TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/125243/PDF/Archives%20vol48no4pp53_67.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/125243 PY - 2022 IS - No 4 EP - 67 DO - 10.24425/aep.2022.143709 KW - heavy metals KW - waste management KW - phosphogypsum KW - phosphorus deficiency A1 - Stępień, Kamila A1 - Stępień, Piotr A1 - Piszcz, Urszula A1 - Spiak, Zofia PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 48 DA - 12.12.2022 T1 - Assessment of the use of phosphogypsum waste in plant nutrition SP - 53 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/125243 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -