The relationship between gut bacteria and human health is well known. However, how bacterial communities differ in different parts of apples and…

Fungal communities play an essential role in plant health, whether as pathogens or beneficial symbionts. They are present in every agricultural soil,…

How do the biodynamic spray preparation BD500 and soil microvariability affect vines and grapes? Pierluigi Mazzei wants to answer this research…

How does silicon affect the growth of grapevines and the quality of the grapes? An Australian research team led by Cassandra Collins is investigating…

Can a modern farm be autonomous? For this conference paper, Marion Lebrun, Martin Quantin and Cyrille Rigolot looked at different biodynamic farm…

The results of the long-term DOK trial

In a 2020 research study, Hendgen et al. investigate the long-term effects of viticulture on physical and chemical soil parameters. They compared the…

A recent study by Moreira et al. investigates biogenic amines in wine. In addition to their formation and the microbial processes involved, the study…

Copper has been used as a fungicide in viticulture for 150 years and, in the form of copper sulphate, is one of the few pesticides allowed in…

The aim of the three-year research project by Vaitkevičienė et al. was to evaluate the effect of the biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 on the…

Agroecosystems are managed by humans but remain subject to ecological processes. The type and intensity of management measures have an impact on the…

In a paper published in 2018, a French research team examined biodynamic and conventional viticulture methods. The researchers, led by Isabelle…