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Manuel López-Vicente and Gao-Lin Wu
This special issue includes six articles that cover a variety of issues about the topic of soil and water conservation in agricultural systems, including the following: a bibliometric analysis of soil and water conservation in the Loess Region of China; ...
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Francesco Pavan, Davide Frizzera, Marta Martini, Carlos Lujan and Elena Cargnus
Bois noir (BN) is a grapevine yellows disease associated with ?Candidatus Phytoplasma (Ca. P.) solani? that is transmitted to grapevines by the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret which uses herbaceous plants such as Urtica dioica as a pathogen res...
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Isabel García-Izquierdo, Victor J. Colino-Rabanal, Mercedes Tamame and Fernando Rodríguez-López
The domestication of vines started in Asia 11,000 years ago, although it was not until the 19th century that oenology was established as a scientific discipline thanks to the research of Louis Pasteur on the role of microorganisms in wine fermentation. A...
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Wenhao Wang, Yun Shi, Wanfu Liu and Zijin Che
Rising labor costs and a workforce shortage have impeded the development and economic benefits of the global grape industry. Research and development of intelligent grape harvesting technologies is desperately needed. Therefore, rapid and accurate identi...
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Sergio Vélez, Enrique Barajas, José Antonio Rubio, Dimas Pereira-Obaya and José Ramón Rodríguez-Pérez
This study explores spectroscopy in the 350 to 2500 nm range for detecting powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) in grapevine leaves, crucial for precision agriculture and sustainable vineyard management. In a controlled experimental vineyard setting, the sp...
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Roberto Barbetti, Irene Criscuoli, Giuseppe Valboa, Nadia Vignozzi, Sergio Pellegrini, Maria Costanza Andrenelli, Giovanni L?Abate, Maria Fantappiè, Alessandro Orlandini, Andrea Lachi, Lorenzo Gardin and Lorenzo D?Avino
A WebGis tool called GoProsit has been developed to support winegrowers in planning a new sustainable vineyard and in the identification of high-quality terroir in Tuscany, Central Italy, by providing various information on soils, climate, hydrological r...
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Daniel Paredes, Sara Mendes and José Paulo Sousa
Chrysoperla carnea s.l., a vital predator in olive groves, plays a key role in reducing the reliance on pesticides. Despite its efficacy, habitat diversification at the landscape level can compromise its effectiveness as a generalist natural enemy, diver...
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Mei Zhao, Lixia Peng, Cecilia B. Agüero, Gengsen Liu, Yuefeng Zhang, Andrew M. Walker and Zhenhua Cui
Grapevine is one of the most economically important fruit crops cultivated worldwide. However, grapevine is highly susceptible to virus infections and exposed to the most diverse forms of viral diseases compared to other fruit crops, and virus-induced in...
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Lorenzo Gagliardi, Sofia Matilde Luglio, Andrea Peruzzi, Marco Fontanelli, Christian Frasconi and Michele Raffaelli
In the Mediterranean area, vineyard soils are often characterized by a high stone content. In these contexts, where tools commonly adopted for under-row weed control are frequently damaged, the utilization of a chain mower could be a preferable alternati...
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Antoni Sánchez-Ortiz, Miriam Lampreave and Maria Assumpta Mateos
Climate variability in Mediterranean viticultural areas, primarily attributed to climate change, will significantly impact water requirements, consequently leading to changes in irrigation management. The primary aim of this study was to assess the respo...
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