Biospectra (March 2007)

1. Need for a national platform and action plans for primary prevention and integrated treatment of heart disease in India

Gundu H. R. Rao*

2. Fishapods : a missing link?

Amitabh Hore*

3. Correlative study on plasma calcium level and ultimobranchial gland in relation to reproductive cycle of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Anju Tiru & Grace Lakra.

4. Fecundity response in relation to rearing temperature in silkworm Bombyx mori L.

Muniraju, B. M. Sekharappa & R. Raghuraman

5. Digital anomalies among the Chero and Oroan tribes of Palamu Commissionary in Jharkhand State of India

Poonam Kumari* & H N Tiwari

6. Ultrastuctural study of gill morphology alterations in Channa punctatus (Bloch) exposed to sub lethal concentration of Mercury

Kiran Kumari, Snehlata Nag, Ranu Naskar & N.S.Sen*

7. IGF-I as a survival factor in the ovary of Clarias batrachus (Linn.)

Bhola Paswan*, Shamshun Nehar, Bushra Raza & Dipali Raha

8. Heamatological and serum biochemical response to certain Stressors in a air-breathing freshwater fish, Clarias garipineus (Burchell)

Rashmi Singh, Supriya Chatterjee, Neeta Lal*, Vijaylakshmi Pandey, Abhijit Dutta & K.N. Dubey

9. Abundance of some aquatic hemipterans and coleopterans of a tropical fish pond of Ranchi

Abha Prasad, Anjali Smita, Rashmi Srivastava, Sharmila Rani & Sunita Dutta

10. Effect of tetracycline on the haematology of Hepatozoon infected Rana tigrina

Reena Rastogi & Neelima Gupta*

11. Effect of venom of Apis mellifera on haematological and seric biochemical variables in Rabbit

Neeta Lal*, Vijaylakshmi Pandey & Abhijit Dutta

12. An ethno-zoological survey of some insects used in the treatment of epilepsy in the Angara block of Jharkhand

S K Mishra & Bandana Kumari*

13. A discussion on the synonymy of certain species of Phaneropsolus

Harishchandra Prasad Sah

14. Effect of silkworm pupae Antheraea mylitta, Drury diet on the growth performance of broiler chicken

Seema Sinha*, Neeta Lal, M. Prasad & Abhijit. Dutta

15. Studies on the morphotaxonomy of some lepidopteran fauna of Ranchi

Shila^a, N. Ghosh*^a, Seema Priyadarshini^b& M. Prasad^b

16. Rejuvenation of endosulfan treated hepatic cells of Mus museulus by oral administration of Emblica officinalis (Amla)

Dharmendra Kumar Sinha•, Nirupam, S. K. Srivastava & A. Nath

17. A study of correlation between different families and species of order coleoptera of a selected farmland area of Ranchi

Rashmi Srivastavaa*, Abha Prasad^a, Sunita Dutta^a & Abhijit Dutta^b

18. Comparative performance of SL-KSPM, a sex-limited polyvoltine race and pure Mysore silkworm Bombyx mori L. in the preparation of cross breed

Rajendra Mundkur, Mallesha Murthy, K N Nagabhushana Gupta and S Krishna Rao

19. Pyrethrin induced changes in enzymological activities (GOT, GPT, ACP and ALP) in liver and kidney of freshwater fish Clarias batrachus L.

Sarita Murmu, J.A.Ganaie, A. Khan & V.K. Shrivastava*

20. Anxiety disorder a clinical vignette

Ray*^a & K. Ray^b,

21. Effect of temperature on the production of xylanase in thermophilic fungi

Himani Yadav* & A. K. Jaitly

22. Adaptation of Chlorococcum humicolum and Phormidium foveolarum to copper

S D Shankhadarwar* & P B Nandkar

23. Stomatal structure of two species of Aloe under the influence of Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS)

Poonam Pandit & Kamini Kumar*

24. Epidermal and stomatal studies in some members of Chenopodiaceae

S.N.Sharma* & Vinita Smriti

25. Mitotic anomalies induced by EMS and DES in Vicia faba (L.)

S.N.Sharma* & Vinita Smriti

26. SDS-PAGE of seed storage protein of Cassia occidentalis L. and Cassia sophera L.

Chandra Shekhar Singh & Meenakshi Singh

27. A new species of Spirogyra: Spirogyra nizamaii sp. nov. from India

Madhurima Singh & Madhavi Srivastava

28. Biodiversity of algae in the fresh water biotopes of Ranchi District, Jharkhand State, India

Chonhen Kujur & Madhavi Srivastava

29. Some water loving plants sold as pot-herb(Sag) in the village market: of Ranchi district.

Sudhir Verma^a, Pramod Kumar Pandey^b , Prasanjit Mukherjee^c& Sudhanshu Kumar*^c

30. Effect of xenobiotic pollution on the algal (Chlorophyceae) population of some freshwater lakes of Jharkhand

Sushma Das Guru*

31. Ethnomedicinal plants used against jaundice by the tribals of Jharkhand

Kunul Kandir*, Usha Sinku & Babeeta Bardhan

32. Disease assessment on different Brassica cultivars inoculated by Albugo candida (Pers.) Kuntze

S.K. Shahi^a, C.T.N. Singh*^a and Jyoti Kumar^b

33. Medicinal value of Kantakari, Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. & Wendl

Nidhi* & J. P Sinha

34. Watershed management – Case study of a farm pond

Gouri Suresh*

35. India – a high potential platform for production of wild silks

S.K. Gangwar*, VP Gupta and N. Suryanarayana

36. Pattern of larval weight distribution PTTH release timing in diapause-destined and non-diapause-destined fourth instar larvae of Antheraea mytitta Drury

Dinesh Kumar^a*, S. K. Sharan^a, P K. Mishra^a, Ram Kishore^a, G. Maheshwari^b & N. Suryanarayana^a

37. Integrated approach for successful rearing of oak tasar silkworm Antheraea proylei J

Dinesh Kumar^a*, S. K. Sharan^a, P K. Mishra^a, Ram Kishore^a, G. Maheshwari^b & N. Suryanarayana^a

38. Caspases; the killer in the ovary: An overview

Bhola Paswan, Shamshun Nehar, Bushra Raza & Di pali Raha

39. An indigenous way of management of rat population by Bhelwa seed oil treatment in and around Silli, Jharkhand State, India

Bandana Kumari^a& Sudahnshu Kumar*^b

40. Enzymatic responses in Rattus norvegicus exposed to a tannery chemical

Ashok Kumar^a, & Jyoti Kumar Srivastava^b