In this issue
p. 1777

Earthquake prediction: a game of chance?
p. 1779 | Rajendran, Kusala

Natural calamities and pseudoscientific menace
p. 1781 | Banyal, Ravinder; Saigeetha, A. J.

Health custodians
p. 1782 | Murthy, K. Krishna

Impact factor: Is it dragging science off course?
p. 1782 | Shanker, Arun K.; Shanker, Chitra

Volcanic ash beds
p. 1783 | Gupta, L. N.; Kochhar, Naresh

Volcanic ash beds(Response)
p. 1783 | Sangode, S. J.

Earthquake at Koyna
p. 1785 | Bapat, Arun

Earthquake at Koyna(Response)
p. 1785 | Gupta, Harsh

Nobel Prize for green chemistry: Stance for a future
p. 1788 | Raveendran, Poovathinthodiyil

Energy security to energy independence
p. 1790 | Tripathi, Shailendra; Sharma, L. D.

EZACBICON
p. 1791 | De, Minakshi

Natural radioactivity: Extant and extinct
p. 1792 | Gopalan, K.

Diu island: A paradise for tourists and seaweed biologists
p. 1795 | Mantri, Vaibhav A.; Rao, P. V. Subba

A new Orontobryum Mitt. ex Fleisch. from Darjeeling, eastern Himalayas
p. 1797 | Nath, Virendra; Asthana, A. K.; Sahu, Vinay

Mangrove stands of Andamans vis-à-vis tsunami
p. 1800 | Roy, S. Dam; Krishnan, P.

Enhanced capabilities of IRS P6 LISS IV sensor for urban mapping
p. 1805 | Gupta, Kshama; Jain, Sadhana

Why hybrid males are sterile in Drosophila?
p. 1813 | Mishra, Paras K.; Singh, Bashisth N.

Contributions of Panchanan Maheshwari's school to angiosperm embryology through an integrative approach
p. 1820 | Shivanna, K. R.; Ram, H. Y. Mohan

Specification and maintenance of the floral meristem: interactions between positively-acting promoters of flowering and negative regulators
p. 1835 | Vijayraghavan, Usha; Prasad, Kalika; Meyerowitz, Elliot

The angiosperm female gametophyte: No longer the forgotten generation
p. 1844 | Brukhin, Vladimir; Curtis, Mark D.; Grossniklaus, Ueli

Pollen cytoskeleton during germination and tube growth
p. 1853 | Cai, Giampiero; Casino, Cecilia Del; Romagnoli, Silvia; Cresti, Mauro

In vitro fertilization - a tool to dissect cell specification from a higher plant zygote
p. 1861 | Okamoto, Takashi; Kranz, Erhard

Androgenic haploids: Factors controlling development and its application in crop improvement
p. 1870 | Datta, Swapan K.

Apomixis: An enigma with potential applications
p. 1879 | Bhat, V.; Dwivedi, K. K.; Khurana, J. P.; Sopory, S. K.

Generation of phase-conjugate wave in acid blue 7 dye-doped gelatin film
p. 1894 | Geethakrishnan, T.; Palanisamy, P. K.

Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a new one-dimensional iron phosphite, [Fe^III(1,10-phenanthroline)(HPO₃)(H₂PO₃)]
p. 1899 | Mandal, Sukhendu; Green, Mark A.; Natarajan, Srinivasan

Modelling of methane emissionss from rice-based production systems in India with the denitrification and decomposition model: Field validation and sensitivity analysis
p. 1904 | Babu, Y. Jagadeesh; Li, C.; Frolking, S.; Nayak, D. R.; Datta, A.; Adhya, T. K.

Direct and indirect arsenic release from soaps by unhygienic use in tubewells
p. 1913 | Dey, Soumen; Chatterjee, Shahana; Sarkar, Sabyasachi

Signature of increasing total column water vapour and surface temperature at Maitri, Antarctica
p. 1917 | Jain, S. L.; Ghude, Sachin D.; Arya, B. C.; Kumar, Ashok; Bajaj, M. M.

Variations in hosting beneficial plant-associated microorganisms by root (wilt)-diseased and field-tolerant coconut palms of West Coast Tall variety
p. 1922 | Gopal, Murali; Gupta, Alka; Nair, R. V.

IWAVE: an ocean simulation model for internal waves
p. 1927 | Kumar, G. V. Krishna; Balasubramanian, P.

Three-phase tectonic evolution of the Andaman backarc basin
p. 1932 | Raju, K. A. Kamesh

Whole-earth decompression dynamics
p. 1937 | Herndon, J. Marvin

Climato-tectonic impression on Trans Himalayan lakes: A case study of Kyun Tso basin of the Indus Suture Zone in NW Himalaya using remote sensing techniques
p. 1941 | Philip, G.; Mathew, John

A record of foraminiferal assemblage in tsunami sediments along Nagappattinam coast, Tamil Nadu
p. 1947 | Nagendran, R.; Kannan, B. V. Kamalak; Sajith, C.; Sen, Gargi; Reddy, A. N.; Srinivasalu, S.

The Story of Asia's Lions by Divyabhanusinh
p. 1953 | Raman, T. R. Shankar

Physiological and Ecological Adaptations to Feeding in Vertebrates by J. Matthaias Starck and Tobias Wang (eds)
p. 1955 | Saidapur, S. K.

John Norris Bahcall (1934-2005)
p. 1956 | Basu, Sarbani

Call for preliminary proposals for establishing new and major programmes in Ferroic Materials
p. 1957

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
p. 1958

JOINT INDO-FRENCH RESEARCH PROGRAM ENTITLED 'GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF FRUIT QUALITY'
p. 1960

Third Indo-Australian Conference on Biotechnology
p. 1961

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
p. 1962

'INNOVATIVE YOUNG BIOTECHNOLOGIST AWARD' (IYBA) INSTITUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, GOVT OF INDIA FOR THE YEAR 2005-06
p. 1963

TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
p. 1963

Mind Group (formerly CRV Consultants Private Limited)
p. 1964

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
p. 1964

DST National Facility for Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields
p. 1965

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON 'RECENT TRENDS IN MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY'
p. 1965