Effects of soil management on vegetation parameters, soil parameters, soil microbial diversity and soil functions in nine vineyards in Rhine-Hesse, Germany, studied from 2016-2017@en

We investigated the effects of soil management on plant diversity, vegetation cover, soil parameters, bacterial and fungal diversity, and soil functions (soil respiration and decomposition of two different substrates) using a balanced experimental design covering nine vineyards in Rhine-Hesse, Germany. In all vineyards, we applied four soil management types: complete cover, herbal seed mixture cover, alternating tillage, and complete tillage. Plots were installed in 2015. Data acquisition was done in 2016 and 2017, except for soil respiration, which was only measured in 2016. […]