03281naa a2200445 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400350007410000200010924501190012926000090024850008630025752011820112065300410230265300120234365300110235565300080236665300380237465300410241265300100245365300100246370000170247370000200249070000160251070000140252670000170254070000150255770000140257270000190258670000150260570000160262070000180263670000160265470000150267070000130268570000130269870000180271177301060272910651592025-04-09       2025    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1161-03017 a10.1016/j.eja.2025.1275662DOI1 aSALVAGIOTTI, F.  aResponse to nitrogen fertilization of late-sown maize upon different winter previous crops.h[electronic resource]  c2025  aArticle history: Received 2 September 2024, Revised 17 February 2025, Accepted 19 February 2025, Available online 3 March 2025, Version of Record 3 March 2025. -- Correspondence: Salvagiotti, F.; Crops, Soils and Water Management Group, EEA Oliveros INTA, Ruta 11 km 353 (C 2206), Santa Fe, Argentina; email:salvagiotti.fernando@inta.gob.ar -- Funding: This project was supported by PNCER 022421, PNCYO 1127033 and PE-011 from INTA; PICT 2019-00485 and PICT2020SerieA-01122 from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica; UNMdP AGR694/23 from National University of Mar del Plata. AAPRESID (Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa) contributed with on-farm experiments. -- Supplementary information: Supplementary data associated with this article can be found in the online version at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2025.127566 --  aABSTRACT.- Agriculture is transitioning towards more sustainable ways of producing food, fiber, and biofuels, with practices aimed at conserving soil resources by prolonging soil occupation with cash or cover crops and balancing the proportion of cereals and winter legumes when increasing the number of crops in the rotation. Likewise, closing nutrient biogeochemical cycles is critical, particularly for N, which requires adjusting fertilizer rates to avoid surplus or soil mining. Winter crops for grain such as wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), and for cover such as vetch (Vicia sativa L. or Vicia villosa L.) can differentially affect nitrogen (N) dynamics, yield response to N application, and associated efficiency metrics in succeeding late-sown maize (Zea mays L.). This study aimed to (i) quantify maize yield response to N fertilization by considering productivity, economic, and N efficiency metrics in late-sown maize following fallow or composing a double-crop after winter cash crops (wheat and field pea) or cover crop (vetch) and (ii) test whether vetch biomass can be used to predict the response to N fertilization. © 2025 Elsevier B.V.  aAffordable and clean energy - Goal 7  aBiomass  aFallow  aPea  aSISTEMA AGRÍCOLA-GANADERO - INIA  aSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  aVetch  aWheat1 aCAVIGLIA, O.1 aBACIGALUPPO, S.1 aBARRACO, M.1 aBOERO, L.1 aBIASSONI, M.1 aENRICO, J.1 aKEHOE, E.1 aECLESIA, R. P.1 aMADIAS, A.1 aMALTESE, N.1 aMELCHIORI, R.1 aNOVELLI, L.1 aPRIETO, G.1 aROSS, F.1 aRUIZ, A.1 aCARCIOCHI, W.  tEuropean Journal of Agronomy, May 2025, Volume 166, 127566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2025.127566