Responses to climatic and pathogen threats differ in biodynamic and conventional vines.

ABSTRACT: Viticulture is of high socio-economic importance; however, its prevalent practices severely impact the environment and human health, and criticisms from society are raising. Vine managements systems are further challenged by climatic changes. Of the 8 million hectares grown worldwide, conventional and organic practices cover 90% and 9% of acreage, respectively. Biodynamic cultivation accounts for 1%. Although economic success combined with low environmental impact is widely claimed by biodynamic winegrowers from California, to South Africa, and France, this practice is still controversial in viticulture and scientific communities. To rethink the situation, we encouraged stakeholders to confront conventional and biodynamic paradigms in a Participative-Action-Research. Co-designed questions

SUBMITTER: Soustre-Gacougnolle I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237997 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature