Diversity of Woody Flora and Physico-chemical Attributes of Soil in the Nilgiri Hills,Tamil Nadu,India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats of South India. It...     

Characterization and Mosquitocidal Potency of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate SB1 from the Sundarbans Mangrove,West Bengal,India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Anopheles, Culex and Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors in India including the malaria endemic...     

Earthworms of Hyderabad-Karnataka Province,Karnataka, India,with Two New Records

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Hyderabad-Karnataka region is the second arid region after parts of Rajasthan in India. In this study,...     

Opportunistic pathogens in AIDS: trends, diagnosis and priorities

The second International Conference on Opportunistic Pathogens in AIDS was organized by the Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India). The conference was held at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in India between the 27th and 29th January 2008, and was attended by 225 participants representing 21 countries. The conference focused on trends, diagnosis and management of coinfections among HIV patients. In addition, as part of this conference, a symposium was held on the links between substance abuse, HIV and neuropathology.     

GC-FID,Antioxidants Analysis and Antimicrobial,Anti-Inflammatory,Anti-Diabetic Activities of Tisanes Derived from Underutilized Lemon Grass Cymbopogon khasianus (Hack.)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Cymbopogon khasianus (Hack.) is widely distributed and an underutilized plants in tropical and subtropical...     

Morphometric and Meristic Characteristics and Some Aspects of Reproductive Biology of Spiny Eel,Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede, 1800)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Various body measurements of spiny eel, Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede, 1800) were positively correlated...     

Status of Two Threatened Astavarga Herbs,Polygonatum cirrhifolium and Malaxis muscifera,in West Himalaya: Conservation Implications

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Populations of Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle and Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze are restricted to...     

Phytoextraction and Phytostabilization of Copper,Zinc, and Iron by Growing Plants in Chahar Gonbad Copper Mining Area,Iran

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Phytoremediation is a promising cleanup technology for heavy-metal-polluted soil. This research examined the...     

Standardization of Regeneration,Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation,and Introduction of Nucleocapsid Gene of Watermelon Bud Necrosis Virus in Watermelon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Seven types of explants (proximal cotyledon, distal cotyledon, distal cotyledon leaves, proximal cotyledon...     

Influence of Zinc Yeast Supplementation on Growth Performance,Antioxidant, and Immune Status of Growing Sahiwal Calves

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of zinc (Zn)-yeast supplementation on growth...     

Bubaline Aortic Matrix: Histologic,Imaging, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization and Application into Cattle Abdominal Hernia Repair

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds have been shown to promote constructive remodeling response into a host....     

Address by the President,The National Academy of Sciences,India, at the Annual Session Held at Trivandrum,along with the Symposium on Sustainable Management of Biodiversity through Science and Technology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences -     

Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) of Vidarbha,India, with Notes on Distribution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Surveys for collection of scarab beetles of different habitats of the Vidarbha region of Central India were...     

Woody Species Diversity,Structure, and Regeneration in Tiru-Selam Forest,Northwestern Ethiopia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Tiru Selam forest is one of the subjugated natural forest in Northwest Ethiopia. Hence, the study was...     

Studies on Lichens of Mizoram,Northeast India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - The paper enumerates 159 species of lichens recorded from the Mizoram state of northeast India. Buellia...     

Record of Some Digeneans,Infecting Freshwater Fishes,Snails, and Amphibians in India,Using 28S Ribosomal DNA Marker

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Eleven species of digenetic trematodes are recorded herein in an attempt to chart the trematode biodiversity...     

Biomass and Carbon Stock of Trees Growing in Cotton University,Guwahati, Assam,India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - A large institutional campus with trees can be a potential solution for global warming and climate change....     

Systomus spilurus (Günther, 1868) Cyprinidae,A New Distribution Record from Narmada Riverine Biodiversity,Gujarat, India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Systomus spilurus (Günther, 1868) a barb from the family Cyprinidae (Order Cypriniformes) is recorded...     

Risk Factor Prediction by Naive Bayes Classifier,Logistic Regression Models,Various Classification and Regression Machine Learning Techniques

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is globally considered as the leading cause of death. As per the World Health...     

Optimization of Methods for Quantification of Arjunic Acid from Bark of Terminalia arjuna from Konkan Region,India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight and Arn. is a medicinal plant distributed throughout India. It is known for...