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Kategorie | Textpublikation |
Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
DOI | 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109851 |
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Titel (primär) | Impacts of fertilization on metal(loid) transfer from soil to wheat in a long-term fertilization experiment – using 87Sr/86Sr isotopes as metal(loid) tracer |
Autor | Hill, R.C.; Pieńkowska, A.; Merbach, I.; Reitz, T.
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Quelle | Environment International |
Erscheinungsjahr | 2025 |
Department | BZF; BOOEK; AME |
Sprache | englisch |
Topic | T5 Future Landscapes T7 Bioeconomy |
Daten-/Softwarelinks | https://doi.org/10.7924/r40293w8x |
Supplements | https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0160412025006026-mmc1.docx |
Keywords | Strontium isotope; Agriculture; Contaminant tracing; Farmyard manure; Long-term fertilization experiment; Mineral and organic fertilizer; Plant uptake |
Abstract | Fertilizers
are widely used to sustain food production but can alter soil chemistry
and potentially contribute toxic metal(loid)s to agricultural systems.
For the first time, this study examined the occurrence of select
metal(loid)s (Zn, Sr, V, As, Cd, Pb, and U) alongside the 87Sr/86Sr
isotope ratio in agricultural soil— both total and mobile pools— and
wheat grain. Samples were collected from one of four fertilization
treatments— mineral (NPK), organic (manure), combined mineral + organic,
and unfertilized controls— within the 120-year Static Fertilization
Experiment in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany. Fertilization treatments altered
soil pH and organic carbon resulting in mineral fertilization lowering
pH and increasing cation mobility (Cd, Zn, Sr), whereas organic
fertilization increased pH and enhanced the mobility of non-cationic
elements (V, As). These effects translated into higher Cd in
mineral-fertilized wheat grain and higher As in mineral + organic wheat
grain. Fertilization shifted the 87Sr/86Sr ratios
in soils and wheat grains toward that of the applied fertilizers, with
mineral and mineral + organic wheat grains inheriting the triple super
phosphate signature (0.70778) and organic wheat grains matching manure
(0.70883). The 87Sr/86Sr ratio in the mobile soil pool was correlated with mobile As, V, and P, demonstrating that the 87Sr/86Sr
ratio reflects both fertilizer source and the mobility of select
co-occurring metal(loid)s. Overall, this study demonstrates metal(loid)
enrichment in soil and wheat from fertilization and establishes 87Sr/86Sr
ratio as a robust tracer of fertilizer impacts. These findings
underscore the need for targeted fertilization strategies to reduce
contaminant accumulation in agroecosystems. |
dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=31418 |
Hill, R.C., Pieńkowska, A., Merbach, I., Reitz, T., Muehe, E.M., Vengosh, A. (2025): Impacts of fertilization on metal(loid) transfer from soil to wheat in a long-term fertilization experiment – using 87Sr/86Sr isotopes as metal(loid) tracer Environ. Int. 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109851 |