Cropping Systems: Applications, Management and Impact

120 Index

root, vii, viii,1, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14,
16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 32, 37, 52, 70,
81, 91, 92
root growth, 21, 37
root system, vii, 1, 16
rotations, viii, ix, 25, 38, 52, 61, 65, 68,
72, 75, 104
runoff, 3

S

seasonality, 59
secretion, viii, 1, 10
seed, 5, 7, 15
seeding, 66, 112
seedlings, 106
selenium, 4, 21
semiarid land, vii
Semiarid Pampas, v, 25
Serbia, 61, 65
Sierra Leone, 102
social attributes, 80
social infrastructure, 4
soil erosion, 17, 20
Soil Fertility, v, 53, 103
soil particles, 68
Soil Quality, v, 61
soil type, 16, 62
Soil-Plant System, v, 25
solubility, viii, 2, 28, 38, 41
solution, 4, 26, 27, 28, 40, 44
sowing, vii, 1, 3, 8, 66
soybeans, 7, 11, 17
species, vii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13,
14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 40, 59, 64, 74,
82
stability, vii, ix, 2, 3, 39, 61, 66, 67, 73,
74, 75, 77
stabilization, 31, 32, 45, 76
standard deviation, 84
states, x, 23, 79, 83
stock, 29, 37, 48, 58, 68
stratification, viii, 25, 52
Strip cropping, 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 19

strip intercropping, vii, viii, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9,

17, 19

structure, viii, ix, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 26, 29,

47, 62, 67, 70, 72

substrate, 29, 68, 70

sugar beet, 22, 63, 64

sulphur, 23, 32, 33, 51, 78

supplementation, 4, 16

suppression, 64, 72

surface layer, 35

sustainability, 33, 64, 67, 73, 76, 104,

112

Sustainable Development, 101

symptoms, 12

T

techniques, 88, 95, 98

technology, 63, 64, 65, 70

temperature, 6, 28, 66, 91, 92, 93, 105

texture, viii, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 45, 46,

48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 67, 68

transformation, 26, 29, 31, 38, 41, 52,

53, 56

turnover, 27, 28, 29, 72

U

UNDP, 80, 82

United Nations, 80, 102

United States (USA), 52, 55, 107, 112

urea, 106

V

validation, 29

variables, 42, 43, 44, 46, 84, 85, 87, 96,

97, 98

variations, 38, 39, 73, 80

varieties, ix, 61, 63, 66, 87, 96, 97, 98,

112

vegetation, 16, 32, 63, 66, 82

ventilation, 7

vulnerability, 81