Publications – Illinois Agronomy

Bonini Pires, M. A., K. Greer, J. Jones, and G. Preza Fontes. (2025) Decomposition and macronutrient release rates of cereal rye residue in a temperate agroecosystem. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst, 131, 581–592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-025-10446-0

Colet, F., S. Mourtzinis, R. Vann, S. Naeve, S. Conley, E. Matcham, A. Borja Reis, H. Kandel, D. Moseley, M. Plumblee, E. Francisco, G. Preza Fontes, D. Carrijo, T. Irby, M. Mulvaney, J. Kleinjan, J. Ross, C. Lee, S. Casteel, M. Licht, M. Singh, N. Cafaro La Menza, N. Fiorellino, D. Holshouser, A. Lindsey, H. Lopez-Nicora, O. Ortez, and L. Lindsey. (2025). Commercial biostimulant seed treatments showed minimal impact on soybean see yield across the United States. Field Crops Research, 334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2025.110170

Moseley, D., Reis, A., Parvej, M. R., Watson, T., Price, T., Padgett, B., DeWitt, N., Setiyono, T., Kongchum, M., Francisco, E., Singh, M. P., Vann, R., Matcham, E., Preza Fontes, G., Ortel, C., Thomas-Sharma, S., Mulvaney, M. J., Carleo, J. S., Heiniger, R., . . . Vieira, C. (2025). Using variety testing data to select soybean varieties: Guidelines for practitioners. Crop, Forage& Turfgrass Management, 11, e70077. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70077

Preza Fontes, G., P. Tomlinson, D. Ruiz Diaz, and K. Roozeboom. (2025). Cover crops and double-crop soybean provided limited gains in grain sorghum nitrogen use efficiency in a long-term no-till system in the U.S. Great Plains. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst, 132, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-025-10446-0

Preza Fontes, G., Jones, J., Greer, K. D., Schaefer, D., Kaiser, D., & Fernández, F. G. (2025). Corn response to sulfur fertilizer rate and source in Illinois. Agronomy Journal, 117, e70169. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70169

Lindsey, L. E., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Lindsey, A. J., Francisco, E. A.B., Lee, C. D., Matcham, E. G., Moseley, D., Ortel, C.C., Plumblee, M. T., Preza Fontes, G., Reis, A. F. B., Ross, J., Vann, R. A., & Ortmeier-Clarke, H. J. (2025). Effect of Hurricane Helene on US soybean production. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 11, e70060. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70060

Geiss, L., Ortmeier-Clarke, H. J., Zubieta, A. S., Conley, S. P., McNeal, J., Moseley, D., Naeve, S., Ortel, C., Preza Fontes, G., Ross, W. J., Vann, R., & Matcham, E. G. (2025). Understanding green stem in soybeans. Crop, Forage& Turfgrass Management, 11, e70065. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70065

Kendall, M. A., Mourtzinis, S., Lindsey, L. E., Menza, N. C. L., Licht, M. A., Matcham, E. G., McNeal, J. P., Moseley, D. O., Mulvaney, M. J., Naeve, S. L., Plumblee, M. T., Preza Fontes, G., Ross, W. J., Vann, R. A., & Conley, S. P. (2025). Harvest aid applied at soybean growth stage R7 rarely impacted seed, protein, or oil yield. Agronomy Journal, 117, e70109. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70109

Preza Fontes, G., and K. Greer. 2025. Agronomic performance of short-season corn hybrids in Illinois. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 11, e70051. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70051

Yeager, E., P, Tomlinson, G. Preza Fontes, J. Grunberg, A. Dille, K. Arnet, and K. Roozeboom. 2025. Cover crops, double-crop soybean, and nitrogen rates affect productivity and profitability of a no-till rotation. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70037

Ortel, C., L. Lindsey, S. Casteel, H. Kandel, E. Nafziger, J. Ross, E. Matcham, D. Moseley, G. Preza Fontes, S. Conley. 2025. Low soybean plant population: Is replanting necessary? Crops, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 11, e70032. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70032

Vonk, J., E. Nafziger, and G. Preza Fontes. 2024. Soybean response to nitrogen fertilizer in different soils. Crops, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 10, e20304. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20304

Preza Fontes, G., K.D. Greer, and C.M. Pittelkow. 2024. Does biochar improve nitrogen use efficiency in maize? GCB Bioenergy, 16, e13122. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13122

Preza Fontes, G., L.E. Christianson, and C.M. Pittelkow. 2023. Investigating tradeoffs in nitrogen loss pathways using an environmental damage cost framework. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 8, e20103. http://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20103

Alves de Oliveira, L., A. Muñoz Ventura, G. Preza Fontes, K.D. Greer, C.M. Pittelkow, R. Bhattarai, R. Christianson, & L. Christianson. 2022. Assessing the concept of control points for dissolved reactive phosphorus losses in subsurface drainage. Journal of Environmental Quality, 51, 1155–1167. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20400

Preza Fontes, G., H. Miller, J. Camberato, R. Roth, and S. Armstrong. 2022. Corn yield response to starter nitrogen rates following a cereal rye cover crop. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 8, e20187. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20187

Preza Fontes, G., L.E. Christianson, K. Greer, R. Bhattarai, and C.M. Pittelkow. 2022. In-season split nitrogen application and cover cropping effects on nitrous oxide emissions in rainfed maize. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 226:1-9. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107813

Preza Fontes, G., C.M. Pittelkow, R. Bhattarai, K. Greer, and L.E. Christianson. 2021. Split nitrogen application with cover cropping reduces subsurface nitrate losses while maintaining corn yields. Journal of Environmental Quality, 50:1408-1418. http://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20283

Preza Fontes, G., J. Wang, M. Umar, M. Qi, K. Banger, C. Pittelkow, and E. Nafziger. 2021. Development of an online tool for tracking soil nitrogen to improve the environmental performance of maize production. Sustainability, 13,5649. http://doi.org/10.3390/su13105649

Preza Fontes, G., E.D. Nafziger, L.E. Christianson, and C.M. Pittelkow. 2020. Relationship of in-season soil nitrogen concentration with corn yield and potential nitrogen losses. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 84:1296-1306. http://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20117

Preza Fontes, G., P.J. Tomlinson, K.L. Roozeboom, J. Warren, and D.A. Ruiz Diaz. 2020. Nitrogen fertilization offsets the N₂O mitigating effects of cover-crops and double-crop soybean in a wheat-sorghum system. Agronomy Journal, 112:772-785. http://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20095

Christianson, L.E., R.D. Christianson, A.E. Lipka, S. Bailey, J. Chandrasoma, C. McCoy, G. Preza Fontes et al. 2019. “Calibration of Stainless Steel-edged V-Notch Weir Stop Logs for Water Level Control Structures.” Applied Engineering in Agriculture 35(5), 745-749. http://doi.org/10.13031/aea.13350

Preza Fontes, G., R. B Bhattarai, L.E. Christianson and C.M. Pittelkow. 2019. Combining environmental monitoring and remote sensing technologies to evaluate cropping system nitrogen dynamics at the field-scale. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3:8. http://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00008

Preza Fontes, G., P.J Tomlinson, K.L. Roozeboom and D.A. Ruiz Diaz. 2017. Grain sorghum response to nitrogen fertilizer following cover crops. Agronomy Journal. 109:2723-2737. http://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2017.03.0180