Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase

Project Information

SoildiverAgro

Grant agreement ID: 817819

DOI

10.3030/817819

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 31 May 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 6 999 888,75

EU contribution

€ 6 999 888,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (27)

Operational soil biodiversity targets
Report on implementation and optimization of QMEC HTqPCR chip for characterization of microbial functional diversity
Report on best cropping systems and management practices that enhance soil biodiversity and the associated delivery of ecosystem services
Report on the relationship between soil biodiversity and soil characteristics, climate conditions and agricultural management systems (conventional and organic)
Management Practices Guidelines Manual
Outcomes from regional workshops about proposed management practices
Handbook on WP3 protocols for sampling, general soil characterization and soil biodiversity analysis
Report on biodiversity status of soil micro-organisms and soil fauna across the major European pedoclimatic regions
Report on the relationship between soil biodiversity, crop yield and quality and delivery of ecosystem services
Report on improved nematode DNA-metabarcoding tool for characterisation of nematode community composition and diversity

Report on improved nematode DNAmetabarcoding tool for characterisation of nematode community composition and diversity

Final PEDR. Final and up-dated version of the PEDR based on the stakeholders' feedback, including the IPR protection plan and dissemination proposed measures onwards the end of the project

Final PEDR. Final and up-dated version of the PEDR based on the stakeholders’ feedback, including the IPR protection plan and dissemination proposed measures onwards the end of the project

E-book about outcomes from systematic review, data mining and meta-analysis
Inventory about gender equality
Report on farm level economic assessment of soil biodiversity enhancement at farm, national and EU level
Report on cross-case study comparative analysis
Report on social, cultural and institutional aspects of adapting soil biodiversity management
Document on integrated framework, research methodology and protocol

Document on integrated framework research methodology and protocol

Report on biodiversity of soil micro- and macro-organisms in the different case studies in terms of cropping system, management practices and pedoclimatic region
Handbook on WP5 setting up, protocols for sampling, sample procedure and analysis
Report on environmental impacts of soil diversity enhancing management practices
White Paper on recommendations for EU policies updating
Report and database of chemical and physical properties of different agricultural fields across the major European pedoclimatic regions
Interim Report on Communication Activities. Report containing the performed actions until the project mid-term and the evaluation of the efficiency of the communication activities

Interim Report on Communication Activities Report containing the performed actions until the project midterm and the evaluation of the efficiency of the communicationactivities

Report on data compilation from discussion groups and surveys
Report on Calibration of FT-MIR spectroscopy as combined with chemometrics for high-throughput prediction of microbial and nematode community characteristics
Final report on Dissemination and Communication Activities. Final report on the performed actions and efficiency of the dissemination and communication activities
Stakeholders Activity Final report

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Soildiveragro Website

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

SoildiverAgro Decision Support Tool

Publications

Other (29)

SoildiverAgro - Improving the stability and resilience of European agroecosystems by boosting the soil biodiversity

Author(s): Lieven Waeyenberge; David Fernández Calviño; Merrit Shanskiy; Paula Pérez; Raúl Zornoza; Stefan Schrader; Krista Peltoniemi; Tamara Rodríguez Silva
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Soildiveragro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6906867

Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase 10 a

Author(s): Birte Tschentke; David-Alexander Bind; Stefan Schrader
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6920841

European agricultural fields contain a diversity of economically important plant-parasitic nematodes

Author(s): Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Soildiveragro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907345

Soil microbial, fungal and bacterial abundance impacted by crop diversification, tillage and fertilizer type

Author(s): Morugán-Coronado, Alicia, Pérez-Rodríguez, Paula, Insolia, Eliana, Soto-Gómez, Diego, Fernández-Calviño, David, & Zornoza, Raúl
Published in: 2021
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4884673

Crop Diversification and Soil Biodiversity

Author(s): Raúl Zornoza
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907243

Contrasting minimum tillage and continuous plant cover with inversion tillage in wheat fields in boreal region

Author(s): Krista Peltoniemi; David Fernández Calviño; Juuso Joona; Tuomas Mattila; Marleena Hagner; Juha-Matti Pitkänen; Ilkka Sarikka; Visa Nuutinen; Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921504

Regional variability of European earthworm communities under different farming systems

Author(s): María Jesús Iglesias Briones; David Fernández Calviño; Visa Nuutinen; Stefan Schrader; Igor Dekemati; Nikola Grujić; Mari Ivask; Simon Bo Lassen; Eva lloret; Barbara Simon; Nancy de Sutter; Kristian Brandt; Krista Peltoniemi; Merritt Shanskiy; Lieven Waeyenberge; Raúl Zornoza
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6923496

Can organic farming increase biodiversity?

Author(s): Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907391

Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase 11

Author(s): David-Alexander Bind; Christine van Capelle; Birte Tschentke; Stefan Schrader
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921010

Extensification of conventional and organic vegetable farming

Author(s): Fleerakkers Sander; Van den Eynde Renik
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6918779

Impact of soil management practices on the abundance and diversity of the soil earthworm community

Author(s): Annely Kuu; Mari Ivask; Merit Sutri; Kaire Loit; Marian Pöldmets; Merrit Shanskiy
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921102

Importance of fungi and their diversity in European wheat fields under organic or conventional farming systems

Author(s): Krista Peltoniemi
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907081

The molecular characterization of soil nematode communities is hampered by the lack of an optimized DNA-extraction method

Author(s): Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Soildiveragro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907367

Trap crops: a sustainable option for pest control

Author(s): David Fernández Calviño
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907313

Use of soil biodiversity to reduce soil-borne diseases/pests incidence and increase nutrient availability in potatoes cropped in multiple cropping and rotations (Spain)

Author(s): """Irene Ollio; Silvia Martínez-Martínez Department of Agronomic Engineering, Higher Technical School of Agronomic Engineering, Polytechnic University of Cartagena ; Raúl Zornoza Department of Agronomic Engineering, Higher Technical School of Agronomic Engineering, Polytechnic University of Cartagena ; Catalina Egea; Juan Antonio Fernández"""
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907562

Cover crop mixtures: a promotor of soil biodiversity in potato crops?

Author(s): Jasper Vanbesien
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6918749

Improving agro-ecological wheat production by application of different sources of green manure

Author(s): Bauwens Lieven; Waeyenberge Lieven
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6918843

Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria

Author(s): Raúl Zornoza
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907266

Use of catch crop in early potato field

Author(s): Krista Peltoniemi; David Fernández Calviño; Marjo Hokka; Marleena Hagner; Juha-Matti Pitkänen; Ilkka Sarikka; Visa Nuutinen; Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921607

Use of crop diversification and trap crops in potato fields to reduce the incidence of cyst nematode, reduce nematicides and increase yield and soil biodiversity

Author(s): Paula Pérez Rodríguez; David Fernández Calviño
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6912948

Contrasting soil management strategies in an arable crop rotation inclusive of potatoes to improve soil quality while minimizing external input of P

Author(s): De Boever Maarten; Willekens Koen; Waeyenberge Lieven
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6918597

Soil microorganisms under changing environment. Changes in soil microbial functional diversity across European field crop farms are mostly driven by environmental variables

Author(s): Eva Lloret; David Fernández Calviño; Irene Ollio; Raúl Zornoza; Lieven Waeyenberge; Kristian Koefoed Brandt¡; Krista Peltoniemi; Stefan Schrader; Merrit Shanskiy; Merit Sutri; Jozsef Dezso; Nicola Grujic; Barbara Simon
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6922621

Use of soil biodiversity to increase nutrient and water availability and reduce soil-borne diseases incidence to increase wheat yields (Spain).

Author(s): Irene Ollio; Silvia Martínez-Martínez; Raúl Zornoza; Catalina Egea; Juan Antonio Fernández
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6912908

Ecological groups of earthworms

Author(s): Annely Kuu; Mari Ivask; Merit Sutri; Kaire Loit; Anne Pöder; Roosi Soosaar; Merrit Shanskiy
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921248

Use of mycorrhiza in potato fields to reduce the incidence of common scab, decrease the use of phosphorus fertilizers, increase crop yields and soil biodiversity

Author(s): Paula Pérez Rodríguez; David Fernández Calviño; Servando Álvarez Pousa; Aleṧ Látr
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6913278

Increase of soil biodiversity through amendment of forest based organic material in potato crops

Author(s): Krista Peltoniemi; David Fernández Calviño; Marjo Hokka; Marleena Hagner; Juha-Matti Pitkänen; Ilkka Sarikka; Visa Nuutinen; Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6921427

Implementation of a Decision Support Sistem to reduce the use of fungicides in potato crop

Author(s): Laura Meno-Fariñas; Olga Escuredo; Servando López-Pousa; Mari Carmen Seijo-Coello
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6913303

Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase 10b

Author(s): Birte Tschentke; Christine van Capelle; David-Alexander Bind; Stefan Schrader
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6920909

Assessing the biodiversity status of soil ecosystems is challenging

Author(s): Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2022
Publisher: SoildiverAgro
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907365

Monographic books (3)

Handbook on protocols for sampling, general soil characterization and soil biodiversity analysis

Author(s): David Fernández Calviño, Diego Soto Gómez, Kristian Koefoed Brandt and Lieven Waeyenberge
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Vigo

Handbook on case studies set up, protocols for sampling, sample procedure and analysis

Author(s): Diego Soto Gómez, David Fernández Calviño, Kristian Koefoed Brandt, Lieven Waeyenberge, Raúl Zornoza and Silvia Martínez Martínez.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Vigo

Interactions between agricultural management and soil biodiversity: an overview of current knowledge

Author(s): Diego Soto-Gómez, Merrit Shanskiy and David Fernández-Calviño
Published in: 2020, ISSN 9-788409-256327
Publisher: University of Vigo

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

Author(s): Julia Köninger; Emanuele Lugato; Panos Panagos; Mrinalini Kochupillai; Alberto Orgiazzi; Maria J. I. Briones
Published in: Agricultural Systems, 2021, ISSN 0308-521X
Publisher: Applied Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103251

In defence of soil biodiversity: Towards an inclusive protection in the European Union

Author(s): Köninger, J.; Panagos, P.; Jones, A.; Briones, M.J.I.; Orgiazzi, A.
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue Volume 273, 2022, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109475

Temporal and Cultivar-Specific Effects on Potato Root and Soil Fungal Diversity

Author(s): Kaire Loit, Liina Soonvald, Alar Astover, Eve Runno-Paurson, Maarja Öpik, Leho Tedersoo
Published in: Agronomy, Issue 10/10, 2020, Page(s) 1535, ISSN 2073-4395
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10101535

The impact of crop diversification, tillage and fertilization type on soil total microbial, fungal and bacterial abundance: A worldwide meta-analysis of agricultural sites

Author(s): Morugán-Coronado, Alicia, Pérez-Rodríguez, Paula, Insolia, Eliana, Soto-Gómez, Diego, Fernández-Calviño, David; Zornoza, Raúl
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue Volume 329, 2022, Page(s) 107896, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107867