Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 99 - Issue 10: 25 Nov, 2010
In this Issue
In this issue
p. 1300

Editorial
Chemicals, Chemistry and Molecules
p. 1301 | Balaram, P.

Correspondence
Mathematics: the teaching dimension
p. 1303 | Mitra, A. N.

Who will save the plants from the botanist?
p. 1304 | Koul, Monika; Bhatnagar, A. K.

Forensic studies using a pollen assay
p. 1305 | Garg, Arti; Sachan, Saurabh

Ranking of research performance of Indian universities
p. 1305 | Garg, K. C.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize: women have finally shown their might
p. 1306 | Inderpal; Luthra, Rajesh

Lichenometric studies and Pindari glacier retreat
p. 1306 | Chaujar, Ravinder Kumar

Dynamics of Pindari glacier during the last 600 years
p. 1307 | Bali, Rameshwar; Ali, S. Nawaz

Drug discovery: going with the tide
p. 1308 | Suryanarayanan, T. S.; Ravishankar, J. P.; Muruganandam, V.

Solving drinking water crisis in hard rock terrain of Peninsular India
p. 1309 | Naik, Prabir K.; Naik, K. C.; Choudhury, A.; Chakraborty, D.

Meeting Report
Radicals in science: nature or nurture? Perhaps both!
p. 1311 | Malhotra, Richa; Yadugiri, V. T.; Monto, Geethanjali

Frontiers in atmospheric sciences
p. 1313 | Manjunatha, Busnur R.

Research News
Direct observation of chemical reactions on single gold nanocrystals using surface plasmon spectroscopy
p. 1315 | Sur, Ujjal Kumar

Future of Ricinus communis after completion of the draft genome sequence
p. 1316 | Ramprasad, R.; Bandopadhyay, R.

Cartoon
Smile with Science: Sumanta Baruah
p. 1318

Commentary
Bt brinjal and GM crops: towards a reasonable policy ahead
p. 1319 | Banerji, Debashis

Opinion
Entrance examinations for science and technology
p. 1321 | Mohanan, K. P.

Safety of systems for industry and environment: relevance and challenges
p. 1323 | Mukherjee, G. S.

Scientific Correspondence
Characterization and maintenance of novel source of male sterility in ridge gourd Luffa acutangula (L. ) Roxb
p. 1326 | Pradeepkumar, T.; Hegde, V. C.; Sujatha, R.; George, T. E.

Assessment of Pongamia pinnata (L. ) - a biodiesel producing tree species using ISSR markers
p. 1327 | Sujatha, K.; Rajwade, A. V.; Gupta, V. S.; Hazra, Sulekha

Differential floral attractiveness as a determinant of foraging decision in honeybees
p. 1330 | Abrol, D. P.

Natural amelioration of fluoride toxicity (fluorosis) in goats and sheep
p. 1331 | Choubisa, S. L.

General Articles
Soil and plant nutrient loss during the recent floods in North Karnataka: Implications and ameliorative measures
p. 1333 | Natarajan, A.; Hegde, Rajendra; Raizada, A.; Adhikari, R. N.; Patil, S. L.; Sarkar, Dipak; Rajan, K.; Naidu, L. G. K.

Review Articles
General aspects of 12 basic principles of green chemistry with applications
p. 1341 | Gupta, Monika; Paul, Satya; Gupta, Rajive

Research Articles
Role of pathogenesis-related genes in rice-gall midge interactions
p. 1361 | Rawat, Nidhi; Sinha, Deepak Kumar; Rajendrakumar, P.; Shrivastava, Priyanka; Neeraja, C. N.; Sundaram, R. M.; Nair, Suresh; Bentur, J. S.

Phases of deformation from cross-cutting structural relationships in external thrust sheets: insights from small-scale structures in the Ramgarh thrust sheet, Darjiling Himalaya, West Bengal
p. 1369 | Matin, Abdul; Mukul, Malay

Special Section: Indian contribution in southern ocean (Guest Editors: M. Sudhakar, R. Ramesh and Rasik Ravindra)
Atmospheric boundary-layer across Hadley and Ferrel cells over the Indian Ocean
p. 1378 | Bhat, G. S.; Rao, Prashanth L.; Sangolli, V. G.

Latitudinal gradient in aerosol properties over the Indian and Southern Oceans during the austral summer
p. 1384 | Babu, S. Suresh; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Satheesh, S. K.

Signature of coastal upwelling in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica during austral summer 2006
p. 1390 | Anilkumar, N.; Mohan, Rahul; Shukla, Sunil Kumar; Pednekar, S. M.; Sudhakar, M.; Ravindra, R.

Stable oxygen, hydrogen isotope ratios and salinity variations of the surface Southern Indian Ocean waters
p. 1395 | Srivastava, Rohit; Ramesh, R.; Jani, R. A.; Anilkumar, N.; Sudhakar, M.

Effect of high level iron enrichment on potential nitrogen uptake by marine plankton in the Southern Ocean
p. 1400 | Prakash, Satya; Ramesh, R.; Sheshshayee, M. S.; Mohan, Rahul; Sudhakar, M.

Seabed morphology of the Approach Channel of Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
p. 1405 | Mishra, Ravi; Sudhakar, M.; Pednekar, S. M.; Tyagi, Abhishek

Biodiversity and community structure of free-living marine nematodes from the Larsemann Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
p. 1413 | Ingole, Baban; Singh, Ravail

Morphology and surface textures of quartz grains from freshwater lakes of McLeod Island, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
p. 1420 | Narayana, A. C.; Mohan, Rahul; Mishra, Ravi

Research Communications
Purkinje effect and bioluminescence of fireflies
p. 1425 | Dehingia, N.; Baruah, D.; Siam, C.; Barua, A. Gohain; Baruah, G. D.

Compositional variations of olivine in shonkinite and its associated ultrabasic rock from the carbonatite complex of Tiruppattur, Tamil Nadu
p. 1428 | Ramasamy, R.; Subramanian, S. P.; Sundaravadivelu, R.

Is dew useful for Himalayan plants?
p. 1434 | Joshi, S. C.; Palni, L. M. S.

Altered gibberellin and auxin levels in the ovaries in the manifestation of genetic parthenocarpy in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
p. 1439 | Hazra, P.; Dutta, A. K.; Chatterjee, Padma

Functional dioecy in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, a distylous species in the Western Ghats
p. 1444 | Sharma, Manju V.; Shaanker, R. Uma; Vasudeva, R.; Shivanna, K. R.

Development of sporeless and low-spored mutants of edible mushroom for alleviating respiratory allergies
p. 1449 | Pandey, Meera; Ravishankar, Sandhya

A unique example of a wooden boat of Bridelia retusa in ancient India entrapped in the Holocene sediments at Derde, Ratnagiri Coast, Maharashtra
p. 1453 | Marathe, Ashok; Shashikala, S.; Rao, R. Vijendra

Diversity of arthropod natural enemies in the tea plantations of North Bengal with emphasis on their association with tea pests
p. 1457 | Das, Soma; Roy, Somnath; Mukhopadhyay, Ananda

Book Reviews
Restoring Values: Keys to Integrity, Ethical Behaviour and Good Governance by E. Sreedharan and Bharat Wakhlu (eds)
p. 1464 | Srinivasan, Anuradha

From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation: The Challenge for India, Rishikesha T. Krishnan
p. 1465 | Natraj, C. V.

Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Applications by B. D. Gupta and A. J. Elias
p. 1466 | Sarkar, Amitabha

Control Theory and Systems Biology by Pablo A. Iglesias and Brian P. Ingalls (eds)
p. 1467 | Sinha, Somdatta

Personal News
M. K. Mehta (1927-2010)
p. 1469 | Kailas, S.

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p. 1470

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p. 1471

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p. 1472

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p. 1473

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p. 1474

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p. 1475

Short Term Course on Methods in Geochemistry and their Applications-Centre for Earth Sciences
p. 1476

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p. 1477

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p. 1477

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p. 1478

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p. 1478

Workshop on Systematics and Evolution-Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems
p. 1479

5th DST Advanced School on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
p. 1479

Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Genomics of Type 2 Diabetes
p. 1480

Two-day joint workshop on 'Plant Molecular Farming'-UKIERI
p. 1480

Department of Geology
p. 1481

Vigyan Prasar
p. 1481

Banaras Hindu University
p. 1482

Research Position in Tomato Functional Genomics-University of Hyderabad
p. 1482

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