Research Article

Assessing the Short-Term Effects of No-Till on Crop Yield, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Soil C and N Pools in a Cover-Cropped, Biodynamic Mediterranean Vineyard

Table 2

Physical properties of the soil samples collected from the tractor and vine rows of the experimental plots in 2021, three years after practice implementation. Values are means ± standard errors. Letters within the same column indicate significant differences between treatments, locations, and depths at .

Bulk density (g·cm−3)Stable aggregates (%)WHC (g·g soil−1)

Tractor r0–15 cmNo-till0.844 ± 0.0566.5 ± 4.57a1.11 ± 0.03
Till0.897 ± 0.0569.2 ± 1.83a1.03 ± 0.06
15–30 cmNo-till0.791 ± 0.0964.9 ± 5.04b1.12 ± 0.03
Till0.862 ± 0.0660.6 ± 2.53b1.11 ± 0.02

Vine r0–15 cmNo-till0.805 ± 0.0665.7 ± 4.48a1.10 ± 0.02
Till0.859 ± 0.0469.7 ± 1.90a1.04 ± 0.01
15–30 cmNo-till0.769 ± 0.0460.7 ± 2.57b1.09 ± 0.02
Till0.798 ± 0.1265.1 ± 1.74b1.05 ± 0.02