Claim · model-written summary
Cultivation increased soil compaction at 4 to 7 inches deep.
- Taxon
- grapet0
- Treatment
- cultivatione0
- Outcome
- soil compactione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 4 to 7 inches deepe0
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Verbatim
e0“cultivation increased soil compaction at 4 to 7 inches deep”
t0“grape yield and quality”
Title
Vineyard floor management affects soil, plant nutrition, and grape yield and quality
Richard Smith; Larry Bettiga; Michael Cahn; et al. California Agriculture 2008. doi:10.3733/ca.v062n04p184
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Late maturing triticale used more water during vine growth than earlier rye.
- Intervention effect Cover crops increased organic matter and microbial biomass in vineyard middles.
- Intervention effect Cover crops reduced sediment loss from vineyard middles.
- Intervention effect Weed control treatments did not affect grape yield.
- Intervention effect Weed control treatments did not affect soil nutritional and microbiological parameters.
- Recommendation The authors recommend choosing weed control and cover crops to maximize benefits and minimize environmental harm.