Contents: Preface. Chronological bibliography of Dr. K.S. Bilgrami. Significance of biotechnology in a developing country/K.S. Bilgrami. I. Microbial biotechnology: 1. Steroid biotransformation with free and immobilized cells/S.B. Chincholkar. 2. Bioenergy production from urban market vegetable wastes/Milan Wahi, A.R. Madhava Rao and N. Govindappa. 3. Effect of amendment on cole crop wastes with other plant waste on biogas production/Milan Wahi, A.R. Madhava Rao and N. Govindappa. 4. Selection for herbicide resistance in tissue culture and isolation of phenotypic variants in cowpea and chickpea/Digamber Rao and Ch. Ayodhya Ramulu. 5. Induced genetic variability for crop improvement in certain grain legumes using biotechnological methods/Ch. Ayodhya Ramulu. 6. Haematological and biochemical changes induced in chick pea by satratoxin produced by Stachybotrys atra/G. Laxma Reddy and S.M. Reddy. 7. Biochemical changes in dual cultures of Casuarina and Frankia/S.C. Halbe, A.A. Kulkarni and L.N. Nair. 8. Production of pectinases by some species of Aspergillus/M.M. Reddy and S.M. Reddy.

II. Bioinoculants: 9. Recent developments on Azospirillum - plant associations/K.V.B.R. Tilak. 10. Selection of ectomycorrhizal fungal strains for large scale inoculum production/Vandana Gupta, Sandeep Garg and T. Satyanarayana. 11. Rhizobium from wild legumes and pesticide degradation : the two in one/L.V. Gangawane and R.P. Francis. 12. VAM of Casuarina from Konkan: I/A.A. Kulkarni, S.C. Halbe and L.N. Nair. 13. Alkaline phosphotase levels as indicator for screening VAM fungi in spring wheat/C.P.C. Kumar, L.V. Garibova and L.L. Velikanov. 14. Screening for Rhizobium isolates for symbiotic efficiency in pot cultures/T.K. Dinesh Kumar and A.R. Madhava Rao. 15. Screening of Rhizobial isolates for symbiotic efficiency in leonard jars/T.K. Dinesh Kumar and A.R. Madhava Rao. 16. Effect of host plant on rhizobial populations/T.K. Dinesh Kumar and A.R. Madhava Rao. 17. Occurrence of VAMF colonization in herbaceous plant species growing on iron ore mine waste lands in Goa/B.F. Rodrigues and M.S. Bukhari. 18. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi occurring in vegetated sand dunes of Indian Thar desert/H.P. Srivastava, S. Chandel and S. Kaushal. 19. Influence of rhizosphere mycopopulation on root nodulation in Tephrosia purpurea gowing in semi arid regions/Saroj Sobhag.

III. Trends in plant disease management: 20. Certain molecular aspects of plant diseases/M.V. Nayudu. 21. Microbial pesticides agro chemicals and plantation crops/V. Agnihotrudu. 22. Polyamines and plant infections/Manchikatla Venkat Rajam. 23. Biological control of plant pathogens in India : present status, prospects and constraints/C. Pramod Chandra Kumar. 24. Effect of two microbial bioagents on the tomato borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae.)/G.R.S. Reddy and B.J. Diwakar. 25. Antifungal activity of some leaf extracts on the growth and sclerotial production of Rhizoctonia solani/M. Shylaja and Ranakausar. 26. Storage fungi in rice and their effects/Indira Kalyana Sundaram. 27. Mycoflora associated with cut dried fruits of quinces (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) from Jammu province/Geeta Sumbali and Yash Pal Sharma. 28. Effect of rhizosphere fungi and root knot nematodes on mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) variety ML-131/P.P.K. Chahal, S.S. Sokhi, V.P.S. Chahal and Inderjit Singh. 29. A survey of little leaf disease of brinjal (Solanum melangena L.) in Warangal (A.P.)/G. Neeraja, E.K. Rachel and S.R. Reddy. 30. Some interesting post-harvest diseases of cucurbitaceous vegetables and their management/S.M. Reddy and Bhagwan Reddy. 31. Diseases of sesame in two districts (Warangal and Karimnagar) of Andhra Pradesh/P. Ravi Prasad and S.R. Reddy. 32. Breeding for angular black leaf spot disease resistance in mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Wilczek/C. Cheralu, A. Satyanarayana and Sikander Ali. 34. Screening for resistance to powdery mildew disease of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek)/Ch. Venu, Ch. Cheralu, Sikander Ali and A. Sadanandam. 35. Activity of different soil enzymes in relation to citrus decline/E.J.S. Reddy, Saroj Sobhag and S.M. Reddy. 36. Biochemical changes in developing kernels of maize under the influence of Lasiodiplodia theobromae/V. Krishna Reddy and S.M. Reddy. 37. Production of cellulases, hemicellulases, pectinases proteinases and lipases by Cephalosporium maydis isolated from Zea mays Stalks/V.V. Ramana, V. Krishna Reddy, S.M. Reddy and K.J. Reddy.

IV. Diversity in microorganisms: 38. Developmental and ultrastructural studies on some coelomycetes/D.K. Purohit and G.C. Chawla. 39. Production of pectic acid lyase (PAL) by five hyphomycetes/Kantilal Narania and S.M. Reddy. 40. Studies on some aspects of lichens/U. Prasad and C. Manohara Chary. 41. Thermophilic fungi from Andhra Pradesh/N. Venkateshwarlu and S.M. Reddy.

V. Environmental microbiology: 42. Relevance of aerobiology to phytopathology/S.T. Tilak. 43. Soil biota and plant-litter decomposition. An over-view/M. Vikram Reddy. 44. Inhibition of nodulation in Indigofera linnaei Ali by Parthenium histerophorus/B. Vishnu Murthy. 45. Allelopathic potential of five species of Cassia on nodulation of Vigna radiata, Arachis hypogeae and Cajanus cajan/M. Vishalakshmi, P. Prasadu and K.K.V. Sarma. 46. Incidence and biology of tremorgenic mycotoxins/S.M. Reddy, M. Surekha and V. Krishna Reddy. 47. Production of mycotoxins in a competitive environment/G. Laxma Reddy, M. Srinivas, M. Surekha and S.M. Reddy. 

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