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Mediterranean vineyards are challenged by climate change that jeopardize the high-quality of its grape/wine. Also, diseases likemildews are limiting factors for grapevine production, and may spread in a climate change scenario. Industrial intensive management leads to adecrease of the vineyard ecosystem biodiversity, (over)use of agrochemical, and of irrigating water. Thus, it urges to implement sustainablelocal strategies to reduce agrochemicals use, increase biodiversity, and the vineyards' resilience to climate change (eg, prolonged drought) andto diseases (eg, mildews).
Objectives: VINEPROTECT main objective is to implement an operational-toolbox of sustainable agroecological practices oriented to localvineyards specificities, to increase vineyards resilience to climate change and diseases, while reducing the use of agrochemicals, and promotinglocal circular agriculture. Specific objectives (SO) are: SO1-gaining knowledge on the genetic biodiversity of the rhizosphere typical of eachterroir/region, and on how native cover crops improve the microbial biodiversity dynamics, water retention and vine nutrition; SO2- establishinglocal collections of native bacteria (eg Bacillus spp.) and to assess their efficiency as PGP, namely by increasing grapevine resistance to droughtstress and improving plant nutrition efficiency; SO3- establishing local collections of native fungi and to assess their potential as BCA to controlgrapevine fungal diseases; SO4- validating the efficiency of bio-hydrogels to increase vineyard soil water retention; SO5- comparing theefficacy of the proposed bio-approaches in different terroirs in improving local vineyard resilience; SO6- evaluating their socio-economic impact;and SO7- making accessible key results to stakeholders. Achieving these SO, an operational-toolbox will be built considering local specificities.
VINEPROTECT will take use of science-tenets and technological tools (eg, genomics and microbiology, grapevine-(eco)physi  |
Summary
Mediterranean vineyards are challenged by climate change that jeopardize the high-quality of its grape/wine. Also, diseases likemildews are limiting factors for grapevine production, and may spread in a climate change scenario. Industrial intensive management leads to adecrease of the vineyard ecosystem biodiversity, (over)use of agrochemical, and of irrigating water. Thus, it urges to implement sustainablelocal strategies to reduce agrochemicals use, increase biodiversity, and the vineyards' resilience to climate change (eg, prolonged drought) andto diseases (eg, mildews).
Objectives: VINEPROTECT main objective is to implement an operational-toolbox of sustainable agroecological practices oriented to localvineyards specificities, to increase vineyards resilience to climate change and diseases, while reducing the use of agrochemicals, and promotinglocal circular agriculture. Specific objectives (SO) are: SO1-gaining knowledge on the genetic biodiversity of the rhizosphere typical of eachterroir/region, and on how native cover crops improve the microbial biodiversity dynamics, water retention and vine nutrition; SO2- establishinglocal collections of native bacteria (eg Bacillus spp.) and to assess their efficiency as PGP, namely by increasing grapevine resistance to droughtstress and improving plant nutrition efficiency; SO3- establishing local collections of native fungi and to assess their potential as BCA to controlgrapevine fungal diseases; SO4- validating the efficiency of bio-hydrogels to increase vineyard soil water retention; SO5- comparing theefficacy of the proposed bio-approaches in different terroirs in improving local vineyard resilience; SO6- evaluating their socio-economic impact;and SO7- making accessible key results to stakeholders. Achieving these SO, an operational-toolbox will be built considering local specificities.
VINEPROTECT will take use of science-tenets and technological tools (eg, genomics and microbiology, grapevine-(eco)physio(patho)logy,biogels, vineyards ecology, agronomy and socio-economy) to address the objectives. VINEPROTECT consortium has 7 complementary partnersfrom Portugal, Italy, Morocco and Turkey.
Addressing Objectives: The operational toolbox has 4 interconnected bio-approaches. (i) survey of local N-fixing plants (e.g., clover species)and their capacity to increase orchard and soil functional biodiversity, and to reduce soil water-loss and excessive soil -heating and to work asnatural fertilizers; (ii) isolation of local vineyard-associated root rhizosphere microorganisms (namely bacteria) promoting plant growth andresistance to drought, (iii) isolate local vineyard-associated fungi (namely Trichoderma spp.) able to fight vine fungal-pathogens (e.g.,mildews); (iv) use bio-hydrogels, produced from agricultural wastes, to increase water-retention of soil. These strategies will be validated inpartners' local vineyards. Socio-economic drivers and VINEPROTECT solution impact on local vineyards and value-chain will be assessed alongthe project. |