Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France)
Often unable to fulfill theoretical production potentials and to obtain the maximum yields set by wine quality labels, many vineyards and cellars need to solve the issue of so-called grapevine yield gaps in order to assure their durability. These yield gaps particularly occur in Mediterranean wine r...
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| author | Hugo Fernandez-Mena Nicolas Guilpart Philippe Lagacherie Renan Le Roux Mayeul Plaige Maxime Dumont Marine Gautier Nina Graveline Jean-Marc Touzard Hervé Hannin Christian Gary |
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| description | Often unable to fulfill theoretical production potentials and to obtain the maximum yields set by wine quality labels, many vineyards and cellars need to solve the issue of so-called grapevine yield gaps in order to assure their durability. These yield gaps particularly occur in Mediterranean wine regions, where extreme events have intensified because of climate change. Yield gaps at the regional level have been widely studied in arable crops using big datasets, but much less so in perennial crops, such as grapevine. Understanding the environmental factors involved in yield gaps, such as those linked to climate and soil, is the first step in grapevine yield gap analysis. At a regional scale, there are numerous studies on ‘terroir’ linked to wine typicity and quality; however, none have classified spatial zones based on environmental factors identified as being involved in grapevine yield. In the present study, we aggregated into one big dataset information obtained from producers at the municipality level in the wine region Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) between 2010 and 2018. We used a backward stepwise model selection process using linear mixed-effect models to discriminate and select the statistically significant indicators capable of estimating grapevine yield at the municipality level. We then determined spatial zones by using the selected indicators to create clusters of municipalities with similar soil and climate characteristics. Finally, we analysed the indicators of each zone related to the grapevine yield gap, as well as the variations among the grapevine varieties in the zones. Our selection process evidenced 6 factors that could explain annual grapevine yield annually (R2 = 0.112) and average yield for the whole period (R2 = 0.546): Soil Available Water Capacity (SAWC), soil pH, Huglin Index, the Climate Dryness Index, the number of Very Hot Days and Days of Frost. The clustering results show seven different zones with two marked yield gap levels, although all the zones had municipalities with no or high yield gaps. On each zone, grapevine yield was found to be driven by a combination of climate and soil factors, rather than by a single environmental factor. The white wine varieties showed larger yield gaps than the red and rosé wine varieties. Environmental factors at this scale largely explained yield variability across the municipalities, but they were not performant in terms of annual yield prediction. Further research is required on the interactions between environmental variables and plant material and farming practices, as well as on vineyard strategies, which also play an important role in grapevine yield gaps at vineyard and regional scale.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9efeca934fec473e81c486b305c5ef322023-06-10T11:13:17ZengInternational Viticulture and Enology SocietyOENO One2494-12712023-06-0157210.20870/oeno-one.2023.57.2.7246Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France)Hugo Fernandez-Mena0Nicolas Guilpart1Philippe Lagacherie2Renan Le Roux3Mayeul Plaige4Maxime Dumont5Marine Gautier6Nina Graveline7Jean-Marc Touzard8Hervé Hannin9Christian Gary10UMR ABSys – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France – UMR EMMAH – INRAE, U. Avignon – Avignon, France UMR Agronomie – AgroParisTech, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay – Thiverval-Grignon, France UMR LISAH – INRAE, CIRAD, IRD – Montpellier, France U. AgroClim – INRAE – Avignon, France UMR ABSys – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, FranceUMR ABSys – INRAE CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France - UMR ITAP – INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France UMR ABSys – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, FranceUMR Innovation – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France UMR Innovation – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France UMR MOISA – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, France UMR ABSys – INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, U. Montpellier – Montpellier, FranceOften unable to fulfill theoretical production potentials and to obtain the maximum yields set by wine quality labels, many vineyards and cellars need to solve the issue of so-called grapevine yield gaps in order to assure their durability. These yield gaps particularly occur in Mediterranean wine regions, where extreme events have intensified because of climate change. Yield gaps at the regional level have been widely studied in arable crops using big datasets, but much less so in perennial crops, such as grapevine. Understanding the environmental factors involved in yield gaps, such as those linked to climate and soil, is the first step in grapevine yield gap analysis. At a regional scale, there are numerous studies on ‘terroir’ linked to wine typicity and quality; however, none have classified spatial zones based on environmental factors identified as being involved in grapevine yield. In the present study, we aggregated into one big dataset information obtained from producers at the municipality level in the wine region Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) between 2010 and 2018. We used a backward stepwise model selection process using linear mixed-effect models to discriminate and select the statistically significant indicators capable of estimating grapevine yield at the municipality level. We then determined spatial zones by using the selected indicators to create clusters of municipalities with similar soil and climate characteristics. Finally, we analysed the indicators of each zone related to the grapevine yield gap, as well as the variations among the grapevine varieties in the zones. Our selection process evidenced 6 factors that could explain annual grapevine yield annually (R2 = 0.112) and average yield for the whole period (R2 = 0.546): Soil Available Water Capacity (SAWC), soil pH, Huglin Index, the Climate Dryness Index, the number of Very Hot Days and Days of Frost. The clustering results show seven different zones with two marked yield gap levels, although all the zones had municipalities with no or high yield gaps. On each zone, grapevine yield was found to be driven by a combination of climate and soil factors, rather than by a single environmental factor. The white wine varieties showed larger yield gaps than the red and rosé wine varieties. Environmental factors at this scale largely explained yield variability across the municipalities, but they were not performant in terms of annual yield prediction. Further research is required on the interactions between environmental variables and plant material and farming practices, as well as on vineyard strategies, which also play an important role in grapevine yield gaps at vineyard and regional scale. https://oeno-one.eu/article/view/7246viticultureclassificationmappingcartographybig-dataterroir |
| spellingShingle | Hugo Fernandez-Mena Nicolas Guilpart Philippe Lagacherie Renan Le Roux Mayeul Plaige Maxime Dumont Marine Gautier Nina Graveline Jean-Marc Touzard Hervé Hannin Christian Gary Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) OENO One viticulture classification mapping cartography big-data terroir |
| title | Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) |
| title_full | Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) |
| title_fullStr | Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) |
| title_short | Grapevine yield gap: identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) |
| title_sort | grapevine yield gap identification of environmental limitations by soil and climate zoning in the region of languedoc roussillon south of france |
| topic | viticulture classification mapping cartography big-data terroir |
| url | https://oeno-one.eu/article/view/7246 |
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