In this issue
p. 1582

Training a new generation
p. 1583 | Balaram, P.

Biotechnology 'off the shelf'
p. 1585 | Latha, R.; Mitra, Sudip

Fate of higher education in India
p. 1585 | Virk, H. S.

Mangrove fungi in India
p. 1586 | Sridhar, K. R.

DAE-Solid State Physics Symposium
p. 1588 | Sastry, P. U.; Sharma, S. M.

Workshops on open access in India
p. 1589 | Arunachalam, Subbiah

Genetically modified bacteria to protect against HIV in women
p. 1591 | Natraj, Usha

From the archives
p. 1592

Negative refraction in outer space?
p. 1593 | Mackay, Tom G.; Lakhtakia, Akhlesh

Carbon flux and land use/cover change in a Himalayan watershed
p. 1594 | Rai, S. C.; Sharma, Purnima

Palynological assemblage from the Anjar intertrappeans, Kutch district, Gujarat: Age implications
p. 1596 | Dogra, N. N.; Singh, Y. Raghumani; Singh, R. Y.

Indigenous palms of India
p. 1598 | Kulkarni, A. R.; Mulani, R. M.

Diagnosis of plant viral pathogens
p. 1604 | Webster, Craig G.; Wylie, Stephen J.; Jones, Michael G. K.

Space periodic thermionic emission and ablation of metallic targets by crossed surface plasma waves
p. 1608 | Jain, Ashim P.; Parashar, J.

Field measurements of sub-micron aerosol concentration during cold season in India
p. 1610 | Chate, D. M.; Pranesha, T. S.

Trade of Cordyceps sinensis from high altitudes of the Indian Himalaya: Conser­vation and biotechnological priorities
p. 1614 | Sharma, Subrat

Species diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with temperate forest of Western Himalaya: a preliminary assessment
p. 1619 | Pande, Veena; Palni, Uma T.; Singh, S. P.

Somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration from leaf and inflorescence explants of arecanut (Areca catechu L. )
p. 1623 | Karun, Anitha; Siril, E. A.; Radha, E.; Parthasarathy, V. A.

Performance of Bt cotton (MECH-162) under Integrated Pest Management in farmers' participatory field trial in Nanded district, Central India
p. 1628 | Bambawale, O. M.; Singh, Amerika; Sharma, O. P.; Bhosle, B. B.; Lavekar, R. C.; Dhandapani, A.; Kanwar, V.; Tanwar, R. K.; Rathod, K. S.; Patange, N. R.; Pawar, V. M.

Gibberellins partly reverse the male sterile phenotype of tobacco
p. 1634 | Gouda, Prakash; Needagi, Paramanna; Hegde, R. R.

Detection and monitoring of Trichodesmium blooms in the coastal waters off Saurashtra coast, India using IRS-P4 OCM data
p. 1636 | Sarangi, R. K.; Chauhan, Prakash; Nayak, S. R.

Biosorption of methyl violet, basic fuchsin and their mixture using dead fungal biomass
p. 1641 | Bhole, B. D.; Ganguly, Bratati; Madhuram, Anusha; Deshpande, Deepti; Joshi, Jui

Species-specific proteins in closely-related seahorses
p. 1645 | Thangaraj, M.; Lipton, A. P.

Channel shifting of a highly sinuous meandering river in alluvial plain, Vishwamitri river, Mainland Gujarat
p. 1647 | Raj, Rachna; Mulchandani, N.; Bhandari, S.; Maurya, D. M.; Chamyal, L. S.

Discovery of Precambrian-Cambrian boundary protoconodonts from the Gangolihat Dolomite of Inner Kumaun Lesser Himalaya: Implication on age and correlation
p. 1653 | Azmi, R. J.; Paul, S. K.

Wavelets and Signal Processing by Lokenath Debnath
p. 1661 | Venkatesh, Y. V.

Environmental Science by S. Ignacimuthu
p. 1662 | Madhyastha, M. N.

The Fire Within by Hari Narain
p. 1663 | Rajendran, C. P.

Joy David (1927-2004)
p. 1665 | Nair, M. D.

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067
p. 1666

WORKSHOP ON GRANTSMANSHIP IN INDIA
p. 1668

Call for proposals for Department of Science and Technology under the TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROGRAMMEON WATER PURIFICATION ANDBIO-DEGRADABLE/BIO-MEDICAL POLYMERS
p. 1669

CavinKare needs Group Leaders for its new R&D facility
p. 1670

REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
p. 1671

REFRESHER COURSE ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
p. 1672

INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
p. 1673

International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT)
p. 1674

European Union
p. 1674

Indian Jute Industries' Research Association
p. 1675

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
p. 1675

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur
p. 1676

NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY, PUNE 411 008
p. 1676

INDO US Workshop on Nanotechnology: Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education
p. 1677

KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 641 114
p. 1677