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García-Díaz A, Marqués MJ, Sastre B, et al. Labile and stable soil organic carbon and physical improvements using groundcovers in vineyards from central Spain. Sci Total Environ. 2017;621:387-397doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240.
García-Díaz, A., Marqués, M. J., Sastre, B., & Bienes, R. (2018). Labile and stable soil organic carbon and physical improvements using groundcovers in vineyards from central Spain. The Science of the total environment, 621387-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240
García-Díaz, Andrés, et al. "Labile and stable soil organic carbon and physical improvements using groundcovers in vineyards from central Spain." The Science of the total environment vol. 621 (2018): 387-397. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240
García-Díaz A, Marqués MJ, Sastre B, Bienes R. Labile and stable soil organic carbon and physical improvements using groundcovers in vineyards from central Spain. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Apr 15;621:387-397. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PMID: 29190561.
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Sci Total Environ. 2018 Apr 15;621:387-397. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240. Epub 2017 Nov 27.

Labile and stable soil organic carbon and physical improvements using groundcovers in vineyards from central Spain.

The Science of the total environment

Andrés García-Díaz, María José Marqués, Blanca Sastre, Ramón Bienes

Affiliations

  1. Applied Research Department, IMIDRA, Finca El Encín, Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Autonomous University of Madrid, Geology and Geochemistry Department, Madrid, Spain.
  3. Applied Research Department, IMIDRA, Finca El Encín, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

PMID: 29190561 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.240

Abstract

Mediterranean vineyards are usually managed with continuous tillage to maintain bare soils leading to low organic matter stocks and soil degradation. Vineyards are part of the Mediterranean culture, their management can be sustainable. We propose the setup of two types of groundcovers with the aim to assess their potential influence to improve soil properties. A field trial was performed to compare the effects of a seeded (Brachypodium distachyon) and spontaneous groundcovers, on a set of soil parameters, in comparison with the traditional tillage in four vineyards located in the center of Spain. Three years after the groundcovers establishment soil organic carbon stocks increased up to 1.62 and 3.18Mgha

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Keywords: Aggregate stability; Groundcovers; Soil organic carbon; Soil porosity; Soil quality

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