Does an agroecological approach impact the nematode biological and functional diversity in intensive protected production systems? Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Food production systems in protected conditions are probably the most intensive agricultural systems causing biodiversity loss. Experimental sites in different European areas were established to investigate whether an agroecological approach to organic greenhouse production allows preserving or increasing biodiversity. Soil nematode communities were characterized by DNA-metabarcoding, and some biodiversity indices were calculated. A general increase in absolute number of genera indicates that the innovative treatments potentially positively influence biodiversity. A multidimensional analysis ...