CONTENTS
Editors’ Page
Lead Articles
Rice genome and beyond
Akhilesh K. Tyagi…. 191
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF): A novel class of porous materials
Lallan Mishra, Rishikesh Prajapati and Girjesh Govil… 197
Science & Technology Policy Issues
A modern 3.6 meter new technology optical telescope as a major national initiative in Astrophysics
Ram Sagar … 209
Mangroves of Orissa coast : Status, exploitation and conservation strategies for sustainable development
Chiranjibi Pattanaik, C. Sudhakar Reddy and P. Manikya Reddy … 213
Medicianl legumes at the service of mankind
C.P. Shukla … 217
Short Research Communications
Integrated management of soil pests of potato in higher hills of Himachal Pradesh
V.K. Chandla and R.S. Chandel… 221
Bioremediation of waste water by two anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
Ramchander Merugu, M.S.K. Prasad, D. Vasavi, S. Girisham and S.M. Reddy… 223
Regeneration of some carbonyl compounds using their derivatives under microwave irradiation
Mamta Likhamawat, Murli Dhar Soni, Ritu Vyas, Vinod K. Sharma, Pinki B. Punjabi and Suresh C. Ameta…229
The exact distribution of the time of AIDS
Saralees Nadarajah…233
Maximum entropy condition in queueing system M/M/1 : ¥/FCFS
S.N. Singh, Jyoti Jaiswal and S.B. Tiwari…237
Lochon catalysed D-D fusion in deuterated palladium in the solid state
K.P. Sinha, F.N.A.Sc., and A. Meulenberg..243
Tissue specific response of antioxidant defence systems of rat to experimentally-induced hyperthyroidism
Dipak K. Sahoo and G.B.N. Chainy..247