Journal
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
Volume 140, Issue 1-2, Pages 80-87Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.014
Keywords
Winery and distillery compost; Metabolic quotient; Macro and micronutrient content; Physico-chemical soil properties; Vineyard soil
Funding
- 'Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia' of Spain (CICYT) [CTM2006-01363/TECNO]
- European Regional Development Funds (ERDF)
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The effects on different physico-chemical, chemical and biological soil properties of the incorporation of different organic materials into a calcareous vineyard soil were studied in an experiment during three growing seasons. The organic materials used were sheep manure and four composts derived from the treatment of winery and distillery wastes. A multivariate technique, factor analysis (FA), was also used for interpreting the data obtained from the samplings carried out throughout the three vine growing seasons. The application of the organic materials induced an increase in the activity of the soil microorganisms and in the soil macro and micronutrient contents, as well as a slow release of inorganic N. Through FA of the soil properties studied, three factors that explained 74.7% of the variability were established and the effects of the treatments after the whole experimental period were assessed. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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