Current Researches in Plant Sciences (Prof. B.S. Gill Commemoration Volume) (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Volume I: Plant Morphology, Systematics, Chromosome Dynamism and Reproductive Biology: Preface. I. Plant morphology and systematics: 1. Marine cyanobacterial flora of South India/N. Thajuddin and G. Subramanian. 2. Effect of temperature on certain members of cladophorales/Vidyavati & K. Chandramouli. 3. Phytophthora of India/R.S. Mehrotra, Anju Puri and Navneet. 4. Lycoperdopsis P. Henn., A Hitherto undescribed genus in lycoperdales/B.M. Sharma. 5. The genus agaricus L. : FR. in India-a review/A.K. Gupta, S.S. Saini and N.S. Atri. 6. Post-infectional compounds of heterophragma adenophyllum seem/Chitra Arya and M. Daniel. 7. North-West Himalayan thelephoraceae (basidiomycetes_ genus tomentella from Dalhousie Hills/G.S. Dhingra and Malka Rani. 8. A contribution towards a monograph of the lichen genus cryptothecia (family arthoniaceae)/Urmila Makhija and P.G. Patwardhan. 9. Species of coprinus (pers.: Fr.) cray from India/G.S. Rawla. 10. Indian russulaceae Roze-a check list/N.S. Atri, M.K. Saini and S.S. Saini. 11. Family diatrypaceae in India-a review/J.S. Dargan. 12. Biosystematics of ferns : Himalayan asplenioid and Athyrioid Ferns in retrospect/S.S. Bir. 13. Taxonomic studies on some species of cheilanthes SW. in India/S.M. Vasudeva and Rommy Garg. 14. Studies on the ethnobotany-II. On some less known edible, medicinal and economic ferns of Kumaun Region of Western Himalaya/P.C. Pande, Pramila Joshi and H.C. Pande. 15. Fossil flora of the Rajmahal Hills-some landmark discoveries/B.D. Sharma. 16. Observations on the herbaceous vegetation of Chamba district/M. Sharma and Harinder Singh. 17. Pollen morphology of some members of compositae, Punjab plains, India/M.K. Sidhu, P. Cheema, R. Sachdeva and M.K. Ahluwalia. 18. Phytogeographic comments on the Flora of Kullu district/D.S. Dhaliwal and M. Sharma. 19. Some phytogeographic observations on the Flora of Gurdaspur district, Punjab State, North India/C.P. Singh. 20. Trends of specialization in nodal organization in acanthaceae/S.K. Varma. 21. Distribution of bee flora, their abundance and blooming period with special reference to Apis dorsata/F.G. Venkatesh and Des Raj. II. Chromosome dynamism and reproductive biology: 22. Obervations on morphology and cytology of Chara vulgaris var. vulgaris F. Crispa (Wallm) RDW: a new record for India/Harendra Singh Pundhir & Aruna Gautam. 23. Transposon mutagenesis : selection and identification of Anabaena mutants unable to grow on dinitrogen/D.N. Tiwari, Arun K. Mishra and A.P. Singh. 24. Genetic strategies for quality improvement in pulses for overcoming human malnutrition/D.R. Satija. 25. Studies on antimutagenicity of wood apple (aegle marmelos var. bael) in ames assay/S. Bala and I.S. Grover. 26. Validity of some vigour parameters in soybean (glycine max) seeds/G. Singh and S.S. Gill. 27. Cytomorphological studies of Gamma irradiation induced chlorophyll mutations in solanum sisymbrifolium lam/A.N. Sahi and D.N. Tiwari. 28. Reproductive biology of Murraya koenigii (rutaceae/V.K. Singhal, Kirandeep Kaur and Atula Salwan. 29. Male sterility in pea VII. Tapetal development and gene action infidelity/M.L.H. Kaul and C. Nirmala. 30. Sink size and high density grain filling in rice/Rajiv Angrish. 31. Aneuploidy in sedges : morphological distinctness of cytotypes from Punjab, NW India/Paramjeet Cheema and S.S. Bir. 32. Genetic manipulation of crop plants : future role of plant growth regulators/C.P. Malik, Sanjeev K. Thind and D.S. Bhatia. 33. Effect of EMS and sodium azide on morphological characteristics in butterfly pea (clitoria ternatea Linn)/S. Kumari and Geeta Batish. 34. Induced variation in chiasma frequency in allium cepa in response to anthio and metasystox/A. Nagpal and I.S. Grover. 35. Studies in the Indian ocimums-an overview/Geeta Batish and M.I.S. Saggoo. 36. Effect of induced autotetraploidy on morphology and cytology of coreopsis maritima Hook. f. (compositae)/R.C. Gupta. 37. Allium assay for cytotoxicological evaluation of plant extracts/M.I.S. Saggoo and Jasjot Khera. 38. Induced autotetraploidy in chrysanthemum myconis(L) marie/M.S. Sidhu and R.C. Gupta.II. Plant physiology and environment: 1. Response of the cyanbnacterium Anabena doliolum to NaCI stress-tolerance, recovery, adaptation and sodium transport/A.K. Rai, G. Abraham & S.P. Tiwari. 2. Ammonia transport systems in the cyanobacterium plectonema boryanum/A.K. Kahsyap & N. Shaheen. 3. Azatryptophan and pattern formation in some Anabaena species/A.S. Ahluwalia & R. Batta. 4. Certain observations on the effect of three pesticides on a heterocystous nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium fischerella muscicola/K. Kapoor, K. C. Sonie & Gupta. 5. Nitrate utilization and akinete differentiation in Anabaena torulosa in presence and absence of inhibitors/J.I.S. Khattar & T.A. Sarma. 6. Microaerophilic growth and nitrogen fixation by temperature sensitive mutants of Anabaena variabilis at the restrictive temperature/T.A. Sarma & D.P. Singh. 7. Role of nutrient media on cell biomass and biochemical composition of thermophylic cyanobacteria/B. Singh, V. Singh & M.R. Goyle. 8. Compartmentalization of Ni and Hg in cyanobacteria: metal sorption and desorption/P.K. Asthana, A. Pant, S. Chatterjee & S.P. Singh. 9. Environmental factors affecting biomolecules production in the cyanobacteria Anabaena flos-aquae and Synechococcus cedrorum/M. Pandey, A. Srivastava, A.K. Rai & M.R. Goyle. 10. Osmoregulation in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium nostoc muscorum/A.K. Singh, D. Chakravarty & H.N. Singh. 11. Lipid profile and hydrocarbon production by Botryococcus/H.D. Kumar & Y. Singh. 12. Physiology and cultivation of myxomycetes/Surinder Kaur & K.G. Mukerji. 13. Effect of some vitamins on growth and sporulation of four pathogenic species of phomopsis/Arun Arya. 14. Effect of hormonal treatment on assimilate transport from cotyledons to axis in germinating chick pea-cicer arietinum seeds/D.S. Bhatia, N. Ralhan & C.P. Malik. 15. Pattern and route of water loss from maturing pea seed/S. Khattra & Kanwaljot Kaur. 16. Effect of triacontanol on growth and yield components of Brassica carinata/R.C. Setia, G. Bhathal & N. Setia. 17. Biochemical variability and characterization of species of sorghum/S. Neelima & S.K. Sachdeva. 18. Enzymatic and media composition studies on seed germination in rose/P. Kumar & S.R. Dohare. 19. Effect of saline conditions on the nitrogen fixing potential of pigeon pea (cajanus cajan) and its dependence on the availability of cytokinins/Neera Garg & I.S. Dua. 20. Variations in the protein content and a-amylase, peroxidase and catalase activities in wheat seedlings under the effect of steroids/Navdeep Neetu & R. Dogra. 21. Effect of waterlogging and gibberellic acid on nodulation, mineral uptake, photosynthesis and yield of gram (cicer arietinum L.)/H.N. Krishnamoorthy & N.R. Bishnoi. 22. Derivation of germination curvces of aged canary grass (phalaris minor retz) seeds, based on Richard's function/O.S. Singh & M. Ghuliani. 23. Effect of steroids on some inorganic constituents of wheat plants/P. Dogra & A.K. Thukral. 24. Effect of plant growth regulators on harvest index in pigeon pea (cajanus cajan L. Mill sp.)/P. Kumar & K. Arora. 25. Physiological identification of hyrbrids and their parents of cotton/S.M. Krishna & O.P. Saxena. 26. Chemical interaction between clerodendron inerme and cuscuta chinensis/J. Sebastian & M. Daniel. 27. Studies on flower senescence in chrysanthemum morifolium rauat/K. Singh & J. Arora. 28. Effect of Ni and Cd on seed germination, seedling growth, mobilization of food reserves and activity of some enzymes in lens culinaris medic (lentil)/A. Beri & R.C. Setia. 29. Effect of plant spacing on growth and flower production of Gerbera (Gerbera jameonii bolus) growing under open and protected environments/Kiranjeet kaur, A.P.S. Gill & Ramesh Kumar. 30. Effect of variable spacing on dry matter accumulation and yield in groundnut Arachis hypogea L.W. Sq. 84/N. Kaur & D.S. Bhatia. 31. Experimental regulation of flowering and reversion in impatiens balsamina/S. Sawhney & Y.R. Saini. 32. Nodulation, nitrogen fixation and N accumulation in casuarina equisetifolia at two PH levels of soil/Lalita Batra & R.P. Dikshit. 33. Cadmium tolerance associated with seedling characteristics in some varieties of wheat/Rajendra Prasad & B.K. Roy. Plant environment: 34. Management of rainfed crops in areas in relation to rising risks of environment/R.N. Trivedi. 35. Impact of sulphur dioxide on root nodulation and VAM colonization of roots of mungbean/K. Jahan & M.W. Khan. 36. Ecological studies of weeds of irrigated fields of rabi season in arid agroecosystem/D.N. Sen & P.K. Kasera. 37. Impact of wastewaters on the vegetational pattern of Dal Lake, Kashmir/M.R.D. Kundangar. 38. Effect of storage container, temperature, biocides and growth performance of some forest tree seeds/M.T. Selvi, M.C. Arjunan & K.K. Lakshmanan. 39. Sorption of Cu (II) ions from industrial wastewater by Albizia lebbeck pods/N. Verma & R. Rehl. 40. Maneb pesticide residual analysis from various food stuffs-xylenol orange, a sensitive reagent for its spectrophotometric determination/J. Kapoor, A.L.J. Rao & N. Verma. 41. Morphoecological and cytogenetical variability in crownbeard/P.D. Mangal & M.L.H. Kaul. 42. Impact of thermal power station emissions on epidermal traits and leaf architecture in coreopsis lanceolata L./M.L. Trivedi, M. Kaur, & R. S. Singh. 43. Effect of air pollution on epidermal features and venation pattern in impatiens balsmina Linn/M. Nanda & M.L. Trivedi. 44. Site quality evaluation of eucalyptus tereticornis plantations in Ludhiana district of Punjab/R.S. Dhanda & K.P. Singh. 45. Effect of air pollutants on microsporgenesis of jacarnada ovalifolia/G.S. Chatha. 46. Biomass production of Azolla under certain eutrophicated soils/A. Singh & H. Kaur. 47. Geobotanical and biogeochemical researches in India-a review/N.C. Aery. 48. Genetic variation, selection and ex situ conservation for adaptability of trees to alkali soil sites and for development of future land races for user wasteland restoration/P.D. Dogra & R.C. Dhiman. 49. Barley progenies monitor genetic toxicity of pesticides, sewage and in situ pollution/C.B.S.R. Sharma. 50. Preliminary studies on the ecology and biodiversity of ousteri and Kaliveli, two wetlands near Pondicherry/M. Amrit, T.R.K. Yoganand & C.B.S.R. Sharma. 51. Micronuclei formation in Allium cepa tip meristem cells as induced by direct and in vitro activated systemic pesticide treatments/S.S. Ladhar. 52. Status of agroforestry in the western Himalaya/P.K. Khosla & O.P. Toky.