Innovations in Dryland Agriculture

569

Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI), 325, 326, 335
North Africa, 70, 259, 472, 549
North America, 3–7, 16, 25, 26, 415–436,
523, 526, 535
Northern Great Plains, 14, 416–418, 425,
435, 436
No-till production systems, 419, 420, 435
Nutrient efficiency, 120, 123, 128, 131,
307, 312
Nutrient management, 115–133, 351, 375,
376, 427–430, 452, 454, 472, 483–484,
493–496, 503
Nutrient mining, 36, 116–117, 453

O
Oomycetes, 187, 188
Optimization, 407
Organic acids, 494, 497, 509
Organic matter, 6, 7, 12, 14, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40,
77, 100, 119, 120, 122, 123, 127–130,
145, 201, 308, 353, 354, 356, 360, 368,
375, 376, 394, 409, 427, 429, 433, 436,
457, 460, 471, 474–476, 478, 479, 481,
493, 494, 497–501, 503, 512

P
Pakistan, 51, 66, 69, 70, 115, 194, 260, 282,
345–349, 353, 354, 357, 358, 362, 365,
366, 368–371, 382, 469, 522
Parasitoids, 143, 146, 147, 157, 159, 168–170
Participatory modelling, 244, 251
Participatory plant breeding (PPB), 271, 275
Pastoral systems, 32, 314, 364, 483
Pasture productivity, 221, 330, 331, 339, 405
Pedo-genesis, 526
Phenols, 172, 193
Pheromones, 152, 170–174
Phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms
(PSM), 509
Phytoalaxins, 171
Pigeon pea, 116, 146, 260, 361, 378, 446
Plant breeding, 18, 157, 225, 260, 266–268,
270, 272–275, 284, 285, 315, 335
Plantgrowth-promoting rhizobacteria
(PGPR), 507–512
Plant-incorporated products/poisons
(PIP), 170
Plastic film mulch, 24, 398–402
Plateaus, 345
Pollinators, 143, 145, 159, 165
Powdery mildew, 189, 192, 201, 258, 266, 281

Precision breeding, 268, 284

Predators, 143, 146–148, 157, 159, 168–170

Q

Quantitative trait loci (QTL), 266, 273, 285

Queensland, 216, 224, 251, 272, 303, 322,

325, 327–330, 472, 482

R

Rainfall harvest cultivation, 104, 399, 400

Rainfed farming, 3, 54, 86, 92, 272, 322, 330,

331, 351, 359, 369, 375, 500

Remote sensing, 167, 325, 334–335, 352,

531, 532, 540

Repellent, 171

Residue management, 383, 419, 427, 430,

482, 484, 503

Resource conservation technologies

(RCTs), 355

Restriction fragment length polymorphisms

(RFLPs), 285

Ridge-furrow cultivation, 395, 398–402

Ridge-furrow system, 406, 407, 409

Rooftop water harvesting, 56–58, 89

Root penetration, 118, 124, 497

Rotavator, 365, 477

Ruminants, 40, 41, 211, 212, 220, 225, 229,

230, 358, 452

Runoff strips, 38, 64–65, 353

Rust, 189, 190, 192–194, 198, 258, 266,

268, 281

S

Saline groundwater, 522, 527, 534, 535,

539, 543

Salinisation, 33, 228, 369, 523, 524, 526–528,

533, 534, 541

Salinity, 52, 100, 191, 215, 221, 222, 228, 257,

258, 261, 269, 281, 282, 314, 331, 352,

366, 367, 369, 379, 511–513, 521–543

Salt accumulation, 521, 524–526, 529, 542

Secondary salinity, 331, 521, 522, 526–527,

530, 540, 541

Semiochemicals, 171

Septoria, 266

Sequence-characterized amplified regions

(SCARs), 285

Shrubs, 25, 41, 60, 61, 85, 212, 222, 223,

225–230, 328, 331, 357, 361, 362, 471,

538, 539

Silvopastoralism, 223

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