In this issue
p. 1638

Science and Music: Truth and Beauty
p. 1639 | Balaram, P.

Indian science: Diagnosing malady and suggesting remedy
p. 1641 | Virk, H. S.

Enhancing quality of research
p. 1641 | Sharma, Om P.

Reforms and funds crucial to enhance higher education and research in universities
p. 1642 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy; Hsu, Minna J.

Need for periodic assessment of botanical wealth
p. 1642 | Kore, B. A.

River linking project: Case-specific approach is needed
p. 1643 | Korse, Keshava H.

Elimination of lymphatic filariasis
p. 1644 | Das, Dasarathi

Water-fixing/producing bacteria for combating freshwater scarcity
p. 1644 | Pushpangadan, P.; Srivastava, S.; Mehrotra, R.; Kochhar, V. K.

Geoscientific studies in and around Delhi: An update
p. 1646 | Bansal, Brijesh K.; Gupta, G. D.

Disorder, complexity and biology
p. 1648 | Singh, Shri; Dattagupta, S.

From the archives
p. 1651

A method for screening of bacteria capable of degrading dimethylformamide
p. 1652 | Veeranagouda, Y.; Patil, K. Neelakanteshwar; Karegoudar, T. B.

Genetic variation of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) of South Indian cotton ecosystem using RAPD markers
p. 1654 | Fakrudin, B.; Prakash, S. H.; Krishnareddy, K. B.; Vijaykumar; Prasad, P. R. Badari; Patil, B. V.; Kuruvinashetti, M. S.

Eco-friendly way to keep away pestiferous Giant African snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich from nursery beds
p. 1657 | Prasad, G. Shyam; Singh, D. R.; Senani, S.; Medhi, R. P.

Plant embryology during and after Panchanan Maheshwari's time - Changing face of research in the embryology of flowering plants
p. 1660 | Raghavan, V.

Chemistry and biology of bile acids
p. 1684 | Mukhopadhyay, Samrat; Maitra, Uday

Degradation of β-lactam antibiotics
p. 1684 | Deshpande, A. D.; Baheti, K. G.; Chatterjee, N. R.

Migration malaria associated with forest economy in central India
p. 1696 | Singh, Neeru; Chand, S. K.; Mishra, A. K.; Nagpal, A. C.

Application of catalytic materials for diesel exhaust emission control
p. 1700 | Labhsetwar, Nitin K.; Biniwale, Rajesh B.; Kumar, Rakesh; Bawase, Moqtik A.; Rayalu, S. S.; Mitsuhashi, T.; Haneda, H.

Prospects for nitrogen incorporation into humic acid as evidenced by alkaline extraction method
p. 1704 | Young, Chiu-Chung; Su, Chiu-Hua; Li, Gwo-Chen; Wang, Min-Chao; Arun, A. B.

The status of the baobab (Adansonia digitata L. ) in Mannar Island, Sri Lanka
p. 1709 | Vandercone, Rajnish; Sajithran, T. M.; Wijeyamohan, S.; Santiapillai, Charles

Residue burning in rice-wheat cropping system: Causes and implications
p. 1713 | Gupta, Prabhat K.; Sahai, Shivraj; Singh, Nahar; Dixit, C. K.; Singh, D. P.; Sharma, C.; Tiwari, M. K.; Gupta, Raj K.; Garg, S. C.

Characterization and expression of AmphiCB encoding a cathepsin B proteinase from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense
p. 1717 | Wang, Yongjun; Zhang, Shicui; Liu, Zhenhui; Li, Hongyan; Wang, Lei

Insecticide susceptibility status of malaria vectors in some hyperendemic tribal districts of Orissa
p. 1722 | Sharma, S. K.; Upadhyay, A. K.; Haque, M. A.; Singh, O. P.; Adak, T.; Subbarao, S. K.

Vertebrate fauna from the subsurface Cambay Shale (Lower Eocene), Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India
p. 1726 | Rana, R. S.; Kumar, K.; Singh, H.

Organic-walled microfossils from the Neoproterozoic black phosphatic stringers in the Gangolihat Dolomite, Lesser Himalaya, India
p. 1733 | Tiwari, Meera; Pant, Charu C.

Geochemical and isotopic anomalies preceding K/T boundary in the Cauvery basin, South India: Implications for end Cretaceous events
p. 1738 | Ramkumar, Muthuvairavasamy; Stüben, Doris; Berner, Zolt; Schneider, Jens

Clay as indicator of sediment plume movement in deep-sea environment
p. 1747 | Valsangkar, Anil B.

A. K. Krishnaswami Ayyangar's Works on the History of Indian Mathematics Compiled by A. K. Srinivasan and A. K. Rajagopal
p. 1752 | Sridharan, R.

Biotechnology - Expanding Horizons by B. D. Singh
p. 1753 | Bali, Geetha

A Primer of Special Relativity by P. L. Sar­desai
p. 1753 | Ananthamurthy, Sharath

Science wallpaper for high school and undergraduate students
p. 1754

M. S. Subbulakshmi
p. 1755

Remembering Panchanan Maheshwari - An eminent botanist of the twentieth century
p. 1756 | Maheshwari, Nirmala

Remembering my guru P. Maheshwari
p. 1760 | Ram, H. Y. Mohan

Author Index
p. 1765

Subject Index
p. 1773

Acknowledgements
p. 1782

Institutional Members
p. 1785

Indian-Israeli Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Project Proposals (2004-2005)
p. 1788

A Three-Day Workshop on Organometallic Chemistry
p. 1789

Elsevier India Office
p. 1790

REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
p. 1791

ePRAMANA
p. 1792

IMGENEX INDIA PVT. LTD.
p. 1792

OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CELL (OSTC)
p. 1793

Biodiversity: Its evaluation, conservation and sustainable use
p. 1793

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
p. 1794

Indian Agricultural Research Institute
p. 1794

Prof. G. M. Reddy Research Foundation
p. 1795