CONTENTS
Editors’ Page
Lead Article/Overviews of New Developments
Biosurfactants: An overview
B.S. Sekhon… 317
Science & Technology Development and Policy Issues
Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease – the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
S.C. Parija, B.P. Mohanty and S. Mohanty… 333
Short Research Communications
Floristic composition, biological spectrum and plant diversity of burnt and unburnt grazing lands of Dewghat forest, Koraon range (U.P.)
C.P. Shukla and K.N. Mishra… 345
Three species of aquatic hyphomycetes as new root endophytes of temperate forest plants
S.C. Sati, N. Pargaien and M. Belwal… 351
Mass multiplication of mycorrhizal inoculum: Use of sorghum roots for rapid culturing of Glomus fasciculatum
B.N. Reddy, C.R. Raghavender and A. Hindumathi… 355
Diffusion technology as a tool for characterizing, estimating germination time and enhancing germination of maize (Zea mays. L) genotypes
M.L. Sood and Tesfahun Kebede… 361
Off-axis field amplitude variation for plane and paraboloidal zone plate : A comparative study
Niraj Singh and Virendra Singh … 367
Morphological diversity of the medial cortex neurons in the common Indian wall lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis.
Ram Chandra Maurya and U.C. Srivastava, F.N.A.Sc. …. 375
Academy News
A report on Science Communication Activities …385