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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. ORCID logo ; Muehe, E.M.; Vengosh, A.
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
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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.
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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