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Breeding and Genetic Enhancement of Dryland Crops .............................. 257
Quahir Sohail, Hafsa Naheed, and Reza Mohammadi
Part IV Dryland Agriculture: Some Case Studies
Dryland Agriculture in Australia: Experiences and Innovations .............. 299
Walter K. Anderson, David Stephens, and Kadambot H.M. Siddique
Pastures in Australia’s Dryland Agriculture Regions .................................. 321
Ann Hamblin
Dryland Agriculture in South Asia: Experiences, Challenges
and Opportunities ........................................................................................... 345
Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, K.A. Gopinath, C.A. Rama Rao,
B.M.K. Raju, R. Rejani, G. Venkatesh, and V. Visha Kumari
Integrated Dryland Agriculture Sustainable Management
in Northwest China ......................................................................................... 393
Feng-Min Li, You-Cai Xiong, Xiao-Gang Li, Feng Zhang,
and Yu Guan
Dryland Agriculture in North America ......................................................... 415
Neil C. Hansen, Brett L. Allen, Saseendran Anapalli,
Robert E. Blackshaw, Drew J. Lyon, and Stephen Machado
Nurturing Agricultural Productivity and Resilience
in Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa ............................................................... 443
Tilahun Amede and Admassu Tsegaye
Part V Innovations in Dryland Agriculture
Soil Carbon Sequestration in Dryland Agriculture ..................................... 469
Muhammad Shakeel Arshad, Muhammad Sanaullah,
and Muhammad Farooq
Application of Microbiology in Dryland Agriculture .................................. 491
Minakshi Grover, B. Venkateswarlu, S. Desai, K.A. Gopinath,
and Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao
Salinity in Dryland Agricultural Systems: Challenges
and Opportunities ........................................................................................... 521
D.J. McFarlane, R.J. George, E.G. Barrett-Lennard,
and M. Gilfedder
Supplemental Irrigation: A Promising Climate-Resilience
Practice for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture .............................................. 549
Vinay Nangia and Theib Oweis
Index ................................................................................................................. 565
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