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565

A
Abscisic acid (ABA), 286, 512
Acacia, 145, 151, 226, 227, 328, 357,
360–362, 485, 505
ACC-deaminase-producing bacteria, 512
Adaptation, 16, 105, 152–155, 158, 176, 252,
261, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269–272, 275,
364, 365, 367, 371, 378–379, 457, 460,
481, 485, 511–512, 533, 536, 558
Adoption, 11, 12, 14, 15, 26, 40, 73, 86,
90–92, 99, 100, 103, 104, 109, 121,
124, 164, 198, 214, 241, 273, 275,
302, 305, 307–308, 310, 315, 337,
352, 374, 377, 383, 384, 404, 405,
418–420, 423–426, 435, 436, 481,
501, 529, 561, 562
Afghanistan, 31, 282, 345–350, 353, 366, 368
Agricultural intensification, 39, 239, 244, 377,
383, 449
Agricultural Production Systems Simulator
(APSIM), 244–246, 249, 430
Agroecosystems, 3, 11, 12, 36, 37, 39, 143,
144, 156, 160–162, 164–165, 168, 176,
379, 408, 500, 511, 514
Agropastoral systems, 458, 460
Agro-physiological traits, 275, 279
Algeria, 51, 260, 472, 483, 556–558
Allelochemicals, 148, 168, 171
Allomones, 171
Animal behaviour, 212, 225, 229
Annual ryegrass, 104–109, 315, 324, 328, 331
Anther culture, 279
Anti-oviposition, 171
APSFarm, 244, 249–251
Aquifers, 55, 66, 68, 69, 78, 354, 367, 368,
522, 525–529, 535, 536, 541

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF),

499, 510, 513

Arctic Circle, 31

Arid Agriculture, 4, 5

Asia, 16, 40, 51, 52, 80, 87, 89, 194, 243,

259, 265, 278, 345–384, 469, 479,

522, 523, 549

Australian Centre for International

Agriculture Research (ACIAR), 99

Australian grain belt, 105, 309

Avermectins, 170, 171, 175

B

Babylonians, 51

Bacillus thurengiensis (Bt) crops,

158, 159, 170

Bangladesh, 117, 194, 195, 345–350, 353,

358, 363, 366, 370–372, 380, 383

Basidiomycetes, 429, 499

Bear River City, 4

Bench terraces, 22, 23, 58, 63–64,

353, 395

Bhutan, 345–350, 353, 366, 368

Biocontrol agents, 144, 157, 167, 187, 200,

503, 506, 510

Biodegradation, 145, 202

Biodiversity, 36, 41, 83, 145, 158, 160,

162, 166, 168, 170, 176, 211, 213,

216, 271, 368, 375, 379, 393, 394,

408, 479, 480, 493

Biofertilizers, 133, 200, 376, 496, 503

Biofumigation, 199

Biohydrogenation, 225

Biological activity, 33, 129, 396,

474, 497, 500

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© Springer International Publishing AG 2016
M. Farooq, K.H.M. Siddique (eds.), Innovations in Dryland Agriculture,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47928-6