Emerging Trends in Biological Sciences
Contents: Preface. 1. Characterization of the multifunctional nature of the Chicken M6P/IGF-IIR (Mr 300 kDa) Protein/Sivaramakrishna Yadavalli and Siva Kumar Nadimpalli. 2. Field studies of AM Fungi in cereals and millets/K. Ammani. 3. Survey of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Plants of Nandyal and Anantapur Environments/G. Mary Sandeepa, K. Ammani and A. Subramanyam. 4. Antimicrobial spectrum of Digera muricata (L.) Mart. and Moringa pterigosperma Gaertn./S.H.K.R. Prasad, D. Rajasekhar, K. Venkateswara Rao, M. Vijayalakshmi and G. Rosaiah. 5. In Vitro Antimicrobial efficacy of solvent extracts of seeds of Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth./S.H.K.R. Prasad, B. Rajasekhar, M. Sunny James, N.L. Swapna and Madan Prasad. 6. Production of toxic metabolites by Alternaria ricini pathogenic to Castor/M. Vijayalakshmi, P. Krishna Kumari, B. Rajesh and J.S.V. Anjaneyulu. 7. Fungal infection of Chilli pods at the time of harvest and post-harvest drying/M. Vijayalakshmi, M. Prasanth, Y. Usha, M.R. Hima Bindhu and G. Rosaiah. 8. Studies on airborne bacteria/B. Ramachandra Murthy and K.V. Mallaiah. 9. Algal (Cyanobacterial) diversity study in North-Eastern States with respect to survey and biotechnological inputs/S.L. Gupta. 10. A study on adoptional behaviour of Sericulturists and their characteristics in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh/B. Sujatha, P. Lakshminarayana Reddy, S. Sankar Naik, A. Vijaya Bhaskar Rao and P. Sujathamma. 11. Spermoderm patterns in some genera of Andropogoneae/D. Someswari, T. Srivalli and T.N. Mary. 12. Phyto-pharmacology of Plumbago zeylanica: a review/Pavankumar Bellamkondi and K. Shankaramurthy. 13. Studies on biosystematics of Chloris Swartz. Species (Poaceae)/T.N. Mary, J. Vijayamma, M. Sarada and Seshagiri Rao. 14. Plant diversity and conservation in Sirumalai Hills of Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, South India/S. Karuppusamy, K.M. Rajasekaran and T. Pullaiah. 15. Taxonomy in the service of man/P.N. Rao. 16. Studies on Frerea indica Dalz.: a critically endangered and endemic species from Maharashtra, India/A.B.D. Selvam, S. Bandyopadhyay and Basundhara Pillai. 17. Conservation and utilization of mangrove forests: a case study in Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, East Coast of India/C. Pattanaik, Ch. Sudhakar Reddy, N.K. Dhal and Rashmita Dash. 18. Adventitious shoot bud regeneration and organogenesis in Hypocotyl cultures of Acacia concinna DC.: An important tree legume/P. Sairam Reddy, G. Prasad Babu, N. Yasodamma and G. Rama Gopal. 19. Rapid in vitro propagation of Bixa orellana L.: An important dye yielding tree/Md. Arifullah, Ch. Kishore Kumar, D. Gayathri and G. Rama Gopal. 20. Tissue culture of Annatto/Y. Venkateswara Rao, V.N. Chakravarthi, Dhavala, D. Tejeswara Rao, M.V. Subba Rao and V. Manga. Subject and Plant index.
The book includes 20 research and review articles on various aspects of biological sciences written by leading experts. The first article is on M6P/IGF-IIR Protein. It is followed by two articles on VAM Fungi. The following two articles are on antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants. Chapters 6 and 7 deal with the toxicity of fungal infections. Airborne bacteria is given in the following chapter. Cyanobacterial diversity is described by Gupta in the next chapter. Adoptional behaviour of Sericulturists is discussed in Chapter 10. Spermoderm patterns have been described in the next followed by a review article on Phyto-pharmacology of Plumbago zeylanica. Subsequent article is on biosystematic studies of Chloris. Karuppasamy et al. give the details of plant diversity in Sirumalai Hills in Chapter 14. Prof. P.N. Rao discusses taxonomy in the service of man in the following. This is followed by a paper on Freerea indica, an endangered taxon. Conservation of Mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika is given in Chapter 14. Last three articles are on tissue culture studies of Acacia concinna and Bixa orellana. (jacket)
