Seasonal variations in soil chemical and microbial indicators under conventional and organic vineyards

Higo Forlan  Amaral; Kátia Regina Freitas  Schwan-Estrada; José Ozinaldo Alves de Sena; Arnaldo   Colozzi-Filho; Diva Souza Andrade

doi:10.4025/actasciagron.v45i1.56158

Higo Forlan Amaral Centro Universitário Filadélfia / Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Kátia Regina Freitas Schwan-Estrada Universidade Estadual de Maringa
José Ozinaldo Alves de Sena Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Arnaldo Colozzi-Filho Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná
Diva Souza Andrade Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-004X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v45i1.56158

Keywords: basal respiration; flux C microbial; metabolic quotient; microbial biomass; Vitis labrusca.

Abstract

Studies regarding soil quality and health often need to be up-to-date, as they feed new models for quantifying agricultural impacts on the environment. This study was established to understand how types of vineyard cultivation (organic and conventional) affect soil chemical and microbial attribute dynamics throughout different seasons. Vineyard management had a strong effect on chemical soil attributes. Organic carbon and phosphorus were 2.8 and 2.0 times greater, respectively, in organic vineyards than in conventional vineyards. Metabolic quotient (qCO₂) values were lowest in summer and autumn, with an average of 2.31-2.49 µg C-CO₂ h^-1 g^-1 soil, under organic management, indicating greater microbial growing efficacy. Regardless of season and sampling position, organic soil had a higher C microbial biomass than conventional vineyards, with values ranging from 179.79 to 284.71 µg g^-1 soil, which were similar to those of the adjacent forest soil. Overall, there were increases in both the microbial and the chemical attributes of soil under organic vineyards compared relative to conventional management, which might have been due to the continuous input of organic matter, crop rotation, and alternative plant protection and fertilizer compounds used in organic farming.

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Seasonal variations in soil chemical and microbial indicators under conventional and organic vineyards

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