Contents: Preface. 1. Bioterrorism: threats to rural livelihood in India/G.R. Bharaswadkar and G.K. Kulkarni. 2. Epigenetics and health/S. Krupanidhi. 3. Programming the X Chromosome by targeting determinants of dosage compensation: a lesson from Drosophila/R.N. Chatterjee. 4. Genetic and Non-genetic factors affecting semen quality and sperm morphology in Frieswal Bulls/D.K. Mandal, M. Kumar, S. Tyagi and Satish Kumar. 5. Genotoxic effect of Carbaryl on the chromosomes of fresh water fish Channa punctatus/Renu Chaudhari and Kamal Kumar Saxena. 6. Genotype-wise expression profile of Prolactin gene and the effect of genotype on egg quality traits in chicken/T.K. Bhattacharya and R.N. Chatterjee. 7. Cloning and sequencing of Glycine Receptor Partial gene from Pangasius Sutchi/M. Seker, S.D. Singh, Biju Sam Kamalam, J.P. Srinivas, Dharmendra K. Meena and S.K. Nayak. 8. Clastogenecity of Monocrotophos on Spermatocytic chromosomes of short-horned grasshopper Poecilocerus pictus F. (Insecta : Orthoptera : Arcridiidae)/Prafulla K. Mohanty, Maneesha Bhanja, Kalpalata Raj and Sanjaya Narayan Otta. 9. Experimental study of DNA Damage in a freshwater fish Channa Punctatus following its exposure to Bifenthrin/Priyam Sachdeva, Trapti Saxena and Kamal Kumar Saxena. 10. Immunotoxicological changes in Spleen of W.L.H. Chick by Ascaridia Galli infection and Cadmium Acetate Treatment/D.K. Chauhan, Monika Yadav, P.K. Sharma and S.S. Lal. 11. Amplification of Rat Microsatellite LOCI in Druckrey/Arti Gupta and Neelima Gupta. 12. Detection of polymorphism in Exon 2 of Toll-like Receptor 4 Gene of Indian Buffaloes/R.S. Kataria, P.K. Dubey, B.P. Mishra and P. Kathiravan. 13. DNA Barcoding and micro-satellite marker development for Ansonia Ornata: an endangered amphibian species/K. Meenakshi, K. Santhoshkumar and Sanil George. 14. Molecular characterization of salt tolerance genes from aquatic microbes: concepts and application in transgenic research/Mitali Dhiman, Prinyanka Das, Agniswar Sarkar, Mousumi Saha, B.K. Behera and S.S. Mishra. 15. Studies on the effect of Ecdysone treatment on the Protein synthesis, during the development of Spodoptera Litura/J.R. Tope, A.R. Bhosale and S.S. Pawar. 16. Biological control and integrated pest management techniques: the effective tool for upliftment of rural population/Jyoti A. Kulkarni. 17. Immunomodulating activity of Cleome Gynandra/Aditi Dubey, Bhavna Rastogi and D.K. Saraf. 18. Phosphamidon induced changes in the proximate composition of Etroplus Maculatus: a fresh water fish of Kuttanand Paddy fields for estimating maximum allowable toxicant concentration of the pesticide/B.T. Sulekha, T.V. Anna Mercy. 19. Effect of Doramectin on some biochemical constituents of the Fish Channa Punctatus/Namita Verma and Kamal Kumar Saxena. 20. Retardation of growth after Fluoride exposure in Catfish, Heteropneustes Fossilis (Bloch)/Sandeep Bajpai, Nalini Tripathi, Seema Tewari and Madhu Tripathi. 21. In Vitro Haemolytic activity of semipurified alkaloidal fraction of flower of Sphaeranthus Indicus in human red blood corpuscles/N.V. Nemade, B.D. Talele, M.Z. Chopda and R.T. Mahajan. 22. Cytogenecity by Proimmu during Oestrogen induced uterine injury in Rats/Govind Pandey and Madhuri Sharma. 23. Evaluation of economic loss due to Peste Des Petitis Ruminants Disease in sheep and goats: an economic perspective/Mukesh Kumar Sinha and N.N. Thombare. 24. The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Concept: preventive tool for food security/S.S. Pawar. 25. Safe methods of use of pesticides as part of IPM and Non-IPM for better promotion of food security and food safety in a rural set up/Padmaja R. Jonnalagadda and D. Raghunatha Rao. 26. Plant extracts for management of UZI Fly Exorista Sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae)/D.S. Bora, B. Khanikor and M. Konwar. 27. An alternative approach to control Aeromonas Hydrophila using important herbal extracts/Varaprasad Bobbarala, D. Bindu Madhuri, D. Aryamithra and K. Chandrasekhara Naidu. 28. Experimentally produced Ovarian Adenocarcinoma by Estrogen: a new model/Madhuri Sharma and Govind Pandey. 29. Wound healing activity of Sphaeranthus indicus (Linn) in Albino Rats/M.Z. Chopda, S.S. Patole and R.T. Mahajan.
From the Preface: "The aim of this book is to present the current development in selected areas of bioresources for rural livelihood covering relevant information from the different fields. This volume 1 is meant to be a comprehensive set of reviews of our existing knowledge in bioresources. This volume has been compiled to provide resource material for researchers working in the field of bioprospecting bioresources for rural livelihood."
