Crop growth, carbon sequestration and soil erosion in an organic vineyard of the Villány Wine District, Southwest Hungary

  • József Dezső Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
  • Dénes Lóczy Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
  • Marietta Rezsek Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-3323
  • Roman Hüppi Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-7835
  • János Werner Gere Attila Winery, Villány, Hungary
  • László Horváth Greengrass Atmospheric Environment Expert Ltd, Érd, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5977-288X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.69.3.4
Keywords: crop diversification, organic vineyard, phenometry, Leaf Area Index, C/N ratio, carbon sequestration, biomass, image analysis, soil erosion

Abstract

A more resilient adaptation to changing climate calls for crop diversification in vineyards, too. As a contribution to the H2020 collaborative project of the European Union, called Diverfarming, and part of the agroecological experiments during 2018 and 2019, grapevine biomass growth was monitored in connection with carbon storage types in soil and in the deposits removed by soil erosion. Phenometry was carried out interpreting segmented images to follow changes in biomass. It was found that crop growth could be best described by the Richards growth function. The distinction between grapevine and intercrop growth, however, requires further refinement in image analysis. In the laboratory TOC and Ntotal were measured for both the soil and the plant organs as well as for the eroded sediments. Greenhouse gas emissions and photosynthesis were monitored. Looking at the change of Leaf Area Index (LAI) over the growing period, image analysis pointed out the role of cut shoots from pruning in the C and N cycles. Maximum leaf area (at ripening) for guyot cultivation technique was extimated at 7,840 m2 ha-1. Soil loss by erosion was established by sediment traps at the end of vinestock rows. The grain size distribution analysis led to the remarkable result that as erosion proceeded, the ratio of the sand fraction increased but remained within the range for the textural class of loam. Organic matter contents grew to 38 g kg-1. The rate of soil erosion is higher in ploughed than in grassed interrows by orders of magnitude.

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DezsőJ., LóczyD., RezsekM., HüppiR., WernerJ., & HorváthL. (2020). Crop growth, carbon sequestration and soil erosion in an organic vineyard of the Villány Wine District, Southwest Hungary. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 69(3), 281-298. https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.69.3.4
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