Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance

One of the main challenges for organic vineyards is weed management. Weeds tend to compete for water and nutrients, and can cause large yield reductions. Traditional under-vine weed management in organic vineyards consists on mechanical cultivation along the season, which is associated to soil and y...

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Autores: Cabrera Pérez, Carlos, Llorens Calveras, Jordi, Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre, Royo-Esnal, Aritz, Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126798
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/463294
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Palabra clave:Sustainable viticulture
Regenerative viticulture
By products
In-row tiller
Conservation agriculture
Circular economy
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spelling Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performanceCabrera Pérez, CarlosLlorens Calveras, JordiEscolà i Agustí, AlexandreRoyo-Esnal, AritzRecasens i Guinjuan, JordiSustainable viticultureRegenerative viticultureBy productsIn-row tillerConservation agricultureCircular economyOne of the main challenges for organic vineyards is weed management. Weeds tend to compete for water and nutrients, and can cause large yield reductions. Traditional under-vine weed management in organic vineyards consists on mechanical cultivation along the season, which is associated to soil and young vine root damages, and to high fuel consumption. Thus, sustainable alternatives need to be found. Cover crops are becoming common in the last decades due to their multiple benefits in agroecosystems. Nevertheless, under-vine cover crop implementation in Mediterranean vineyards is limited as this competes for resources (water and nutrients), reducing the yield, vegetative development, and grape size of vines. The use of organic mulches could overcome all these problems, while benefitting vine performance. In the present work, the response of vines, soil and weeds to mulching was evaluated. An experiment was carried out in Raimat, Lleida (Catalonia, NE Spain) in a commercial vineyard from 2019 to 2021, and the following treatments applied: 1) mechanical cultivation with an in-row tiller; 2) mowing a permanent spontaneous cover with an in-row mower; 3) almond shell mulch; and 4) chopped pine wood mulch. Results showed lower weed cover along the three seasons in mulched treatments, as well as higher yield, better vine water status, and greater vegetative development from traditional measurement. The latter was confirmed by and analised with further detail with measurements acquired with a mobile terrestrial laser scanner (MTLS) based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors. Besides, petiole nutrient status was better in vines without a spontaneous living cover. Organic mulches improved vine performance and weed control, so these results allow to optimize water use efficiency in the Mediterranean basin with scarce water resources. Mulching can be considered as a useful strategy that enhances a more sustainable viticulture.This work has been supported by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Projects AGL2017-83325-C4-2-R and RTI2018-094222-B-I00 (PAgFRUIT), by the Agency for Administration of University and Research Grants (Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain) under the Project 2017 SGR 00646, and also by the Centre for Technological and Industrial Development (CDTI). The first author obtained a PhD grant from the University of Lleida (PhD grants). Second author contract is supported by a Jaume Serra Húnter Programme promoted by Generalitat de Catalunya.Elsevier2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126798https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/463294reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/AGL2017-83325-C4-2-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-094222-B-I00Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126798European Journal of Agronomy, 2023, vol. 145, 126798cc-by-nc-nd (c) Cabrera et al., 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/4632942026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
title Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
spellingShingle Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
Cabrera Pérez, Carlos
Sustainable viticulture
Regenerative viticulture
By products
In-row tiller
Conservation agriculture
Circular economy
title_short Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
title_full Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
title_fullStr Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
title_full_unstemmed Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
title_sort Organic mulches as an alternative for under-vine weed management in Mediterranean irrigated vineyards: Impact on agronomic performance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cabrera Pérez, Carlos
Llorens Calveras, Jordi
Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre
Royo-Esnal, Aritz
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi
author Cabrera Pérez, Carlos
author_facet Cabrera Pérez, Carlos
Llorens Calveras, Jordi
Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre
Royo-Esnal, Aritz
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi
author_role author
author2 Llorens Calveras, Jordi
Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre
Royo-Esnal, Aritz
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable viticulture
Regenerative viticulture
By products
In-row tiller
Conservation agriculture
Circular economy
topic Sustainable viticulture
Regenerative viticulture
By products
In-row tiller
Conservation agriculture
Circular economy
description One of the main challenges for organic vineyards is weed management. Weeds tend to compete for water and nutrients, and can cause large yield reductions. Traditional under-vine weed management in organic vineyards consists on mechanical cultivation along the season, which is associated to soil and young vine root damages, and to high fuel consumption. Thus, sustainable alternatives need to be found. Cover crops are becoming common in the last decades due to their multiple benefits in agroecosystems. Nevertheless, under-vine cover crop implementation in Mediterranean vineyards is limited as this competes for resources (water and nutrients), reducing the yield, vegetative development, and grape size of vines. The use of organic mulches could overcome all these problems, while benefitting vine performance. In the present work, the response of vines, soil and weeds to mulching was evaluated. An experiment was carried out in Raimat, Lleida (Catalonia, NE Spain) in a commercial vineyard from 2019 to 2021, and the following treatments applied: 1) mechanical cultivation with an in-row tiller; 2) mowing a permanent spontaneous cover with an in-row mower; 3) almond shell mulch; and 4) chopped pine wood mulch. Results showed lower weed cover along the three seasons in mulched treatments, as well as higher yield, better vine water status, and greater vegetative development from traditional measurement. The latter was confirmed by and analised with further detail with measurements acquired with a mobile terrestrial laser scanner (MTLS) based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors. Besides, petiole nutrient status was better in vines without a spontaneous living cover. Organic mulches improved vine performance and weed control, so these results allow to optimize water use efficiency in the Mediterranean basin with scarce water resources. Mulching can be considered as a useful strategy that enhances a more sustainable viticulture.
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Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126798
European Journal of Agronomy, 2023, vol. 145, 126798
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