From Soil to Wine: Influence of Vegetative Covers on Microbial Communities and Fermentative Dynamics in <i>Cabernet Sauvignon</i>.

ABSTRACT: The implementation of vegetative cover crops in vineyards is a sustainable alternative to chemical weed control, potentially influencing both soil fertility and grape-associated microbiota. This study evaluated the impact of six groundcover management strategies under vines-white clover (Trifolium repens), red clover (Trifolium pratense), burr medic (Medicago polymorpha), lupine (Lupinus albus), spontaneous weeds, and an herbicide-treated control-on the microbial dynamics and physicochemical properties of Cabernet Sauvignon must and wine from the Maipo Valley, Chile. Amplicon sequencing of bacterial (16S rRNA) and fungal (ITS) communities was combined with spontaneous fermentation trials and chemical analyses of must and wine. Fungal and bacterial communi

SUBMITTER: Leal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12735590 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature