DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF VINEYARD EQUIPMENT ON VINEYARD SOIL STRUCTURE AND VINE PRODUCTIVITY
Objectives:
- To determine if increasing mechanized cultural practices
(cultivation, spray application, hedging, etc) negatively impacts
soil structure.
- To develop a reliable methodology to measure soil compaction
structural changes over the production season to evaluate the
impact on vine productivity and potentially lead to fewer activities
necessary to reduce some input costs for vinifera grape production.
Cultivation influence on compaction
Beneath vine levels versus in row measurements
Impact of cover crops near vine and mid travel row
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