Changes in the Triterpenoid Content of Cuticular Waxes during Fruit Ripening of Eight Grape (Vitis vinifera) Cultivars Grown in the Upper Rhine Valley

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (32) ◽  
pp. 7998-8007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Pensec ◽  
Cezary Pączkowski ◽  
Marta Grabarczyk ◽  
Agnieszka Woźniak ◽  
Mélanie Bénard-Gellon ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1171-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Barth ◽  
Astrid Forneck ◽  
Fabienne Verzeletti ◽  
Rolf Blaich ◽  
Fritz Schumann

2016 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Pensec ◽  
Anna Szakiel ◽  
Cezary Pączkowski ◽  
Agnieszka Woźniak ◽  
Marta Grabarczyk ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Verena Rösch ◽  
Pascal Aloisio ◽  
Martin H. Entling

AbstractVineyards can be valuable habitats for biodiversity conservation. For example, in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) over a third of the state’s critically endangered Woodlark (Lullula arborea) population breeds in vineyards along the western margin of the Upper Rhine Valley. We here aim to elucidate how local ground cover management, food availability and the proximity to settlements affect territory selection by this bird species in the region. As climate, site conditions and management differ greatly from more continental or Mediterranean wine-growing areas, conditions for Woodlark conservation may differ as well.We compared 26 Woodlark territories in vineyards with 26 nearby reference areas from which Woodlarks were absent. We recorded vineyard ground cover in the inter-rows (% cover) as well as vegetation height and composition (forbs vs. grasses). Arthropods were sampled using pitfall traps, since they are the main food resource of Woodlarks during the breeding season. In addition, the distance to built-up areas was measured. The vegetation in Woodlark territories was shorter (mean 14.2 vs. 19.6 cm) and more dominated by forbs (39% vs. 27% cover) than in absence areas. The vegetation cover in the inter-rows had no effect on Woodlark territory presence or absence. Woodlarks also favoured areas with a higher abundance of arthropods (mean abundance 69.1 vs. 57.5) and a greater distance to built-up areas (mean distance 554 vs. 373 m). We conclude that to promote the Woodlark in wine-growing areas, short, forb-rich swards should be created, facilitating arthropod detectability. This is likely to require low levels of nitrogen fertilization since fertilizers favour tall-growing grasses that outcompete forbs. Pesticide applications should be kept at a minimum to enhance arthropods as the main food source for Woodlarks and their chicks. In addition, the expansion of settlements into breeding areas of Woodlarks should be avoided.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Shen ◽  
Heike Vogel ◽  
Bernhard Vogel ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Claudia Mohr ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalambos Neophytou ◽  
Hans-Gerhard Michiels
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