Effects of vineyard soil management on the characteristics of soils and roots in the lower Oltrepò Apennines (Lombardy, Italy)

Bordoni, Massimiliano; Vercesi, Alberto; Maerker, Michael; Ganimede, Cristina; Reguzzi, Maria Cristina; Capelli, Enrica; Wei, Xindong; Mazzoni, Emanuele; Simoni, Sauro; Gagnarli, Elena; Meisina, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.196

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“…However, in the absence of any ground cover and under intensive cultivation, water scarcity and soil erosion lead to the depletion of soil organic matter (SOM) [4,5]. In order to single out options ensuring sustainable soil use and biodiversity conservation [6], the adoption of site-specific and finely tuned soil management practices is required to account for the high variability of soils in the Mediterranean basin [7].…”

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Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Simoni

Caruso

Vignozzi³

et al. 2021

Agronomy

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Edaphic arthropod communities provide valuable information about the prevailing status of soil quality to improve the functionality and long-term sustainability of soil management. The study aimed at evaluating the effect of plant and grass cover on the functional biodiversity and soil characteristics in a mature olive orchard (Olea europaea L.) managed for ten years by two conservation soil managements: natural grass cover (NC) and conservation tillage (CT). The trees under CT grew and yielded more than those under NC during the period of increasing yields (years 4–7) but not when they reached full production. Soil management did not affect the tree root density. Collecting samples underneath the canopy (UC) and in the inter-row space (IR), the edaphic environment was characterized by soil structure, hydrological properties, the concentration and storage of soil organic carbon pools and the distribution of microarthropod communities. The soil organic carbon pools (total and humified) were negatively affected by minimum tillage in IR, but not UC, without a loss in fruit and oil yield. The assemblages of microarthropods benefited, firstly, from the grass cover, secondly, from the canopy effect, and thirdly, from a soil structure ensuring a high air capacity and water storage. Feeding functional groups—hemiedaphic macrosaprophages, polyphages and predators—resulted in selecting the ecotonal microenvironment between the surface and edaphic habitat.

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Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Simoni

Caruso

Vignozzi³

et al. 2021

Agronomy

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“…Increasing soil penetration resistance reduces water and air fluxes (eg, infiltration rate and aeration), with negative consequences for root development and soil biology, which enhances soil degradation and loss of soil quality. 14,51 Tillage provides changes in the inter-row and row morphology, 10 and has been widely reported to destroy natural porosity of the soil, 13 whereas sustainable management practices, such as NT and BD, are typically associated with higher root density in inter-row and soil biodiversity, which enhances macroporosity, 15 thus decreasing penetration resistance.…”

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“…5,8 This is at least in part due to the intensive management practices, while the poor soils, 9 time of plantation and parent material, 10 steep slopes and intense rainfalls 11 also play a key role. Land degradation in Mediterranean vineyards is associated with loss of soil organic matter (SOM) due to accelerated mineralization, 12 decrease of nutrient contents, 13 topsoil compaction 14 and reduced water infiltration capacity, 15 enhanced soil erosion rates, 11 accumulation of metals and organic pollutants, 5 and associated loss of soil biodiversity due to habitat deterioration, and, overall, a reduced provisioning of ecosystem services. 16 Due to enhanced runoff and erosion, and the associated transport of nutrients, pesticides and their degradation products accumulated in soils, Mediterranean vineyards have been identified as relevant sources of diffuse contamination and, thereby, an important threat to-typically scarce-water resources.…”

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“…23 The growing use of sustainable practices in viticulture has become an object of frequent research interest, with a special focus on their implications for wine quality 24 and soil quality, including soil biodiversity. 23,25 Three practices have received special attention in terms of soil quality impacts: (1) application of organic amendments (eg, manure and compost) for increasing SOM and available nitrogen contents; 15,26 (2) reduced tillage for increasing SOM content, 12 decreasing soil compaction, and increasing hydraulic conductivity, 15 and for decreasing runoff and erosion; 13 (3) permanent grass cover (spontaneous or seeded) for increasing SOM content, improving soil structure, enhancing water infiltration, and decreasing soil erosion. 9,13 Ferreira et al 11 found that alternating tillage practices (performed only in every second inter-row, while the inter-row besides the tilled one is covered by spontaneous vegetation) reduced runoff, erosion and nutrient losses, but not sufficiently to halt soil degradation.…”

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Assessment of the Impact of Distinct Vineyard Management Practices on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties

Ferreira

Veiga

Caetano

et al. 2020

Air, Soil and Water Research

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Vines are one of the most ancient crops, with great relevance worldwide but especially in wine-growing areas in Southern Europe. In the Bairrada wine region of north-central Portugal, vineyards have long been managed intensively, with frequent tillage and application of fertilizers and phytochemical products. During the last decade, however, these conventional practices are increasingly becoming substituted by more sustainable management practices, in particular integrated production (IP) and, to a lesser degree, no-tillage (NT) and biodynamic (BD). This study investigated differences in soil quality of 4 vineyards managed with each of these practices for at least 6 years. Twelve topsoil (0-15 cm) samples were collected in vineyard rows and inter-rows, during one sampling campaign, and analyzed for selected physical and chemical properties. These physical properties were texture, bulk density and penetration resistance, while the chemical properties included pH, electrical conductivity, and the contents of organic matter, nutrients, cations, and metals. Nearby forest soils were also sampled as a reference, since this was the prior land-use in the study sites. The obtained results demonstrated that conventional practices were associated with diminished soil quality, as indicated by lower contents of organic matter and nutrients, such as total nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus (TP), and exchangeable cations, as well as by a higher concentration of Cu and, in some samples, of Ni and Pb. Cu concentrations were also relatively high under NT, so that overall soil quality, particularly associated with fertility, was best under IP.

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“…Despite their usefulness, the negative impacts of roads on agriculture are well documented, especially in terms of environmental and geomorphological issues (Sidle and Ziegler, 2012). Human interventions through farming practices (Bordoni et al, 2019), specific environmental conditions, and land abandonment processes could affect the conservation of terraced cultivated zones, activating landslide phenomena.…”

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UAV-SfM 4D mapping of landslides activated in a steep terraced agricultural area

Mauri

Straffelini

Cucchiaro

et al. 2021

J Agricult Engineer

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The presence of roads is closely linked with the activation of land degradative phenomena such as landslides. Factors such as ineffective road management and design, local rainfall regimes, and specific geomorphological elements actively influence landslide occurrence. In this context, recent developments in digital photogrammetry (e.g., Structure from Motion; SfM) paired with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV) systems increase our possibilities to realize low-cost and recurrent topographic surveys. This can lead to the development of multi-temporal (hereafter: 4D) and high-resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), which are fundamental to analyse geomorphological features and quantify processes at the fine spatial and temporal resolutions at which they occur. This research proposes a multi-temporal comparison of the main geomorphometric indicators describing a landslide-prone terraced vineyard to assess the observed high-steep slope failures. The possibility to investigate the evolution of landslide geomorphic features in steep agricultural systems through a high-resolution and 4D comparison of such indicators is still a challenge to be explored. In this article, we considered a case study located in the central Italian Alps, where two landslides were activated below a rural road within a terraced agricultural system. The dynamics of the landslides were monitored by comparing repeated DEMs (DEM of difference), which reported erosion values of above 20 m3 and 10 m3 for the two landslide zones and deposition values of more than 15 m3 and 9 m3, respectively. The road network’s role in the alteration of superficial water flows was proved by the elaboration of the relative path impact index. Altered water flows were expressed by values between 2σ and 4σ close to the collapsed surfaces. The increase in profile curvature and roughness index described the landslides evolution over time. Finally, the multi-temporal comparison of feature extraction underlined the geomorphological changes affecting the study area. The accuracy of features extraction was analysed through the quality index computation, expressed in a range between 0 (low accuracy) and 1 (high accuracy), and proved to be equal to 0.22 m (L1-pre), 0.63 m (L1-post), and 0.69 m (L2). Results confirmed the usefulness of high-resolution and 4D UAV-based SfM surveys to investigate landslides triggering due to the presence of roads at hillslope scale in agricultural systems. This work could be a useful starting point for further studies of landslide- susceptible zones on a wider scale to preserve the quality and the productivity of affected agricultural areas.

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Effects of vineyard soil management on the characteristics of soils and roots in the lower Oltrepò Apennines (Lombardy, Italy)

Cited by 35 publications

References 83 publications

Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Assessment of the Impact of Distinct Vineyard Management Practices on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties

UAV-SfM 4D mapping of landslides activated in a steep terraced agricultural area

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