Influence of the management regime and phenological state of the vines on the physicochemical properties and the seasonal fluctuations of the microorganisms in a vineyard soil under semi-arid conditions

López‐Piñeiro, Antonio; Múñoz, Ángel Suárez; Zamora, Emiliano; Ramírez, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.still.2012.09.007

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“…This is in line with previous studies in vineyards that reported positive effects of reduced tillage and cover cropping on SOM levels (e.g. Steenwerth & Belina, ; López‐Piñeiro et al ., ; Ruiz‐Colmenero et al ., ; Agnelli et al ., ).…”

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Soil organic carbon and microbial communities respond to vineyard management

Zehetner

Djukic

Hofmann³

et al. 2015

Soil Use and Management

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The farming practices in vineyards vary widely, but how does this affect vineyard soils? The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of vineyard management practices on soil organic matter and the soil microbial community. To this end, we investigated three adjacent vineyards in the Traisen valley, Austria, of which the soils had developed on the same parent material and under identical environmental/site conditions but were managed differently (esp. tillage, fertilizer application, cover crops) for more than 10 yrs. We found that topsoil bulk density (BD) decreased with increasing tillage intensity, while subsoil BD showed the opposite trend. Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in 0–50 cm depth increased from 10 kg m−2 in an unfertilized and frequently tilled vineyard to 17 kg m−2 in a regularly fertilized but less intensively tilled vineyard. Topsoil microbial biomass per unit SOC, estimated by the sum of microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), followed this trend, albeit not statistically significantly. Principal component analysis of PLFA patterns revealed that the microbial communities were compositionally distinct between different management practices. The fungal PLFA marker 18:2ω6,9 was highest in the vineyard with the lowest amount of extractable Cu (by 0.01 m CaCl2), and the bacterial‐to‐fungal biomass ratio was positively correlated with extractable Cu. Our results indicate that tillage and fertilizer application of vineyards can strongly affect vineyard soil properties such as BD and SOC stocks and that the application of Cu‐based fungicides may impair soil fungal communities.

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Soil organic carbon and microbial communities respond to vineyard management

Zehetner

Djukic

Hofmann³

et al. 2015

Soil Use and Management

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“…Small portable rainfall simulator could demonstrate the high superficial infiltration, due to the elevated stoniness and roughness (several micro-topographical changes), cracks and high silt content, joined to the constant soil tillage practices by the farmers and the Guelph permeameter could show a hydrological connectivity on depth showing a decrease of the values between the upper and foot slope. Therefore, this study can contribute as a valuable part of new studies about land degradation of viticulture regions (Corbane et al, 2012;Likar et al, 2015;López-Piñeiro et al, 2013;Martínez-Casasnovas et al, 2005;Novara et al, 2011;Prosdocimi et al, 2016a;Ramos et al, 2015;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2016aSalome et al, 2014).…”

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High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Rodrigo‐Comino

Sinoga

González

et al. 2016

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“…Traditional vineyards are commonly planted along contour lines or contain small terraces with moderate slopes, which are supported by long rows of plants (Ramos and Porta, 1997;Sofia and Tarolli, 2017). Both of these systems lead to increased grape and wine productions, but may consequently enhance land and ecosystem degradations due to accelerated soil erosion, intense ploughing, use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides (López-Piñeiro et al, 2013;Salomé et al,2016).…”

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Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

Rodrigo‐Comino

Cerdà

2018

Ecological Indicators

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A B S T R A C TVineyard soils experience high erosion rates compared to soils from other agricultural land uses. The high soil losses in vineyards limits the sustainability of traditional production schemes and warrants comprehensive research aimed at thwarting the main erosion processes affecting vineyard systems. However, long-term measurements, which include spatial variability of soil erosion rates at the plot scale, are uncommon, as most of the measurements have taken place either at the hillslope or watershed scales. Against this background, the stock unearthing method (SUM) can be considered a useful methodology. However, the current method falls short because it assumes that the topography between the vine lines (inter-rows) remains planar. Therefore, we propose a new methodology (ISUM: improved stock unearthing method) that includes three measurements between in the inter-row areas. By taking inter-row measurements, we hypothesized that the spatial patterns of sediment detachment, transport and deposition features in the inter-rows would be detected. The ISUM costs 20% more time to conduct than the SUM, but greatly improved the utility of the field survey. ISUM allowed for: i) the creation of maps that identified linear soil erosion features and accumulation sites; ii) measures the amount of soil accumulated under the vines; iii) estimation of soil erosion rates with higher accuracy at long-term periods in a specific moment. This study compared the ISUM with the SUM in a vineyard in Spain. Soil erosion rates with ISUM were −2.5 Mg ha yr −1 while the SUM calculated rates of +4.9 Mg ha yr −1.Results showed that the traditional method underestimated soil rates a −25.7%. Maps created with the ISUM technique could also be used to provide insights about sediment connectivity.

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Influence of the management regime and phenological state of the vines on the physicochemical properties and the seasonal fluctuations of the microorganisms in a vineyard soil under semi-arid conditions

Cited by 46 publications

References 44 publications

Soil organic carbon and microbial communities respond to vineyard management

Soil organic carbon and microbial communities respond to vineyard management

High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

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