Wine Vineyard Soil Management | Christophe Gaviglio

Written by the top experts in the field, this book is very comprehensive, perfectly suited to the needs of winemakers to enhance their professional skills and make the best decisions in terms of agronomy, quality, ecology, and economics. It presents: The typology of the main vineyard soils: Differences in water functioning, impact on the choice of maintenance techniques, the challenges of vineyard soil management: towards sustainable management, the constraints faced by soils, the cost of soil management soil maintenance: method of soil analysis and characteristics, soil preparation before planting, weeding, cover cropping, fertilization, plant nutrition, impact on production, and role on soil structure. It also offers a forward-looking perspective by addressing the latest knowledge: the use of cover crops on farms, the emergence of precision viticulture.