566
Biological control, 146, 156, 157, 162, 165,
169–170, 176, 200–201
Biomass, 429
Biomass productivity, 16, 17, 21, 24, 83, 258,
332, 357, 403, 435, 482
Bionomics, 146
Biophysical, 41, 115, 244, 251, 470–476, 479,
480, 561
Biorational control, 171
Biorational insecticides, 163, 165, 170–175
Biosolids, 435, 482, 484
Biotechnology, 17, 158, 284
Botanicals, 170, 171, 226, 227
Breeding approaches, 278, 285
C
Canada, 7–9, 15, 26, 126, 130, 272, 417, 420,
423, 436, 474
Canadian Prairies, 415–418, 423, 424
Canopy temperature, 258, 262, 279, 286
Capillary action, 10
Carbon cycles, 478, 500
Carbon pools, 496
Catchment area, 22, 23, 53–59, 62, 64, 72,
74–77, 84, 85, 354, 357, 460, 561
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Agriculture (CRIDA), 351, 356,
370, 509
Cereals, 18, 24, 39, 42, 60, 61, 63, 99, 105,
107, 115, 123–125, 127–129, 148, 150,
193, 259, 260, 262, 308, 314, 328, 331,
339, 349, 359, 372, 376, 403, 445, 449,
458, 459, 477, 478, 502, 504, 560
Chile, 15, 31
China, 3, 15, 24, 51, 63, 83, 84, 88–90, 119,
120, 122, 125, 126, 129, 130, 194, 258,
260, 265, 345, 363, 393–409, 472, 479
CIMMYT, 261, 263, 265, 266, 271
Commodification, 478
Conservation agriculture (CA), 12–15, 26, 37,
38, 40, 42, 106, 121, 133, 253,
307–308, 377, 383, 449, 453, 500, 514
Contour furrows, 64–65
Contour ridges, 58, 60–61
Contour stone bunds, 62–63
Conventional plant breeding (CPB), 275–278
Cotton, 16, 61, 123, 150, 154, 159, 315,
353, 354, 357, 369, 376–378, 418,
447, 502, 508
Cover cropping, 12, 133, 165, 353, 358, 375,
435, 471, 482–484, 496, 502
Cowpea, 60, 124, 127, 128, 260, 361, 475,
480, 504, 507
Crop competition, 25, 100, 104, 105
Crop diversification, 12, 26, 39, 128, 339, 380,
419, 425, 436, 472
Cropping intensity, 14, 252, 374,
419, 429, 435
Cropping systems, 14, 19, 25, 33, 36, 99–101,
103–110, 128, 133, 143, 144, 157, 161,
165, 168–170, 176, 240, 242, 244, 253,
260, 305–313, 351, 358, 418, 419,
424–427, 429–436, 474–476, 481, 484,
492, 496, 498, 501–503, 514, 538
Crop production systems, 12, 24, 101, 102,
105, 108–110, 116, 120, 122
Crop residues, 9–14, 21, 24, 36, 40, 117, 118,
120, 125, 127–129, 133, 156, 167, 211,
308, 353, 375, 376, 383, 403, 419, 422,
423, 427, 429, 435, 457, 459, 474, 475,
477, 479, 482
Crop rotation, 14, 35, 38, 40, 119, 123,
126–129, 133, 156, 165, 168, 199, 301,
325, 327–329, 351–353, 375, 377, 396,
404, 405, 418, 419, 422–427, 430, 431,
433, 435, 436, 453, 471, 476, 482–484,
498, 501–503, 514
Crop-topping, 106D
Decomposition, 6, 129, 130, 376, 429,
478, 481, 494
Deficit irrigation, 551, 554, 556, 557
Desertification, 12, 33, 35, 41, 54, 99, 215,
228, 368, 470, 479–481, 485, 492
Disc harrow, 8, 474, 475
Diversification, 12, 26, 37, 39, 126, 128, 339,
358, 372, 377, 379, 382, 425, 426, 435,
436, 472
Dry farming, 4–6, 54, 82
Dryland agroecology, 458
Dryland farming, 3–26, 125, 144, 165, 167,
314, 351, 359, 383, 395, 415–418, 420,
436, 444–447, 504, 542
Dryland salinity, 215, 221, 228, 314, 521–536,
540–543
Dry regions, 49, 52, 54, 65, 188, 345, 370, 497
Dry sheep equivalents, 330, 331
Dynamic models, 241, 244, 245E
Eastern Africa, 445, 447, 455, 457
Ecological engineering, 168–169
Ecological protection, 395, 405, 409
Economic decision levels, 161, 162, 165–167Index