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Vineyards at the Mosel and in the Palatinate (Germany) with different variants of soil management (mechanical or post-emergence chemical weed control, green cover, manuring with grape marc compost) were investigated for their soil microbial biomass and organic carbon content. Therefore, samples were taken from the topsoil (0–15 cm) of each variant. At all the vineyard sites the green cover had a stimulating effect on soil microbial biomass. Post-emergence chemical weed control leaded to higher biomass if the variants were established since several years. In contrast, manuring with compost showed pronounced short-term effects (one year). The quality of the soil organic matter to support microbial biomass was best under green cover and lowest in a soil with compost manuring that dated back two years.
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Reuter, S., Kubiak, R. (2003). Soil Management Systems to Support Soil Microbial Biomass in Vineyards. In: García-Torres, L., Benites, J., Martínez-Vilela, A., Holgado-Cabrera, A. (eds) Conservation Agriculture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1143-2_49
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