Indian Phycological Review, Vol. III. Algological Research in India : Festschrift to Prof. V.N. Raja Rao
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Recent trends in algal biotechnology/Vidyavati. 2. Application of algal biotechnology in the next millennium/L.V. Venkataraman. 3. Cyanobacterial research – some milestones of the last century and certain emerging trends for the new millennium/N. Anand. 4. Epiphytic cyanobacteria from mangroves/V. Palaniselvam and K. Kathiresan. 5. Desmids from Vidarbha/J.L. Tarar and Seema Bodkhe. 6. SEM studies on charophytes/V.K. Anand, Gayatry Langer and Krishna Anand. 7. Biosystematical studies in Indian species of Caulerpa/D. Subramanian. 8. Charophyta – a review/V.S. Sundaralingam. 9. Cytology and cytotaxonomy of algae – an appraisal/George Jose. 10. Survival strategies of terrestrial cyanobacteria to desiccation and UV-B stress/S.P. Adhikary. 11. Phycological and ecological evaluation of eight major rivers in Gujarat/G. Ragothaman and E. Manoj. 12. Seaweed distribution and resources in India/N. Kaliaperumal. 13. A persistent endogenous circadian rhythm of liberation of eggs in Fucus serratus/G. Subba Rangaiah. 14. Biodiversity of brown algae/R. Rengasamy. 15. Seaweed cultivation in India – present status and future prospects/V. Krishnamurthy. 16. Biochemical and caloric composition of seaweeds and seagrasses of the Palk Bay, South-East coast of India/R. Kannan and L. Kannan. 17. Marine algal biotechnology in India – present and future/M. Umamaheswara Rao. 18. Hydrobiological studies on river Ram Ganga at Bareilly/Iqbal Habib. 19. Bioactive secondary metabolites from cyanobacteria/D.P. Singh, M.B. Tyagi, Arvind Kumar, E.G. Prasuna, G. Srinivas and Ashok Kumar. 20. Bioactive potentials of marine cyanobacteria/T. Thirunalasundri and G. Subramanian. 21. Algal biofertilizers in soil fertility and crop production/A. Digamber Rao and Vidyavati. 22. BGA biofertilizer technology for North-East India in the new millennium/N. Irabanta Singh and S. Mukta Singh. 23. Production of ammonia by the immobilized cyanobacteria for rice/S. Kannaiyan. 24. Spirulina and human health in new millennium/Pushpa Srivastava and Anuradha Sharma. 25. Alkaline phosphatase activity in cyanobacteria/D.N. Tiwari, S.K. Singh and M. Pandey. 26. Eco-toxicological effects of a chlor-alkali industry effluent on a cyanobacterium and its possible detoxification/Alaka Sahu and Ashok K. Panigrahi. 27. Metabolites from cyanobacteria: an emerging technology/R.K. Asthana, A.P. Singh, A.K. Chaudhary and S.P. Singh. 28. Taxonomy, biology and applications of the microalga, Arthrospira (‘Spirulina’)/N. Jeeji Bai. 29. Comparative analysis of physiological as well as biochemical changes in a blue-green and a green algal cell systems under the effect of LAS/S.N. Das and B.N. Verma. 30. Algal karyology : a status report/B.R. Chaudhary.