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Article

The Kind of Fertilization and Type of Soil Tillage Affect Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in an Experimental Vineyard of Kefalonia

by
Theocharis Chatzistathis
1,*,
Virginia Sarropoulou
1,
Athanasios Fragkos
2,
Eirini Katsalirou
2,
Ioannis Daskalakis
3,
Katerina Biniari
3,
Gerasimos Danalatos
4 and
Areti Bountla
1
1
Hellenic Agricultural Organization (ELGO-‘DIMITRA’), Institute of Soil and Water Resources, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
2
Laboratory of Soil Science, Department of Food Science and Technology, Ionian University, 28100 Argostoli, Greece
3
Laboratory of Viticulture, Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
4
Agricultural Winery Cooperative of Kefalonia ‘Orealios Gi’, 28100 Argostoli, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Environments 2025, 12(5), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12050160
Submission received: 1 April 2025 / Revised: 2 May 2025 / Accepted: 5 May 2025 / Published: 12 May 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Coping with Climate Change: Fate of Nutrients and Pollutants in Soil)
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Abstract

Our study was based on the premise that the type of soil tillage and the kind of fertilization significantly affect soil properties, nutrient availability, and uptake by Vitis vinifera L. (cv. ‘Robola’) plants. For this purpose, a two-year field experiment was conducted, in a 2 × 3 factorial (i.e., two types of soil tillage-conventional and reduced and three kinds of fertilization-conventional, controlled N release and organic), with six treatments derived from the combination of the two tillage and the three fertilization methods. The results showed that the organic matter content (%), as well as the exchangeable Mg, were significantly influenced by the type of tillage. The kind of fertilization affected soil nitrate and leaf N (lower values in the organic fertilization) and P concentrations (higher values in the organic fertilization). Regarding the effect of the type of tillage, foliar Mg was significantly higher in the conventional soil tillage. Finally, both the type of tillage and kind of fertilization significantly affected leaf Zn. Overall, these data show the importance of innovative dual co-application of pomace (an organic by-product of the wine industry) with reduced soil tillage on soil properties and plant nutrition. Thus, it is expected to gain environmental, ecological, and economic benefits for wine producers and also to improve vineyards’ sustainability and protected designation of origin (PDO) wine quality under the challenges provoked by climatic and recent energy crises.
Keywords: Vitis vinifera L.; cv. Robola; PDO wines; soil management; reduced soil tillage; organic fertilization; wine industry by-products; controlled-release N fertilization; plant nutrition Vitis vinifera L.; cv. Robola; PDO wines; soil management; reduced soil tillage; organic fertilization; wine industry by-products; controlled-release N fertilization; plant nutrition

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Chatzistathis, T.; Sarropoulou, V.; Fragkos, A.; Katsalirou, E.; Daskalakis, I.; Biniari, K.; Danalatos, G.; Bountla, A. The Kind of Fertilization and Type of Soil Tillage Affect Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in an Experimental Vineyard of Kefalonia. Environments 2025, 12, 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12050160

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Chatzistathis T, Sarropoulou V, Fragkos A, Katsalirou E, Daskalakis I, Biniari K, Danalatos G, Bountla A. The Kind of Fertilization and Type of Soil Tillage Affect Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in an Experimental Vineyard of Kefalonia. Environments. 2025; 12(5):160. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12050160

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Chatzistathis, Theocharis, Virginia Sarropoulou, Athanasios Fragkos, Eirini Katsalirou, Ioannis Daskalakis, Katerina Biniari, Gerasimos Danalatos, and Areti Bountla. 2025. "The Kind of Fertilization and Type of Soil Tillage Affect Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in an Experimental Vineyard of Kefalonia" Environments 12, no. 5: 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12050160

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Chatzistathis, T., Sarropoulou, V., Fragkos, A., Katsalirou, E., Daskalakis, I., Biniari, K., Danalatos, G., & Bountla, A. (2025). The Kind of Fertilization and Type of Soil Tillage Affect Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in an Experimental Vineyard of Kefalonia. Environments, 12(5), 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12050160

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