In this issue
p. 0156

India's second green revolution needs to transform the drylands
p. 0157 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy

Disappearing beaches of Kerala
p. 0157 | Shareef, N. M.

Anti-infective agents: Spectrum and selectivity
p. 0159 | John, Jacob E.

Ayurveda: where are we?
p. 0159 | Kar, A.

Fungal biodiversity: Putting our house in order
p. 0160 | Sharma, N. D.

World's largest rainwater harvesting project in Karnataka
p. 0161 | Shivakumar, A. R.

Biology today
p. 0163 | Vencatesan, Jayshree

Modelling infectious diseases
p. 0165 | Menon, Gautam I.; Sinha, Sitabhra; Bal, Vineeta; Sinha, Somdatta

Biological control of insect pests and diseases of forestry importance
p. 0166 | Senthilkumar, N.

Geographical indications and agriculture-related intellectual property rights issues
p. 0167 | Nagarajan, S.

Whither science in India
p. 0171 | Sen, B. K.

Multi-angle polarization imager: A satellite sensor for studies of continental aerosols
p. 0174 | Satheesh, S. K.; Moorthy, K. Krishna

Dynamics of initiation of disease in fishes through interaction of microbes and the environment
p. 0177 | Kar, D.; Mazumdar, J.; Halder, I.; Dey, M.

Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg: A new generic record in Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica
p. 0179 | Palanisamy, M.

Cryopreservation of oil palm pollen
p. 0182 | Tandon, Rajesh; Chaudhury, Rekha; Shivanna, K. R.

Many faces of superoxide dismutase, originally known as erythrocuprein
p. 0184 | Ramasarma, T.

Evidence of methane release from Blake Ridge ODP Hole 997A during the Plio-Pleistocene: Benthic foraminifer fauna and total organic carbon
p. 0192 | Bhaumik, Ajoy K.; Gupta, Anil K.

Crustal structure in Central India from gravity and magnetotelluric data
p. 0200 | Das, L. K.; Naskar, D. C.; Roy, K. K.; Majumdar, R. K.; Choudhury, K.; Srivastava, S.

Sodium hyaluronate of defined molecular size for treating osteoarthritis
p. 0209 | Mehta, Dhimant P.; Shodhan, Kushal; Modi, Rajiv I.; Ghosh, Prasanta K.

Extension of range of distribution of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju & Bossuyt (Amphibia: Anura: Nasikabatrachidae) along Western Ghats, with some insights into its bionomics
p. 0213 | Radhakrishnan, C.; Gopi, K. C.; Palot, Muhamed Jafer

Vegetative and reproductive phenophases in Aesculus indica Colebr. at two different altitudes in Himalayan forests
p. 0216 | Sharma, C. M.; Khanduri, V. P.

Introgression of broad-spectrum blast resistance gene(s) into cultivated rice (Oryza sativa ssp indica) from wild rice O. rufipogon
p. 0225 | Ram, T.; Majumder, N. D.; Mishra, B.; Ansari, M. M.; Padmavathi, G.

Characterization of variability among isolates of Fusarium graminearum associated with head scab of wheat using DNA markers
p. 0230 | Saharan, M. S.; Naef, A.; Kumar, J.; Tiwari, R.

Anti-inflammatory and antitumour activities of cultured mycelium of morel mushroom, Morchella esculenta
p. 0235 | Nitha, B.; Meera, C. R.; Janardhanan, K. K.

High fluoride in groundwater of Palghat District, Kerala
p. 0240 | Shaji, E.; Bindu; Viju, J.; Thambi, D. S.

Detritus and Decomposition in Ecosystem by Zafar Reshi and Sumira Tyub
p. 0246 | Shah, Manzoor A.

Discoveries in Photosynthesis. Vol. 20 by Govindjee, J. T. Beatty, H. Gest and J. F. Allen (eds)
p. 0246 | Maheshwari, S. C.

Special Issue on Proceedings of International Symposium on 'Applied Geochemistry in the Evaluation and Management of Onshore and Offshore Geo-resources' by K. Surya Prakash Rao and V. Divakara Rao (eds)
p. 0248 | Subrahmanyam, Burra

Musings on Memory, a Synaptic Symphony
p. 0251 | Madhavan, C. E. Veni

Indian Academy of Sciences elects new Fellows – 2006
p. 0252

Megha-Tropiques Satellite Mission of ISRO
p. 0253

Government of India INSTITUTE OF BIORESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
p. 0255

Department of Science and Technology Indo-Vietnamese Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology
p. 0256

REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
p. 0257

REFRESHER COURSE IN TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
p. 0258

Training workshop on Advanced Techniques in Mycorrhizal Research
p. 0259

CENTRE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL RESEARCH
p. 0259

E. K. JANAKI AMMAL NATIONAL AWARD
p. 0260

Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases The Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science
p. 0260

Second SERC Summer School in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
p. 0261

NATIONAL RAINFED AREA AUTHORITY
p. 0261

Bharathiar University: Announcements
p. 0262