The Effect of the Proportion of Adjacent Non-Crop Vegetation on Plant and Invertebrate Diversity in the Vineyards of the South Moravian Region
| Title: | The Effect of the Proportion of Adjacent Non-Crop Vegetation on Plant and Invertebrate Diversity in the Vineyards of the South Moravian Region |
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| Authors: | Lucia Ragasová, Tomáš Kopta, Jan Winkler, Hana Šefrová, Robert Pokluda |
| Source: | Agronomy, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 1073 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Agriculture |
| Subject Terms: | biodiversity, Vitis vinifera L., habitat management, ecosystem service, plant species richness, cover crops, Agriculture |
| More Details: | Increasing vulnerability of crops to pests and diseases, problems with soil erosion, a decline in biodiversity and a number of other negative impacts caused by agricultural intensification and monocultural production have been the subjects of many studies in recent decades. Today, cover cropping has become a promising practice to defuse these negative impacts, and it is emerging in many wine-producing regions, including the Czech Republic. However, the importance of permanent natural and semi-natural habitats in agricultural production should not be neglected. In this study, the effect of adjacent non-crop vegetation on plant and insect diversity was evaluated. The highest plant species richness of inter-row vegetation was found in vineyards with a high proportion (>40%) of non-crop vegetation within a 500-m radius. Regarding the agricultural impact of inter-row vegetation, the high proportion of non-crop vegetation could have been related to the higher presence of opportunistic and non-harmful weeds, compared with the presence of dangerous weed species. The number of insect families present in inter-rows was probably affected more by the vegetation coverage rate than by the proportion of adjacent non-crop vegetation. However, the occurrence of the Hymenoptera species, often representing beneficial organisms, was related to localities with a high proportion of adjacent non-crop vegetation. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 11061073 2073-4395 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/6/1073; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4395 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/agronomy11061073 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/b193b08e97e94025a5cf11952d708cba |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.b193b08e97e94025a5cf11952d708cba |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 11061073 20734395 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/agronomy11061073 |
| Published in: | Agronomy |
| Language: | English |