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The consolidation of scientific knowledge is based on the accumulation and understanding of previous findings. Nowadays, reviews of the scientific literature have become more effective through the use of meta-analyses, which are systematic evaluations of the results from multiple studies. Similarly, mega-analyses, which combine raw data from many s...
Vineyards are significant demanders of fertilisers, pesticides, soil tillage and water. This study assessed the environmental profile of an organic grape production system with La Rioja qualified designation of origin using a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA). The ReCiPe method was applied to assess the environmental impacts, while the Ava...
Weather and soil water dictate farm operations such as irrigation scheduling. Low-cost and open-source agricultural monitoring stations are an emerging alternative to commercially available monitoring stations because they are often built from components using open-source, do-it-yourself (DIY) platforms and technologies. For irrigation management i...
The oxidative capacity of ozone makes it a highly effective biocide, widely used in the food and processing industry, as well as in drinking water plants. In a context of tighter restrictions on the use of synthetic plant protection products at the regulatory level, wineries are looking for alternative methods to control diseases, making the applic...
Water productivity (WP) measurement determines the efficiency of water use by assessing the ratio of the crop yield to the amount of water used in production. The objective of this study was to identify the optimal irrigation treatment for Vitis vinifera L. cv. Alvarinho with ground cover in Northern Portugal, with a focus on water productivity. Tw...
La carencia de recursos hídricos, bien debido a las escasas precipitaciones, bien a la imposibilidad de regar, motivada por una sequía prolongada, y los efectos del cambio climático, requieren del buen manejo del riego en los viñedos españoles. El viñedo es un cultivo tolerante a la falta de agua, aunque su carencia en determinados momentos del cic...
El trabajo analiza el efecto del riego aplicado en prebrotación en el cultivo de la vid en cuatro variedades tintas (Garnacha Tinta, Tempranillo, Mencía y Syrah), cultivadas en Extremadura, Castilla y León, Galicia y Castilla‐La Mancha, respectivamente, durante 2021 y 2022. Para ello se realizó en cada una de las localizaciones un ensayo de campo,...
El marco actual del cultivo de algodón en Uzbekistán (Asia Central) está definido por factores globales como el cambio climático y factores locales como el nuevo contexto de liberalización en la producción agraria. El desarrollo de la actividad agraria en Uzbekistán se caracteriza por cambios importantes en la estructura productiva y en la tenencia...
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La restricción hídrica es un aspecto limitante del cultivo del viñedo en muchas regiones, por lo que el riego constituye uno de los principales factores determinantes de su desarrollo en muchas zonas, que ha sido estudiado en diferentes ámbitos, pero la frecuencia de aplicación del riego, que afecta a su distribución en el suelo y puede inf...
In recent years, Mediterranean regions are being affected by marked climate changes, primarily characterized by reduced precipitation, greater concurrence of temperature extremes and drought during the growing season, and increased inter-annual variability in temperatures and rainfall. Generally, high-quality red wines need moderate water deficit....
The irrigation water management in the vineyard is a crucial aspect to obtain sustainable quality production over time. Previous studies have set the water requirements to be applied in the vineyard at 30 % of the reference evapotranspiration (ET), although there are no studies that settle the effects of the frequency of irrigation application on r...
The irrigation water management in the vineyard is a crucial aspect to obtain a sustainable quality production over time. Previous studies have set the water requirements to be applied in the vineyard at 30 % of the reference evapotranspiration (ETo), although there are no studies that settle the effects of the frequency of application of the irrig...
The global warming phenomenon involves the frequency of extreme meteorological events accompanied by a change in rainfall distribution. Thus the vineyards can be subjected to prolonged drought during the growing season because of changes in its distribution pattern. Irrigation frequency (IF) affects the spatial and temporal soil water distribution...
Water availability is the most limiting factor for vineyard productivity under Mediterranean conditions. Sufficient water supply promotes vegetative growth, yield formation and fruit ripening. Due to the effects caused by the current climate change, wine-growing regions may face serious soil moisture conservation problems, due to the lower water re...
La carencia de recursos hídricos, bien debido a las escasas precipitaciones, bien a la imposibilidad de regar, motivada por una sequía prolongada, y los efectos del cambio climático, requieren del buen manejo del riego en los viñedos españoles. El viñedo es un cultivo tolerante a la falta de agua, aunque su carencia en determinados momentos del cic...
El trabajo analiza el efecto del riego aplicado en prebrotación en el cultivo de la vid en cuatro variedades tintas (Garnacha Tinta, Tempranillo, Mencía y Syrah), cultivadas en Extremadura, Castilla y León, Galicia y Castilla-La Mancha, respectivamente, durante 2021 y 2022. Para ello se realizó en cada una de las localizaciones un ensayo de campo,...
Agriculture in
Galicia has been linked to the development of basic products for animal feed, as well as to a subsistence economy of the
population, covering the basic demands for food, without pursuing economic profitability or maximizing income. Until a few
years ago, the climatic reality in Galicia has presented water requirements that were cover...
Las condiciones meteorológicas son un factor determinante en la viticultura actual y los viticultores se enfrentan a olas de calor y periodos de escasez de lluvia cada vez más frecuentes. Para evaluar el efecto de la escasez de lluvia durante el periodo de parada vegetativa (nov-mar) y el riego aplicado en prebrotación, se estableció durante los añ...
La restricción hídrica es un aspecto limitante del cultivo del viñedo en muchas regiones, por lo que el riego constituye uno de los principales factores determinantes de su desarrollo en muchas zonas, que ha sido estudiado en diferentes ámbitos, pero la frecuencia de aplicación del riego, que afecta a su distribución en el suelo y puede influir en...
The variability of the physical properties of the soil, as well as the nutritional levels, is a crucial aspect toward improving the management of hop cultivation, increasing its productivity. The European regulations that pursue a reduction in inputs, such as efficient control of nitrogenous fertilizers, require detailed studies to allow differenti...
El riego constituye uno de los principales factores determinantes del desarrollo del
viñedo en muchas regiones productoras de uva, por lo que los efectos de su aplicación
han sido estudiados en diferentes ámbitos. Sin embargo, la frecuencia de aplicación de
una determinada dosis de agua de riego que afecta a la distribución del agua en el
suelo, pu...
In the context of climate change, water management is crucial for controlling the reproductive growth and quality of grapes. In this study, we aim to determine the effects of different water regimes on the yield components and chemical composition of grape Vitis vinifera Albariño grown in Galicia. Four treatments were tested in the trial: rainfed (...
La disponibilidad de agua es uno de los principales factores que determinan el rendimiento del viñedo en muchas regiones productoras de uva, por lo que sus implicaciones han sido ampliamente estudiadas con anterioridad. Sin embargo, para una determinada cantidad de agua de riego, la frecuencia de aplicación, que interviene en el patrón de distribuc...
The characterization of vineyard soil is a key issue for crop management, which directly affects the quality and yield of grapes. However, traditional laboratory analysis of soil properties is tedious and both time and cost consuming, which is not suitable for precision viticulture. For this reason, a fast and convenient soil characterization techn...
Using thermal cameras with drones in agriculture allows to obtain useful information for the effective monitoring of the hydric state of the crops, essential for the optimization of irrigation water. This research was carried out with the objective of evaluating the ability of the airborne thermal camera on the drone to determine the water stress o...
In temperate regions where hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is cultivated traditionally, coping with water scarcity requires a sustainable use of limited resources, especially under the current climate change scenario. This water deficit can result from low precipitation and/or low soil water holding capacity, extreme temperatures (either cold or hot), low...
Vineyard irrigation management in temperate zones requires knowledge of the crop water requirements, especially in the context of climate change. The main objective of this work was to estimate the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) of Vitis vinifera cv. Loureiro for local conditions, applying the dual crop coefficient approach. The study was carried ou...
In the Vinhos Verdes wine region, the largest Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) region in Portugal, the most common 'Alvarinho' training system is single downward shoot positioning (DSP), which is currently being replaced by vertical shoot positioning (VSP). This work aimed to evaluate physiological and productive parameters of 'Alvarinho' grap...
Soil properties show a high spatio-temporal variability, affecting productivity and crop quality within a given field. In new vineyard plantations, with changes in the initial topographic profile, this variability is exacerbated due to the incorporation of soil from different origins and qualities. The aim of the current study was to characterize t...
El contenido de agua en el viñedo, es actualmente un factor de elevada importancia, que afecta directamente a la producción y calidad final de la cosecha, cada vez más exigente por el consumidor. El uso de las nuevas tecnologías en el viñedo, es cada día más utilizado entre los viticultores. El empleo de drones que disponen de cámaras térmicas, per...
Interannual climate variability and management practices, including fertigation, can alter volatile compound concentrations in wines from a given grapevine cultivar. These compounds are highly relevant for wine aroma. The current study aimed to assess the effect of two levels of fertigation on the volatile composition and sensory properties of wine...
The transformation of agro-forestry land into agricultural productive zones entails the incorporation of external lands with differentiated origins and qualities, being in the first 50-70 cm of the soil where the raw materials for plant suitable development are concentrated. The objective of this study was to analyze the variability of soil propert...
Water erosion is a severe threat to soil resources, especially on cultivated lands, such as vineyards, which are extremely susceptible to soil losses. In this context, management practices aiming at reducing erosion risks must be favored. This current study aimed at estimating soil losses in two vineyards under Atlantic climatic conditions (Galicia...
El cultivo del lúpulo en España se presenta como minoritario a pesar de ser el tercer productor europeo en cuanto a variedades alfa, y a la creciente demanda de lúpulo en términos globales, principalmente para su uso cervecero. Se presenta un breve análisis del cultivo en los últimos 60 años a partir de datos históricos, junto a un ejemplo de tecni...
Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) yield depends greatly on weather conditions, particularly on rainfall, thus varying from year to year. In this sense, irrigation management is an essential tool for maintaining hop yields at an adequate level. However, hop water demands must be accurately estimated in order to develop an efficient irrigation strategy. The c...
The grape quality is affected by the canopy manipulation. Water management is a fundamental tool for controlling reproductive growth and grape quality. Moreover, the overall effect of irrigation might produce changes according to other cultural practices, particularly those associated with leaf removal. The present study aimed to determine the effe...
This document intends to be a presentation of the Special Issue “Water Management Using Drones and Satellites in Agriculture”. The objective of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of recent advances in the methodology of using remote sensing techniques for managing water in agricultural systems. Its eight peer-reviewed articles focus on th...
The satellite images allow to observe the evolution of the vegetation of the crop in certain areas. It is also possible to know the state of the cultivation with the analysis of indexes from data of the pixels of each image. The study of historical photos allows to monitor the crop as well as aspects related to the state of the plant cover, irrigat...
In agriculture, remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) has been an important tool for identifying, evaluating, monitoring and management the crops. As well as improving efficiency in the use of inputs, optimizing irrigation management, streamlining decision making, reducing environmental impacts and improving the conservation...
The Europe is the main world player in the hops market with a total production representing over 50% of world s hop production. Hops are produced by fourteen EU Member States although Germany and the Czech Republic together account for over 80% of total EU production by volume. The total trade between Member States is about 40% of annual production...
Vineyard management can influence the growth and yield components in the vineyards and therefore on the grape and wine quality. In this work, a chemical study was conducted (2014-2015) to examine the effect of fertigation on chemical composition of Albariño. A control (Rain-fed) and fertigation (60% and 100%) treatments were apply at same irrigatio...
El primer paso en la aplicación del Plan nacional de Regadíos (PNR) debe ser el análisis del uso del agua en los regadíos tradicionales. Para ello nos interesa definir las prácticas de riego habituales y evaluar la incidencia social del regadío en el ámbito rural. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados obtenidos en el estudio realizado en la z...
La erosión del suelo es uno de los principales problemas de las zonas cultivadas. Existen
numerosas metodologías para la estimación de la erosión, entre las que destacan la Ecuación Universal de Pérdida de Suelo (USLE) y su versión revisada (RUSLE) como las más ampliamente utilizadas. Dichas ecuaciones descomponen el proceso de erosión del suelo en...
Vineyard management can influence the growth and yield components in the vineyards and therefore grape and wine composition. Fertigation was defined as the application of nutrients through irrigation systems to optimize grape quality [1-3].
A chemical study was conducted (2014-2015) to examine the effect of fertigation of volatile and no-volatile c...
The early defoliation technique has been used successfully to improve colour in red grape cultivars, however, few information exists about their suitability on white grape combined with different vine water regimes. This study evaluates the effects of early defoliation (full bloom) on five white grape cultivars combined with two different water tre...
La reducción de la disponibilidad de recursos hídricos en la agricultura, ha generado la necesidad de utilizar estos de la forma más eficiente posible, sin generar pérdidas productivas ni afectar a la calidad del producto final. En el caso del viñedo, se han realizado múltiples trabajos en variedades tintas, en relación al efecto del riego en el vi...
In the case of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), leaf blade and petioles at different sampling times are used for nutritional diagnosis and planning fertilization practices. However, reference values for each nutrient depend on the scion‐rootstock combination. In this sense, the current study aimed at determining the reliability of leaf blade and peti...
Palabras clave: hexacóptero, reflectancia espectral, compuestos C6, viñedo En el presente trabajo se pretende establecer una metodología de identificación de la composición aromática en la uva Mencía, en las fechas previas a la vendimia, empleando una cámara multiespectral embarcada en un hexacóptero, con la que determinar reflectancias en diferent...
Irrigation has been considered a controversial practice in European traditional viticulture due to potential alterations in the balance between vegetative growth and yield. In this regard, the influence of surface (DI) and subsurface (SDI) drip irrigation on physiological performance of the ‘Godello’ grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivar was compa...
Irrigation management in hop cultivation requires studies of soil water balance and we present a small review of previous studies. The use of modeling tools such as SIMDualKc facilitates the management of irrigation using soil and climatic data, once it has been calibrated for local conditions. Soil water modeling results are showed for cv. Nugget...
Instrumental analysis can be coupled with sensory analysis techniques to try and determine the volatile composition responsible for some flavor descriptors. In this study, sensory aroma descriptors of wine quality were correlated with volatile compounds in red and withe wines from Galicia (NW Spain). Aroma descriptors from 100 different wines were...
The work was carried out with five white varieties of Vitis vinifera, L. (cvs Verdejo, Tempranillo Blanco, Airén, Macabeo and Albariño), cultivated four of them in the Denomination of Origin (D.O.) where they have greater representation of Spain (Verdejo in Rueda, Tempranillo Blanco in Rioja, Airén in La Mancha and Albariño in the Rías Baixas) and...
Wine sensory analysis is focus in one way methodology: consumer acceptance tests (Hedonic), expert wine tasters, and aromatic profile; minor studies has included all aspects at the same time. Moreover, actually is common that vineyards apply nutrients through irrigation water, as strategy of management in intensive vineyards. For this reason, we ha...
Canopy temperature was defined as key data to irrigation management and to detect crop water stress (Jackson, 1982). Recently, temperature camera was installed on board in a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), thus heterogeneity within field could be determined. Pereira et al. (2012) have defined the conceptual and terminological study of crop water use...
Consumer research provides insight into market acceptance, preference, and perception of foods and beverages. We aimed to investigate the effect of irrigation on consumer acceptability of white wines. Experiments comparing irrigated against rain-fed Albariño and Godello vines were conducted from 2012 to 2014 on three areas in NW Spain: Rías Baixas,...
Many studies that involved the effects of irrigation management in vineyards and their relationship with other cultural practices, as cover crop, had been developed widely in the last years. However, they have mainly been focused on grape production and quality of must and wine. Fewer studies have analysed in depth, how those irrigation practices c...
This research aims to test the discrimination of homogenized areas in traditional Galician vineyards of Vitis vinifera (L.) cv. Albariño, using a vegetation index and soil electrical conductivity and their relations with plant and soil measures (stem water potential and soil water content) and productivity and quality parameters. The study was cond...
Una de las estrategias más empleadas en viticultura para mitigar las consecuencias del cambio climático, es la gestión eficiente del agua de riego. Para contribuir al conocimiento de esta estrategia, en España se creó un grupo interregional formado por investigadores de Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla-León, Extremadura, Galicia y La Rioja, cuyo objeti...
Una de las estrategias más empleadas en viticultura para mitigar las consecuencias del cambio climático, es la gestión eficiente del agua de riego. Para contribuir al conocimiento de esta estrategia, en España se creó un grupo interregional formado por investigadores de Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla-León, Extremadura, Galicia y La Rioja, cuyo objeti...
El manejo del riego en viñedo es un aspecto crítico para obtener un producto de calidad, requiriéndose herramientas que permitan conocer el estrés hídrico en tiempo real, para gestionar la cantidad y el momento de riego adecuados. La termografía del dosel vegetal obtenida mediante vuelos no tripulados permite obtener la distribución espacial para e...
Inter-annual climate variability, mainly rainfall temporal distribution, is a critical factor for schedulingirrigation. In order to efficiently manage precision irrigation systems for Vitis vinifera (L.), their effects onplant physiology, and vineyard soils, together with yield and quality parameters, need to be understood.The current study was con...
The objective of the present study is to apply different systems of fertigation (rainfed, R; surface drip irrigation, DI, and subsurface drip irrigation, SDI) in Vitis vinifera (L.) cv. ‘Albariño’ to evaluate the cumulative effect of water stress (water stress integral) on yield parameters and to establish the relationship between indices and produ...
El objetivo del estudio es valorar los efectos de diferentes tratamientos de fertirrigación sobre el estado hídrico del viñedo en el año 2015, empleando imágenes multiespectrales obtenidas mediante aeronaves no tripuladas en envero, en dos regiones vitivinícolas gallegas (DO Ribeiro y DO Rías Baixas), determinando: a) el potencial hídrico foliar de...
El trabajo plantea un ensayo para valorar el estrés hídrico del cv. Treixadura, en dos tratamientos: Bancal y Llano, este último con dos repeticiones. El objetivo es determinar la utilidad de los índices de vegetación, obtenidos mediante UAV, para el manejo diferenciado de la uva, relacionando estos con el estado hídrico de la planta. En la campaña...
This study was conducted during three seasons (2012–2014) in an experimental hop yard at Mabegondo,
Galicia, NW Spain. The research aimed at calibrating and validating the soil water balance model SIMDualKc
for Humulus lupulus L. cv. ‘Nugget’. The model computes the soil water balance using the dual
Kc approach, thus partitioning crop evapotranspir...
This research aims at testing an automatic control irrigation system, using a wireless sensor network, intraditional Galician vineyards of Vitis vinifera (L.) cv. ‘Godello’ and cv. ‘Mencía’ to determine the thresh-old values of soil water potential at which plant stress begins, calibrating crop coefficients, buildingsoil–water characteristics curve...
This research aims at testing an automatic control irrigation system, using a wireless sensor network, intraditional Galician vineyards of Vitis vinifera (L.) cv. ‘Godello’ and cv. ‘Mencía’ to determine the thresh-old values of soil water potential at which plant stress begins, calibrating crop coefficients, buildingsoil–water characteristics curve...
The Iberian viticultural regions are convened according to the Denomination of Origin (DO) and present different climates, soils, topography and management practices. All these elements influence the vegetative growth of different varieties throughout the peninsula, and are tied to grape quality and wine type. In the current study, an integrated an...
De las cinco Denominaciones de Origen (DD.OO.) existentes en Galicia, dos de ellas destacan por la importancia que presenta la variedad Godello, la D.O. Valdeorras y la D.O. Monterrei. Cruz et al. han puesto de manifiesto los efectos del cambio climático en el que se encuentra inmersa esta Comunidad Autónoma, tradicionalmente húmeda, ya que se ha p...
Irrigation systems are increasingly being used in Galician vineyards. However, a lack of information about irrigation management can cause a bad use of these systems and, consequently, reductions in berry quality and loss of water resources. In this context, experiences with Galician cultivars may provide useful information. A field
experiment was...
Inter-annual climate variability, in particular the temporal distribution of rainfall is regarded as a critical factor to
obtain an optimal irrigation management on crops, being more marked their relevance in Atlantic climates. The
presence of precision irrigation systems in Vitis vinifera (L.) has created the need to understand the physiological
e...
The use of resistive electrical tomography for
estimating water content in the soil in vineyard with three
systems: without irrigation, drip irrigation and drip
irrigation air buried in a plot in Villafranca del Bierzo, León
(Spain) was evaluated. The electrical resistivity of each type
of system was measured with 5 lines of 10 m length and 0.5
m s...
The need to determine the variables that help characterize the real water status of vineyards calls for further research aimed at testing current techniques for water status quantification, and particularly for the determination of leaf water potential (LWP). The Scholander Pressure Chamber (SPC) has been widely used and considered as the reference...
In many areas with high economic dependence on dairy cattle, as in Galicia, NW Spain, livestock feeding is based on the production of forage maize. The high production costs (seeds, fertilizers, treatments, machinery and energy) and climate variability in recent years lead to serious economic losses when the crop is not irrigated. However, a good m...
The need to determine the variables that help characterize the real water status of vineyards calls for further research aimed at testing current techniques for water status quantification, and particularly for the determination of leaf water potential (LWP). The Scholander Pressure Chamber (SPC) has been widely used and considered as the reference...
El riego se está extendiendo en la Denominación de Origen (DO) Rías Baixas para evitar descensos en la producción de uva causados por las características climáticas de cada año; si bien, los viticultores necesitan conocer cuándo, cuánto y cómo regar ya que no suelen disponer de esta información y un uso inadecuado del riego puede generar problemas...
The soil water available to crops is defined by specific values of water potential limits. Underlying the estimation of hydro-physical limits, identified as permanent wilting point (PWP) and field capacity (FC), is the selection of a suitable method based on a multi-criteria analysis that is not always clear and defined. In this kind of analysis, t...
This research aims at testing the dual crop coefficient approach to model the evapotranspiration of the
traditional Galician “semi-trellised” vineyard of Vitis vinifera cv. Albariño with active ground cover. A
separate calculation of soil evaporation, transpiration of the vine crop and transpiration of the active
ground cover was conducted. Three i...
This study aims at quantifying crop transpiration and soil evaporation of traditional 'Albariño' vineyards with active ground cover and modelling the time evolution of the available soil water content. The experimental study developed during three crop seasons, 2007-2009, in a traditional "semi-trellised" vineyard of V. vinifera 'Albariño' in Galic...
The determination of leaf water potential is useful in the establishment of irrigation guidelines for agricultural crop management practices and requires the use of various methods, among which thermocouple psychrometers (TCP). TCP have been widely used for this purpose. However, the psychrometric technique is complex and difficult to understand an...
The determination of leaf water potential is useful in the establishment of irrigation guidelines for agricultural crop management practices and requires the use of various methods, among which thermocouple psychrometers (TCP). TCP have been widely used for this purpose. However, the psychrometric technique is complex and difficult to understand an...
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims to solve the problems derived from the use of water, a limited natural resource,
by extending the scope of protection to all water uses. The WDF defines the ecological status of water bodies by characterizing
each water body type and establishing conditions for the quality elements. This paper identifies val...
The application of the Water Framework Directive and the Directive 91/271/CEE conditions the objectives of the Plans of Wastewater management approved in different Autonomous Communities in Spain. In all the lines of performance the treatment of the towns with more than 2,000 e-i has been prioritized. It is foreseeable that in one second phase the...
The Water Framework Directiva (WFD) extends the scope of protection to all water uses. The WDF defines the ecological status of water bodies by characterizing each water body type and establishing reference conditions for the quality elements. This paper identifies indicators for defining the ecological status of Estanco River Basin (Antas de Ulla,...
