The effect of mulch materials on selected soil properties, yield and grape quality in vineyards under central European conditions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027031%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000103" target="_blank" >RIV/00027031:_____/22:N0000103 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43510/22:43921790

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/8/1862" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/8/1862</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081862" target="_blank" >10.3390/agronomy12081862</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of mulch materials on selected soil properties, yield and grape quality in vineyards under central European conditions

Original language description

The results of this study provide overall information on the verification of the effect of applying two different mulching materials of an organic origin to the soil surface in the area between rows of grape vines in vineyards on selected physical and chemical properties of the soil and, at the same time, on the yield and quality parameters of the grape vines (Vitis vinifera L.). During the period under study, 2018–2020, the effect of shredded cereal straw (CS) and compost from garden waste (CO) was investigated. The control variant (CWC) was left without any cover and was regularly cultivated with a coulter cultivator to a depth of 60 mm. During the experiments, meteorological data were monitored and recorded along with soil temperature and soil moisture for each variant. The results show that the lowest temperature was measured for the straw cover variant (11.10–11.87 °C), while the highest soil temperature was measured for compost (11.93–13.16 °C). Under the straw, the moisture level in the soil was higher compared to the other variants, and there was a gradual increase (of 3%) in soil bulk density values compared to the baseline. By contrast, the compost variant showed a decrease (of 1%) in bulk density values. The differences in nutrient content were slight among the variants. The only statistically significant difference was identified for the compost variant with respect to the content of total nitrogen and phosphorus. Further results demonstrated a positive effect of both mulch material variants on grape yield, which was 6–19% higher in the variants with a cover layer. In addition, the use of mulch also had a positive effect on grape quality. For example, the sugar content—one of the main quality parameters—increased by 1–7% due to the mulch layer. Based on these results, the use of mulching materials can be recommended for areas with low total rainfall during the growing season, as well as when growing varieties with irregular yields and uneven grape quality.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20302 - Applied mechanics

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_017%2F0002334" target="_blank" >EF16_017/0002334: Research Infrastructure for Young Scientists</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agronomy

ISSN

2073-4395

e-ISSN

2073-4395

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1862

UT code for WoS article

000846238400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85137318215