The use of soil electrical resistivity to monitor plant and soil water relationships in vineyards

Brillante, L.; Mathieu, O.; Bois, B.; van Leeuwen, C.; Lévêque, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-273-2015

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The use of soil electrical resistivity to monitor plant and soil water relationships in vineyards

L. Brillante, O. Mathieu, B. Bois, C. van Leeuwen, and J. Lévêque

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RC C174: 'comments on the paper 35-2014', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Nov 2014
- AC C535: 'Answer to Referee #1', Luca Brillante, 05 Feb 2015
RC C234: 'soil electrical resistivity for monitoring plant and soil water relationships', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Nov 2014
- AC C542: 'Answer to Referee #2', Luca Brillante, 05 Feb 2015
RC C252: 'Revision', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Nov 2014
- AC C547: 'Answer to Referee #3', Luca Brillante, 05 Feb 2015

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (review by Editor) (13 Feb 2015) by Artemi Cerdà

Dear author
I found your paper very innovative, very advanced and probably one of the best paper I am reviewing in this season.
I think you must highlight how new and innovative is your research and for this you should mention what is traditional in the vineyard research to highlight your contribution
I suggest that you will have an introductory sentence such as the following one

The vineyards are being studied due to the high erosion rates (Novara et al., 2011; Lieskovský & Kenderessy, 2014; Martínez Casasnovas et al., 2015), their special man-made landforms (Tarolli et al., 2015); pollution (Fernández Calviño et al., 2013; Novara et al., 2013; Luis Parras et al., 2013) within an interdisciplinary view of the soil system (Brevik et al., 2015). However, very Little is known about the soil and water relationship on vineyards, although this is the key factor in the fate of the vineyards production due to his control on the vine quality and the vineyards management. This paper shed light on this topic.

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Short summary

The available soil water (ASW) is a major contributor to the viticulture "terroir". Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) allows for measurements of soil water accurately and with low disturbance. This work reviews the use of ERT to spatialise soil water and ASW. A case example is also presented: differences in water uptake (as evaluated by fraction of transpirable soil water variations) depending on grapevine water status (as measured by leaf water potential) are evidenced and mapped.