Vol 109, No 1 (2015)

Table of Contents

Vol 109, No 1 (2015)

In this Issue

In This Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/6-6 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 6-6
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Guest Editorial

Environmental Noise Control
M. L. Munjal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/7-8 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 7-8
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Correspondence

Gender Equality in Science in India:An Undeveloped Agenda
Namrata Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/9-10 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 9-10
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The Prospects of University Teaching:A Futuristic Reality Check
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/10-10 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 10-10
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Why a Ph D is Not Enough
Himangshu Dutta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/11-11 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 11-11
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Teaching in Higher Education Institutions-Policy Rethink is Necessary
Basab Chaudhuri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/11-12 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 11-12
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News

Women in Science
Jenifer Clark, Rohini Madhusudan Godbole, Madhukara Putty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/13-14 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 13-14
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Plant Science Research
R. N. Kharwar, S. K. Dubey, J. Pandey, L. C. Rai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/14-15 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 14-15
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Opinion

COPE Code of Conduct Clause 3.1 under the Microscope:A Prelude to Unfair Rejections
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/16-17 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 16-17
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Commentary

Assessment and Evaluation in Tertiary Chemistry Education:Are We Bothered?
Lakshmy Ravishankar, Savita Ladage, Gomathi Shridhar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/18-20 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 18-20
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Scientific Correspondance

Enhanced Detection of Tissue Auto-Fluorescence by One-Photon Ultrafast Pulsed Illumination
Arijit Kumar De, Debjit Roy, Vivek Bansal, Aditya Gupta, Debabrata Goswami
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/21-22 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 21-22
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Ultrastructures in the Lateral Part of Nummulites vredenburgi Prever (Foraminiferida)
S. Sengupta, Sampa Sarkar, Rosina Syed
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/22-25 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 22-25
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Conservation of Medicinally Important Plants by the Indigenous People of Manipur (Meiteis) by Incorporating them with Religion and Nature Worship
A. K. Phurailatpam, S. R. Singh, R. Nongthombam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/25-30 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 25-30
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General Article

An Indian Ombudsman Institution for Ethics in Scientific R&D
Shirish A. Ranade, Nikhil Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/31-36 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 31-36
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Special Section:Fungal Endophytes-Biology and Bioprospecting

Preface
T. S. Suryanarayanan, R. Uma Shaanker
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/37-38 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 37-38
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Fungal Endophytes are Involved in Multiple Balanced Antagonisms
B. Schulz, S. Haas, C. Junker, N. Andree, M. Schobert
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/39-45 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 39-45
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Entomopathogenic Fungi as Endophytes:Plant-Endophyte-Herbivore Interactions and Prospects for Use in Biological Control
Stefan Vidal, Lara R. Jaber
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/46-54 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 46-54
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The Role of Endophyte Diversity in Protecting Plants from Defoliation by Leaf-Cutting Ants
Catalina Estrada, Ethan C. Degner, Enith I. Rojas, William T. Wcislo, Sunshine A. Van Bael
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/55-61 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 55-61
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Assemblages of Endophytic Fungi on Salicornia europaea Disjunctively Distributed in Japan:Towards Clarification of the Ubiquity of Fungal Endophytes on Halophytes and their Ecological Roles
Izumi Okane, Akira Nakagiri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/62-71 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 62-71
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Non-Mycorrhizal Endophytic Fungi from Orchids
Xiaoya Ma, Jichuan Kang, Sureeporn Nontachaiyapoom, Tingchi Wen, Kevin D. Hyde
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/72-87 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 72-87
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Endophytes from Marine Macroalgae:Promising Sources of Novel Natural Products
Andrew J. Flewelling, Jessica Currie, Christopher A. Gray, John A. Johnson
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/88-111 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 88-111
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Screening Marine-Derived Endophytic Fungi for Xylan-Degrading Enzymes
N. Thirunavukkarasu, Ben Jahnes, Arthur Broadstock, M. B. Govinda Rajulu, T. S. Murali, Venkat Gopalan, T. S. Suryanarayanan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/112-120 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 112-120
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Endophytic Phyllosphere Fungi and Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
K. Saikkonen, J. Mikola, M. Helander
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/121-126 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 121-126
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Endophyte Fungal Diversity in Nothapodytes nimmoniana along its Distributional Gradient in the Western Ghats, India:Are Camptothecine (Anticancer Alkaloid) Producing Endophytes Restricted to Specific Clades?
Singh Shweta, B. R. Gurumurthy, M. M. Vasanthakumari, G. Ravikanth, S. Dayanandan, R. Storms, M. B. Shivanna, R. Uma Shaanker
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/127-138 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 127-138
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Research Articles

Comparative Genome-Wide Association Studies for Plant Production Traits under Drought in Diverse Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Lines Using SNP and SSR Markers
C. Muthukumar, T. Subathra, J. Aiswarya, V. Gayathri, R. Chandra Babu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/139-147 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 139-147
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Landscape Entropy Approach to Demarcate Pathways for Oozing of Water in a Desert Area in India
N. C. Mondal, S. Ahmed
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/148-157 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 148-157
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Study of Landslide Hazard Zonation in Mandakini Valley, Rudraprayag District, Uttarakhand Using Remote Sensing and GIS
M. S. Rawat, D. P. Uniyal, R. Dobhal, Varun Joshi, B. S. Rawat, Anil Bartwal, Devendra Singh, Ashok Aswal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/158-170 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 158-170
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Research Communications

Outbreak of Dengue in Tamil Nadu, India
R. Chandran, P. A. Azeez
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/171-176 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 171-176
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The Influence of Geology on Terrestrial Gamma Radiation Dose Rate in Pahang State, Malaysia
H. T. Gabdo, A. T. Ramli, M. A. Saleh, M. S. Sanusi, N. N. Garba
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/177-183 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 177-183
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Invasion of the Himalayan Hotspot by Acacia farnesiana:How the Human Footprint Influences the Potential Distribution of Alien Species
Abudukeyimu Abulizi, Zhaodong Feng, Jianjun Yang, Abudoukeremujiang Zayiti, Zhonglin Xu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/183-189 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 183-189
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Sono-, Photo- and Sonophotocatalytic Decontamination of Organic Pollutants in Water:Studies on the Lack of Correlation between Pollutant Degradation and Concurrently formed H2O2
K. P. Jyothi, Suguna Yesodharan, E. P. Yesodharan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/189-195 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 189-195
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Tafoni along the East Coast, Chennai to Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu
Malarvizhi Arjunan, Hema Achyuthan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/195-201 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 195-201
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Living Legends in Indian Science

Yash Pal
Ramanath Cowsik
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/202-208 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 202-208
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Book Reviews

Superconductors
Pratap Raychaudhuri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/209-210 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 209-210
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The Internet:A Revolution in Progress
S. Sampathkumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/209-210 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 209-210
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Ferns and Fern-Allies of Sikkim:A Pictorial Handbook, Part-II
G. S. Rawat
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/211-211 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 211-211
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Personal News

K. N. Sharma (1929-2015)
W. Selvamurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/212-212 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 212-212
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Historical Notes

Visionary Chemist-Dr Yellapragada Subba Row
E. Venkata Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i1/213-213 ,  Vol 109, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 213-213
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