. Roy Chacko

Sulphide mineralization around Ambadungar, Baroda District, Gujarat - Rajesh K. Srivastava and S. G. Karkare

Spectrophotometric determination  of micro  quantities of gold   with   cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide in, presence of iodide - K. Paria, T. K. Thokdar and S. K. Majumdar 

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

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

A new species of Chrysosporium - R. K. S. Kushwaha and J. N. Shrivastava 

Large cardamom— A new host for Pestalotiopsis versicolor (Speg.) Steyaert - L. S. Srivastava and R. N. Verma

Transmission of Rhizoctonia solani (Kuhn) in seeds of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) - Saad Shama

Selection for red rot resistance in sugarcane - S. S. Gill, S. Pandey and B. K. Tripathi

Role of surface wax of chilli fruits in inducing resistance to fruit rot pathogens Colletotrichum capsici and Helminthosporium rostratum - V. Prakasam and R. Jeyarajan

Mangiferine-induced chromosome aberration in root-tip cells of Solanum incanum L. - G. Kumar 

Tallus initiation and regeneration potential in different genotypes of Eruca sativa - Surya-Parkash, J. B. Chowdhwry and R. K. Jain

Thin-layer chromatography on cellulose - Jayaprakasam and R. Sivakumar  

Estimation of quercetin in the leaves of Maesa indica Wall by a new colorimetric method -  K. K. Gaitonde and P. L. Naik

Cation exchange capacity of soil and adsorption of Azospirillum to soil particles - K. Govindarajan and D. Purushothaman

Multiple xanthine dehydrogenase isozymes in the exotic carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cyprinidae: Pisces) - B . K. Padhi and A. R. Khuda-Bukhsh 

Studies on electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins of the toad Bufo andersonii - Meera Srivastava, P. Ahluwalia and M. L. Gupta 

Radiomodifying effect of camphor as revealed by sister chromatid exchange - H. C. Goel , Surendra Singh and S. P. Singh

A novel method for cloning chromosomal DNA in Haemophilus influenzae Rd - E. B. Somiwala and N. K. Notani

Transfer of saline tolerance from one strain of rice to another by injection of DNA - K. S. Prakash and J. D. Padayatty

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SEPTEMBER 20,1989. 18

Editorial

Science News

Discovery of asteroid number 4130

Cold fusion results from BARC

Correspondence

SAC-PM

Science and audit

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Meeting Reports

XII AIRAPT High Pressure Conference

II International Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Technology

Opinion

Problems of scientific publications

Articles

The isolation and expression of pollen-expressed genes - Joseph P. Mascarenhas

Announcements

Epoxidation of chalcones with t-butyl hydroperoxide in presence of an iron(III) Schiff base complex - D. R. Gupta, Kamaluddin and Shobha Naithani

Electron donor-acceptor complexes of phenothiazine with iodine - B. N. Achar and M. V. Krishnaswamy       

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

Orthohydroxyacetophenone  thiosemicarbazone  as  a new  analytical  reagent  for  the spectrophotometric determination of copper - G. V. Ramana Murthy and T. Sreenivasulu Reddy

Synthesis and structural studies on the complex of copper(II) with N-(p-tolyl)-N'-benzoylthiocarbamide - B. P. Yadava

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     

Synthesis and characterization of some new 3-acetyl-4-aryl-2-pyrazolines - G. V. Subba Raju and Kotha S. Rao

Two nannandrous species of Oedogonium Link, new to Indian algal flora - H. M. Shukla, Iqbal Habib, U. C. Pandey and G. L. Tiwari

Leaf anatomy of midribless mutants in pearl millet - S. Appa Rao, M. H. Mengesha, Y. Saideswara Rao and C. Rajagopal Reddy 

New report of wilt disease of brinjal in India - V. K. Mandhare, S. K. Ruikar and B. K. Konde

Peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities in sorghum and Peronosclerospora sorghi interaction - P. S. Bhavanishankara Gowda, S. G. Bhat and S. Shankara Bhat

Record of the genus Krugeria (Tenuipalpidae, Acari) from India - B. Mallik, M. Harish Kumar, N. Srinivas and H. P. Prabhuswamy

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  

Lactate dehydrogenase in the grass crap Ctenopharyngodon idella (Pisces) -  B. K. Padhi and A. R. Khuda-Bukhsh

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       

Physiological effect of malathion on the brain of Sarotherodon mossambicus - S. Agarwal and N. Balakrishnan Nair

Accumulation  of proline  and  poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in  high  temperature-resistant strains of Azospirillum - D. Purushothaman and K. Vijila

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

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October 5,1989.19

Comment

Cold fusion produces more tritium than neutrons

Opinion

Japanese inroads into European industry

Current Science — 50 years ago

The scope and limitations of physical anthropology

The coconut palm  beetle

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Articles

Crystal  structure  and  five-fold   diffraction  symmetry   of the   aluminium-manganese icosahedral phase: A reappraisal - T. R. Anantharaman   

Fractional voting system: A voting system to circumvent Arrow's Paradox - K. K. Nambiar

Announcements

Mechanism of Ru(III) catalysis in acid bromate oxidation of some glycols: A kinetic study - Bharat Singh, Amrita Rat an and Deepika Singh

Short Communications

Superconductive behaviour of Ba₂Y_0.5La_0.5Cu₃O_7-δ - S. Mohan, T. Radjakoumar and K. G. Ravikumar

Why has Uranus toppled over? - R. K. Kochhar  

Bedding plane fault in the Kaladgi rocks, Basidoni, Belgaum district, Karnataka State - N. W. Gokhale and G. S. Pujar 

Reaction of dibenzoylmethane with formaldehyde: A revised structure for the product - G. V. Subba Raju

Condensation Products of β-phenylpropionic acid with commercial PPA -  Rana Pratap Singh, Balbhadra Prasad Singh and Jagdish N. Srivastava   

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  

Isolation of a new triterpene from Calotropis procera latex - Radha Pantand Kshama Chaturvedi

Bhidea borri, a new species of Poaceae from India - R. Deshpande, Ved Prakash and N. P. Singh

A new severe mosaic disease of opium poppy - Mohd. Zaim

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

Trathala flavo-orbitalis Cameron (Ichneumonidae)—Parasite of Leucinodes  orbonalis Guen. from Bihar - S. N. Mallik, M. Kumar, A. N. Sinha and B. P. Karn

Biocoenotic association   between  nitrogen-fixing   and   phosphate-solubilizing  microorganisms - Sarojini Varma and R. S. Mathur

Levels of serum antioxidants in doxorubicin-treated rats—Influence of vitamins E and C - A. Geetha, R. Sankar and C. S. Shyamala Devi

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 

Quantitative analysis of thiocyanate in urine by head space gas chromatography - G. J. Rao, V. K. Sharma and Heeresh Chandra

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October 20,1989. 20

Comment

Metallic hydrogen

Opinion

A modest proposal for glasnost in the peer review process

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Articles

Top quark search - D. P. Roy

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 

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Solvent effects on the electric moments of some hexahydro-s-triazines - J. Santhanalakshmi   

Root-mediated water transport to the shoot in rice - G. Singh and T. N. Singh

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Short Communications

Excess enthalpy during electrolysis of D₂O - K. S. V. Santhqnam, J. Rangarajan, K. C. Mandal and S. K. Haram   

Plasma redistribution in low latitude ionosphere during intense spread F conditions - S. Alex, P. V. Koparkar and R. G. Rastogi

Petrochemical behaviour of an acidic-basic contact zone - Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay

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 

Unrecorded pathogen on bamboo causing blight in India - M. Narayana Bhat, R. K. Hegde, P. C. Hiremath and Srikant Kulkarni

Inheritance of a puckered leaf mutant in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - S. L. Dwivedi and S. N. Nigam

A simple technique for pollen viability test - G. C. Mitra

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

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

A note on the spontaneous oily larval mutant in silkworm, Bombyx mori L. -  P. Rama Mohana Rao, K. Vijayaraghavan, Ravindra Singh and V. Premalatha  

Vibration characteristics of cancer cells - Sasadhar De

Fecundity of mayflies of Western Ghats of peninsular India - S. Sridhar and K. Venkataraman

Crystal structure of putrescine-glutamic acid complex - S. Ramaswamy, M. Nethaji and M. R. N. Murthy

A preliminary report on early cell type-specific antibodies in Xenopus laevis - Debjani Roy

Book Reviews

November 5,1989. 21

Voyager 2 and the world of Neptune - K. Kasturirangan, T. M. K. Marar and V. N. Padmini

Current Science—50 years ago

The Indian chemical industry

Alcohol as motor fuel

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Articles

Comments on the Benofy and Quay theory of thermomagnetic effects -  C. G. Jesudason

Variation of directivity and quality factors of circular patch microstrip antenna in plasma - Deepak Bhatnagar

Synthesis and characterization of tellurium(IV) complexes with 2-naphthol - K. C. Malhotra, Rajender Sharma, S. C. Chaudhry and Neeraj Sharma

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Short Communications

Search for a possible new neutral cosmic ray - A. Subramanian and S. D. Verma  

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

Polarographic studies of mixed-ligand complexes of the In(III)-1-methyl-imidazole-tartrate system - A. M. Ahmed and G. B. Mohamed

Reaction of some p-substituted phenacyldimethylsulphonium bromides with aromatic aldehydes: Synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyrimidines - K. C. Gupta and P. Manglum

Synthesis of thiosemicarbazides, triazoles, thiadiazoles and oxadiazoles - R. N. Majee  

Synthesis, characterization  and antimicrobial activity of thiomalates of Ag(I), Hg(II) and Cd(II) - O. P. Agrawal, K. K. Verma and Seema Bhayana 

Inheritance of salt tolerance in progenies of tissue culture selected variants of rice - K. Narayanan and S. R. Sree Rangasamy  

Neuroanatomy and cholinesterase activity in Acanthotaenia multitesticulata (Cestoda) - V. Ramakrishna, Dharma Goud and D. Brahmaiah

Functional   significance   of  arginase  in   aestivating  snail,  Pila  globosa  (Swainson): Neuroendocrine involvement - G. Ramesh Reddy, G. R. Veera Babu and C. S. Chetty

Effect of pH on phosphate solubilization by microbes - Sunita Gaind and A. C. Gaur

Heterochromatin of rye and triticale — repetitive sequences - V. R. K. Reddy

Multiple forms of human urinary т-glutamyltranspeptidase - K. Basheer Ahamad, S. B. Hinchigeri and K. S. Datta

Induction of lysomal enzymes in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells by bromophos  - Soghra Fatima, T. Shivanandappa and Cletus J. M. D'Souza 

Trace metals in cancer tissues - T. R. Doraiswamy and B. S. Seshadri

Effect of potassium embelate, an analgesic compound, on brain monoamine uptake - U. Zutshi, R. K. John and S. K. Dhar

Book Reviews

November 20,1989. 22

An experiment at motivating young earth scientists - B. P. Radhakrishna

Abstracts of talks given at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences at Bhopal, 10-13 November 1989

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

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

Petrochemistry of the granite near Vandanmedu, Idukki District, Kerala, India - P. K. Thampi and G. Balasubramonian   

Short Communications

A generalized logistic model for analysis of dose-response data - Karon P. Singh and Mohammed A. El-Saidi

New records of fungi from India - Rajendra Singh, V. C. Saxena and Sunita Thakur

Hermaphrodite flowers in dioecious Momordica dioica Roxb. - U. C. Jha and R. P.Roy 

Effect of sodium chloride on ionic composition of Azolla pinnata - K. Rajrathinam and M. A. Padhya

Biochemical changes in the 'tukra'-affected exotic mulberry plants - M. P. Shree and N. N. Umesh Kumar  

Scanning electron microscopic observations of Diaschistorchis gastricus - Anitha, B. Dharma Goud and G. V. Rama Krishna

Susceptibility of cabbage diamondback moth Plutella xylostella L. to the entomofungal -pathogen Verticillium lecanii (Zimmerm.) Viegas - C. Gopalakrishnan 

A new fruit rot of Citrus reticulata Blanco - N. L. Vyas

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

Harvesting high cell densities for development of Rhizobium cell concentrate - K. S. Jauhri and Mala Gupta

Reversal of chloramphenicol-inhibited protein synthesis by EDTA and sulphhydryl compounds in bhendi seedlings (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.) - B. Adinarayana, P. Gopala Rao

Pyruvate oxidation in toad gastrocnemius muscle after anodic or cathodic stimulation - K. Subrahmanyam, K. S. Swami and C. S. Chetty

Myocardial glycogen content of some representative vertebrates - Mathew M. Oommen and K. M. Alexander

Mutageriic potential of human kala-azar haemoflagellate in mouse - G. K. Manna and A. K. Sarkar

Book Reviews

December 5,1989.23

Challenging areas in life sciences—SERC recommendations on thrust areas of research in life sciences

Articles

Statistical analysis of lineaments of Goa, India - S. D. Iyer, G. Banerjee and B. G. Wagle

Announcements

Cysteine protease inhibitors from banana (Musa paradisiaca) - N. Mallikarjuna Rao

Short Communications

Freelengths in relation to the molecular interactions in liquids - S. Umapathy

Petrology of the post-tectonic granites from Gundlupet, southern Karnataka - N. Shadakshara Swamy and M. Jayananda

Triterpenes from the leaves of Rhus alata Thumb. - M. Parveen, Nizam U. Khan, Basudeb Achari and Pradeep K. Dutta  

Two new species of Pseudocercospora from India  - A. N. Rai and Kamal

First report of occurrence of oospores of Pseudoperonospora cubensis on   two cucurbitaceous hosts - P. P. Singh and S. S. Sokhi 

Polyphenols of some Indian vegetables - M. Daniel 

Inhibition of photosynthesis by oxyfluorfen -  D. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj and V. Maheshwari  

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

Physiology of mutant strains of Erwinia carotovora producing L-asparaginase - N. K. Maladkar 

Effect of Rhizobium in association with granular insecticides on nodulation and yield in soybean - G. G. Kundu and Trimohan

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

Antibacterial activity of a polycation - M. Gopal, T. B. Karegoudar and K. H. Mulimani

Phosphamidon-induced changes in hepatic enzymes of mouse - Pradeep Bhatnagar and Nirmala Jain 

Current Science—50 years ago       

Prof. E. O. Lawrence

Sedov Arctic expedition

December 20,1989. 24

Articles

Inhibition of sweet potato β-amylase by a polycation - V. H. Mulimani and K. Sreeramulu

Amino acid decarboxylases of Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis - S. P. Singh, S. Gupta, J. C. Katiyar and V. M. L. Srivastava

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

Short Communications

Petrology of the brick-red rock and albitite from the southern Closepet granite region - M. Jayananda and B. Mahabaleswar

Neomeris van-Bossae Howe—A new record along the Indian coast - Ambiye Vijaya, B. B. Chougule and A. G. Untawale  

Cyanostylon cylindrocellulare Geitl. & Ruttn., a blue-green alga new to India - P. Ampili, M. V. N. Panikkar and V. D. Chauhan

Niesslia exilis and Phyllachora balansae: Two new records for India - N. D. Sharma and S. Nema

Morphological and ecological observations on Stigeoclonium farctum—Chaetophorales, Chlorophyceae - Tasneem Fatma 

Helicoubisia coronata, new to India - B. P. R. Vittal and M. Dorai

Pachykytospora Kotl. & Pouz. (Polyporaceae): A newgeneric record from the Himalayas, India - Suninder S. Virdi  

Gomphus floccosus—A new record for India - R. N. Verma, S. Mukta Singh, Th. G. B. Singh and K. S. Bilgrami

Occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza in Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort—A pioneer mangrove of the Chenopodiaceae - A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri

Cytological study of basidiospore of Puccinia ruelliae (Berk. & Br.) Lagerh - A. B. De

Some new reports on Keratinophilic fungi - Neeta Nigam and R. K. S. Kushwaha 

Epidermal surface patterns of achene in Eleocharis R. Br. (Cyperaceae)
S. K. Varma, A. K. Pandey and A. K. Sinha 

Relationship between phosphatase activity and sex expression in Coccinia indica W & A - Madan Lai and V. S. Jaiswal 

Induction of mutation, through interspecific grafting - S. B. Dandin, K. R. Mala, S. R. Ramesh and R. Balakrishna

Cadmium inducible proteins in Scenedesmus quadricauda - G. Narender Reddy and M. N. V. Prasad

Regeneration of shoot buds from callus cultures of Papaver somniferum - P. L. Swarankar and S. P. Bohra

Karyotype analysis of Papaver dubium L. -  J. R. Bahl and B. R. Tyagi 

Shoot-tip culture in -Dolichos biflorus L. - V. Sounder Raj, D. E. Tejavathi and B. H. M. Nijalingappa

Histogenesis of a moth gall on Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae) - P. Jayaraman

Occurrence of the new species Azospirillum halofraeferens in association with rice roots - Balasubramanian and S. R. Prabhu

Bovine manure liquor as a growth medium for Rhizobium inoculants - A. R. Alagawadi and T. K. Ramachandra Reddy

Effect of quinone extracted from Pyxine pefricola Nyl. on mitosis in Alliwn cepa L. root meristems - K. Muralikrishna, C. Manoharachary and U. Prasad

Competitiveness of homologous and heterologous Rhizobium for nodulation and growth of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] - A. H. Khan and S. V. Hegde       

Variation in anther culture efficiency among donor plant tillers in rice - S. Hadi and S. K. Raina 

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

Occurrence of hitherto unknown insects of maize in India - L. M. L. Mathur, M. C. Joshi and M. Arif

A new record of seed setting in scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L. Herit) from India - Sharan P. Angadi and T. Vasantha Kumar

Staining of the neurosecretory cells and material by Eisen haematoxyline - Sudhir Bhargava and Helmut Kallenborn

Record of Beauveria bassiana (Balsano) Vuillemin on membracid spp. - S. R. Madhavan Pillai and K. K. Srivastava

A pigmented, xylose-utilizing strain of Streptomyces bobili - Sharma and S. K. Sinha

Screening   for   oleaginous   yeasts   using   replica   printing   technique   coupled   with densitometric scanning - Sneha Gogte, Kalpagam Polasa and C. Rukmini       

Senim urea and enzymes in rat on intragastric administration of garlic oil and garlic extracts - P. K. Joseph and C. S. Sundaresh