153 Indian Journal of Biotechnology http://www.niscair.res.in VOLUME 13 CODEN: IJBNAR 13(2) (2013) 149-282 NUMBER 2 April 2014 ISSN: 0972-5849 (print) 0975-0967 (online) CONTENTS Review An omics insight: A hope for HRSV vaccine Ruchi Jain, Sathish Kumar Ramaswamy & Shanmughavel Piramanayagam 157 Papers DNA barcoding of Indian ant species based on cox1 gene Rakshit Ojha, S K Jalali1, T M Mushtak Ali, T Venkatesan, Sean W Prosser & N K Krishna Kumar 165 Inducibility of dehydration responsive element (DRE)-based promoter through gusA expression in transgenic tobacco Supratim Basu & Aryadeep Roychoudhury 172 Comparative study of pathogenesis-related protein 5 (PR5) of different Zingiberaceae species D Prasath, Amruta Balagopal, Vijay Mahantesh, O B Rosana, S Jayasankar & M Anandaraj 178 Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Indian strains of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) Baljeet Kaur, V K Gupta & Vikas Jindal 186 Molecular characterization of virulence-associated protein (Vap) family genes of pathogenic Rhodococcus equi isolates from clinical cases of Indian equines Taruna Anand, Bidhan C Bera, Rajesh K Vaid, K Shanmugasundaram, Gautam Sharma, Nitin Virmani, Brihaspati N Shukla, Sanjay Barua, Praveen Malik & Raj K Singh 195 Microsatellite marker based assessment of genetic structure of Coimbatore breed of sheep (Ovis aries) in Tamil Nadu P Hepsibha, S M K Karthickeyan & V Guru 203 Genetic diversity of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes on the basis of morphological traits and molecular markers Ashish Kumar, P K Singh, N Rai, G P Bhaskar & D Datta 207 Analysis of genetic diversity in high biomass producing sugarcane hybrids (Saccharum spp. complex) using RAPD and STMS markers K Saravanakumar, P Govindaraj, C Appunu, S Senthilkumar & Ravinder Kumar 214 154 Optimization of genomic DNA extraction from fresh and dry leaves of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) for diversity analysis K Mary Mathew, Sherin Jose, Y S Rao, U Gupta & J Thomas 221 An auto-regulating expert system strategy for dynamic intelligent system selection for on-line optimization of a bioprocess Pratap R Patnaik 225 Hairy root cultures of Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston.: A potential plant for camptothecin production Pradnya Kedari & Nutan P Malpathak 231 Bioconversion of whey to 2,3-butanediol using Klebsiella oxytoca NRRL-13-199 Sadhana Vishwakarma 236 Rheology and characterization of a low viscosity emulsifying exopolymer from desert borne Nostoc calcicola Monica Bhatnagar, Sanjay Pareek, Ashish Bhatnagar & Jhuma Ganguly 241 Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria associated with chilli (Capsicum annuum) grown in coastal agricultural ecosystem N Amaresan, V Jayakumar & N Thajuddin 247 Induction of in vitro microrhizomes using silver nitrate in Zingiber officinale Rosc. var. Baishey and Nadia Thingbaijam Dikash Singh, Lalleima Chakpram & Huidrom Sunitibala Devi 256 Direct and callus mediated regeneration from nodal and internodal segments of Crataeva religiosa G. Forst. var. nurvala (Buch.-Ham.) Hook. f. & Thomson Anand Prakash, Sanju Kumari, Utkarshini, Kanak Sinha & Santosh Kumar 263 In vitro multiplication of Thunia marshalliana Rcbh. f. through mature seeds and pseudonodes Madhulika Singh, Suman Kumaria & Pramod Tandon 268 Short Communication Genetic fidelity assessment of micropropagated Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murr. by RAPD and ISSR markers assay Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Kumar & Narender Singh 274 Instructions to Contributors 279