ArticleScientific reports2023
A comparative study of fifteen cover crop species for orchard soil management: water uptake, root density traits and soil aggregate stability.
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- Evaluating Multi-Benefit Cover Crop Management Models for Citrus Sustainable Management: A Field Study from Central China.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cover crop-based under-row dry mulching enhances phyllosphere and rhizosphere microbial biodiversity in a non-irrigated vineyard.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- Assessing the multifunctionality of service crops in mediterranean vineyards using a functional trait approach.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effects of cover cropping on orchard soil microbiomes: Mechanisms and perspectives.AIMS microbiology · 2026Review
- Carbon Sequestration, Plant Cover, and Soil Health: Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Legume cover underFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Enhancing estimation of cover crop biomass using field-based high-throughput phenotyping and machine learning models.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Increasing the use of cover crops (CCs) is a necessity in sustainable viticulture, although it might clash with possible excessive competition towards vines. Especially in a climate-change scenario, the latter feature should be minimized while maintaining ecosystem services. Aimed at identifying CCs for vineyard floor management, the trial characterized several species according to their evapotranspiration (ET) rates, root growth patterns, and soil aggregate stability potential. The study was performed in 2020 in Piacenza (Northern Italy) on 15 CC species grown in pots kept outdoor and classified as grasses (GR), legumes (LE) and creeping (CR). Together with bare soil (control), they were arranged in a complete randomized block design. CCs ET was assessed through a gravimetric method, starting before mowing and then repeated 2, 8, 17 and 25 days thereafter. Above-ground dry biomass (ADW), root length density (RLD), root dry weight (RDW) and root diameter class length (DCL) were measured, and mean weight diameter (MWD) was calculated within 0-20 cm depth. Before mowing, ET was the highest in LE (18.6 mm day
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