Present communication deals with 51 less known uses belonging to 39 medicinal plants which are being used traditionally in Karnataka, and are not well known for its said efficacies for curing respective disorders. Each use has been given under correct botanical name, family, local name, locality in particular district and finally the collection number.

(Received on 30.01.2011, accepted on 14.06.2011) *Post-graduate, Department of Physiotherapy,**Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore,(A constituent Institute of Manipal University, Karnataka, India., ***Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, ****Professor in Medicine, Director, Kasturba Medical College Clinical Research Centre, Manipal University...

A new genus of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Noyesencyrtus Singh gen. nov. (type species N. brachyoculus Singh sp. nov.), associated with insects inhabiting fruiting bodies of wood-decaying fungi, and two new species, Psyllaephagus kundapurensis Singh sp. nov. and Ooencyrtus hayatii Singh sp. nov., are described from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.

Phagosome-lysosome Fusion Hijack An Art of Intracellular Pathogens RAMESHWARAM NAGENDER RAO1,#, ROHINI SHRIVASTAVA1,2,#, GOURANGO PRADHAN1,2,#, PARUL SINGH1,2 and SANGITA MUKHOPADHYAY1,* 1Sangita Mukhopadhyay, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Laboratory Block: Tuljaguda (Opp. MJ Market), Nampally, Hyderabad 500 001, India 2Graduate Stud...

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