@ARTICLE{Stępień_Kamila_Assessment_2022,
 author={Stępień, Kamila and Stępień, Piotr and Piszcz, Urszula and Spiak, Zofia},
 volume={vol. 48},
 number={No 4},
 pages={53-67},
 journal={Archives of Environmental Protection},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences},
 abstract={Phosphogypsum (PG) – a waste material generated in enormous amounts, accumulates a wide range of pollutants and thus represents a major environmental problem. Among the proposed potential strategies for PG management, none has been implemented on a large scale up to date. At the same time, the rapid depletion of phosphorite resources, used to manufacture most commercial phosphorus (P) fertilizers, poses unprecedented challenges for future agriculture and environmental protection. The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of using PG as a source of P for fertilizing plants. The effect of PG fertilization on the dry mass accumulation, P and sulphur (S) contents in soil and in the above-ground parts of plants, as well as on the level of heavy metal contaminations, were studied in the experimental model consisted of 12 genotypes of three lupine species – Lupinus angustifolius, Lupinus albus and Lupinus luteus. The PG application increased the content of both the available and active P in the soil. The increased P bioavailability resulted in an elevated uptake and intracellular content of this nutrient in the studied plant species in a dose- and variety-dependent manner. The heavy metals present in the waste did not affect their accumulation in the plants. The results indicate the possibility of using P forms present in PG as an alternative source of this component in plant nutrition, at the same time allowing elimination of the waste deposited on huge areas, which will certainly contribute to improving the quality of the environment.},
 type={Article},
 title={Assessment of the use of phosphogypsum waste in plant nutrition},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/125243/PDF/Archives%20vol48no4pp53_67.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/aep.2022.143709},
 keywords={heavy metals, waste management, phosphogypsum, phosphorus deficiency},
}