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In this issue

1 Cover Page

5 Message from the Chief Advisor

6 Editorial - Science Education in India

7 Technical Report

Scientific Communications and Articles

9 Marine protected areas: Ecosystem-based fishery management tools Madhavi K, Kumar VV, Reddy AD, Reddy GV

12 Importance of plant growth regulators on fruit nursery

Subbaiah KV, Raju GS, Nirmala TV, Reddy AD, Karuna Sree E, Reddy RVSK

14 Enhancement of rural economy through technology intervention for sustainable

Muga culture in upper Brahmaputra Valley of Assam.

Das R, Das K, Goswami D, Subrahmanyam G

16 Bacterial pen drive: New research frontiers in data storage Barkataki MP, Jeevan B, Subrahmanyam G, Das S, Das K, Chutia M

17 Nanotechnology as diagnostic tool for plant disease detection

Veeranna D, Singh KS, Jeevan B

19 Menace of Bug Predators in Muga (Antheraea assamensis Helfer) Ecosystem Singh S, Veeranna D, Jigyasu DK, Kumar R, Keisa J, Singh BK

21 Personalized Medicine: a sure boon to cure diseases Kalita M

23 Deciphering silkworm associated microbial communities at the ‘omics’ age

Subrahmanyam G, Jeevan B, Chutia M, Das R, Singh BK

25 SAGE (Serial analysis of gene expression) technology and its application

Das S, Jeevan B, Das K, Barkataki MP

26 Climate resilient crop producing by genomics assisted breeding Sangannavar P

28 Microclimatic characteristics influence on habitat selection of coexisting Muga

ecosystem in Northeast India Jigyasu DK, Subrahmanyam G, Veeranna D

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29 Importance of Azolla as feed supplement for livestock and poultry

Nirmala TV, Karuna Sree E, Reddy RVSK, Reddy AD, Subbaiah KV, Raju GS,

Prasad JV

31 Why you need to use statistics in your research?

Vijay N

34 Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) for livelihood security of Indian farmers

Vinodakumar SN, Desai BK, Singh BK, Hazarika U

36 Metagenomics and its prospects in phytopathology

Jeevan B, Rajal D, Subrahmanyam G, Veeranna D, Vijay N, Chutia M

38 Student’s Corner

40 BioQuest – Instructions to the authors

41 Back Cover

A typical valley of Northeast India

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