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Volume 19

2011

ISSN 1023-8654

JOURNAL OF BIO-SCIENCE

Institute of Biological Sciences University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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JOURNAL OF BIO-SCIENCE (J. bio-sci.) CONTENTS

VOLUME 19
1. M Das, Z Hassan, O Faruque, R Parial, M Khalequzzaman, L Ali. PREVALENCE OF ABNORMAL GLYCEMIC AND LIPIDEMIC STATUS IN AN URBAN POPULATION OF BANGLADESH S C D Sharma, M S Shovon, A K M Asaduzzaman, M G Sarowar Jahan, T Yeasmin, N Roy. OPTIMIZATION OF ALKALI-THERMOSTABLE AND CELLULASE-FREE XYLANASE PRODUCTION FROM BACILLUS SP. Suprakash Ojha, Manoranjan Chakraborty, Narayan Chandra Chatterjee. ANTAGONISTIC POTENTIALS OF TRICHODERMA SPP. AGAINST FRUIT ROT OF CUSTARD APPLE CAUSED BY PHOMA LINGAM Sonia Rahman, M A H Mostofa Jamal, Anzana Parvin, Md Mahfuz-Al-Mamun, M Rezuanul Islam. ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF CENTELLA ASIATICA (L.) URBANA IN ALLOXAN INDUCED TYPE 1 DIABETIC MODEL RATS Md Azharul Islam, Shahanara Begum. DISTRIBUTION OF STARCH, LIPID AND NUCLEI IN XYLEM AND PHLOEM OF TECTONA GRANDIS LINN. Rashed Zaman, Pranab Karmaker, S M Naimul Hasan, M Hamidur Rahman, Ariful Haque. DRIFTED CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF -LACTAMASES DUE TO UNCONSTRAINED USE OF ANTIBIOTICS Bello OB, Afolabi MS, Ige SA, Abdulmaliq SY, Azeez MA, Mahmud J. YIELD RESPONSE OF DIALLELIC CROSSED MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) GENOTYPES TO VARYING NITROGEN REGIMES IN NIGERIA D Sarkar, MAB Sayeed, GS Hossain, KA Huq. SHRIMP CULTURE PACKAGES IN SOUTHWESTERN BANGLADESH FA Flowra, JK Ghosh, AS Tumpa, SN Jahan. ASSESMENT OF THREE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS OF URBAN PONDS AT RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH Joynul Abedin, Nuzhat Ara, M Sohrab Ali, M Khalequzzaman. NEMATODE DIVERSITY IN BANANA RHIZOSPHERE FROM NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH. MJ Haque, W Islam. EFFECT OF ADULT FEEDING ON PROGENY PRODUCTION AND SEX RATIO OF DINARMUS BASALIS (ROND.) (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) Md Nazrul Islam, Abhishak Basak, Ashrafullah, Md Samsul Alam. GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WILD AND HATCHERY POPULATIONS OF STINGING CATFISH (HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS BLOCH) REVEALED BY RAPD ANALYSIS M E Haque, M A Islam, B Sikdar. MOLECULAR DIVERGENCE OF LOCALLY GROWN PUMPKIN (CUCURBITA MAXIMA) CULTIVARS THROUGH SOME ISOZYME TESTS

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SNK Jilani, W Islam, KAMSH Mondal. POTENTIAL OF PYRETHROID INSECTICIDES AND PLANT EXTRACTS ON FECUNDITY AND EGG VIABILITY OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) Short Communications

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M Mahmuda Khatun, M Hazrat Ali, Lun G Mateo. INFLUENCES OF LEAF CUTTING ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE Md Mazharul Haque, MA Rahim, MSH Choudhury. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT AGROCHEMICALS AS FOLIAR SPRAY ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF MANGO GRAFTS CV. AMRAPALI

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