In this issue
p. 0003

The Science of the Earth
p. 0005 | Balaram, P.

Origin of river Sarasvati
p. 0007 | Rao, S. M.

Building process of science for societal security
p. 0007 | Patra, Jyotiraj

Impact of windmills on rural economy
p. 0008 | Umamaheswari, L; Ravichandran, S.

Seabuckthorn: Oil with promising medicinal value
p. 0008 | Parimelazhagan, T.; Chaurasia, O. P.; Ahmed, Z.

The 32nd International Geological Congress
p. 0009 | Rajendran, C. P.

The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004
p. 0011 | Rajendran, Kusala; Rajendran, C. P.; Earnest, Anil

A 'SOUND' method for synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions
p. 0012 | Srinivasan, C.

Who's afraid of research assessment?
p. 0014 | Prathap, Gagan

Aureobasidium pullulans, a potential mycoherbicide for biocontrol of eupatorium [Chromo­laena odorata (L. ) King and Robinson] weed
p. 0018 | Prashanthi, S. K.; Kulkarni, Srikant

Coal-fire detection and monitoring in Raniganj coalfield, India - A remote sensing approach
p. 0021 | Martha, Tapas R.; Bhattacharya, A.; Kumar, K. Vinod

An appraisal of global wetland area and its organic carbon stock
p. 0025 | Mitra, Sudip; Wassmann, Reiner; Vlek, Paul L. G.

Improving zinc efficiency of cereals under zinc deficiency
p. 0036 | Singh, Bhupinder; Natesan, Senthil Kumar A.; Singh, B. K.; Usha, K.

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in marine biogeochemical processes
p. 0045 | Bhaskar, P. V.; Bhosle, Narayan B.

Electronic excitations on metal surfaces and nano-structures
p. 0054 | Barman, S. R.

Spin gap antiferromagnets: materials and phenomena
p. 0062 | Bose, Indrani

First order magneto-structural phase transition in various functional materials
p. 0071 | Roy, S. B.; Chaddah, P.

Magnetic inhomogeneities inherent to spin systems with quenched random-exchange disorder
p. 0078 | Kaul, S. N.

Quaternary borocarbides - A new class of superconductors and materials
p. 0083 | Mazumdar, Chandan; Nagarajan, R.

Multiple phase transitions in rare earth RE5T4M10 (T = Rh, Ir and M = Si, Ge, Sn)
p. 0096 | Ramakrishnan, S.

Evolution of infrared modes across the insulator to metal transition in manganites
p. 0102 | Premila, M.; Sairam, T. N.; Sundar, C. S.

The need and potential applications of a network for monitoring of isotopes in waters of India
p. 0107 | Gupta, S. K.; Deshpande, R. D.

Methane emission estimates from enteric fermentation in Indian livestock: Dry matter intake approach
p. 0119 | Singhal, K. K.; Mohini, Madhu; Jha, Arvind K.; Gupta, Prabhat K.

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of White Ponni, a non-basmati variety of indica rice (Oryza sativa L. )
p. 0128 | Sridevi, G.; Dhandapani, M.; Veluthambi, K.

Effects of forest disturbance on fruit set, seed dispersal and predation of Rudraksh (Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. ) in northeast India
p. 0133 | Khan, M. L.; Bhuyan, Putul; Tripathi, R. S.

Viscosity of suspensions and glass: Turning power-law divergence into essential singularity
p. 0143 | Kumar, N.

Microwave-assisted steps in the synthesis of poly(3-thiophenylacetic acid)
p. 0145 | Senadeera, G. K. R.

Characterization of tall landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L. ) using gene-derived simple sequence repeats
p. 0149 | Neeraja, C. N.; Hariprasad, A. S.; Malathi, S.; Siddiq, E. A.

In vitro inhibition of growth and sporulation in Aspergillus niger by lidocaine - a local anaesthetic agent
p. 0152 | Jaiswal, Sarita; Sawhney, N.; Sawhney, S.

In vitro mutagenesis - a quick method for establishment of solid mutant in chrysanthemum
p. 0155 | Datta, S. K.; Misra, P.; Mandal, A. K. A.

Palaeoecological significance of ichnofossils from the Early Cambrian succession of the Spiti Valley, Tethys Himalaya, India
p. 0158 | Parcha, S. K.; Singh, B. P.; Singh, Birendra P.

Multiplex PCR in diagnosis and characterization of bovine viral diarrhoea virus isolates from India
p. 0162 | Mishra, N.; Pitale, S. S.; Jain, P.; Pradhan, H. K.

Baseline susceptibility of the American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) to Bacillus thuringiensis Berl var. kurstaki and its endotoxins in India
p. 0167 | Chandrashekar, Krishnappa; Kumari, Archana; Kalia, Vinay; Gujar, Govind T.

A new species of frog (Ranidae, Rhacophorinae, Philautus) from the rainforest canopy in the Western Ghats, India
p. 0175 | Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, Franky

Embryonic development in alligator pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785)
p. 0178 | Dhanya, S.; Rajagopal, S.; Khan, S. Ajmal; Balasubramanian, T.

Atlas of Mangrove Wetlands of India. Part 1 -Tamil Nadu by V. Selvam Et Al; Part 2 - Andhra Pradesh by T. Ravishankar Et Al; Part 3 - Orissa T. Ravishankar Et Al ; Heritage of Mangrove Wet­lands of the East Coast of India: Conservation and Sustainable Management
p. 0182 | Kathiresan, K.

Scientific Writing. Easy When You Know How by J. Peat Et Al
p. 0183 | Sitaramam, V.

The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science
p. 0185 | Sodhi, G. S.; Kaur, Jasjeet

Elsevier India Office
p. 0192

REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
p. 0193

Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP)
p. 0194

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
p. 0194

Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut
p. 0195

4th Summer Training Coarse in Eye Research
p. 0195

TATA Infotech
p. 0196