Innovations in Dryland Agriculture

570

Silvopastoral systems, 41, 212, 223, 225, 227,
229, 230, 357, 460
Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), 285
Smallholder agricultural systems, 24, 244,
253, 380, 444
Smallholder farmers, 89, 239, 253, 364, 380,
444, 463
Society, 10, 15, 26, 79, 86, 240, 365, 379, 380,
394, 421, 478–481
Socioeconomic, 39, 42, 50, 54, 55, 70, 71,
73–74, 79, 81, 82, 92, 212, 248, 352,
357, 365, 372–373
Soil Culture and Farm Journal, 6
Soil erosion, 23, 35, 36, 40, 52, 63, 74, 84, 85,
100, 115–117, 119, 125, 127, 133, 345,
348, 354, 357, 367, 368, 394, 395, 402,
405, 406, 408, 409, 418, 419, 424, 427,
453, 454, 457, 477–478, 480, 497, 503
Soil fertility, 6, 33, 36, 38, 42, 52, 64, 65, 84,
99, 101, 127, 129, 133, 165, 167, 168,
228, 260, 305, 314, 324, 333, 339, 356,
359, 369, 376, 394, 396, 399, 404, 408,
447, 453–455, 461, 463, 473, 476, 478,
483, 484, 492, 495, 497, 503, 510
Soil health, 356, 357, 375, 433, 435, 436,
496–499, 510, 512
Soil microorganisms, 145, 202, 491, 493–495,
497–500, 511–513, 522
Soil solarization, 199
Soil-borne pathogens, 190, 192, 199
Sorghum, 16, 17, 20–22, 32, 40, 60, 64, 78,
82, 116–118, 120, 122, 124–126, 128,
129, 131, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 245,
249, 259, 260, 284, 356, 360, 361, 416,
418, 430, 436, 445, 460, 482, 501, 502,
505–508, 513
South Australia (SA), 226, 323, 325, 326,
328–331, 539
Southern Africa, 244, 260, 443, 445–448, 453,
456, 458, 460, 462
Southern Great Plains, 7, 14, 19, 416–418,
435, 436
Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), 245
Sown pastures, 324–327, 330, 554
Spain, 15, 70, 84, 472, 474, 482
Spynosins, 170
Sri Lanka, 345–350, 354, 355, 358, 363,
366–368, 370, 371, 381
Stem rust, 194, 198, 258, 266, 281
Sterols, 193
Stocking density, 214, 220, 229, 330, 331
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 35, 40, 41, 51, 87,
117, 443–450, 452–455, 457–463,
478–480

Sunflower, 16, 149, 308, 418, 419, 426, 483,

501, 513

Supplemental irrigation (SI), 39, 53, 54, 82,

84, 85, 90, 92, 276, 352, 354, 407, 471,

481, 549–563

Sustainability, 12, 25, 26, 36, 37, 39, 42, 84,

89, 90, 92, 106, 161, 212, 219–221,

275, 314, 332, 345, 351, 356, 367, 377,

394, 395, 406–409, 418, 424–427, 433,

435, 436, 478, 480, 493, 496, 502, 513

Sustainable Grazing Systems Program (SGS),

330, 334, 337

Sustainable intensification, 39, 239, 444

Switch grass, 471

Syria, 61, 62, 85, 123, 194, 260, 272, 471,

472, 475, 483, 550–551

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR), 193

T

Tan spot, 266, 281

Tasmania, 325, 329, 330

Termites, 145, 149, 172, 472

Terraces, 22–23, 58, 63–64, 79, 353, 354,

395–398, 406, 407

Terrain profile, 50, 51, 66, 68, 70, 72, 331,

364, 368, 407, 533

Thailand, 480

Topography, 25, 59–61, 72, 73, 345, 346, 527,

529, 532, 533, 536, 542

Transformation, 15, 129, 223, 244, 248, 253,

257, 279, 281, 324, 364, 493–496

Transient salinity, 522, 524

Trapezoidal bunds, 61–62, 67

Trichogramma, 146, 147

Tunisia, 51, 63, 65, 68, 84, 218, 260

U

United Nations, 12, 41, 99, 215

V

Vegetation cover, 72, 215, 394, 402, 405–406,

408, 409, 457, 474, 481, 529

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 512

W

Water productivity (WP), 18–22, 38, 58, 82,

430–433, 446, 450, 452, 453, 550,

554–556, 558–560, 563

Water resources, 25, 39, 50, 54, 57, 73, 81, 86,

88, 90–92, 176, 257, 262, 305, 323,

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