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Welcome Address by Tim DAVIS and William PAYNE ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ i - iii

Detailed Table of Contents ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ iv - vii

Keynote Speech

Toshinori KOJIMA “Climate Change and CO2 -Role of Terrestrial Vegetation-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 1 - 4

Oral Presentations

Session A: Global Challenges: Examples from various geographic Regions of the World

Hukam Singh GEHLOT, Nisha TAK, Harchand R. DAGLA, Tim D. DAVIS: “Indigenous and Modern Scientific Strategies for Characterization, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Bio-resources of the Indian Thar Desert” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 5 - 8

Raafat MISAK, Hamdy El GAMILY, Wafaa HUSSAIN: “Threats to Agriculture Lands at Al-Wafra, Southern Part of Kuwait” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 9 - 12

Tao WANG: “Aeolian Desertification in Northern China” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 13 - 15

Session B: Afforestation-Related Issues in Arid Environments

Xiaogang LI, Yuling LI, Guosheng ZHANG, Linhe WANG, Ken YOSHIKAWA: “Dynamics of Canopy Tree of Riparian Forest, Populus euphratica, and Their Relationship with Environmental Conditions in Ejina Oasis, Inner Mongolia, China” ・・・・ 17 - 20

Hideki SUGANUMA, Hajime UTSUGI, Nobuhide TAKAHASHI, Kiyotaka TAHARA, Yasuyuki EGASHIRA, Toshinori

KOJIMA: “Estimation of Biomass and Bio-fuel Production Potential by Afforestation in Arid Area of the Murchison Region, Western Australia” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 21 - 24 Kenyu KONDO, Hideki SUGANUMA, Shin-ichi AIKAWA, Hajime UTSUGI, Hiroyuki HAMANO, Toshinori KOJIMA: “Tree

Growth Analysis in Saline Affected Farmland in Western Australia -Tree Species and Planting Method Selection for Agro-Forestry-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 25 - 28 Tadaomi SAITO, Mayu TSUKUMO, Mohamed A. M. Abd ELBASIT, Hiroshi YASUDA, Takayuki KAWAI, Naoko MATSUO,

Koji INOSAKO, Kumud ACHARYA, Amir E. BABIKER, Abubakr A. HAMD, Hiroshi NAWATA: “Estimation of Water Sources of Invasive Tree Species in Arid Environments by Oxygen Stable Isotope Analysis” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 29 - 32

Namita VIJAY, Sarita ARYA, I.D. ARYA: “Rapid and Mass Propagation of the Economically Important Desert Plant Capparis

decidua for its Afforestation Program” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 33 - 36

Ashok GEHLOT, I.D. ARYA, Vinod KATARIA, R.K. GUPTA, Sarita ARYA: “Clonal Multiplication of Multipurpose Desert Tree

Azadirachta indica - Neem” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 37 - 40

Session C: Habitat Change and Ecology in Arid Zones

Ali NEFZAOUI, Hichem BEN SALEM, Mohamed EL MOURID: “Appropriate Technologies for Drought Mitigation in Agropastoral Areas of North Africa” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 41 - 46

Xueqin WANG, Xinwen XU, Lichao LIU, Chunwu SONG: “Habitat Change and Plants Invasion in Great Engineering Protective System in Gurbantunggut Desert, China (2000-2009)” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 47 - 50

Buho HOSHINO, Hiroshi NAWATA, Kenji KAI, Hiroshi YASUDA, Kenji BABA, Sumiya GANZORIG, SURIGA, Manayeva

KARINA, Tsedendamba PUREVSUREN, Miki HASHIMOTO, Kenji KAWASHIMA, Jun NODA, Katsuro HAGIWARA, Yuka SHIBATA: “Comparative Characteristics of the Home Ranges of Domestic and Wild Animals in Arid and Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasian Watering Places as Hot Spots for Pasture Degradation” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 51 - 56

Ali NEFZAOUI, Mohamed EL MOURID, Mounir LOUHAICHI: “The Tribe -Platform of Participatory Local Development and Management of Communal Rangeland Resources-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 57 - 60

Mounir LOUHAICHI, Khem CHAND, Arun KUMAR MISRA, Mahesh KUMAR GAUR, Sarker ASHUTOSH, Douglas E.

JOHNSON, Murari M. ROY: “Livestock Migration in the Arid Region of Rajasthan (India) -Strategy to Cope with Fodder and Water Scarcity-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 61 - 64

Session D: Solutions to Desertification Issues

Taichi MAKI, Osamu MORITA, Yoshinori SUZUKI, Kenji WAKIMIZU: “Artificial Rainfall by the Seeding of Liquid Carbon Dioxide near Miyake and Mikura Islands of Izu Islands in 2012 and 2013” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   65 - 68

Takahiro MORIO: “Comparative Study on Higher Education and Innovation for Sustainable Development in North Africa” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   69 - 72

Session E: Soils in Arid Zones

R.F. MISAK, M.K. SULEIMAN: “Controlling Land Degradation Using Environmentally Friendly Materials -The Case of Kuwait-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   73 - 76

Ieyasu TOKUMOTO, James L. HEILMAN, Kevin J. MCINNES, Cristine L.S. MORGAN: “Hydraulic Properties of Rocky Soils in a Semi-Arid Savanna on the Edwards Plateau, TX” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   77 - 80

Yuji SAKAI, Hitomi SETO, Hidetoshi NAGAMOTO: “Evaluation of Salt Transport in the Amelioration of Salt-Affected Soil in China by Using Low-Quality Coal Bio-Briquette Ash” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・    81 - 84

Nowaki HIJIKATA, Takahisa FUJII, Drissa SANGARE, Mariam SOU, Ken USHIJIMA, Naoyuki FUNAMIZU: “Salts Monitoring and Management for Human Urine Fertilization and Treated Greywater Irrigation in Sub-Sahel Region” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   85 - 88

Session F: Water in Arid Zones

Raul I. CABRERA: “Alternative Water Sources for Urban Landscape Irrigation in Arid Regions” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   89 - 92

Osamu YOKOHAGI, Toshinori KOJIMA, Hideki SUGANUMA, Tadaomi SAITO: “Effect of Difference in Vegetation Type on Runoff Simulation Results in Arid Land” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   93 - 96

Yutaka ABE, Maki TSUJIMURA, Masayoshi NAKAWO: “Groundwater Recharge Revealed by Multi-tracers Approach and EMMA in Semi-arid Irrigated Village, Heihe River Basin, Northwest China” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・   97 - 100

Temur KHUJANAZAROV, Kristina TODERICH, Kenji TANAKA: “Utilization of Marginal Water and Lands in the Zeravshan River Basin as Part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 101 - 104

Yoshiko KAWABATA, Tomoko KURITA, Masahiro NAGAI, Vyacheslav APARIN, Siaw ONWONA-AGYEMAN, Masaaki YAMADA, Yoshikazu FUJII, Yukio KATAYAMA: “Water Quality in the Lake Issyk-Kul and the River Flowing into It” ・・・・・・・・・・ 105 - 108

John G. MEXAL, Geno A. PICCHIONI, Manoj K. SHUKLA, April L. ULERY, William C. LINDEMANN: “Land Application of Municipal Wastewater to Desert Ecosystems -Case Studies Identifying Risks and Opportunities-” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 109 - 112

Session G: Plants and Crop Production in Arid Environments

Zentaro FURUKAWA, Noriyuki YASUFUKU, Kiyoshi OMINE, Atsushi MARUI, Ren KAMEOKA: “Relationships between Soil Water / Calcium Environment and Growth of Licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)” ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 113 - 116

Boukary SAWADOGO, Mariam SOU, Nowaki HIJIKATA, Drissa SANGARE, Amadou Hama MAIGA, Naoyuki FUNAMIZU: “Effect of Detergents from Greywater on Irrigated Plants -Case of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) and Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)-”

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Ali NEFZAOUI, Mounir LOUHAICHI, Hichem BEN SALEM: “Cactus as a Tool to Mitigate Drought and to Combat Desertification” 121 - 124

Blair L. STRINGAM, Kulbhushan K. GROVER: “Crop Yield Function and Evapotranspiration Comparison for Crops near Hatch, New Mexico, USA” 125 - 128

Baozhen HAO, Qingwu XUE, Yinghua ZHANG, B.A. STEWART, Zhimin WANG: “Deficit Irrigation in Winter Wheat -The U.S. Southern High Plains and North China Plain-” 129 - 132

Daniel I. LESKOVAR, Chenping XU, Shinsuke AGEHARA, Sat Pal SHARMA, Kevin CROSBY: “Irrigation Strategies for Vegetable Crops in Water-Limited Environments” 133 - 136

Dilafruz ARIFKHANOVA, Tura RAKHIMOVA, Sanobar ILIAKHUNOVA: “Adaptable Features of Annual Halophytes to the Conditions of Arid Zones and the Prospects for their Potential Use to Global Warming and Biotechnology” 137 - 140

Xuejun DONG, Daniel LESKOVAR, Kevin CROSBY, Thomas MAREK: “Quantifying Crop Water Use in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -Opportunities Based on Soil-Plant Water Relations-” 141 - 144

Ahmed M. ABOUL-ENEIN, Faten Abu EL-ELA, Emad SHALABY, Hany EL-SHEMY: “Potent Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities of Active Ingredients Separated from Solanum nigrum and Cassis italica Extracts” 145 - 152

Gautam P. PRADHAN, Qingwu XUE, Shuyu LIU, Jackie C. RUDD, Kirk E. JESSUP: “Effective Use of Soil Water Contributed to High Yield in Wheat in the U.S. Southern High Plains” 153 - 156

Poster Presentations

Komil TOJIBAEV, Natalya BESHKO, Farhod KARIMOV, Avazbek BATOSHOV, Orzimat TURGINOV, Dilnoza AZIMOVA: “The Data Base of the Flora of Uzbekistan” 157 - 160

Tatsuya HIROKANE, Makoto OOBA, Sawahiko SHIMADA, Hiromichi TOYODA: “Effects of Water and Salinity Stress on the Growth of Iceplant” 161 - 164

Sawahiko SHIMADA, Tatsuya HIROKANE, Makoto OOBA, Hiromichi TOYODA, Fuminori ANDO, Yohei TAKARA: “Monitoring Salt Accumulation Status and Saline Stress of Iceplant Leaves Using Hyperspectral Camera Imagery” ·· 165 - 168

Sukhbir SINGH, Kulbhushan GROVER, Sultan BEGNA, Sangu ANGADI, Manoj SHUKLA, Robert STEINER, Dick AULD: “Physiological Response of Diverse Origin Spring Safflower Genotypes to Salinity” 169 - 174

Ayako SEKIYAMA, Wataru TAKEUCHI, Sawahiko SHIMADA: “Detection of Grassland Degradation Using MODIS Data in Mongolia” 175 - 178

Makoto IIKUBO, Yoshiko KAWABATA, Masaaki YAMADA, Siaw ONWONA-AGYEMAN, Umarov Shavkat RAMAZANOVICH, Javkochdiev KAHHOR, Salmanova MANZURA, Vyacheslav APARIN, Tsutomu ARIE: “Revitalizing Rural Areas through Modernized Sericulture -A Case Study in Fergana Region, Uzbekistan-” 179 - 182

Hanen SBEI, Tariq SHEHZAD, Moncef HARRABI, Kazutoshi OKUNO: “Salinity Tolerance Evaluation of Asian Barley Accessions (Hordeum vulgare L.) at the Early Vegetative Stage” 183 - 186

SURIGA, Miki HASHIMOTO, Buho HOSHINO, Sumiya GANZORIG, SAIXIALT, YONG-HAI, Karina MANAYEVA,

Tsedendamba PUREVSUREN: “Grazing Behavior of Livestock in Settled and Nomadic Herders Households in Mongolian Plateau” 187 - 189

YONG-HAI, Buho HOSHINO, Sumiya GANZORIG, SURIGA,Tsedendamba PUREVSUREN, Karina MANAYEVA: “Studies on Long-term Changes in Herders Household and Land Use in Inner Mongolia, China” 191 - 194

Satomi ISHII, Buho HOSINO, Hiroshi KOMIYAMA, Aritune UEHARA, Sabyr NURTAZIN: “Study on Production and Properties of Kumiss of Herders in Mongolian Dry Steppe” 195 - 197

Atsushi MARUI, Akihiko KOTERA, Zentaro FURUKAWA, Noriyuki YASUFUKU, Kiyoshi OMINE, Takanori NAGANO,

Indree TUVSHINTOGTOKH, Bayart MANDAKH: “Monitoring the Growing Environment of Wild Licorice with Analysis of Satellite Data at a Semi-arid Area in Mongolia” 199 - 202

B. DAVIES, K. BOA, J. AITKENHEAD-PETERSON, L. PITTS, W. PAYNE: “Agro-ecosystem, Tillage, and Cropping Effects on Extractable Soil Nitrogen and Organic Carbon in Ghana” 203 - 207

H. Brent PEMBERTON, Tim D. DAVIS, Michael A. ARNOLD, Cynthia MCKINNEY, Larry STEIN, David RODRIGUEZ, R. Daniel LINEBERGER: “Texas Superstar® Program -Using Technology to Promote the Use of Well-Adapted Plants for Landscapes in High Temperature Regions with Limited Water Resources-” 209 - 211

Sean T. CARVER, Michael A. ARNOLD, David H. BYRNE, Anna R. ARMITAGE, R. Daniel LINEBERGER, Andrew R. KING:

“Effects of Saline Irrigation on Four Native Texas Plant Species with Ornamental Potential for Coastal and Arid Climate Landscapes” 213 - 221

Geoffrey C. DENNY, Michael A. ARNOLD: “Evaluation of Drought Tolerance of Selected Provenances of Taxodium” 223 - 230

Natalya AKINSHINA, Kristina TODERICH, Azamat AZIZOV, Laurel SAITO, Shoaib ISHMAIL: “Halophyte Biomass -A Promising Source of Renewable Energy-” 231 - 235

Xuncheng XIA, Yuanjie ZHAO: “Research Progresses in Morphological Features of the Area with “Big Ear” Image in Lop Nor Region and Its Environmental Significance” 237 - 240

Yuanjie ZHAO, Xuncheng XIA: “Study of the Response of Tamarix Cone Sedimentary Veins to Climatic and Environmental Elements in Arid Zones” 241 - 244

Takayuki KAWAI, Yasuyuki TADA, Masato SHINODA, Ryota TSUCHIYA, Toshihiro MORII, Tetsuya SUZUKI, Khuut TSEEDULAM: “Simple Method of Shallow Groundwater Exploration by Groundwater Aeration Sound in Semi-Arid Grassland” 245 - 248

Susan M. COOPER, Maretha VAN DER MERWE: “Game Ranching for Meat Production in Marginal African Agricultural Lands” 249 - 252

Hiromichi TOYODA, Sawahiko SHIMADA, Tatsuya HIROKANE, Tabarek M. ISMAEL, Tomoki HOTTA, Michimasa MENJO: “A Study on Effective Use of Surface Runoff for Irrigation in Djibouti -Watershed Analysis using GIS and Trial on Runoff Parameters Estimation-” 253 - 256

Modi M. AHMED, Ali M. AL-DOUSARI: “Application of Water Harvesting System for Rehabilitation of Degraded Land in Liyah in Northern Kuwait” 257 - 260

Nejla TURKI, Tariq SHEHZAD, Moncef HARRABI, Moktar TARCHI, Kazutoshi OKUNO: “Variation in Response to Salt Stress at Seedling and Maturity Stages among Durum Wheat Varieties” 261 - 264

Habibullo F. SHOMURODOV, Shakhnoza SARIBAEVA: “Effect of Gas Extraction on the State of Euphorbia sclerocyathium Korov.et M.Pop. Population” 265 - 268