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October 7, 2025
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Vineyard design and plant material choices effect on grapevine yield: analysis of a big dataset in the south of France

Publicated to: Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 45 (2): 16- - 2025-04-01 45(2), DOI: 10.1007/s13593-025-01012-7

Authors:

Fernandez-Mena, H; Gautier, M; Hannin, H; Gary, C
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Affiliations

Univ Montpellier, Inst Agro Montpellier, Ciheam IAMM, CIRAD,ABSys,INRAE, 2 Pl Viala - Author

Abstract

Strategic design decisions regarding wine label, plant material, vine age renewal, and planting choices are crucial for winegrowers when planning their future vineyards that will influence grapevine yield in the long term. However, the repercussions of these choices have mostly been studied in experimental vineyards and small datasets. Therefore, we are missing a comprehensive analysis of a large diversity of vineyard situations that can robustly provide avenues for improving vineyard design and ensure sustainable wine production. To fill this research gap, we analyzed a big sample of vineyards using random plot data (n = 3507) from surveys conducted among winegrowers of the Languedoc-Roussillon viticultural region. We carried out a data analysis that focused on examining the relationship between grapevine yield and (i) diverse vineyard management frameworks (wine label, organic management, irrigation), (ii) plant material (varieties, rootstocks), and (iii) planting choices (planting density, vine age as a proxy for vine lifespan and renewal). Our findings indicate that wine label greatly affected yield; in conjunction with vine age, they explained up to 40% of the total yield variance. Most cultivated varieties exhibited similar yield levels for the same type of wine label. Notably, SO4 rootstock displayed the best yield performance across multiple cultivated varieties. We observed an adverse effect of vine aging on grapevine yield, particularly in highly productive vineyards. In contrast, the impact of vine age on the yield of low-yield plots was almost negligible. Plots under organic farming presented lower yields, although they were scarce in the sample. Unexpectedly, planting density did not significantly affect yield. Overall, these results underscore the significance of conducting big data analysis from winegrowers at a regional level, when it comes to assessing the influence of vineyard design and plant material on yield.
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Keywords

AgingAgricultural performanceBigdataClimate-changeCrop yieldCultivarData setDensityDesign methodFranceIrrigationLanguedoc-roussillonOccitanieOrganicOrganic farmingPerennial cropsPerennial plantPlantationPlantation forestryQualityRootstockVarietyVineVine ageVine densityVineyardViticultureYield gap

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 2/129, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Agronomy.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-09:

  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 6.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 8.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (FERNANDEZ MENA, HUGO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been FERNANDEZ MENA, HUGO.

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