In this issue
p. 0003

Insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets: An alternate strategy for malaria control
p. 0005 | Dev, Vas

Tectonic elements of western Ganga basin
p. 0006 | Iqbaluddin

Tectonic elements of western Ganga basin(Response)
p. 0006 | Mishra, D. C.; Laxman, G.

Tectonics of continental interiors
p. 0006 | Rajendran, C. P.

C. N. R. Rao honoured
p. 0008

How do we 'miss the wood for the trees'? Do females have natural flair for lullaby? Cognitive neuroscoence tells it all (or does it?)
p. 0009 | Ramakrishna, T.

Magnetic reconnection on the sun: Ultraviolet observations of bi-directional plasma jets
p. 0010 | Dwivedi, B. N.; Mohan, Anita

Assessing genetic diversity in wild mega animals using non-invasive methods
p. 0013 | Khoshoo, T. N.

Photochemical formation of gold nanoparticles in aqueous Triton X-100 and its application in SERS spectroscopy
p. 0014 | Pal, Anjali

Biosafety of transgenic crops:Precautions for case-by-case risk assessment
p. 0016 | Bhat, S. R.; Chopra, V. L.

A new destructive disease of neem (Azadirachta indica) incited by Phomopsis azadirachitae
p. 0017 | Bhat, S. Shankara; Sateesh, M. K.; Devaki, N. S.

A declining trend in the interest of fresh graduates for doctoral and post-doctoral training in different areas of science and technology
p. 0020 | Kumar, Sushil; Khilnani, Sushila; Sehgal, Y. P.

Prospects of success of biotechnological approaches for improving tolerance to drought stress in crop plants
p. 0025 | Khanna-Chopra, Renu; Sinha, Suresh K.

Potential applications of antisence RNA technology in plants
p. 0035 | Kumrla, Ratna; Verma, Rashmi; Rajam, Manichikatla Venkat

Need for soil study to determine degradation and landscape stability
p. 0042 | Bhattacharyya, T.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Baruah, U.; Chamuah, G. S.

Detection and identification of seismic signals using articles using artificial neural networks
p. 0047 | Roy, Falguni

X-ray contact microscopic imaging in keV spectral regions using laser-produced plasmas
p. 0054 | Chakera, J. A.; Gupta, P. D.; Geondgian, Yu.; Sorokin, V. V.; Korol, V. Yu.; Avtonomov, V. P.

Effect of 45 MeV 7 Li and 68 MeV 16 O charges particles on the microsomal membrane fluidity
p. 0058 | Srivastava, M.; Choudhary, D.; Sarma, A.; Kale, R. K.

Regeneration of late leaf spot-resistant groundnut plants from Cercosporidium personatum culture filtrate-treated callus
p. 0061 | Venkatachalam, P.; Rao, K. Shankara; Kishor, P. B. Kavi; Jayabalan, N.

Biochemical analysis and skin sensitivity test of the allergenic pollen of Datura metel L.
p. 0066 | Parul, Sanjukta; Mandal, Sudhendu

Methyl farnesoate stimulates ovarian maturation in the freshwater crab Oziotelphusa senex senex Fabricius
p. 0068 | Reddy, P. Sreenivasula; Ramamurthi, R.

Iron microprobe ²⁰⁷ Pb/²⁰⁶Pb zircon ages for gneiss-granitoid rocks from Bundelkhand massif: Evidence for archaean components
p. 0070 | Mondal, M. E. A.; Sharma, K. K.; Rahman, A.; Goswami, J. N.

Seismotectonics of northern India
p. 0075 | Gowd, T. N.; Rao, S. V. Srirama; Chary, K. B.

The Evolving Female: a Life-History Perspective
p. 0081 | Sinha, Anindya

Book Acceptability of Risk from Radiatiion-Application to Human Space Flight
p. 0082 | Chandrashekar, S.

Technobrat
p. 0084 | Narasimhan, R.

Meetings/Symposia/Seminars
p. 0085

Ministry of Science and Technology (DBT) - Biotechnology National Associateship Scheme: 1997-98
p. 0086

School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University
p. 0088

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) - Central Road Research Institute(CRRI)
p. 0088

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) - Central Electrochemical Research Institute(CECRI)
p. 0089

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) - Central Mining Research Institute(CMRI)
p. 0089

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
p. 0090

Professor S. R. Palit Memorial Award-1999
p. 0092