415 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Editorial Board wishes to place on record the valuable assistance rendered by the following scientists in reviewing manuscripts received for publication in the Journal of Biosciences. Samit Adhya, Calcutta Amitabh Joshi, Bangalore Faizan Ahmad, New Delhi S N Kabir, Calcutta Ronn Altig, Starkville G P Kalemkerian, Ann Arbor Anuranjan Anand, Bangalore Rajiv D Kalraiya, Mumbai Carlos F Arias, Morelos A H Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad Rohini Balakrishnan, Bangalore A K Kashyap, Varanasi G Barthelemy, Tours Shahid Khan, New York Ranjan Bhadra, Calcutta Renu Khanna-Chopra, New Delhi Vinod Bhakuni, Lucknow Ajith Kumar, Coimbatore S Bhattacharya, Calcutta S C Lakhotia, Varanasi Alok Bhattacharya, New Delhi Malathi Lakshmikumaran, New Delhi Sant Bhojwani, New Delhi A K Lala, Mumbai J T Bonner, Princeton Ellen Larsen, Ontario Renee M Borges, Bangalore Francoise Lemeunier, Gif-sur-Yvette Thomas C G Bosch, Kiel Anuradha Lohia, Calcutta John L Bowman, Davis B R Lokesh, Bangalore Vani Brahmachari, New Delhi S Mahadevan, Bangalore K Chandrashekara, Bangalore R Maheshwari, Bangalore M K Chandrashekaran, Bangalore Dieter Malchow, Konstanz Dipankar Chatterji, Bangalore R Manjunath, Bangalore Barrie Coukell, Toronto Girish B Maru, Mumbai John Cullen, Halifax Asha Mathur, Lucknow Lisa Curran, Michigan A Mattoo, Beltsville Gopal Dasika, Bangalore J McLachlan, St. Andrews Jean R David, Gif-sur-Yvette R Medhamurthy, Bangalore Jyotsna Dhawan, Hyderabad DeForest Mellon, Charlottesville Rajan Dighe, Bangalore P K Mohanty, New Delhi C J Dominic, Varanasi Arundhati Mukhopadhyay, New Delhi Richard L Doty, Philadelphia K Muniyappa, Bangalore Ghafoorunissa, Hyderabad K S Murali, Bangalore Surendra Ghaskadbi, Pune R Nagaraja, Hyderabad Bharathi Ghosh, Calcutta V Nagaraja, Bangalore Scott F Gilbert, Swarthmore R Nagarajan, Hyderabad Albert Goldbeter, Brussels J Nagaraju, Hyderabad C K Govind, Ontario Vidyanand Nanjundiah, Bangalore Julian Gross, Oxford Patrick J Neale, Edgewater Anil Grover, New Delhi Stuart A Newman, Valhalla Y K Gupta, New Delhi Jean-Pierre Ozil, Jou en Josos C M Habibulla, Hyderabad Gopal Pande, Hyderabad S Hamamah, Clamart Rahul Pandit, Bangalore Pfretzschner Hans-Ulrich, Tübingen S A Paranjpe, Pune Syed E Hasnain, Hyderabad John E Pearson, New Mexico Jeroen den Hertog, Utrecht Deepak Pental, New Delhi Dominique G Homberger, Baton Rouge R Racotta, Mexico City Ron Hunter, Edinburgh A S Raghavendra, Hyderabad Maneesha Inamdar, Bangalore Ram Rajasekharan, Bangalore S Jameel, New Delhi Ranju Ralhan, New Delhi J H Jansen, Rotterdam F Ramaekers, Utrecht J. Biosci. | vol. 25 | No. 4 | December 2000J. Biosci | © Indian. | vol. Academy 25 | No. of4 |Sciences December 2000415 416 A Ramaiah, New Delhi Radhey Shyam, Lucknow C Ramakrishnan, Bangalore Imran Siddiqui, Hyderabad H A Ranganath, Mysore R N Singh, Mumbai D N Rao, Bangalore T P Singh, New Delhi K Sankara Rao, Bangalore Somdatta Sinha, Hyderabad C Durga Rao, Bangalore Harrie Sipman, Berlin B J Rao, Mumbai S K Sopory, New Delhi Bets Rasmussen, Portland Charlie Spillane, Utrecht Malay K Ray, Hyderabad N Srinivasan, Bangalore Krishanu Ray, Mumbai Anurag Srivastava, New Delhi Veronica Rodrigues, Mumbai Shankar Bhat, Sullia Debjani Roy, Shillong Ghanshyam Swarup, Hyderabad P T van der Saag, Utrecht Rakesh Tuli, Lucknow Chitra Sarkar, New Delhi Anil Kumar Tyagi, New Delhi Kurt Schwent, Storrs Philippa Uwins, St. Lucia M R D Seaward, Bradford Vidita Vaidya, Mumbai S Sengupta, Calcutta Sandhya S Visweshwaraiah, Bangalore P B Seshagiri, Bangalore Shashi Wadhwa, New Delhi H Sharat Chandra, Bangalore Bruce Waldman, Christchurch Prakash Shetty, London J. Biosci. | vol. 25 | No. 4 | December 2000 .