Journal
LAND
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10040358
Keywords
sustainability; vineyards; best agronomic practices; Collembola; Acari
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Sustainable agriculture relies on soil biodiversity and evaluating agronomic planning effectiveness. Studying the impact of land-use change in Maremma region of Italy indicated that adopting the Corino method for vineyard cultivation maintained soil vitality and ecosystem services. In the short term, the agricultural context confirmed that targeted objectives preserved soil quality and functionality.
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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