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Influence of plant species and phosphorus amendments on metal speciation and bioavailability in a smelter impacted soil: a case study of food-chain contamination

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Abstract

Purpose

The present research aimed to assess the influence of two phosphorous (P) amendments on metal speciation in rhizosphere soil and the soil–plant transfer of metals.

Materials and methods

Complementary experiments were performed: field experiments on a contaminated cultivated soil and laboratory experiments on an uncultivated contaminated soil to highlight the mechanisms involved in metal-phosphorous interactions. In laboratory experiment, P amendments were added at 120 mg P/kg of soluble KH2PO4 amendment and 9,000 mg P/kg of solid Ca5(PO4)3OH amendment.

Results and discussion

Field-culture results showed the possible food-chain contamination due to Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn phytoaccumulation by pea and mustard plants from a cultivated agricultural soil. Moreover, P-metal complexes were observed by microscopy in the rhizosphere soil. In laboratory experiments, the application of P amendments significantly increased Pb and Zn level in rhizosphere soil compared to control. Phosphate amendments significantly increased metal-P fraction and decreased “oxides” and “organic matter” fractions of Pb and Zn. Soluble-P amendment was more effective than solid P amendment in changing Pb and Zn speciation. The changes in metal speciation are higher in the rhizosphere soil of pea than tomato. Application of P amendments increased Pb and Zn TF root/soil but decreased TF shoot/root.

Conclusions

The effectiveness of in situ metal immobilization technique varies with the type and quantity of applied P amendment as well as plant and metal type.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Vehari, 61100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahid & Nasir Masood

  2. Université de Toulouse; INP-ENSAT, Av. de l’Agrobiopôle, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France

    Tiantian Xiong, Tibo Leveque, Annabelle Austruy, Yann Foucault & Camille Dumat

  3. UMR 5245 CNRS-INP-UPS; EcoLab (Laboratoire d’écologie fonctionnelle), 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France

    Tiantian Xiong, Tibo Leveque, Annabelle Austruy, Yann Foucault & Camille Dumat

  4. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7618, Laboratoire BioMCo, PO box 120, 4 place Jussieu, 75251 Cedex 5, Paris, France

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Shahid, M., Xiong, T., Masood, N. et al. Influence of plant species and phosphorus amendments on metal speciation and bioavailability in a smelter impacted soil: a case study of food-chain contamination. J Soils Sediments 14, 655–665 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-013-0745-8

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