Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure

Autores
Asinari, Florencia; Bellotti, Gabriele; Fedele, Giorgia; Puglisi, Edoardo; Caffi, Tito
Año de publicación
2026
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Viticulture increasingly faces challenges posed by global warming and its effects on yield and berry composition, highlighting the need for sustainable yet effective management strategies. In a two-year field trial conducted in one vineyard, we compared conventional tillage (T) and no-till (NT) regimes with three inter-row treatments: compost mulch (C), pruning-wood mulch (PW), and living cover crops (CC), while using a high-efficiency captaspore vacuum sampler to track shifts in the airborne fungal diversity followed by visual assessment of fungal disease symptoms during each growing season. Under relatively dry seasonal conditions, compost mulching was associated with lower downy and powdery mildew pressure, whereas these differences were not detectable under wetter conditions. The use of cover crops appeared to modulate grape sugar content, resulting in lower bunch weight and higher °Brix. Tillage regime was associated with shifts in airborne fungal richness and composition, including changes in the relative abundance of taxa related to Erysiphe necator. However, seasonal climatic conditions explained a substantial proportion of the observed variability. Overall, soil tillage emerged as the dominant driver shaping the airborne fungal community composition, while compost mulching exerted disease-suppressive effects only under moderate climatic pressure. These findings suggest that soil management may modulate the soil–air microbial interface and disease pressure in a climate-dependent manner, rather than acting as a dominant standalone driver.
Instituto de Patología Vegetal
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); Argentina
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Bellotti, Gabriele. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; Italia
Fil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; Italia
Fil: Puglisi, Edoardo. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; Italia
Fil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; Italia
Fuente
Frontiers in Plant Science 17 : 1770877 (9 April 2026)
Materia
Composts
Cover Plants
Microbial Ecology
Downy Mildews
Viticulture
Compost
Plantas de Cobertura
Ecología Microbiana
Powdery Mildews
Mildiu Lanuginoso
Oídio
Viticultura
Cultivos de Cobertura
Cover Crops
Soil Tillage
Black Rot
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spelling Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressureAsinari, FlorenciaBellotti, GabrieleFedele, GiorgiaPuglisi, EdoardoCaffi, TitoCompostsCover PlantsMicrobial EcologyDowny MildewsViticultureCompostPlantas de CoberturaEcología MicrobianaPowdery MildewsMildiu LanuginosoOídioViticulturaCultivos de CoberturaCover CropsSoil TillageBlack RotViticulture increasingly faces challenges posed by global warming and its effects on yield and berry composition, highlighting the need for sustainable yet effective management strategies. In a two-year field trial conducted in one vineyard, we compared conventional tillage (T) and no-till (NT) regimes with three inter-row treatments: compost mulch (C), pruning-wood mulch (PW), and living cover crops (CC), while using a high-efficiency captaspore vacuum sampler to track shifts in the airborne fungal diversity followed by visual assessment of fungal disease symptoms during each growing season. Under relatively dry seasonal conditions, compost mulching was associated with lower downy and powdery mildew pressure, whereas these differences were not detectable under wetter conditions. The use of cover crops appeared to modulate grape sugar content, resulting in lower bunch weight and higher °Brix. Tillage regime was associated with shifts in airborne fungal richness and composition, including changes in the relative abundance of taxa related to Erysiphe necator. However, seasonal climatic conditions explained a substantial proportion of the observed variability. Overall, soil tillage emerged as the dominant driver shaping the airborne fungal community composition, while compost mulching exerted disease-suppressive effects only under moderate climatic pressure. These findings suggest that soil management may modulate the soil–air microbial interface and disease pressure in a climate-dependent manner, rather than acting as a dominant standalone driver.Instituto de Patología VegetalFil: Asinari, Florencia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Asinari, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); ArgentinaFil: Asinari, Florencia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; ItaliaFil: Bellotti, Gabriele. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; ItaliaFil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; ItaliaFil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; ItaliaFil: Puglisi, Edoardo. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; ItaliaFil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; ItaliaFil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; ItaliaFrontiers Media2026-05-27T14:10:34Z2026-05-27T14:10:34Z2026-04-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/26386https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2026.1770877/full1664-462Xhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2026.1770877Frontiers in Plant Science 17 : 1770877 (9 April 2026)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2026-09-24T11:43:13Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/26386instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2026-09-24 11:43:14.783INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
title Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
spellingShingle Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
Asinari, Florencia
Composts
Cover Plants
Microbial Ecology
Downy Mildews
Viticulture
Compost
Plantas de Cobertura
Ecología Microbiana
Powdery Mildews
Mildiu Lanuginoso
Oídio
Viticultura
Cultivos de Cobertura
Cover Crops
Soil Tillage
Black Rot
title_short Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
title_full Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
title_fullStr Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
title_full_unstemmed Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
title_sort Soil management modulates vineyard airborne fungal communities and impacts fungal disease pressure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Asinari, Florencia
Bellotti, Gabriele
Fedele, Giorgia
Puglisi, Edoardo
Caffi, Tito
author Asinari, Florencia
author_facet Asinari, Florencia
Bellotti, Gabriele
Fedele, Giorgia
Puglisi, Edoardo
Caffi, Tito
author_role author
author2 Bellotti, Gabriele
Fedele, Giorgia
Puglisi, Edoardo
Caffi, Tito
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Composts
Cover Plants
Microbial Ecology
Downy Mildews
Viticulture
Compost
Plantas de Cobertura
Ecología Microbiana
Powdery Mildews
Mildiu Lanuginoso
Oídio
Viticultura
Cultivos de Cobertura
Cover Crops
Soil Tillage
Black Rot
topic Composts
Cover Plants
Microbial Ecology
Downy Mildews
Viticulture
Compost
Plantas de Cobertura
Ecología Microbiana
Powdery Mildews
Mildiu Lanuginoso
Oídio
Viticultura
Cultivos de Cobertura
Cover Crops
Soil Tillage
Black Rot
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Viticulture increasingly faces challenges posed by global warming and its effects on yield and berry composition, highlighting the need for sustainable yet effective management strategies. In a two-year field trial conducted in one vineyard, we compared conventional tillage (T) and no-till (NT) regimes with three inter-row treatments: compost mulch (C), pruning-wood mulch (PW), and living cover crops (CC), while using a high-efficiency captaspore vacuum sampler to track shifts in the airborne fungal diversity followed by visual assessment of fungal disease symptoms during each growing season. Under relatively dry seasonal conditions, compost mulching was associated with lower downy and powdery mildew pressure, whereas these differences were not detectable under wetter conditions. The use of cover crops appeared to modulate grape sugar content, resulting in lower bunch weight and higher °Brix. Tillage regime was associated with shifts in airborne fungal richness and composition, including changes in the relative abundance of taxa related to Erysiphe necator. However, seasonal climatic conditions explained a substantial proportion of the observed variability. Overall, soil tillage emerged as the dominant driver shaping the airborne fungal community composition, while compost mulching exerted disease-suppressive effects only under moderate climatic pressure. These findings suggest that soil management may modulate the soil–air microbial interface and disease pressure in a climate-dependent manner, rather than acting as a dominant standalone driver.
Instituto de Patología Vegetal
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); Argentina
Fil: Asinari, Florencia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Bellotti, Gabriele. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; Italia
Fil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Fedele, Giorgia. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; Italia
Fil: Puglisi, Edoardo. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department for Sustainable Food Process; Italia
Fil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Sustainable Crop Production; Italia
Fil: Caffi, Tito. Università Cattolica dal Sacro Cuore. Research Center on Plant Health Modelling; Italia
description Viticulture increasingly faces challenges posed by global warming and its effects on yield and berry composition, highlighting the need for sustainable yet effective management strategies. In a two-year field trial conducted in one vineyard, we compared conventional tillage (T) and no-till (NT) regimes with three inter-row treatments: compost mulch (C), pruning-wood mulch (PW), and living cover crops (CC), while using a high-efficiency captaspore vacuum sampler to track shifts in the airborne fungal diversity followed by visual assessment of fungal disease symptoms during each growing season. Under relatively dry seasonal conditions, compost mulching was associated with lower downy and powdery mildew pressure, whereas these differences were not detectable under wetter conditions. The use of cover crops appeared to modulate grape sugar content, resulting in lower bunch weight and higher °Brix. Tillage regime was associated with shifts in airborne fungal richness and composition, including changes in the relative abundance of taxa related to Erysiphe necator. However, seasonal climatic conditions explained a substantial proportion of the observed variability. Overall, soil tillage emerged as the dominant driver shaping the airborne fungal community composition, while compost mulching exerted disease-suppressive effects only under moderate climatic pressure. These findings suggest that soil management may modulate the soil–air microbial interface and disease pressure in a climate-dependent manner, rather than acting as a dominant standalone driver.
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