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ASIAN JOURNAL OF BIO SCIENCE

Volume 3 Issue 1, April 2008

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 INFLUENCE OF DISTILLERY SPENTWASH ON THE PHYSICO – CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CALCAREOUS SODIC SOIL (CALCIC NATRUSTALFS)-B. BAKIYATHU SALIHA AND M.I. MANIVANNAN

2 BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON COCCINELLID PREDATOR, CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI MULS. OF GRAPEVINE MEALY BUG, MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS GREEN-ANIL K. MALI AND KURTADIKAR JEEVAN. S.

3 COMPATIBILITY OF IMIDACLOPRID WITH PLANT PATHOGENIC ANTAGONISTIC MICROORGANISMS, TRICHODERMA VIRIDE (PERS) AND PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS (MIGULA) IN COTTON-K. KUMAR, G. SANTHARAMAND R. SRIDHAR

4 PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HYBRIDS AND THEIR PARENTS IN SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH- AMRAPALI A. AKHARE, S. B. SAKHARE, P.L. KULWAL, D.B. DHUMALE AND ABHILASHA KHARKAR

5 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT EXPLANT AND HORMONES ON IN VITRO CALLUS INDUCTION AND REGENERATION OF PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)-A. RAKSHIT, S. RAKSHIT, A. DEOKAR, T. DASGUPTA

6 POST HARVEST DEGREENING, STORAGE AND QUALITY OF SWEET ORANGE (CITRUS SINENSIS OSBECK.) AS INFLUENCED BY ETHEPHON AND CARBENDAZIM-L.P.YADAVA, VIJAI KUMAR GUPTA, RAJESH PATI AND RAJEEVA GAUR

7 ENHANCING CROP PRODUCTIVITY BY BIOTECHNOLOGY - M.S. DUDHARE AND A.G. DESHMUKH

8 ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF GROWTH OF SALT TOLERANT MANGROVE MICROBES GROWN UNDER NACL STRESS-N. GUPTA AND J. SABAT

9 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SELECTED PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST PLANTPATHOGENS-G.PERUMAL, G.SARAVANAN, T.RAGUPATHI AND S.MUTHUSAMI

10 THE EFFECT OF INDIGINOUS INTRODUCED ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND RHIZOBIUM ON GROWTH OF PONGAMIA PINNATA VENT.- KRISHNA H. WADDAR AND H. C. LAKSHMAN

11 INFLORESCENCE AND NUT CHARACTERS OF DWARF CULTIVARS IN COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA (LINN.)-A.THANGA HEMAVATHY, AND K.BALAJI

12 EFFECT OF SUBCULTURING ON METABOLIC ACTIVITIES OF DIFFERENT STRAINS OF LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS-M.S. DUDHARE AND A.G. DESHMUKH

13 STUDIES ON SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF INSECT PESTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH ALTITUDE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ECOSYSTEMS OF KASHMIR HIMALAYA BY UTILIZING FLUORESCENT LIGHT TRAP.-RIFAT H. RAINA AND Z. H. KHAN

14 INDUCED VIABLE MUTANTS IN VIGNA MUNGO (L.) HEPPER- A.THANGA HEMAVATHY AND K.BALAJI

15 WHETHER OPTIMUM POLLEN GERMINATION AND TUBE LENGTH ATTAINED IN THE SAME GROWTH MEDIUM (SUCROSE + VITAMIN B2) BY FIVE CULTIVARS OF APOCYNACEAE : FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A CRITICISM OF BREWBAKER AND KWACK (1963), NAIR, NAMBUDIRI AND THOMAS (1973) -S. A. SALGARE

16 ALTERATION OF RESTING PERIOD OF POLLEN OF FIVE CULTIVARS OF APOCYNACEAE BY MINERAL (POTASSIUM BORATE): FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A CRITICISM OF BREWBAKER AND KWACK (1963) AND SAOJI AND CHITALEY (1972)- S.A.SALGARE

17 THE FEEDING EFFICIENCY OF NATURAL ENEMIES ON BROWN WHEAT MITE, PETROBIA LATENS (MULLER) INFESTING CORIANDER UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS-MUKESH NITHARWAL AND ASHOK SHARMA

18 EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON SEED YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL.]-S.V. KALYANKAR, G. R. KADAM, S. B. BORGAONKAR, D.D. DESHMUKH AND B.P. KADAM

19 COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN PROXIMAL PROMOTER REGION OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)-R.K. DESHMUKH,N.K. DESHMUKH,G.B. PATIL, S.B. KADAM, H. SONAH AND R.N. GACCHE

20 GENOTYPE- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION STUDIES FOR SEED COTTON YIELD AND ITS COMPONENT CHARACTERS-S. B. DESHMUKH, M. B. MISAL, S. S. GOMASHE, S. B. SARODE AND H. V. KALPANDE

21 GENETIC BASIS OF HETEROSIS FOR YIELD AND RELATED TRAITS IN PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.)-M.GANESH, U.P.SINGH, C.P.SRIVASTAVA AND S.B.SARODE

22 SEASONAL FLUCTUATION OF VAM FUNGI ON SIX COMMONLY CULTIVATED CROPS OF DHARWAD DISTRICT IN KARNATKA- KIRAN P. KOLKAR AND H. C. LAKSHMAN

23 INSECTICIDE MICROFLORA INTERACTIONS IN BANANA RHIZOSPHERE-J. ALICE R.P. SUJEETHA

24 THE EFFECT OF AM FUNGUS,RHIZOBIUMAND MOLYBDENUM SOURCES TO IMPROVE NURSERY SEEDLINGS OFTERMINALIA BELLERICA ROXB.-KIRAN P. KOLKAR AND H. C. LAKSHMAN

25 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PACKING METHODS ON VASE LIFE AND QUALITY OF CUT FLOWERS IN TUBEROSE (POLIANTHES TUBEROSA L.) CV. DOUBLE-D. K. VARU AND A.V. BARAD

26 EFFECT OF DATES OF SOWING ON FIRST SYMPTOM APPEARANCE AND INCIDENCE OF STERILITY MOSAIC IN PIGEONPEA- SHIV OM, V.B.CHAUHAN, S.B.SARODE AND P.M.WAYAZADE

27 DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF PHYTOPHAGE HEMIPTERA IN AN IRRIGATED RICE ECOSYSTEM OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA- M. KANDIBANE

28 ESTIMATION OF PERCENT CONJUGATION OF CYPERMETHIRC ACID HAPTEN TO BSA AND TETANUS TOXOID USING 2,4,6 TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID METHOD-A.G. DESHMUKH

29 ACUTE TOXICITY OF ABAMECTIN TO FISHES, CYPRINUS CARPIO LINNAEUS AND TILAPIA MOSAMBICA (PETERS)-R. SHEEBA JASMINE, S. KUTTALAM AND J. STANLEY

30 INDUCTION OF HIGHER TOLERANCE IN TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM AGAINST PESTICIDES-M.A.SUSHIR, R. T. GAIKWAD, S.T.AGHAV AND R.S. BHADANE

31 RESPONSE OF COWPEA [VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP.] TO PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM RHIZOSPHERE-LINU M. SALIM, STEPHEN JOSEPH AND M.S. JISHA

32 IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE GENES FOR BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT RESISTANCE IN RICE BY INTEGRATION OF GENETIC QTL MAP WITH THE PHYSICAL MAP-B.P. NIRANJAN REDDY, R.K. DESHMUKH, BHAVNA GUPTA, N.K. DESHMUKH, G. BHAGANAGARE, S.M. SHIVRAJ, T. SINGH AND A.S. KOTASHANE

33 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS AND CROPPING - SEQUENCES ON THE INCIDENCE OF BIHAR HAIRY CATERPILLAR (SPILOSOMA OBLIQUEA WALK.) IN MUSTARD CROP- R.S. SINGH AND HARENDRA KUMAR

34 HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ANALYSIS IN SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS LINN.)-S.B.SARODE, P.B.GHORPADE, P.M. WAYAZADE, S.B DESHMUKH AND S.S. GOMASHE

35 SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANTLET REGENERATION IN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)- P.N. JAYAPADMA, SUMANGALA BHAT AND M.S.KURUVINASHETTTI

36 STREPTOMYCES FROM HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATED SOILS OF MINES OF ORISSA, INDIA- J. SABAT AND N. GUPTA

37 VALUE ADDITION OF CANDYTUFT (IBERIS UMBELLATA L.) CUT FLOWERS COLOURED WITH EDIBLE DYES-SUDHA D. PATIL AND HARSHAL E. PATIL

38 PRODUCTION OF CATECHOL-TYPE OF SIDEROPHORES BY RHIZOBIUM STRAINS FROM SESBANIA SESBAN (L.) MERR.- M. SRIDEVI AND K. V. MALLAIAH

39 IN VITRO STUDIES ON CALLUS INDUCTION AND PLANTLET REGENERATION IN SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L.)- R.L. CHAVHAN, V.Y. PATADE, AND H.B. PATIL

40 EFFECT OF INSECTICIDES IN MANAGEMENT OF BRINJAL SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER (LEUCINODES ORBONALIS GUENE)- DILEEP K. SINGH, L.P.YADAVA, RAJESH PATI AND VIJAI KUMAR GUPTA

41 SELECTIVITY OF SOME NEWER HORTICULTURAL MINERAL OILS AND SOME INSECTICIDES ON PARASITOID COMPLEX OF SAN JOSE SCALE (QUADRASPIDIOTUS PERNICIOSUS COMSTOCK) ON APPLE IN KASHMIR-MUNEER AHMAD AND FAROOQ AHMAD ZAKI

42 EFFECT OF PACLOBUTRAZOL AND ETHEPHON ON THE BIOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF CAPE GOOSEBERRY (PHYSALIS PERUVIANA L.)-L.P.YADAVA, RAJESH PATI AND VIJAI KUMAR GUPTA

43 COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES FOR SHOOT FLY RESISTANCE AND YIELD PARAMETERS IN SORGHUM-S.S. GOMASHE, M.B. MISAL, S.B.DESHMUKH AND S.B. SARODE

44 CORRELATION STUDIES IN PIGEON PEA [CAJANUS CAJAN (L.) MILLSP.]- S.S. SARSAMKAR, G.R. KADAM, B.P. KADAM, S.V. KALYANKAR AND S.B. BORGAONKAR

45 MOLECULAR DISSECTION OF DROUGHT RELATED QTLS IN RICE USING MICROSATELITE MARKERS-M. S. DUDHARE AND S. K. KATIYAR

46 CALLUS INDUCTION IN SIMAROUBA GLAUCA D.C.- S.P. HADKE , A.G. DESHMUKH, M.S. DUDHARE AND VAIDYA E.R

47 SCREENING OF PIGEONPEA GENOTYPES THROUGH DIFFERENT SCREENIG TECHNIQUES AGAINST STERILITY MOSAIC DISEASE- SHIV OM, V.B.CHAUHAN, S.B.SARODE AND P.M.WAYAZADE

48 COMBINED INOCULATION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND AZOTOBACTER BENEFICIAL TOPRORALEA CORYLIFOLIA L.- RUBEENA PARVEEN N. KAZI AND H. C. LAKSHMAN

49 OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE OF INSECT ENEMIES OF HONEY BEES IN KARNATAKA-B.C. HANUMANTHA SWAMY

50 COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES FOR SHOOT FLY RESISTANCE AND YIELD PARAMETERS IN SORGHUMS.S. GOMASHE, M.B. MISAL, S.B.DESHMUKH AND S.B. SARODE

51 PREDICTION AND POSTDICTION OF HETEROSIS IN SAFFLOWER (CARTHMUS TINCTORIUS L.)-S.B. SARODE P.B.GHORPADE, P.M. WAYAZADE, S.B. DESHMUKH AND S.S. GOMASHE

52 BIONOMICS AND BIOMETRICS OF GREATER WAX MOTH GALLERIA MELLONELLA LINNAEUS-B.C. HANUMANTHA SWAMY

53 STABILITY FOR SEED YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS IN MUNGBEAN [(VIGNA RADIATA (L.) WILCZEK)]-S.S. GOMASHE, J.V. PATIL, S.B.DESHMUKH, S.B. SARODE AND P.P. PISE

54 EFFECT OF COLONY STRENGTH AND WEATHER FACTORS ON THE INCIDENCE OF GREATER WAX MOTH (GALLERIA MELLONELLA LINN.)-B.C. HANUMANTHA SWAMY