In this issue
p. 1343

Writers and Readers
p. 1345 | Balaram, P.

A tribute to reviewers
p. 1347 | Sunder, R.

Some suggestions to the funding agencies
p. 1347 | Rao, A. S.

'Endangered science', 'vanishing tribe' and 'tax-on-me'
p. 1348 | Rawat, D. S.

Research spending in science and technology: Radical reform measures needed in the review process
p. 1349 | Chattopadhyay, Naibedya

The call for an Elephant Reserve in Andhra Pradesh
p. 1349 | Murthy, E. N.; Pattanaik, Chiranjibi; Reddy, C. Sudhakar; Raju, V. S.

Personalized genome game - A new social discrimination in the offing
p. 1350 | Dharmapalan, Biju

Pest management for cotton ecosystems or ecosystem management for cotton protection?
p. 1351 | Vennila, S.

An environment friendly cheap method to reduce coastal malaria in India
p. 1352 | Ghosh, Anupam

Farmers struggle for irrigation water in India's semi-arid region
p. 1353 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy

Cattle plague wiped away
p. 1355 | Pereira, Neelam

Asia in the midst of rice crunch
p. 1356 | Pereira, Neelam

Molecular mapping and marker-assisted selection in plants
p. 1357 | Kumar, Jitendra

Neutron Scattering 2008
p. 1358 | Mukhopadhyay, R.; Chaplot, S. L.

Marine biology to marine biotechnology: A leap forward
p. 1361 | Indap, Madhavi

Frames of science?
p. 1363 | Komath, Sneha Sudha

Cisgenics - Facilitating the second green revolution in India by improved traditional plant breeding
p. 1365 | Jacobsen, E.; Nataraja, Karaba N.

Megatsunamis as a possible means of long distance transport of palynomorphs
p. 1367 | Kumar, Arun

Evidence of female-produced sex pheromone in red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
p. 1369 | Kumar, K. Santhosh; Nadarajan, L.

Pollinator-induced anther dehiscence in Incarvillea emodi (Bignoniaceae)
p. 1372 | Verma, Susheel; Kaul, Veenu; Magotra, Rani; Koul, A. K.

A perspective on reactive nitrogen in a global, Asian and Indian context
p. 1375 | Galloway, James; Raghuram, N.; Abrol, Yash P.

Reactive nitrogen in Indian agriculture: Inputs, use efficiency and leakages
p. 1382 | Singh, Bijay; Singh, Yadvinder

Molecular physiology of plant nitrogen use efficiency and biotechnological options for its enhancement
p. 1394 | Pathak, Ravi Ramesh; Ahmad, Altaf; Lochab, Sunila; Raghuram, Nandula

Nitrogen cycling in Indian terrestrial natural ecosystems
p. 1404 | Raghubanshi, A. S.

Nitrogen transport by rivers of south Asia
p. 1413 | Subramanian, V.

Nitrogen cycling: A review of the processes, transformations and fluxes in coastal ecosystems
p. 1419 | Purvaja, R.; Ramesh, R.; Ray, A. K.; Rixen, Tim

Estimates of emission and deposition of reactive nitrogenous species for India
p. 1439 | Sharma, C.; Tiwari, M. K.; Pathak, H.

Nitrogen pool, flows, impact and sustainability issues of human waste management in the city of Bangalore
p. 1447 | Chanakya, H. N.; Sharatchandra, H. C.

Regional nitrogen cycle: An Indian perspective
p. 1455 | Velmurugan, A.; Dadhwal, V. K.; Abrol, Y. P.

Health issues related to N pollution in water and air
p. 1469 | Gupta, Sunil Kumar; Gupta, R. C.; Chhabra, S. K.; Eskiocak, Sevgi; Gupta, A. B.; Gupta, Rita

RF plasma-treated polymers for biomedical applications
p. 1478 | Gomathi, N.; Sureshkumar, A.; Neogi, Sudarsan

Habitat suitability assessment for the endangered Nilgiri Laughingthrush: A multiple logistic regression approach
p. 1487 | Zarri, Ashfaq A.; Rahmani, Asad R.; Singh, A.; Kushwaha, S. P. S.

Laser micro Raman investigations on gas hydrates
p. 1495 | Prasad, P. S. R.; Prasad, K. Shiva; Sowjanya, Y.; Sain, Kalachand

Understanding the suspended sediment dynamics in the coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal using high resolution ocean colour data
p. 1499 | Sridhar, P. N.; Ramana, I. V.; Ali, M. M.; Veeranarayana, B.

Observation on oceanographic parameters of nearshore waters off Yanam, during the cyclonic storm
p. 1503 | Kumar, V. Sanil; Kumar, K. Ashok; Pednekar, P.

Isolation of a serine Kunitz trypsin inhibitor from leaves of LTerminalia arjuna
p. 1509 | Aggarwal, K. K.; Babu, C. R.; Rai, Shruti

PCR-based sex determination of cetaceans and dugong from the Indian seas
p. 1513 | Anoop, B.; Rajagopalan, M.; Jayasankar, P.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2007, Blandford Et Al(eds)
p. 1517 | Saini, Tarun Deep

Bridge Engineering by S. Ponnuswamy
p. 1518 | Prasad, B. K. Raghu

Mild Stress and Healthy Ageing: Applying Hormesis in Ageing Research and Interventions by Eric Le Bourg and Suresh I. S. Rattan (eds)
p. 1518 | Thakur, Mahendra K.

Learning from Failure - Long-term Behaviour of Heavy Masonry Structures by L. Binda (ed. )
p. 1519 | Reddy, B. V. Venkatarama

Annual Review of Cell and Develop­mental Biology, 2007 by R. Schekman Et Al(eds)
p. 1520 | Galande, Sanjeev

Government of India Instrumentation Development Programme (IDP)
p. 1522

APPLIED PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
p. 1524

WORKSHOP ON 'MODERN TRENDS IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY'
p. 1525

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
p. 1526

Wiley-Blackwell
p. 1527

LIFE SCIENCE FOUNDATION INDIA
p. 1528

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
p. 1528

CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
p. 1529

National Symposium on Plant Protection
p. 1529

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)
p. 1530

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
p. 1530

E. K. JANAKI AMMAL NATIONAL AWARD
p. 1531

Ministry of Environment and Forests
p. 1531

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TATA INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP
p. 1532

Indo-German (DST-MPG) programme of cooperation
p. 1535

Centre of Advanced Studies in Veterinary Physiology
p. 1535

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA & ENTERIC DISEASES
p. 1536

BOSE INSTITUTE
p. 1536

Department of Biotechnology Fourth cover Announcements
p. 1537

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA
p. 1537