New approaches to soil management for the improvement of vineyard resilience to climate change pressures (UNDER-VINE)

PRIN 2022 Filippetti

Abstract

UNDER-VINE project aims to identify new successful vineyard soil management approaches to prevent negative effects of climate change based on the sow of cover crops to be grown during winter months and the use of their biomass to prevent water loss and occurrence of summer stress. Objective of the project is to find innovative soil management techniques capable of: i) Preserving soil from degradation process during wet season; ii) Tuning competition between vines and vineyard floor vegetation; iii) Reducing incidence of water stress during summer months; iv) Improving vineyard sustainability. The project includes two experimental vine-yards in non-irrigated hilly steep-slope and in irrigated high yielding vineyards.

Project details

Unibo Team Leader: Ilaria Filippetti

Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari

Coordinator:
Università  Cattolica del Sacro Cuore(Italy)

Total Unibo Contribution: Euro (EUR) 65.440,00
Project Duration in months: 24
Start Date: 12/10/2023
End Date: 28/02/2026

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