Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 99 - Issue 07: 10 Oct, 2010
In this Issue
In this issue
p. 0856

Editorial
Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science
p. 0857 | Balaram, P.

Correspondence
Irreverence and Indian science
p. 0859 | Bhaduri, Sumit

Roadmap to irreverence, argument and critique in science education and research
p. 0859 | Sharma, Om P.

Haemoglobin-C gene in India?
p. 0860 | Choubisa, S. L.

Citedness of Indian science journals indexed by SCIE
p. 0860 | Garg, K. C.; Kumar, S.

Kannimara teak: an extant forest genetic resource
p. 0862 | Nagarajan, B.; Meena, Desha; Singh, Sarvesh; Daniel, A.; Jesubalan, D.

The other side of Albert Einstein
p. 0863 | Singh, Rajinder

Exotic weeds in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve
p. 0863 | Murthy, E. N.; Raju, V. S.; Reddy, C. S.; Ravinder, M.

Ophiocordyceps sinensis - valuable caterpillar fungus from the Himalayan hills
p. 0865 | Singh, Ranjit; Negi, P. S.; Ahmed, Z.

News
Photosynthetic factories for manufacturing biofuel ethanol
p. 0866 | Maheshwari, Ramesh

India lacks open access awareness programmes
p. 0867 | Malhotra, Richa

Meeting Report
Neutron scattering and mesoscopic systems
p. 0868 | Basu, Saibal

Seed ecology III
p. 0870 | Phartyal, Shyam S.; Kar, Rup Kumar; Walck, Jeffery

Air pollution and climate change effects on forest ecosystems
p. 0871 | Mohanraj, R.

Research News
STAR experiment reports the discovery of anti-strange matter
p. 0873 | Mohanty, Bedangadas

In Conversation
The evolution of a surgeon and innovator: M. S. Valiathan
p. 0875 | Yadugiri, V. T.

Commentary
Education reforms, accreditation and the role of academies
p. 0882 | Lavakare, P. J.

Seed-cane marketing - a multi-million industry in the offing
p. 0883 | Singh, P. K.; Singh, A. K.; Kumar, Sanjeev; Singh, J.

Nutritional security: a missing link in climate change debates
p. 0887 | Manoj-Kumar; Patra, A. K.

Opinion
Sociology of large scientific collaborations
p. 0890 | Viyogi, Y. P.

Soil responds to climate change: is soil science in India responding to?
p. 0892 | Manoj-Kumar

A new conservation policy needed for reintroduction of Bengal tiger-white
p. 0894 | Xavier, Nicky K.

Scientific Correspondence
Biodegradation of 14C-chlorpyrifos by hairy root culture of Chenopodium amaranticolor Coste & Reynier
p. 0896 | Garg, Aprajita; Mehetre, Sayaji; Sherkhane, Pramod; Eapen, Susan; Kale, Sharad P.

Spatial redistribution of Soliva anthemifolia (Juss) R. Br. - possible manifestation of changing climate
p. 0898 | Uniyal, Sanjay Kr.; Parkash, Om; Singh, R. D.

General Articles
'Plenty of room' - fifty years after the Feynman lecture
p. 0900 | Yadugiri, V. T.; Malhotra, Richa

Green to evergreen revolution: ecological and evolutionary perspectives in pest manageĀ­ment
p. 0908 | Kesavan, P. C.; Malarvannan, S.

Research Account
Conservation agriculture towards achieving food security in North East India
p. 0915 | Ghosh, P. K.; Das, Anup; Saha, Ritesh; Kharkrang, Enboklang; Tripathi, A. K.; Munda, G. C.; Ngachan, S. V.

Research Articles
Piper betle Linn. a maligned Pan-Asiatic plant with an array of pharmacological activities and prospects for drug discovery
p. 0922 | Kumar, Nikhil; Misra, Pragya; Dube, Anuradha; Bhattacharya, Shailja; Dikshit, Madhu; Ranade, Shirish

Low-Al tourmalines of 'oxy-dravite'-povondraite series from Cu-Au deposit of Ghagri area, Salumber-Ghatol belt, Aravalli Supergroup, Rajasthan
p. 0933 | Fareeduddin; Kirmani, I. R.; Gupta, Susmita

Delhi earthquake of 25 November 2007 (Mw 4. 1): implications for seismic hazard
p. 0939 | Singh, S. K.; Kumar, A.; Suresh, G.; Ordaz, M.; Pacheco, J. F.; Sharma, M. L.; Bansal, B. K.; Dattatrayam, R. S.; Reinoso, E.

Research Communications
Presence of 60Fe in eucrite Piplia Kalan: a new perspective to the initial 60Fe/56Fe in the early solar system
p. 0948 | Rudraswami, N. G.; Sahijpal, S.; Bhandari, N.

Effect of season and year on azadirachtin A and oil content in neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seeds and relationship of azadirachtin A and oil content with rainfall, temperature and humidity
p. 0953 | Gupta, V. K.; Ahlawat, S. P.; Kumar, R. V.; Ajit; Datta, A.

Modelling of a magnetic anomaly in east Ganga basin and its implications on the tectonics of the region
p. 0956 | Babu, H. V. Ram; Kishore, R. K.; Kumar, V. Pradeep

Photothermal manipulation of reproduction in Indian major carp: a step forward for off-season breeding and seed production
p. 0960 | Sarkar, S. K.; Saha, A.; Dasgupta, S.; Nandi, S.; Verma, D. K.; Routray, P.; Devaraj, C.; Mohanty, J.; Sarangi, N.; Eknat, A. E.; Ayyappan, S.

Book Reviews
What I Require from Life: Writings on Science and Life from J. B. S. Haldane by Krishna Dronamraju (ed. )
p. 0965 | Nagaraj, R.

Ferns and Fern-allies of Sikkim: A Pictorial Handbook - Part-I by B. S. Kholia
p. 0966 | Rawat, G. S.

Troubled Islands: Writings on the Indigenous Peoples and Environment of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Pankaj Sekhsaria
p. 0967 | Ali, Rauf

Historical Notes
The Wealth of India - a CSIR's encyclopaedia of information resource on economic plants, animals and minerals
p. 0969 | Chakre, Onkar J.

Advertisements
International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer (ICSCC-2010)-International Institute of Information Technology
p. 0972

Call for Proposals for Technology Development under Technology Systems Development Programme (TSDP)
p. 0973

Call for Proposals 2011-Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Federation
p. 0974

Call for Collaboration - 2011-India-Ireland Cooperative Science Programme
p. 0975

Science Academies Refresher Course on Modern Biotechnological Techniques
p. 0976

One day scientific symposium on Genetics in Clinical Practice: Diagnosis to Therapeutics
p. 0977

Short Term Course on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Earth Sciences-Centre for Earth Sciences
p. 0977

Junior Research Fellow-St Aloysius College, Mangalore
p. 0978

Junior Research Fellow-Banaras Hindu University
p. 0978

Call for Papers-Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2010)
p. 0979

Junior Research Fellow-University of Madras
p. 0979

Short Term Training Course in'Commercial Plant Tissue Culture and Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transformation Techniques'
p. 0980

Visiting Scientist/Scientist (Post Doctoral)-International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
p. 0980

Entries for Louis Pasteur Award - 2011-Central Silk Board
p. 0981

Faculty Position in Quantitative Ecology - Bangalore-ATREE
p. 0981

Junior Research Fellow-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
p. 0982

DST Sponsored SERC School in Chronobiology 2011
p. 0982

Junior Research Fellow-KAMARAJ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
p. 0983

Short Term Training Course (STTC) on 'Proteomics Techniques in Biotechnology'
p. 0983

Junior Research Fellow-Himachal Pradesh University
p. 0984

Junior Research Fellow-Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
p. 0984

Junior Research Fellow-Solapur University, Solapur
p. 0984

International Consultation on DNA Barcoding
p. 0984

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