Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 94 - Issue 6: 25 Mar, 2008
In this Issue
In this issue
p. 0696

Editorial
Darwin, Medicine and the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
p. 0697 | Balaram, P.

Correspondence
Woods to wheels
p. 0699 | Rastogi, Rimi; Singh, Shipra; Syal, Sudhir

Academic promotions: The dust has not yet settled
p. 0699 | Menezes, Ritesh G.; Kanchan, Tanuj; Bodhe, Ashutosh V.; Rao, P. P. Jagadish; Lobo, Stany W.; Shetty, Mahabalesh; Pillay, V. V.

India's science journals need vigorous marketing
p. 0700 | Agoramoorthy, Govindaswamy

SCImago Journal and Country Rank
p. 0701 | Jain, N. C.

Wastelands as water sanctuaries
p. 0702 | Soni, Vikram

Medicinal plants facilitation centres
p. 0702 | Kala, Chandra Prakash; Sajwan, Bikram Singh

Soil nutrient management: Feast and famine approach vs life-cycle assessment approach
p. 0703 | Ramakrishnan, B.; Krishnan, P.

Meeting Report
Pre-harvest sprouting in cereals: A global scenario
p. 0704 | Mohan, Amita

Research News
Relevance of keratinophilic fungi
p. 0706 | Kushwaha, R. K. S.; Gupta, Pallavi

Commentary
The social biology and adaptability in mycophagous tubuliferan thrips
p. 0708 | Ananthakrishnan, T. N.

Farmers' variety in the context of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
p. 0709 | Nagarajan, S.; Yadav, S. P.; Singh, A. K.

Opinion
Science amidst religion: The politics of knowledge
p. 0714 | Tharakan, Koshy

Scientific Correspondence
Magnetic anomaly map for Bharati promontory, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
p. 0715 | Reddy, C. D.; Dhar, Ajay

Role of biotic and abiotic factors on the population dynamics of sugarcane woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner and its natural enemies in sugarcane
p. 0718 | Tripathi, G. M.; Singh, S. K.; Kumar, M.

Technical Note
Design and operation of a 50 m tall meteorological tower and data-acquisition system for realtime applications
p. 0721 | Somayaji, K. M.; Venkatesan, R.; Gomathinayagam, S.

General Articles
The Wildlife (Protection) Act and conservation prioritization of butterflies of the Western Ghats, southwestern India
p. 0729 | Kunte, Krushnamegh

Review Articles
Biosurfactants: Properties, commercial production and application
p. 0736 | Muthusamy, Krishnaswamy; Gopalakrishnan, Subbuchettiar; Ravi, Thiengungal Kochupappy; Sivachidambaram, Panchaksharam

Research Articles
Mammal persistence and abundance in tropical rainforest remnants in the southern Western Ghats, India
p. 0748 | Sridhar, Hari; Raman, T. R. Shankar; Mudappa, Divya

Disappearance of Stilostomella lepidula (Schwager) across the mid-Pleistocene Transition and its palaeoceanographic implication
p. 0758 | Bhaumik, Ajoy K.; Gupta, Anil K.; Mohan, K.; Singh, R. K.

Research Communications
An alternative tracking dye for gel electrophoresis
p. 0765 | Siva, R.; Mathew, Githin J.; Venkat, Abhishek; Dhawan, Chetan

High yield and quality silk fibre production by muga silkworm, Antheraea assama through application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
p. 0768 | Unni, B. G.; Bora, Utpala; Singh, H. R.; Kumar, B. S. Dileep; Devi, Barnali; Wann, S. B.; Bora, Archana; Bhau, B. S.; Neog, K.; Chakravorty, R.

Perfusion of antifungal agents through biofilms of Candida sp.
p. 0774 | Subha, T. S.; Gnanamani, A.

Clay mineralogical studies of sediments and strontium isotope analyses on calcretes at the prehistoric site of Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu
p. 0779 | Sreedhar, Arun K.; Balakrishnan, S.; Pappu, Shanti; Akhilesh, Kumar

Evidences and radiocarbon (14C) ages of palaeo-high sea-level position around Mandapam, southeast coast of India
p. 0786 | Vaz, G. Gaitan; Hariprasad, M.; Rao, B. R.

Drained and undrained responses for Koyna-Warna earthquakes from 1993 to 1994 following impoundment of the Warna reservoir in India
p. 0790 | Singh, Chandrani; Chadha, R. K.

Discovery of organic-walled microbiota from the black-bedded chert, Balwan Limestone, the Bhander Group, Lakheri area, Rajasthan
p. 0797 | Kumar, S.; Pandey, S. K.

GFP expressing bacterial biosensor to measure lead contamination in aquatic environment
p. 0800 | Chakraborty, Tapas; Babu, P. Gireesh; Alam, Absar; Chaudhari, Aparna

Book Reviews
Non-Destructive Test and Evaluation of Materials by J. Prasad and C. G. K. Nair
p. 0806 | Murthy, C R L

India: The Emerging Energy Player
p. 0806 | Pant, Girijesh; Raghavan, G. Narasimha

Plant Respiration: From Cell to Ecosystem by H. Lambers and M. Miquel Ribas-Carbo (eds)
p. 0807 | Dutta, Siddhartha; Tripathy, Baishnab C.

Forest Landscapes of the Southern Western Ghats, India: Biodiversity, Human Ecology and Management Strategies by B. R. Ramesh and Rajan Gurukkal (eds)
p. 0809 | Gadgil, Madhav

Personal News
Krishna Damodar Abhyankar (1928-2007)
p. 0811 | Alladin, Saleh Mohammed

Historical Notes
Science as a symbol of new nationhood: India and the International Geophysical Year 1957-58
p. 0813 | Kochhar, Rajesh

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