Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence

Context: Legume cover crops are often considered a valuable alternative for supplying nitrogen (N) to cropping systems. However, certain pathways of N released from their residues to successor crops remain unclear. Objectives: Aiming to assess N contribution and residual N from hairy vetch (Vicia v...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez, Maria Pia, Carcedo, Ana Julia, Correndo, Adrían, Crespo, Cecilia, Carciochi, Walter Daniel, Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio, Barbieri, Pablo
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19667
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429024002491
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109496
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author Rodriguez, Maria Pia
Carcedo, Ana Julia
Correndo, Adrían
Crespo, Cecilia
Carciochi, Walter Daniel
Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio
Barbieri, Pablo
author_browse Barbieri, Pablo
Carcedo, Ana Julia
Carciochi, Walter Daniel
Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio
Correndo, Adrían
Crespo, Cecilia
Rodriguez, Maria Pia
author_facet Rodriguez, Maria Pia
Carcedo, Ana Julia
Correndo, Adrían
Crespo, Cecilia
Carciochi, Walter Daniel
Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio
Barbieri, Pablo
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description Context: Legume cover crops are often considered a valuable alternative for supplying nitrogen (N) to cropping systems. However, certain pathways of N released from their residues to successor crops remain unclear. Objectives: Aiming to assess N contribution and residual N from hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) cover crop in succeeding crops, we examined i) soil N availability and mineralizable-N, ii) crop yields, and iii) plant N sourcing within the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping sequence in the southeastern Argentine Pampas. Methods: Three field experiments were conducted over three seasons: E1 (2018/19), E2 (2019/20), and E3 (2020/2021) in the southeast of Buenos Aires province. The crop sequence studied was hairy vetch/soybean-wheat. Factors investigated were hairy vetch inclusion and bare fallow, and wheat N fertilizer (150 and 0 kg N ha−1). Hairy vetch aboveground dry matter and its N concentration were measured at hairy vetch termination and six times thereafter (residues) during the succeeding soybean, using the litter bag method. Soybean biomass, N concentration, and the relative abundance of ureides (RAU) as an indicator of N fraction derived from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), were examined. Soil NO3--N and anaerobically incubated N (Nan) were sampled during the soybean season and at wheat sowing. At physiological maturity, soybean and wheat grain yields, along with grain N concentrations, were determined. Results: Hairy vetch N released during soybean season ranged from 79 to 175 kg N ha−1. Soil NO3--N content at soybean sowing increased 5.5 kg ha−1 per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter, while Nan increased 3.6 mg kg−1 per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter. Soybean seed yields, seed N content, and N uptake showed no significant change with increased hairy vetch dry matter. Likewise, RAU at R5 decreased from 2.4 to 5.5 units (%) per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter. Concerning wheat, hairy vetch produced a slight increase in soil residual N at sowing. Only in one experiment (E1), hairy vetch dry matter led to improvements in wheat grain yield and N content. Conclusions: Our study outlined new insights into hairy vetch N contribution, primarily linked to increased soil N availability in the immediate soybean, the relatively higher soybean N uptake from soil compared to BNF, and the dilution of soil N contribution to wheat as second crop in the sequence. Implications: These findings support the recommendation of using hairy vetch as a predecessor for an immediate cereal or non-N fixing crops.
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spelling INTA196672024-10-04T10:20:38Z Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence Rodriguez, Maria Pia Carcedo, Ana Julia Correndo, Adrían Crespo, Cecilia Carciochi, Walter Daniel Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio Barbieri, Pablo Nitrógeno Vicia villosa Plantas de Cobertura Rotación de Cultivos Nitrogen Cover Plants Crop Rotation Soybeans Wheat Soja Trigo Context: Legume cover crops are often considered a valuable alternative for supplying nitrogen (N) to cropping systems. However, certain pathways of N released from their residues to successor crops remain unclear. Objectives: Aiming to assess N contribution and residual N from hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) cover crop in succeeding crops, we examined i) soil N availability and mineralizable-N, ii) crop yields, and iii) plant N sourcing within the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping sequence in the southeastern Argentine Pampas. Methods: Three field experiments were conducted over three seasons: E1 (2018/19), E2 (2019/20), and E3 (2020/2021) in the southeast of Buenos Aires province. The crop sequence studied was hairy vetch/soybean-wheat. Factors investigated were hairy vetch inclusion and bare fallow, and wheat N fertilizer (150 and 0 kg N ha−1). Hairy vetch aboveground dry matter and its N concentration were measured at hairy vetch termination and six times thereafter (residues) during the succeeding soybean, using the litter bag method. Soybean biomass, N concentration, and the relative abundance of ureides (RAU) as an indicator of N fraction derived from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), were examined. Soil NO3--N and anaerobically incubated N (Nan) were sampled during the soybean season and at wheat sowing. At physiological maturity, soybean and wheat grain yields, along with grain N concentrations, were determined. Results: Hairy vetch N released during soybean season ranged from 79 to 175 kg N ha−1. Soil NO3--N content at soybean sowing increased 5.5 kg ha−1 per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter, while Nan increased 3.6 mg kg−1 per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter. Soybean seed yields, seed N content, and N uptake showed no significant change with increased hairy vetch dry matter. Likewise, RAU at R5 decreased from 2.4 to 5.5 units (%) per Mg of hairy vetch dry matter. Concerning wheat, hairy vetch produced a slight increase in soil residual N at sowing. Only in one experiment (E1), hairy vetch dry matter led to improvements in wheat grain yield and N content. Conclusions: Our study outlined new insights into hairy vetch N contribution, primarily linked to increased soil N availability in the immediate soybean, the relatively higher soybean N uptake from soil compared to BNF, and the dilution of soil N contribution to wheat as second crop in the sequence. Implications: These findings support the recommendation of using hairy vetch as a predecessor for an immediate cereal or non-N fixing crops. EEA Balcarce Fil: Rodríguez, María Pía. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina Fil: Rodríguez, María Pía. Kansas State University. Department of Agronomy; Estados Unidos Fil: Carcedo, Ana Julia. Kansas State University. Department of Agronomy; Estados Unidos Fil: Correndo, Adrían. Kansas State University. Department of Agronomy; Estados Unidos Fil: Crespo, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Carciochi, Walter Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Carciochi, Walter Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina Fil: Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio. Kansas State University. Department of Agronomy; Estados Unidos Fil: Barbieri, Pablo Andres. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina 2024-10-04T10:07:41Z 2024-10-04T10:07:41Z 2024-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19667 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429024002491 0378-4290 1872-6852 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109496 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L01-I012, Intensificación Sostenible de la Agricultura Extensiva en la Región Pampeana info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Field Crops Research 316 : 109496 (August 2024)
spellingShingle Nitrógeno
Vicia villosa
Plantas de Cobertura
Rotación de Cultivos
Nitrogen
Cover Plants
Crop Rotation
Soybeans
Wheat
Soja
Trigo
Rodriguez, Maria Pia
Carcedo, Ana Julia
Correndo, Adrían
Crespo, Cecilia
Carciochi, Walter Daniel
Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio
Barbieri, Pablo
Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title_full Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title_fullStr Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title_short Assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean-wheat sequence
title_sort assessing the nitrogen supply of hairy vetch in a soybean wheat sequence
topic Nitrógeno
Vicia villosa
Plantas de Cobertura
Rotación de Cultivos
Nitrogen
Cover Plants
Crop Rotation
Soybeans
Wheat
Soja
Trigo
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19667
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429024002491
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109496
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