Innovations in Dryland Agriculture

567

Economic efficiency, 126, 312, 406
Egypt, 87–89, 260, 471
Embryo rescue, 264, 279–280
Epidemiology, 187–202
Ethiopia, 3, 57, 86, 121, 260, 443–445, 447,
450, 454, 455, 457–462
Evapotranspiration (ET), 3, 17–22, 24, 31, 34,
35, 73, 85, 87, 99, 257, 258, 376, 415,
416, 418, 430, 447, 455, 469, 500, 511,
549, 558
Exopolysaccharides (EPS), 494, 497, 512, 513
Expressed sequence tags (ESTs), 285
Extensive Landuse Zone (ELZ), 321, 322

F
Farmyard manure (FYM), 128, 133, 189, 353,
356, 376, 484, 495, 496, 498, 507
Fertile Crescent, 264, 282
Fertility betterment, 395–398
Floodwater, 50, 51, 53, 56, 66–68
Floodwater harvesting (FWH), 53, 56, 66–68
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 12,
14, 25, 31, 99, 101, 117, 118, 123, 128,
211, 212, 239, 240, 259, 274, 353, 358,
373, 443, 444, 450, 451, 460, 522, 523
Food security, 12, 83, 144, 145, 159, 160,
163–176, 212, 253, 258, 269, 274, 286,
339, 348, 351, 355, 372, 376, 380, 381,
396, 433, 443–445, 447–450, 454, 455,
470, 476–480, 485
Freshwater resources, 366
Fungi, 144, 145, 148, 187, 189, 192, 193,
198–200, 492, 494–499, 506, 507,
509–511, 513
Fungicide resistance, 190, 201–202
Fungicides, 190, 199, 201, 202, 302, 477
Fusarium, 189, 190, 192–194, 200, 201,
266, 277

G
Gene flow, 188, 190, 264–268
Gene pool, 261, 263–266, 269, 278, 280, 281
Genetic modification, 158, 315
Genomics, 217, 263, 265, 268, 284–286
Geophysical instruments, 531
Global warming, 155, 257, 286, 367, 379, 476,
478–479
Glyphosate, 101, 103, 106, 315, 420, 424, 436
GM crops, 158, 159, 168, 170
Governance, 37, 70, 89, 92
Graham-Hoeme plow, 9, 10

Grains Research and Development

Corporation, 337

Grazing system, 35, 40, 66, 108, 211, 212,

218, 220–223, 225, 227–229, 249, 299,

307, 314, 323–328, 330, 331, 334,

337–339, 357, 394, 418, 457, 460, 471,

473, 476, 484, 485, 539

Great Dividing Range, 323

Greenhouse, 56, 155, 188, 211, 228, 258, 379,

407, 447, 460, 470, 479, 481, 482

Green manuring, 110, 129, 376, 484, 496

Groundwater, 34, 38, 50, 53, 55, 56, 66,

68–70, 83, 84, 86, 90, 91, 350, 352,

354, 366–368, 374, 449, 452, 463, 477,

521, 522, 525–529, 531–536, 539–543,

552, 561, 563

H

Heat, 16, 35, 148, 153, 199, 214, 215,

220–221, 227, 258, 259, 261, 262, 269,

279, 334, 369, 371, 379, 401, 402, 424,

444, 448, 494, 512, 513, 558, 559

Herbicide resistance, 101, 103, 105, 106, 110,

314, 315, 419, 421, 436

Herbicide-resistant weed, 105, 106, 328, 419,

420, 422–424

Herbicides, 11, 15, 99, 101, 103–106, 110,

158, 301, 302, 307, 308, 314, 315, 330,

419–424, 436, 475, 477

Hessian fly, 150, 266, 281

Host plant resistance (HPR), 160, 161, 165,

167–168

Host-resistant genes, 190

Hydrologic cycle, 478, 480

Hydrology, 73

Hyperparasitoids, 157

I

Immobilization, 494

Inland pacific northwest (IPNW), 416, 418,

426, 427, 429, 436

Inorganic matter, 494

Insect-pests, 126, 143–150, 152–176, 258,

371, 435

Insect resistance, 153–155, 158, 159, 162, 315

Insects/natural-enemies-banks (INEB), 170

Institutional innovations, 364, 365,

379–381, 462

Institutional role, 37

Integrated Catchment Management

(ICM), 536

Index