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1. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SEED GERMINATION OF PHASEOLUS AUREUS UNDER SOME PHOTOCATALYTIC CONDITIONS By MAYANK R. MEHTA1, RUPAL P. PATWA 2, NOOPUR R. GOYAL 3 AND VIPUL P.PRAJAPATI 4

9.ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF CAJANUS CAJAN L. (PIGEON PEA) AND VIGNA URICULATA L. (BLACK GRAM) ON EACH OTHER’S SEEDLING GROWTH AND SEED GERMINATION By 1B. A. KUMBHAR,2Y. B. D

14.PREVENTION OF ADULTERATION IN FOOD AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN BODY IN THE LIGHT OF HEALTH AND HYGIENE AS WELL AS ECONOMY By L. S. BHUTADIYA AND M.P.BHRAHMBHATT

19.LIGHT AND SALINITY EFFECTS ON THE SEED GERMINATION OF VIGNA RADIATA L. AND VIGNA ANGULARIS WILLD. By 1B. A. KUMBHAR AND 2G. R. PATEL

24.A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INFILTRATION RATES OF DIFFERENT SOLVENTS IN DIFFERENT SOILS By B. B. PATEL AND R. I. PATEL

36.SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME NEW PYRAZOLINES By S.D.DESAI

42.FORMATION CONSTANT OF TRANSITION METAL CHELATES WITH 2,2’ BIPYRIDYL AMINE , 1-2 AND 1-3 DIAMINO PROPANE M.P.BRAHMBHATT AND L. S. BHUTADIYA

46.IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF UMMEDGANJ WETLAND OF KOTA, RAJASTHAN By MANISHA SHARMA

52.NEW APPROACH TO STUDY OF CROP PRODUCT IN PEARL-MILLET BY BIRD PEST IN PATAN DISTRICT By 1K.B.PATEL, 2M.M.PATEL AND 2R.N.PATEL

59.PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF HERPETOFAUNA OF BORIVALI MANGROVES – A COASTAL BELT IN THE SUBURBS OF MUMBAI By RAHULRATAN R. CHAUHAN & HITESH U. SHINGADIA

66.LIMNOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF VAVOL LAKE OF GANDHINAGAR DISTRICT WITH REFERENCE TO PHYTOPLANKTON By BINNY H. KARLIKAR AND HITESH A. SOLAKI

73.DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED STRAINS OF SPIRULINA AND RELATED CYANOBACTERIAL GENERA By NIRBHAY KUMAR SINGH1 AND DOLLY WATTAL DHAR

89.BIODIVERSITY OF ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT TREES OF PATAN DISTRICT (NORTH GUJARAT) By DIPIKA H. RATHOD AND ILLA C. PATEL

96.STATUS OF WATERBIRDS AT PARIYEJ LAKE, DIST. KHEDA, GUJARAT By 1 F. J. THAKOR, 2J. R. PRAJAPATI AND NIKITARAJ B. CHAUHAN 3

105.EFFECT OF PHOSHATE SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA VERMI COMPOST ON SOIL FERTILITY By PRATESH J. SHAH & PRAGNA S. MODI

109.ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE AND IAA PRODUCING BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE FROM ROOT NODULES OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS L. By J.P. PATEL, P.H. PATEL & S.A. BHATT

118.STUDY ON IAA PRODUCING AZOTOBACTER TROPICALIS STRAIN RBS. ISOLATED FROM NORTH GUJARAT, INDIA By P.H.PATEL, J.P PATEL AND S.A. BHATT

128.NITROGEN MANAGEMENT THROUGH FERTIGATION SCHEDULING IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L).MOENCH.] By C. H. RAVAL, J. C. PATEL, P. T. PATEL AND B. T. PATEL

133.AVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN AMARANTHUS SPINOSA AND AMARANTHUS SPECIOSA DUE TO SABARMATI RIVER WATER POLLUTION By ANIL KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA

142.ALTERATION IN TRACE MINERAL CONTENT IN MUSCLE TISSUE OF GUPPY, POECILIA RETICULATA PETERS ON CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO SODIUM FLUORIDE By HITESH U. SHINGADIA

150.BIOCONVERSION OF BANANA ORCHARD WASTE INTO AN EFFECTIVE SOIL CONDITIONER BY COST-EFFECTIVE AND ECO-FRIENDLY MANNER By NITEEN VINAY PHIRKE

160.TABOOS AND SACRED SACRAMENTAL BELIEFS IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PREVAILING IN VALSAD DISTRICT, GUJARAT, INDIA By B.T. SHAH AND T.G.GOHIL

164.ETHNO BOTANICAL NOTES ON THE FLORA OF SACRED PLANTS OF SABARKANTHA DISTRICT IN NORTH GUJARAT By C. V. JHA & N. B. PATEL

170.RESPONSE OF DILL TO FLUORIDE AS A SOIL POLLUTANT By J. S. PATEL AND G. R. PATEL

174.GENOMOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS FOR THE AUTHENTICATION OF HERBAL PRODUCTS By ASHA ARORA AND JAISHREE MEENA

178.ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN SKIN TREATMENT BY KORKUS OF MELGHAT DIST. AMRAVATI (MS), INDIA By P. Y. BHOGAONKAR AND V. D. DEVARKAR

192.ETHNOBOTANICAL PRACTICES OF SOME PLANT SPECIES OF DANTA AND AMBAJI FOREST AREAS OF NORTH GUJARAT (INDIA) By K. C. PATEL, R. S. PATEL 1 AND A. S. REDDY 2

200.STUDIES ON CLIMBER RESOURCES USED BY MALDHARIS OF BHANVAD TALUKA OF JAMNAGAR DISTRICT IN SAURASHTRA REGION, GUJARAT, INDIA By K.V. KANJARIYA 1, R.S. PATEL 1 AND K.C. PATEL 2

208.TRADITIONAL PHYTO-MEDICINES USED ON PILES (HAEMORRHOIDS) By PARESH PAREKH AND ARTI MEHTA

213.BIOPESTICIDES AND NEUTRACEUTICALS FROM PLANTS By M.MARTHANDA MURTHY, M SUBRAMANYAM AND A.NARASIMHA RAO

221.EFFECTS OF GIBBERALLIC ACID (GA3) ON IN VITRO POLLEN GERMINATION AND POLLEN TUBE GROWTH IN LUFFA AEGYPTICA MILL. By P.P.PRAJAPATI AND B.K.JAIN

227.EFFECT OF PGRS WITH ANDOR WITHOUT RED LIGHT ON SEED GERMINATION OF ASHWAGANDHA (WITHANIA SOMNIFERA DUNAL) UNDER IN VIVO AND IN VITRO CONDITIONS By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

236.VIRTUAL SCREENING OF WILD ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANT EUPHORBIA HIRTA L. AS ANTI-HIV, ANTI-MALARIAL,ANTI-CANCER AND ANTI-TB PROPERTIES By NIKUNJ B. PATEL AND KAUSHIK C. PATEL

244.NARDOSTACHYS GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT ATTENUATES GLUTAMIC ACID INDUCED LIPID PEROXIDATION IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND CEREBRAL CORTEX OF MICE By MANISH K. PANDIT

252.PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDIES ON SEEDS OF JOJOBA (SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS) By RAMESH PATEL, M. R. PATEL AND B.P. NAGORI

263.EFFECT OF PYRAMID ON SEED GERMINATION By SUYESH VASAVADA AND MAULIK GADANI

268.PRODUCTION OF BIOSURFACTANT BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA CH23 By C.D.AFUWALE, H.A. MODI AND S.A. KAPADIYA

275.NEWER APPROACHES OF MONITORING ORGANIC REACTIONS BY USING 1, 1, DIPHENYL-2-PICRYLHYDRAZYL AS A STABLE OXIDANT By VIRAJ PARESHBHAI JATAKIYA, KIRAN MANUBHAI PATEL, RAVIKUMAR V. MODI, R. R. BAD

282.THE PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS RISK FACTOR IN GANDHINAGAR By SHITAL I. VYAS AND AJIT V. PANDYA

290.STUDY OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF TWO LAKES AT-NARDIPUR AND SOJA UNDER BIOTIC STRESS By 1A. C. PATEL AND 2R. S. PATEL

297.SCREENING OF EXTRACTS OF PROSOPIS SPICIGERA (LIN) FOR ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY IN EXPERIMENTAL MICE MODEL By B.M. GORE, A.J. RAO AND V.I. KATCHI

304.COMPARISON OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STATUS OF TWO LAKES- MALAP LAKE AND MINDHAL LAKE, UNDER BIOTIC STRESS OF VISNAGAR TALUKA IN MEHSANA DISTRICT, GUJARAT, INDIA By 1H. V. JOSHI AND R. S.

311.MICROPROPAGATION OF MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT CLIMBER TYLOPHORA INDICA Merrill. FOR FUTURE DEMAND By ASHA PATEL AND ILLA C. PATEL

317.IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIODIVERSITY By PRANAB PAL

329.STUDY ON DRINKING WATER QUALITY FROM SELECTED AREAS OF AHMEDABAD CITY, INDIA By M. B. SUTHAR AND A. R. MESARIYA

336.STUDY OF METAL IONS PRESENT IN VEGETATION AND SOIL SAMPLES AT VATVA GIDC (PHASE -1) INDUSTRIAL ZONE By JAIN.S, TRIPATHI.P AND MENON.S1

341.VARIATIONS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING By S.M. PRASANNA KUMAR

348.SEASONAL IMPACT ON BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF CENCHRUS CILIARIS GRASS By 1RAJKUMARI PARWANI & 2ARCHANA MANKAD

354.HYPOGLYCEMIC AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC POTENTIAL OF HERBAL MIX By RINSI GUPTA; MINAXI PRAJAPATI, VINAYAK PATEL, REMA SUBHASH

365.EFFECT OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON POPULATION FLUCTUATION OF MELON FLY, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett By F. K. CHAUDHARY AND G. M. PATEL

370.EFFECT OF MIXING ANTIBIOTICS WITH SOME HERBAL COMPONENTS ( ALOE VERA) ON THEIR ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES By PIYUSH VYAS, ARVIND SUTHAR & BHARGAV DAVE

377.ENHANCED GROWTH OF VIGNA ACONITIFOLIA MEDIATED BY PSEUDOMONAS SPP., AN EFFICIENT PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZER By A.P. PATHAK , AMIT KULKARNI , A.G. SARDAR AND S. MOHAN KARUPPAYIL

381.INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON PLANTS USED IN WOUNDS AND CUTS BY PEOPLE OF NORTH GUJARAT By M.K.PATEL AND P.K.PATEL

385.STUDY OF ZONE PRODUCING ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA FROM SOIL OF TALOD TOWN By SHRIDHA J. MODI, ANNU R.PATEL AND MOHMEDYASIN F.MANSURI

391.PLANTS AS DETECTING AGENTS OF UNDERGROUND WATER (DUG-WELLS) AS ENVISAGED BY ACHARYA VARAHMIHIRA By K.SAROJA AND C.K.SHAH