In this issue
p. 0339

Herbal drugs
p. 0341 | Bhattacharyya, P. C.

Let us salute the old guards
p. 0341 | Chandra, K. C. Subhash

Uncommon opportunities for a food secure world
p. 0342 | Bhandari, Ruchi; Arunachalam, Subbiah

Madras Declaration of the Science Academies Summit
p. 0344

The 11th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop: Conference report
p. 0346 | Sorkhabi, Rasoul B.

Chaos - A new paradigm for comprehending nature
p. 0349 | Mohan, T. R. Krishna

Monsoon: A bioclimatologist's point of view
p. 0352 | Meher-homji, V. M.

Peroxidase activity in relation to in vitro rhizogenesis and precocious flowering in Bambusa arundinacea
p. 0358 | Ansari, S. A.; Kumar, S.; Palanisamy, K.

Gene therapy: Principles, practice, problems and prospects
p. 0360 | Rangarajan, P. N.; Padmanaban, G.

Micelles: Self-organized surfactant assemblies
p. 0368 | Moulik, S. P.

Immunodiagnostic approaches to detect bovine tuberculosis
p. 0376 | Joardar, S. N.; Sikdar, A.

Assessment of plant biodiversity at a mid-elevation evergreen forest of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India
p. 0379 | Ganesh, T.; Ganesan, R.; Devy, M. Soubadra; Davidar, P.; Bawa, K. S.

Managing the impact of seasonal rainfall variability through response farming at a semi-arid tropical location
p. 0392 | Victor, U. S.; Srivastava, N. N.; Rao, A. V. M. Subba; Rao, B. V. Ramana

Ultrasonic agitation of Kevlar fibres
p. 0398 | Iyer, R. V.; Vijayan, Kalyani

Spontaneous regeneration of pancreatic β-cells in EMC-D virus induced diabetic mice and reversion from diabetic to normal state
p. 0401 | Bhonde, R. R.

Ascorbic acid counteracts the prooxidant effect of alloxan in erythrocytes in vitro
p. 0404 | Yadav, Poonam; Sarkar, S.; Rathore, Nisha; John, Susan; Kale, Manisha; Bhatnagar, D.

Plant extracts: A non-chemical approach to control Fusarium diseases of mulberry
p. 0406 | Gupta, V. P.; Govindaiah; Datta, R. K.

Geochemical analysis of iron oxide/hydroxide coated and uncoated non-magnetic component of the bulk sample: Possible utility of the coated component in a stream sediment survey for gold
p. 0410 | Bheemalingeswara, K.

Chitinozoa and melaiiosclerite from the Lower Paleozoic sequence of the Tethyan Garhwal Himalaya - A note on their identification and distinction
p. 0412 | Sinha, H. N.; Srivastava, S. S.; Kapoor, P. N.; Chauhan, Rajesh

Gas-charged sediments in shallow waters off Redi along the Central west coast of India
p. 0416 | Raju, L. V. Subba; Wagle, B. G.

The inventor of the jet engine, an obituary of Sir. Frank Whittle by P. N. Shankar
p. 0420 | Shankar, P. N.

Annual Review of Microbiology 1994
p. 0421 | Varshney, Umesh

Dyke Swarms of Peninsular India
p. 0422 | Raza, M.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 1994
p. 0423 | Mallik, D. C. V.

Meetings/Symposia/Seminars
p. 0424