Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 84 - Issue 6: 25 Mar, 2003
In this Issue
In this issue
p. 0736

Editorial
Ph Ds: A need for quality control
p. 0737 | Balaram, P.

Correspondence
Science policy and scientific assessment
p. 0739 | Rastogi, R. P.

Higher education
p. 0739 | Biyani, A. K.

Academic performance should govern open-ended salary of contractual appointments
p. 0740 | Singh, B. N.

Flora resource materials repository
p. 0741 | Nair, P. K. K.

News
National Awards for Science Popularization - 2002
p. 0741 | Sen, Nirupa

Indo-French perspectives on the way to go - science in the 21st century
p. 0742 | Sen, Nirupa

Phonons in condensed materials
p. 0743 | Arora, A. K.; Sanyal, S. P.

Understanding solid catalysts at the atomic level
p. 0745 | Sayanna, E.; Tripathi, Shailendra

Random selections
Random selections
p. 0746

Scientific Correspondence
Direct in vitro regeneration of Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., an endangered anticarcinogenic herb
p. 0747 | Prajapati, Hiren A.; Patel, Darshan H.; Mehta, Saurabh R.; Subramanian, R. B.

Larvicidal properties of a perennial herb Solanum xanthocarpum against vectors of malaria and dengue/DHF
p. 0749 | Singh, Karam V.; Bansal, S. K.

Haemoglobin D in a mongoloid non-tribal family: A report from northeast India
p. 0752 | Sharma, S. K.; Gogoi, S.; Dutta, R.; Mahanta, J.

Fossilized hominid baby skull from the ferricrete at Odai, Bommayarpalayam, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, South India
p. 0754 | Rajendran, P.; Kumar, R. Bharath; Bhanu, B. Vijaya

From the archives
From the archives
p. 0756

General Articles
Environmental classification of mangrove wetlands of India
p. 0757 | Selvam, V.

Review Articles
Mass-independent isotopic fractionation: Recent developments
p. 0766 | Chakraborty, Subrata; Bhattacharya, S. K.

Research Articles
Elicitation of anthocyanin production in callus cultures of Daucus carota and involvement of calcium channel modulators
p. 0775 | Sudha, G.; Ravishankar, G. A.

Changing social strategies of wild female bonnet macaques during natural foraging and on provisioning
p. 0780 | Ram, Sunita; Venkatachalam, Suri; Sinha, Anindya

Research Communications
Evolution of gold nanoparticles in micelle by UV-irradiation: A conductometric study
p. 0791 | Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Sarma, Navanita; Mandal, Madhuri; Kundu, Subrata; Esumi, K.; Pal, Tarasankar

Assessment of changes in water-hyacinth coverage of water bodies in northern part of Bangalore city using temporal remote sensing data
p. 0795 | Verma, Rinku; Singh, S. P.; Raj, K. Ganesha

Do informally managed sacred groves have higher richness and regeneration of medicinal plants than state-managed reserve forests?
p. 0804 | Boraiah, K. T.; Vasudeva, R.; Bhagwat, Shonil A.; Kushalappa, C. G.

Spatial patterns of tree and shrub species diversity in Savanadurga State Forest, Karnataka
p. 0808 | Murali, K. S.; Kavitha, A.; Harish, R. P.

Salvaging of abortive embryos from mature tetraploid × diploid watermelon fruits through in vitro culturing and realization of a triploid seedless watermelon
p. 0813 | Thomas, Pious; Pitchaimuthu, M.; Mythili, J. B.; Srinivas, Meenakashi

Long-term changes in freshwater fish species composition in North Western Ghats, Pune District
p. 0816 | Kharat, Sanjay; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Raut, Rupesh; Mahabaleshwarkar, Mukul

Book Reviews
Annual Review of Public Health 2002
p. 0821 | Sukanya, R.

Annual Review of Plant Biology 2002
p. 0822 | Sopory, S. K.

A Field Guide to the Common Invertebrates of the East Coast of India
p. 0824 | Pandian, T. J.

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 2002
p. 0825 | Chander, Ramesh

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