Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality
The implementation of soil conservation measures is essential to promote sustainable crop production in the Mediterranean region. In an organic rainfed almond orchard located in Lanjarón (SE, Spain), a study carried out during 2016–2021 analyzed the influence of different soil management strategies...
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| author | Cárceles Rodríguez, Belén Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Herencia Galán, Juan Francisco Lipan, Leontina Soriano Rodríguez, Miguel Hernández, Francisca Sendra, Esther Carbonell-Barrachina, Angel Antonio Gálvez Ruiz, Baltasar García-Tejero, Ivan Francisco |
| author_facet | Cárceles Rodríguez, Belén Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Herencia Galán, Juan Francisco Lipan, Leontina Soriano Rodríguez, Miguel Hernández, Francisca Sendra, Esther Carbonell-Barrachina, Angel Antonio Gálvez Ruiz, Baltasar García-Tejero, Ivan Francisco |
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| description | The implementation of soil conservation measures is essential to promote sustainable crop production in the Mediterranean region. In an organic rainfed almond orchard located in Lanjarón (SE, Spain), a study carried out during 2016–2021 analyzed the influence of different soil management strategies (SMSs) (TT, traditional tillage; NT, no tillage; VF, cover of Vicia faba; VS, cover of Vicia sativa; VS-VE, cover of Vicia sativa and Vicia ervilia) on some selected physical (bulk density, available water content, and aggregate stability), chemical (pH, electrical conductivity, soil-organic content, N, P, K, and micronutrients), and biological (microbial activity) soil properties, relevant to soil health, and their implications for yield and almond quality (physical and chemical). Our results showed that the SMS with legume cover improves soil properties, which had a favorable effect on soil health. The mean almond yield was not significantly affected by the SMS applied, being 315.9, 256.4, 229.1, 212.5, and 176.6 kg ha−1 year−1 for TT, VF, VS-VE, VS, and NT, respectively. Regarding the almond nut quality, the strategy based on implementation of legume cover increased the almond antioxidant activity and the total polyphenol content, which would improve their nutritional value. Here we showed how the use of sustainable SMSs improved the soil properties compared to traditional tillage in rainfed organic almonds, allowing the long-term sustainability of agroecosystems while at the same time obtaining higher nutritional quality almonds. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-144132023-04-12T18:56:04Z Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality Cárceles Rodríguez, Belén Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Herencia Galán, Juan Francisco Lipan, Leontina Soriano Rodríguez, Miguel Hernández, Francisca Sendra, Esther Carbonell-Barrachina, Angel Antonio Gálvez Ruiz, Baltasar García-Tejero, Ivan Francisco almond cultivation conservation agriculture legume cover crops soil health almond quality The implementation of soil conservation measures is essential to promote sustainable crop production in the Mediterranean region. In an organic rainfed almond orchard located in Lanjarón (SE, Spain), a study carried out during 2016–2021 analyzed the influence of different soil management strategies (SMSs) (TT, traditional tillage; NT, no tillage; VF, cover of Vicia faba; VS, cover of Vicia sativa; VS-VE, cover of Vicia sativa and Vicia ervilia) on some selected physical (bulk density, available water content, and aggregate stability), chemical (pH, electrical conductivity, soil-organic content, N, P, K, and micronutrients), and biological (microbial activity) soil properties, relevant to soil health, and their implications for yield and almond quality (physical and chemical). Our results showed that the SMS with legume cover improves soil properties, which had a favorable effect on soil health. The mean almond yield was not significantly affected by the SMS applied, being 315.9, 256.4, 229.1, 212.5, and 176.6 kg ha−1 year−1 for TT, VF, VS-VE, VS, and NT, respectively. Regarding the almond nut quality, the strategy based on implementation of legume cover increased the almond antioxidant activity and the total polyphenol content, which would improve their nutritional value. Here we showed how the use of sustainable SMSs improved the soil properties compared to traditional tillage in rainfed organic almonds, allowing the long-term sustainability of agroecosystems while at the same time obtaining higher nutritional quality almonds. 2023-03-09T13:59:12Z 2023-03-09T13:59:12Z 2023-03-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2073-4395 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14413 10.3390/agronomy13030749 en https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/749 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | almond cultivation conservation agriculture legume cover crops soil health almond quality Cárceles Rodríguez, Belén Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Herencia Galán, Juan Francisco Lipan, Leontina Soriano Rodríguez, Miguel Hernández, Francisca Sendra, Esther Carbonell-Barrachina, Angel Antonio Gálvez Ruiz, Baltasar García-Tejero, Ivan Francisco Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title | Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title_full | Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title_fullStr | Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title_short | Soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| title_sort | soil-management strategies in organic almond orchards: implications for soil rehabilitation and nut quality |
| topic | almond cultivation conservation agriculture legume cover crops soil health almond quality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14413 |
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