Staff

Education

• Agricultural Engineer. School of Agriculture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1990.
• Magister Scientiae in Soil Science. School of Agriculture, UBA, 1995.
• Doctor of Philosophy. Soil Science Program, University of Kentucky, 1998.

Current positions

• Associate Professor, Soil Fertility and Fertilizers, , Facultad de Agronomía - UBA.
• Independent Research Scientist,INBA, CONICET.

Research interests

• Soil fertility.
• Grain crops response to fertilization.

Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)

• Biassoni, M.M., H. Vivas, D.A. Carreira, F.H. Gutiérrez Boem & F. Salvagiotti. (2025). Assessing soil Sulfur (S) fractions as indicators of long-term fertilization residual effects. European Journal of Soil Science 76, no. 4: e70175. doi: 10.1111/ejss.70175.
• Russi, D., F.H. Gutierrez Boem & G. Rubio. (2024). Note on the unparallel vertical distribution of nitrate and sulfate in Mollisols. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 88: 942–948. doi: 10.1002/saj2.20670.
• Porcelli, C.A., G. Rubio, F.H. Gutiérrez Boem & R.S. Lavado. (2024). The effect of water and salt stress on Paspalum dilatatum, a constituent of Pampas natural grasslands. Phyton - International Journal of Experimental Botany, 93: 2009-2018. doi: 10.32604/phyton.2024.052874.
• Biassoni, M., M. Agosti, E. Kehoe, J. Enrico, F. Gutiérrez Boem & F. Salvagiotti. (2024). N stress alleviation in crops - A system approach analysing residual N from winter crops in a late-maize-wheat sequence. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 210: e12761. doi: 10.1111/jac.12761
• Boero, J.J., F.H. Gutiérrez-Boem, P. Prystupa, C. Veliz, M.V. Criado, F.M. Gomez, C. Caputo. (2023). Nitrogen application at anthesis increases barley grain protein by enhancing phloem amino acid mobilization. Crop & Pasture Science, 74: 312-323. doi: 10.1071/CP21749.
• Biassoni, M., H. Vivas, F.H. Gutiérrez-Boem & F. Salvagiotti. (2023). Changes in soil phosphorus (P) fractions and P bioavailability after 10 years of continuous P fertilization. Soil and Tillage Research, 232, doi: 10.1016/j.still.2023.105777.
• Fernández, P.L., F. Behrends Kraemer, L. Sabatté, J. Guiroy & F.H. Gutierrez Boem. (2022). Superabsorbent polyacrylamide effects on hydrophysical soil properties and plant biomass in a sandy loam soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, doi: 10.1080/00103624.2022.2096233.
• Prystupa, P. & F.H. Gutierrez Boem. (2022). Crop growth during the critical period is associated with grain number under sulfur deficiency in barley crops subjected to different levels of nitrogen availability. Crop & Pasture Science, 74: 173-181 doi: 10.1071/CP22096.
• Appelhans, S.C., W.D. Carciochi, A. Correndo, F.H. Gutiérrez Boem, F. Salvagiotti, F.O. Garcia, R.J.M. Melchiori, P.A. Barbagelata, L.A. Ventimiglia, G.N. Ferraris, H.S. Vivas, O.P. Caviglia & I.A. Ciampitti. (2021). Predicting soil test phosphorus decrease in non-P-fertilized conditions. European J Soil Science, 72: 254-264.
• Appelhans, S.C., P.A. Barbagelata, R.J.M. Melchiori, F.H. Gutierrez Boem & O. Caviglia. (2021). Is the Lack of Response of Maize to Fertilization in Soils with Low Bray1-P Related to Labile Organic Phosphorus? J Soil Sci Plant Nutr, 21: 612-621.
• Gómez, F.M., P. Prystupa, J.J. Boero & F.H. Gutierrez Boem. (2021). Sulfur partitioning and grain concentration differed from that for nitrogen in malting barley. Field Crops Research, 263: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.108053.
• Prystupa, P., A. Peton, E. Pagano, G.N. Ferraris, L. Ventimiglia, T. Loewy, F.M. Gómez; F.H. Gutierrez-Boem. (2021). Grain hordein content and malt quality as affected by foliar nitrogen fertilisation at heading. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 127: 224-231. doi: 10.1002/jib.662.
• Appelhans, S.C., L.E. Novelli, R.J.M. Melchiori, F.H. Gutierrez Boem & O. Caviglia. (2021). Crops sequence and P fertilization effects on soil P fractions under no-tillage. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 120: 275-288. doi:10.1007/s10705-021-10148-3.
• Correndo, A. A.; Gutiérrez Boem, F. H.; García, F. O.; Alvarez, C.; Álvarez, C.; Angeli, A.; Barbieri, P.; Barraco, M.; Berardo, A.; Boxler, M.; Calviño, P.; Capurro, J. E.; Carta, H.; Caviglia, O.; Ciampitti, I. A.; Díaz-Zorita, M.; Díaz-Valdéz, S.; Echeverría, H. E.; Espósito, G.; Ferrari, M.; Ferraris, G. N.; Gambaudo, S.; Gudelj, V.; Ioele, J. P.; Melchiori, R. J.; Molino, J.; Orcellet, J. M.; Pagani, A.; Pautasso, J. M.; Calvo, N. I. R.; Redel, M.; Rillo, S.; Rimski-Korsakov, H.; Sainz-Rozas, H. R.; Saks, M.; Tellería, M. G.; Ventimiglia, L.; Zorzín, J. L.; Zubillaga, M. M. & Salvagiotti, F. (2021). Attainable yield and soil texture as drivers of maize response to nitrogen: A synthesis analysis for Argentina. Field Crops Research, 273. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108299.

Grad Students

Theses already defended:

• Advisor of 3 doctoral and 5 master students. Co-advisor of 5 doctoral and 3 master students.

Research projects (as principal investigator, last 5 years)

• PICT-2016-2323, 2018-2021, "Nitrogen and sulfur in malting barley: effect of nutrition on grain yield and quality gaps, N and S concentration in grains and protease activity during malting".
• PICT-2022–09-00416, awarded but not yet funded, “Effect of nitrogen fertilization and genotype on the accumulation and degradation of malting barley grain proteins and their impact on malting quality.”

Courses taught at the Graduate School (School of Agriculture, UBA)

• “Soil fertility and fertilizers”. Soil Science Program. Director since 2004, 6 credits (96 hs.).
• “Soil fertility and use of fertilizers”. Specialization in Soil Fertility and Fertilization. Director since 2003, (60 hs).