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ASIAN JOURNAL OF BIO SCIENCE

Volume 4 Issue 2, Oct. 2009

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 PUTATIVE TRANSGENIC PLANTS THROUGH IN PLANTA TRANSFORMATION AGAINST PHYTOPHTHORA FOOT ROT IN BLACK PEPPER (PIPER NIGRUM L.)..... S. ASHA AND P.C. RAJENDRAN

2 A STUDY ON PRESENCE OF AFLATOXIN IN DERIED COCONUT..... J.R. KULKARNI, D.N. PADULE AND S.H. UMRIKAR

3 COMMUNITY TURN OVER OF FLOOD WATER ARTHROPODS IN AN IRRIGATED RICE ECOSYSTEM OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA..... M. KANDIBANE

4 EFFECT OF RHINACANTHUS NASUTUS EXTRACTS ON THE NON-ENZYMIC ANTIOXIDANT STATUS OF OXIDANT INDUCED GOAT LIVER SLICES.....R. NIRMALA DEVI AND D. VASUKI

5 PLASMID-BORNE MERCURY RESISTANCE IN AQUATIC ESCHERICHIA COLI..... TANVEER A. SHAH, IMTIYAZ MURTAZA, V. VERMA AND ARIF ALI

6 RESPONSE OF PROMISING LINSEED VERIETIES TO NOTROGEN..... SANJAI CHAUDHARY

7 REGENERATING ACTIVITY OF CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA ON PARACETAMOL INDUCED HEAPTIC DAMAGE..... K. GOKULAKRISHNAN, P. SENTHAMILSELVAN AND V. SIVAKUMARI

8 MICROBIAL POPULATION AND SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF GROUNDNUT PLANTS TREATED WITH COMPOST ENRICHED WITH OPTIMUM LEVELS OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS..... B.S. SHIVKUMAR, M. JAYASHANKARA, D.RADHAKRISHNA AND C.K.SURESH

9 STUDIES ON FUNGAL DISEASES OF CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILANUM. BAKER (SAFED MUSLI)..... A.B. JOSHI AND B.M. KAREPPA

10 STANDARIZATION OF GROWTH REGULATORS FOR RAPID SHOOT PROLIFERATION IN CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM.....O.P. VERMA, ABHA SINGH, S.K. VERMA, MEETU CHAUDHARY AND A.K. SHUKLA

11 STUDIES ON UTILITY OF ADHATODA ZEYLANICA MEDIC..... MANISHA SUTARE AND B.M. KAREPPA

12 EFFECT OF GENETIC VARIABILITY ON SEED YIELD AND OIL CONTENT IN INDIAN MUSTARD [BRASSICA JUNCEA (L.) CZERN & COSS]..... RICHA NIGAM, ALKA AND ARCHANA SRIVASTAVA

13 DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS BASED ON CYTOGENETICS FROM J&K, INDIA..... MEENU SADHOTRA AND N.K. TRIPATHI

14 EFFICIENT PROTOCOL FOR THE IN VITRO CLONING OF ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA L...... M. VENKATESHWARLU

15 CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNGAL CONTAMINANTS FROM WHEAT AND THE SPECULATION OF MYCOTOXIN WITH REFERENCE TO AFLATOXIN..... R. ANAND, E. SARITHA, V.H. MARY JIJI AND R. ASWINI

16 BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS OF AUXIN INDUCED SENESCENCE IN MUSTARD SEEDLINGS..... K. TULASI RAMA KRISHNAN AND V. SIVAKUMARI

17 EVALUATION OF INDIGENOUS PRODUCTS WITH INSECTICIDE AGAINST TOBACCO CATERPILLAR (SPODOPTERA LITURA) INFESTING CABBAGE..... KAMIN ALEXANDER, O.P. VERMA AND M.S. MISHRA

18 A NOVEL MEDICINE FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ..... MILIND PARLE AND MANAS KUMAR SAMAL

19 EFFECT OF FACULTATAIVE METHYLOTRPHS ON TISSUE CULTURING OF RICE..... R. PARIMALA DEVI, S.P. SUNDARAM AND R. POORNIAMMAL

20 STUDY ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH BIOMETRICAL APPROACHES IN BREAD WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.).....ARCHANA SRIVASTAVA, NAINA SRIVASTAVA , ALKA KUSHWAHA AND RICHA NIGAM

21 EFFECT OF GROWTH MEDIA PH AND INCUBATION TEMPERATURES ON THE PRODUCTION OF PROTEINASES FROM BACILLUS SP. 26..... R. ANAND, R. ASWINI, V.H. MARY JIJI AND V. KEERTHANA

22 BIO-CHEMICAL ADJUSTMENT IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER..... P. SENTHAMILSELVAN AND V. SIVAKUMARI

23 OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEAT INFUSION IN MULLER MEDIUM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EFFECTIVE TETANUS TOXIN..... C.S. SIVA PRASATH AND S. PRAKASH

24 STUDIES ON ANTIBACTERIAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOGNOSTICAL ACTIVITIES OF INDIGOFERA LONGERACEMOSA..... G.. PERUMAL AND K. KALA

25 EFFECT OF NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND ON FERTILITY IN MALE ALBINO RATS..... M. ANIL KUMAR, M. KRISHNA REDDY AND M. SARANGAPANI

26 PRODUCTION OF CITRIC ACID BY YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA USING BIODIESEL DERIVED GLYCEROL ..... M. INIYAKUMAR, A. RAMALAKSHMI AND P. SANTHANAKRISHNAN

27 HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY IN CHILLI FOR YIELD AND YIELD CONTRIBUTING TRAITS (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)..... R.S.VAISHNAV, K. SRIVASTAVA AND P.K.SINGH

28 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ELITE COTTON CULTIVARS USING ISSR MARKERS ..... S.N. SALUNKHE AND Y.A. DESHMUKH

29 EAT TOMATO A DAY TO KEEP DEPRESSION AT BAY..... MILIND PARLE AND SUMAN MALIK

30 CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROMOLECULAR OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN NATIVE AGROBACTERIUM ISOLATE ..... SHALINI RAWAT AND JITENDRA SINGH BALIYAN

31 PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM IPOMOEA BATATAS USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ..... E. SARITHA , R. ANAND, S. SUJA AND K. SWAMINATHAN

32 CHARACTERIZATION OF NATIVE BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS FROM THE WESTERN GHATS OF KERALA..... P.M. NEEMA, D. GIRIJA, C.APARNA AND P.M. FIROZ

33 EVALUATION OF ANTIPROGESTIN ACTIVITY OF A PROGESTERONE ANALOG 14 - HYDROXY PROGESTERONE IN ALBINO RATS (RATTUS NORVEGICUS ALBINUS)..... B. SATHEESH KUMAR, M. KRISHNA REDDY, M.S.K. PRASAD AND A.V.N. APPARAO

34 DEVELOPMENT OF TRIPLOID PLANTLETS FROM IMMATURE ENDOSPERM OF GARCINIA GUMMI-GUTTA VAR. GUMMIGUTTA (L) ROB...... P.C. RAJENDRAN, V.A. RASMI AND HEERA THOMAS

35 SCREENING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SELECTED FLOWERS AND SPICES AGAINSTCANDIDA ALBICANS..... R. ANAND, E. SARITHA, R. ASWINI1 AND V.H. MARY JIJI

36 PHYTASE PRODUCTION BYRHIZOPUS OLIGOSPORUS MTCC556 UNDER SUBMERGED FERMENTATION CONDITIONS.....K. HARITHA AND K.R.S. SAMBASIVARAO

37 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM DIFFERENT MEDICINAL PLANTS..... O.P. VERMA, AMIT A. CHARAN, ABHISHEK SHARAN AND SUSHMA

38 ALGAEOLEUM-A THIRD GENERATION BIOFUEL..... SAMEER D. YEOLE, B.A. AGLAVE AND M.O.LOKHANDE

39 CYTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR HOLOCENTRIC CHROMOSOMES IN PIERIS BRASSICAE (PIERIDAE : LEPIDOPTERA)..... MEENU SADHOTRA AND N.K.TRIPATHI

40 EFFECT OF TILLAGE SYSTEMS AND WEED CONTROL METHODS ON WEEDS, YIELDS AND ECONOMICS OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM)..... SANJAI CHAUDHARY, J.P.S. RATHI, OM PAL SINGH AND D. KUMAR

41 FUNCTIONAL ANNOTATION OF HISTONE PROTEINS IN HUMAN.....MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA, ASTHA DUHAN AND M.L. SANGWAN

42 STUDIES ON IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY OF FICUS HISPIDA LEAVES..... MADHULIKA BHAGAT, JATINDER SINGH ARORA AND AJIT KUMAR SAXENA

43 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF PIGEONPEA (CAJANUS CAJAN) AND ITS WILD RELATIVES BASED ON RAPD MARKERS..... DEEP RATAN KUMAR, Y.A.DESHMUKH AND TEJBHAN SAINI

44 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF QUALITY OF RIVER WATERS IN THE CITY OF ALLAHABAD, U.P., INDIA..... VIKAS SHARMA AND MADHULIKA BHAGAT

45 BIOTERRORISM – A NEW THREAT TO MANKIND..... NEHA SAWANT, POORVA GHOSH, M.O. LOKHANDE AND B.A. AGLAVE

46 GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE FOR YIELD COMPONENTS IN WINGED BEAN (PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONALOBUS L.)..... RAJESHWAR NANDAN, R.S.VAISHNAV, K.SRIVASTAVA AND KAUSHLENDRA KUMAR ISSAR

47 RARE FRUITS AS A SOURCE OF NUTRIENT RICH FERMENTED PRODUCTS..... KSHAMA G. DESHPANDE, ASHWIN B. KSHIRSAGAR, MAITHILEE KESRALIKAR, PRASHANT NARWADE, SUVARNA GAMPLE AND VIVEK PUJARI

48 SPIRULINA : THE BIOTECH SUPER-FOOD..... S.O. GUPTA, B.A. AGLAVE AND M.O. LOKHANDE

49 BIOSENSORS..... JYOTI J. GAVALI, ASHWINI G. DASHPUTRE, M.O.LOKHANDE AND B.A. AGLAVE

50 HUMAN CHIMERAS..... PRIYANKA P. NAGARE, M.O.LOKHANDE AND B.A. AGLAVE

51 IS THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY RECESSION PROFF?..... POORVA GHOSH, NEHA SAWANT, M.O.LOKHANDE AND B.A. AGLAVE

52 A CRITICISM OF SAREEN AND WADHWA’S (1981) PAPER ENTITLED, ‘EMBRYOLOGICAL STUDIES IN PAPILIONACEAE, THE GENUS ALYSICARPUS NECK’..... S.A. SALGARE

53 AN ANOMALOUS MEGAGAMETOPHYTE OF PHASEOLUS AUREUS ROXB.: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A CRITICISM OF GEORGE, GEORGE AND HERR (1979)*..... S.A. SALGARE

54 AN ANOMALOUS MEGAGAMETOPHYTE OF ALYSICARPUS VAGINALIS DC.: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A CRITICISM OF SAREEN AND WADHWA (1981)*..... S.A. SALGARE

55 MICROSPOROGENESIS IN ALYSICARPUS VAGINALIS DC.: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A CRITICISM OF SAREEN AND WADHWA (1981)*..... S.A. SALGARE

56 A CRITICISM OF GEORGE, GEORGE AND HERR’S (1979) PAPER ENTITLED,’ COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OVULE AND MEGAGAMETOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT IN FIELD-GROWN AND GREENHOUSE-GROWN PLANTS OF GLYCINE MAX AND PHASEOLUS AUREUS (PAPILIONACEAE) ..... S.A. SALGARE