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Geochemical characterization of elements in Vitis vinifera cv. Negroamaro grape berries grown under different soil managements

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The present geochemical study concerns the impact of viticultural practices in the chemical composition of the grape cultivar “Negroamaro” in Apulia, a southern Italian region renowned for its quality wine. Three types of soil management (SM), two cover cropping with different mixtures, and a soil tillage were considered. For each SM, the vines were irrigated according to two irrigation levels. Chemical composition of soil and of berries of Vitis vinifera cultivar “Negroamaro” were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and multivariate statistics (linear discrimination analysis). In detail, we investigated major and trace elements behavior in the soil according to irrigation levels, the related index of bioaccumulation (BA) and the relationship between trace element concentration and soil management in “Negroamaro” grapes. The results indicate that soil management affects the mobility of major and trace elements. A specific assimilation of these elements in grapes from vines grown under different soil management was confirmed by BA. Multivariate statistics allowed to associate the vines to the type of soil management. This geochemical characterization of elements could be useful to develop fingerprints of vines of the cultivar “Negroamaro” according to soil management and geographical origin.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. U. Tessari for the particle size analysis of soil. This research was funded by the doctoral project 2012–2014 (Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research) MIUR-27-GEO09-2012.

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  1. Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Saragat 1, 44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Salvatore Pepi, Sabrina Russo, Renzo Tassinari & Carmela Vaccaro

  2. TekneHub, Tecnopole of Ferrara - High Technology Network of the Emilia-Romagna, via Saragat 13, 44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Salvatore Pepi, Marilena Leis, Sabrina Russo & Carmela Vaccaro

  3. CREA, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia Agraria, Unità di Ricerca per l’uva da Tavola e la Vitivinicoltura in Ambiente Mediterraneo, Via Casamassima 148, Turi, Bari, 70010, Italy

    Antonio Coletta & Pasquale Crupi

  4. Department of Life Science and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Marilena Leis & Milvia Chicca

  5. CREA, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per la Viticoltura, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, Conegliano, Treviso, 31015, Italy

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Pepi, S., Coletta, A., Crupi, P. et al. Geochemical characterization of elements in Vitis vinifera cv. Negroamaro grape berries grown under different soil managements. Environ Monit Assess 188, 211 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5203-9

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