Increasing productivity and sustainability in UK viticulture: investigating the potential impact of groundcover management practices on soil health, yields and juice quality, and emissions

提高英国葡萄栽培的生产力和可持续性：调查地被植物管理实践对土壤健康、产量和果汁质量以及排放的潜在影响

• 批准号: 10026588
• 金额: $ 46.06万
• 依托单位: GUSBOURNE ESTATE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10026588
• 关键词: Increasing; productivity; sustainability; UK; viticulture

The UK wine industry has expanded rapidly over the past 10 years, with an estimated 3,800ha now under vine. This has generated a sharp growth in sales of British wines, with the market now valued at £292m. This trend looks set to continue, and with many vineyards being in early stages of establishment, work to identify soil management practices best suited to the UK's cool climate is needed now. Research based in traditional wine regions such as the Mediterranean has limited relevance to UK vineyards, so our research proposal is very timely.The relationship between the vineyard soil environment and the quality of the resulting wine is referred to as the _terroir_ concept, the tenet of which is that a change to the soil environment will have a noticeable effect on the attributes of the wine produced. Viticulture in the UK is still a relatively young industry, and there is much to be learnt in terms of achieving optimum and consistent yields and juice quality while using the most sustainable practices. Cover crops could play a significant role here, by enhancing soil health through their effects on soil carbon (C) content, hydraulic conductivity, biodiversity and soil structure. Legumes are commonly used in cover crop mixes, and they can bring the added benefit of increased soil nutrient availability, thereby reducing the need for fertiliser applications. Mechanical weeding strategies offer a chemical-free alternative to standard herbicide regimes without compromising berry yield or quality. Soil health and soil C sequestration are major focuses of current agri-environment policies and payment schemes, therefore the implementation of cover cropping and mechanical weeding practices should bring both environmental and monetary benefits to UK viticulturists.Project outputs will include evidence-based recommendations for growers on the best ground management approaches to suit UK vineyards. Industry-wide uptake of these practices would demonstrate to the public, the horticultural sector and retailers that the viti industry is committed to achieving environmental and net-zero goals. We propose to carry out the first full-scale experiments and commercial trials of cover cropping and mechanical weeding strategies in UK vineyards to identify and tailor optimal soil management approaches for the UK industry. The trial sites will serve as long-term research facilities on commercial holdings in Kent, and our intention is that they host separate but allied future research on beneficial insects and soil pathogens. We intend to commercialise project outputs through an existing route.

在过去的10年中，英国葡萄酒行业迅速扩大，估计有3,800公顷的葡萄藤。这已经使英国葡萄酒的销售急剧增长，现在的市场价值为2.92亿英镑。这种趋势看起来将继续下去，许多葡萄园正处于建立的早期阶段，现在需要最适合英国凉爽气候的土壤管理实践。基于传统葡萄酒区（例如地中海）的研究与英国葡萄园的相关性有限，因此我们的研究建议非常及时。葡萄园土壤环境与所得葡萄酒的质量之间的关系称为_terroir_概念，其宗旨是对土壤环境的变化对葡萄酒的属性产生了可观的影响。英国的葡萄栽培仍然是一个相对的年轻产业，在使用最可持续的实践的同时，在实现最佳和一致的产量和果汁质量方面可以学到很多东西。覆盖作物可以通过对土壤碳（C）含量（C）含量，水力传导率，生物多样性和土壤结构的影响来提高土壤健康来发挥重要作用。豆类通常用于覆盖作物混合物中，它们可以带来增加土壤养分的额外好处，从而减少了对肥料施用的需求。机械除草策略为标准除草剂制度提供了一种无化学替代品，而无需损害浆果的产量或质量。土壤健康和土壤C序列是当前农业环境政策和支付方案的主要重点，因此，实施涵盖的种植和机械除草习惯应为英国葡萄奇特主义者带来环境和货币福利。项目将在最佳的地面管理方法上为适合英国vineyyards的最佳地面管理方法提供基于循证的建议。这些做法的整个行业吸收将向公众，马文化部门和零售商展示，维蒂行业致力于实现环境和零净目标。我们建议在英国葡萄园进行首次全面实验和涵盖种植和机械除草策略的商业试验，以识别和量身定制英国工业的最佳土壤管理方法。试验地点将作为肯特郡商业持有的长期研究设施，我们的意图是，他们对有益的昆虫和土壤病原体进行了单独但联盟的未来研究。我们打算通过现有路线将项目产出商业化。