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Cover Crop Impact on Soil Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics and Microbial Diversity in a Mediterranean Semiarid Vineyard

Marco ToloneVito Armando LaudicinaValentina CataniaPaola QuatriniLuciano GristinaAgata Novara

subject

Soil managementRibosomal Intergenic Spacer analysisGeography Planning and DevelopmentTJ807-830010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and LawTD194-195NitrateSettore BIO/19 - Microbiologia Generalecomplex mixtures01 natural sciencesVineyardRenewable energy sourcesSoil respirationchemistry.chemical_compoundNitrateGE1-350Soil microbiotaCover crop0105 earth and related environmental sciencesLeguminous cover cropConventional tillageEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsSoil organic carbonRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentfood and beverages04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesSoil carbonSettore AGR/02 - Agronomia E Coltivazioni ErbaceeEnvironmental scienceschemistryAgronomySoil water040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental science

description

Cover crop (CC) management in vineyards increases sustainability by improving soil chemical and biological fertility, but knowledge on its effects in semiarid soils is lacking. This study evaluated the effect of leguminous CC management on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, soil nitrate content and microbial diversity in a semiarid vineyard, in comparison to conventional tillage (CT). SOC and nitrate were monitored during vine-growing season

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-04-17Sustainability
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083256