Vol. 76, B, Part I ( January to March ) 2006

CONTENTS

Review Article

Woodfuel resources in India

B. Mohan Kumar …1

Animal Science

Effect of phytoquinones on total protein content of selected tissues in Dysdercus koenigii (Heteroptera, Pyrhhocoridae)

Smita Benerjee, Sujata Magdum, G.P. Kalena and Ashoke Banerji …22

Effect of Annona seed extract on the reproductive physiology of Poekilocerus pictus (Insecta) 

U.S. Gupta and C.S. Rathore …30

Genotoxic effect of hydrogen peroxide on polytene chromosomes of Chironomus samoensis Edwards (Chironomidae : Diptera)

Pragya Khanna, O.P. Sharma and N.K. Tripathi …41

Plant Science

Light and Transmission Electron Microscopic studies in ethrel induced male sterile okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.)

S.V.S. Chauhan and D.K. Agnihotri …51

The rheological properties of biological gums

V.K. Nigam, Abhinav Sinha, B. Chaudhury, M. Krishna Mohan and P. Ghosh …56

Spectrum and frequency of chlorophyll mutations in urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) induced by EMS and gamma rays

A.K. Sharma, V.P. Singh and M.K. Sarma …64

Environmental Science

Phytochemical and foliar epidermal studies in some Adiantum L. species

P.K. Khare and Shalabh Kumar …69

Evaluation of SPOT – VEGETATION derived global vegetation assessment product for near-real time drought monitoring over India

R. Jaishanker, V.K. Sehgal, T. Senthivel and V.K. Dadhwal…78

Toxicity of carbofuran and monocrotophos and determination of alkaline phosphatase in red flour beetle 

I.Ahmad, M.A. Azmi, K. Akhtar, S.N.H. Naqvi, S. Anser Rizvi, M.F.U. Khan and M. Shahid…85

Correlation coefficient amongst physicochemical parameters and with the indices of community structure and primary productivity of Turkaulia lake (an eutrophic lake)

Bijay Bhushan Prasad, Umesh Chandra Das, Rajendra Bahadur Singh and Ashwini Kumar Mishra…89