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Article: Research reports on science from C. Beni and colleagues provide new insights.
- Article from:
- Agriculture Week
- Article date:
- September 10, 2009
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"The research was set up as a comparison of ''conventional'' and ''organic vineyard''. The organic farming was performed in compliance with Reg. 2092/91/EEC, which allows only cupric compounds as pesticides," scientists writing in the journal Agrochimica report.
"In both conventional and organic farming, we assessed copper accumulation in soil, grapes and leaves, micro-biological activity, soil physical-chemical characteristics, and wine quality. The results gave higher copper concentrations in soil and plants of organic vineyards. For both farming regimes the highest copper concentrations were found in leaves whilst fruits gave lower concentrations. As for ...