Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards
Sustainable agriculture largely depends on soil biodiversity and requires efficient methods to assess the effectiveness of agronomic planning. Knowledge of the landscape and relative pedosite is enriched by data on the soil microarthropod community, which represent useful bio-indicators for early so...
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| author | Elena Gagnarli Giuseppe Valboa Nadia Vignozzi Donatella Goggioli Silvia Guidi Franca Tarchi Lorenzo Corino Sauro Simoni |
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| description | Sustainable agriculture largely depends on soil biodiversity and requires efficient methods to assess the effectiveness of agronomic planning. Knowledge of the landscape and relative pedosite is enriched by data on the soil microarthropod community, which represent useful bio-indicators for early soil-quality detection in land-use change (LUC). In the hilly Maremma region of Grosseto, Italy, two areas, a >10ys meadow converted into a vineyard and an old biodynamic vineyard (no-LUC), were selected for evaluating the LUC effect. For maintaining soil vitality and ecosystem services by meadow, the vineyard was planted and cultivated using criteria of the patented “Corino method”. The aim was to evaluate the LUC impact, within one year, by assessing parameters characterizing soil properties and soil microarthropod communities after the vineyard was planted. The adopted preservative method in the new vineyards did not show a detrimental impact on the biodiversity of soil microarthropods, and in particular, additional mulching contributed to a quick recovery from soil stress due to working the plantation. In the short term, the adopted agricultural context confirmed that the targeted objectives preserved the soil quality and functionality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74894e6a66364686b27d68660db387c62023-11-21T13:41:51ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-04-0110435810.3390/land10040358Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New VineyardsElena Gagnarli0Giuseppe Valboa1Nadia Vignozzi2Donatella Goggioli3Silvia Guidi4Franca Tarchi5Lorenzo Corino6Sauro Simoni7CREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, 50125 Florence, ItalyFattoria ‘La Maliosa’ Loc. Podere Monte Cavallo, 58014 Saturnia, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, 50125 Florence, ItalySustainable agriculture largely depends on soil biodiversity and requires efficient methods to assess the effectiveness of agronomic planning. Knowledge of the landscape and relative pedosite is enriched by data on the soil microarthropod community, which represent useful bio-indicators for early soil-quality detection in land-use change (LUC). In the hilly Maremma region of Grosseto, Italy, two areas, a >10ys meadow converted into a vineyard and an old biodynamic vineyard (no-LUC), were selected for evaluating the LUC effect. For maintaining soil vitality and ecosystem services by meadow, the vineyard was planted and cultivated using criteria of the patented “Corino method”. The aim was to evaluate the LUC impact, within one year, by assessing parameters characterizing soil properties and soil microarthropod communities after the vineyard was planted. The adopted preservative method in the new vineyards did not show a detrimental impact on the biodiversity of soil microarthropods, and in particular, additional mulching contributed to a quick recovery from soil stress due to working the plantation. In the short term, the adopted agricultural context confirmed that the targeted objectives preserved the soil quality and functionality.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/4/358sustainabilityvineyardsbest agronomic practicesCollembolaAcari |
| spellingShingle | Elena Gagnarli Giuseppe Valboa Nadia Vignozzi Donatella Goggioli Silvia Guidi Franca Tarchi Lorenzo Corino Sauro Simoni Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards Land sustainability vineyards best agronomic practices Collembola Acari |
| title | Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards |
| title_full | Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards |
| title_short | Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Functionality and Biodiversity: Toward Sustainable Planning of New Vineyards |
| title_sort | effects of land use change on soil functionality and biodiversity toward sustainable planning of new vineyards |
| topic | sustainability vineyards best agronomic practices Collembola Acari |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/4/358 |
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