Journal costs cause worry
p. 0943

Science journalism to get impetus
p. 0943

Premature failure in Ni-Cd batteries
p. 0944

Publishing codes
p. 0945 | Inamdar, J. A.; Vijayamohanan, K.

Protein crystallography and the structure of insulin
p. 0946 | Ramaseshan, S.

Policy on Indian editions of foreign S & T periodicals
p. 0948

Current Science--50 years ago
p. 0951

On the lifetime of low mass X-ray binaries
p. 0953 | Srinivasan, G.; Bhattacharya, D.

Polarographic and cyclic voltammetric reduction of o-chlorobenzaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone
p. 0955 | Reddy, P. Raveendra; Rao, S. Brahmaji

Thiosemicarbazones as analytical reagents: A selective spectrophotometric determination on palladium
p. 0958 | Palaniappan, R.

Announcements
p. 0961

Monsoonal microtremors at Kottuli, Calicut
p. 0962 | Chacko, P. T. Roy

Sulphide mineralization around Ambadungar, Baroda District, Gujarat
p. 0962 | Srivastava, Rajesh K.; Karkare, S. G.

Spectrophotometric determination of micro quantities of gold with cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide in, presence of iodide
p. 0964 | Paria, K.; Thokdar, T. K.; Majumdar, S. K.

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
p. 0966 | Vaidya, V. K.; Pitliya, R. L.; Sharma, H. S.; Ameta, Suresh C.

Synthesis of some 2-amino-3-cyano-4,6-disubstituted pyridine derivatives and their antibacterial activity
p. 0967 | Prakash, L.; Shaihla; Malik, Seema; Mital, R. L.

A new species of Chrysosporium
p. 0970 | Kushwaha, R. K. S.; Shrivastava, J. N.

Large cardamom-- A new host for Pestalotiopsis versicolor (Speg. ) Steyaert
p. 0971 | Srivastava, L. S.; Verma, R. N.

Transmission of Rhizoctonia solani (Kuhn) in seeds of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. )
p. 0972 | Shama, Saad

Selection for red rot resistance in sugarcane
p. 0974 | Gill, S. S.; Pandey, S.; Tripathi, B. K.

Role of surface wax of chilli fruits in inducing resistance to fruit rot pathogens Colletotrichum capsici and Helminthosporium rostratum
p. 0976 | Prakasam, V.; Jeyarajan, R.

Mangiferine-induced chromosome aberration in root-tip cells of Solanum incanum L.
p. 0977 | Kumar, G.

Callus initiation and regeneration potential in different genotypes of Eruca sativa
p. 0979 | Surya-parkash; Chowdhwry, J. B.; Jain, R. K.

Thin-layer chromatography on cellulose
p. 0980 | Jayaprakasam; Sivakumar, R.

Estimation of quercetin in the leaves of Maesa indica Wall by a new colorimetric method
p. 0982 | Gaitonde, K. K.; Naik, P. L.

Cation exchange capacity of soil and adsorption of Azospirillum to soil particles
p. 0983 | Govindarajan, K.; Purushothaman, D.

Multiple xanthine dehydrogenase isozymes in the exotic carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cyprinidae: Pisces)
p. 0984 | Padhi, B. K.; Khuda-bukhsh, A. R.

Studies on electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins of the toad Bufo andersonii
p. 0986 | Srivastava, Meera; Ahluwalia, P.; Gupta, M. L.

Radiomodifying effect of camphor as revealed by sister chromatid exchange
p. 0987 | Goel, H. C.; Singh, Surendra; Singh, S. P.

A novel method for cloning chromosomal DNA in Haemophilus influenzae Rd
p. 0989 | Somiwala, E. B.; Notani, N. K.

Transfer of saline tolerance from one strain of rice to another by injection of DNA
p. 0991 | Prakash, K. S.; Padayatty, J. D.

Book Reviews
p. 0994 | Nayak, M. R.; Prabhakara Rao, M. V.

The Scientific Community
p. 0996