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Climate Change Influence in Agriculture-Experimenting the Introduction of Cultivated Crops in Culture

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 March 2023) | Viewed by 8915

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Veronica Sanda Chedea

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Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), 515400 Blaj, Romania
Interests: grape; wine; grape pomace polyphenols and their activity; grapevine cultivation and protection
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Dr. Maria Lucia Iliescu

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Research Station for Viticulture and Enology (SCDVV Blaj) 515400 Blaj, Romania
Interests: viticultural practice; climate changes; yield components; grapes and wine quality; autochthonous varieties; Tarnave vineyards

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that crop cultivation is a practice that is dependent on the stability of local meteorological and hydrological conditions. In this framework, climate change challenges the foundations of agriculture, as it is usually difficult to predict shifts in each of the components of seasonal weather conditions. If weather changes from the established climate (a 30-year average) record that has been used for the past century to dictate local expectations, then new and unpredictable patterns of temperature and moisture regimes, late spring freezes, early fall frosts, floods, heat waves, droughts, regional wildfires, and insect infestations will create complex challenges for all growers to successfully harvest their next vintages. Some impacts are predictable, while others may be less so. The relocation of cultures to new elevations and latitudes may cause even more environmental and ecological disruption and change.

In this context, this Special Issue aims to tackle the influence of climate change on agriculture—on any of the cultivated crops—as it relates to experimenting with the introduction of crop cultivation in areas that are not commonly used or marginal.

We mainly seek manuscripts dealing with:

  1. The assessment of cultivar similarities/differences in phenological timing, growth phases, and relationships with climate and climate change.
  2. The dynamics of pesticide use in the context of climate change—can we expect a reduction of pesticide usage in culture?
  3. The interrelationship between adaptation to climate change, reduction of pesticides, and maintenance of harvest typicality.
  4. The diversification of cultivated cultivars.
  5. Are the old autochthonous varieties emerging as valuable for cultivation in climate change conditions?

This Special Issue also aims to bring together the newest research results in order to be a useful forum for farmers in facing the dynamics of both climatic and social challenges.

Dr. Veronica Sanda Chedea
Dr. Maria Lucia Iliescu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • crop ecology
  • crop cultivars
 

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The Effects of Climate Change on the Activity of the Lobesia botrana and Eupoecilia ambiguella Moths on the Grapevine Cultivars from the Târnave Vineyard
by Maria Comșa, Liliana Lucia Tomoiagă, Maria-Doinița Muntean, Mihaela Maria Ivan, Sorița Maria Orian, Daniela Maria Popescu and Veronica Sanda Chedea
Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 14554; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114554 - 5 Nov 2022
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Knowledge about the geographical areas preferred by grapevine moths, the size of the populations, and the attraction to certain cultivars supports winegrowers for a better zoning of vineyards and vine cultivars, which is in continuing dynamic due to the climate change. Grapevine moths [...] Read more.
Knowledge about the geographical areas preferred by grapevine moths, the size of the populations, and the attraction to certain cultivars supports winegrowers for a better zoning of vineyards and vine cultivars, which is in continuing dynamic due to the climate change. Grapevine moths Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) and Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hübner) are the main pests of grapes in the Târnave vineyard. For this reason, the influence of the cultivar in the climatic conditions of 2016–2019 period on the dynamics of the two moths species was evaluated in five plantations (Jidvei, Șona, Sâmniclăuș, Tăuni and Cenade) from Târnave vineyards on five cultivars Fetească regală, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, Traminer and Rhine Riesling. During the studied period, the climate experienced deviations from the multiannual values. Our results highlight different activities of the two moth species. The number of captures was influenced by climatic conditions, geographical area and grape cultivar. L. botrana prefers drier climates, lower geographical areas and Traminer cultivar; meanwhile, E. ambiguella prefers wetter climates, higher hilly areas and the Sauvignon blanc cultivar. These findings are important in the general context of grapevine protection in order to reduce the use of pesticides by choosing the right cultivars in the appropriate climate conditions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change Influence in Agriculture-Experimenting the Introduction of Cultivated Crops in Culture)
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A Comprehensive Economic Examination and Prospects on Innovation in New Grapevine Varieties Dealing with Global Warming and Fungal Diseases
by Etienne Montaigne, Alfredo Coelho and Samson Zadmehran
Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13254; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313254 - 30 Nov 2021
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The present study focuses on the assessment of the development perspectives of the new grape varieties that are resistant to fungal diseases and thus promote the reduction or the suppression of phytosanitary treatments. The study also discusses new grape varieties dealing with global [...] Read more.
The present study focuses on the assessment of the development perspectives of the new grape varieties that are resistant to fungal diseases and thus promote the reduction or the suppression of phytosanitary treatments. The study also discusses new grape varieties dealing with global warming. Our methods rely on direct surveys with researchers and stakeholders completed with a synthesis of the scientific literature and edited research programs. This approach proposes an explanatory and a comprehensive investigation. It includes an overview of the current state of the art of the supply of technology, the presentation of the strategies of the main actors and stakeholders involved in the innovation chain, a synthesis of the current scientific and technical controversies, and an analysis of the influence of the institutions and legislation. Furthermore, we provide an evaluation of the previous research program on new grape varieties of the French National Institute for Research in Agronomy (INRA) and of the outcome of the diffusion of new grape varieties implemented in the south of France. This analysis will allow us to discuss the conditions for the success of this innovation as a competitiveness factor. Full article
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Climate Change and Internet of Things Technologies—Sustainable Premises of Extending the Culture of the Amurg Cultivar in Transylvania—A Use Case for Târnave Vineyard
by Veronica Sanda Chedea, Ana-Maria Drăgulinescu , Liliana Lucia Tomoiagă , Cristina Bălăceanu and Maria Lucia Iliescu 
Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8170; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158170 - 21 Jul 2021
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Known for its dry and semi-dry white wine, the Târnave vineyard located in central Transylvania is challenged by the current climate change, which has resulted in an increase of the period of active vegetation by approximately 15–20 days, the average annual temperature by [...] Read more.
Known for its dry and semi-dry white wine, the Târnave vineyard located in central Transylvania is challenged by the current climate change, which has resulted in an increase of the period of active vegetation by approximately 15–20 days, the average annual temperature by 1–1.5 °C and also the amount of useful temperatures (useful thermal balance for the grapevine). Furthermore, the frost periods have been reduced. Transylvania is an important Romanian region for grapevine cultivation. In this context, one can use the climatic changes to expand their wine assortment by cultivating an autochthonous grapevine variety called Amurg. Amurg is a red grape cultivar homologated at SCDVV Blaj, which also homologated 7 cultivars and 11 clones. Because viticulture depends on the stability of meteorological and hydrological parameters of the growing area, its foundations are challenged by climate change. Grapevine production is a long time investment, taking at least five years before the freshly planted vines produce the desired quality berries. We propose the implementation of a climate change-based precision viticulture turn-key solution for environmental monitoring in the Târnave vineyard. This solution aims to evaluate the grapevine’s micro-climate to extend the sustainable cultivation of the Amurg red grapes cultivar in Transylvania with the final goal of obtaining Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) rosé and red wines from this region. Worldwide, the changing conditions from the existing climate (a 30-year average), used in the past hundred years to dictate local standards, such as new and erratic trends of temperature and humidity regimes, late spring freezes, early fall frosts, storms, heatwaves, droughts, area wildfires, and insect infestations, would create dynamic problems for all farmers to thrive. These conditions will make it challenging to predict shifts in each of the components of seasonal weather conditions. Our proposed system also aims to give a solution that can be adapted to other vineyards as well. Full article
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