Emerging Trends in Biological Sciences

EDITOR: T. Pullaiah
PUBLISHER: Daya Publishing House
ISBN: 9788170356066
YEAR: 2009
PAGES: 264
SIZE: 16 X 24 X 2 cms.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE BOOK: The book includes 20 research and review articles on various aspects of Biological Sciences written by leading experts. The first article is on M6P/IGF-IIR protein. It is followed by two articles on VAM Fungi. The following two articles are on antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants. Chapters 6 and 7 deal with the toxicity of fungal infections. Airborne bacteria is given in the following chapter. Cyanobacterial diversity is described by Gupta in the next chapter. Adoptional behaviour of Sericulturists is discussed in chapter 10. Spermoderm paterns have been described in the next followed by a review article on Phyto-pharmacology of Plumbago zeylanica. Subsequent article is on Biosystematic studies of Chloris. Karuppasamy et al. give the details of Plant diversity in Sirumalai hills in Chapter 14. Prof. P.N. Rao discusses Taxonomy in the service of man in the following. This is followed by a paper on Freerea indica, an endangered taxon. Conservation of Mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika is given in Chapter 17. Last three articles are on tissue culture studies of Acacia concinna and Bixa orellana.

ABOUT THE EDITOR: Prof. T. Pullaiah obtained his M.Sc. (1973) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia during 1976-78. He traveled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanical Gardens in about 16 countries. He joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as a Lecturer in 1979 and became Professor in 1993. He held several positions in the University including Head, Department of Botany, Chairman, Board of Studies in Botany, Co-ordinator and Chairman Board of Studies in Biotechnology, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Vice Principal of S.K. University College and Principal of S.K. University Engineering College. Presently he is Principal of S.K. University College of Education. He has published 41 books, 235 research papers and 35 popular articles. He is Principal Investigator of 21 Major Research projects funded by DBT, DST, CSIR, UGC, DAE, BSI, WWF, GCC etc. Under his guidance 45 students obtained their Ph.D. degrees and 34 students their M.Phil, degrees. He is recipient of Best Teacher Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prof. P. Maheshwari Gold Medal of Indian Botanical Society and Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Gold Medal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He was Vice President of Indian Botanical Society and presently Councilor the same. He was a Member of Species Survival Commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

CONTENTS:
Preface
1. Characterization of the Multifunctional Nature of the Chicken M6P/IGF-IIR (Mr 300 kDa) Protein
    Sivaramakrishna Vadavalli and Siva Kumar Nadimpalli

2. Field Studies of AM Fungi in Cereals and Millets
    K. Ammani

3. Survey of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Plants of Nandyal and Anantapur Environments
    G. Mary Sandeepa, K. Ammani and A. Subramanyam

4. Antimicrobial Spectrum otDigera muricata (L.) Mart. and Moringa pterigosperma Gaertn.
    S.H.K.R. Prasad, D.Rajasekhar, K. Venkateswara Rao, M. Vijayalakshmi and G. Rosaiah

5. In vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy of Solvent Extracts of Seeds of Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
    S.H.K.R. Prasad, B. Rajasekhar, M. Sunny James, N.L, Swapna andMadan Prasad

6. Production of Toxic Metabolites by Altemaria ricini Pathogenic to Castor
    M. Vijayalakshmi, P. Krishna Kumari, B. Rajesh and}. S. V. Anjaneyulu

7. Fungal Infection of Chilli Pods at the Time of Harvest and Post-harvest Drying
    M. Vijayalakshmi, M. Prasanth, Y. Usha, M.R. Hima Bindhu and G. Rosaiah

8. Studies on Airborne Bacteria
    B. RamachandraMurthy andK.V.Mallaiah

9. Algal (Cyanobacterial) Diversity Study in North-Eastern States with Respect to Survey and Biotechnological Inputs
    S.L. Gupta

10. A Study on Adoptional Behaviour of Sericulturists and their Characteristics in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh
    B. Sujatha, P. Lakshminarayana Reddy, S. SankarNaik, A. Vijaya BhaskarRao and P. Sujathamma

11. Spermoderm Patterns in Some Genera of Andropogoneae
    D. Someswari, T. Srivalli and T.N. Mary

12. Phyto-Phamiacology of Plumbago zeylanica: A Review
    Pavankumar Bellamkondi andK. Shankaramurthy

13. Studies on Biosystematics of Chloris Swartz. Species (Poaceae)
    T.N. Mary, J. Vijayamma, M. Sarada and Seshagiri Rao

14. Plant Diversity and Conservation in Sirumalai Hills of Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, South India
    S. Karuppusamy, K.M. Rajasekaran and T. Pullaiah

15. Taxonomy in the Service of Man
    P.N. Rao

16. . Studies on Frerea indica Dalz.: A Critically Endangered and Endemic Species from Maharashtra, India
    A.B.D. Selvam, S. Bandy opadhyay and Basundhara Pillai

17. Conservation and Utilization of Mangrove Forests: A Case Study in Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, East Coast of India
    C. Pattanaik, Ch. Sudhakar Reddy, N.K. Dhal andRashmita Dash

18. Adventitious Shoot Bud Regeneration and Organogenesis in Hypocotyl Cultures of Acacia concinna DC.: An Important Tree Legume
    P. Sairam Ready, G. Prasad Babu, N. Yasodamma and G. Rama Gopal

19. Rapid In Vitro Propagation of Bixa orellana L.: An Important Dye Yielding Tree
    Md. Arifullah, Ch. Kishore Kumar, D. Gayathri and G. Rama Gopal

20. Tissue Culture of Annatto
    Y. Venkateswara Rao, V. N, Chakravarthi, Dhavala, D. Tejeswara Rao, M, V. Subba Rao and V. Manga

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