This work aimed to study the effects of compost (applied at two rates) and two commercial microbial biostimulants on the mobility and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in an industrial soil phytostabilized by Dactylis glomerata L. or a mixed stand of grasses (Lolium perenne L., Poa pratensis L. and Festuca arundinacea Shreb.). The soil showed very high pseudototal and bioavailable concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), due to improper lead-acid batteries storage. Compost amendment in combination with the two biostimulants produced the best outcomes in terms of plant growth and nutrient uptake. The same mix of beneficial microbes improved soil biological fertility enhancing soil nitrogen fixing and ammonia oxidizing bacteria, while reduced the pore water and NH4NO3 extractable concentrations of Cd and at lower extent of Pb in soil. Accordingly, the lower mobility and bioavailability of Cd in soil determined a lower uptake and accumulation of Cd in shoots of different grass species. Our results suggest that a green cap with turfgrass assisted by biostimulants and compost amendment in PTE-contaminated industrial sites could be a reliable and effective practice to protect and restore soil biological fertility and to reduce the risk of PTE dispersion in the surrounding environment.

Securing of an industrial soil using turfgrass assisted by biostimulants and compost amendment / Visconti, D.; Caporale, A. G.; Pontoni, L.; Ventorino, V.; Fagnano, M.; Adamo, P.; Pepe, O.; Woo, S. L.; Fiorentino, N.. - In: AGRONOMY. - ISSN 2073-4395. - 10:9(2020), p. 1310. [10.3390/agronomy10091310]

Securing of an industrial soil using turfgrass assisted by biostimulants and compost amendment

Visconti D.
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Caporale A. G.;Pontoni L.;Ventorino V.;Fagnano M.;Adamo P.;Pepe O.;Woo S. L.;Fiorentino N.
2020

Abstract

This work aimed to study the effects of compost (applied at two rates) and two commercial microbial biostimulants on the mobility and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in an industrial soil phytostabilized by Dactylis glomerata L. or a mixed stand of grasses (Lolium perenne L., Poa pratensis L. and Festuca arundinacea Shreb.). The soil showed very high pseudototal and bioavailable concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), due to improper lead-acid batteries storage. Compost amendment in combination with the two biostimulants produced the best outcomes in terms of plant growth and nutrient uptake. The same mix of beneficial microbes improved soil biological fertility enhancing soil nitrogen fixing and ammonia oxidizing bacteria, while reduced the pore water and NH4NO3 extractable concentrations of Cd and at lower extent of Pb in soil. Accordingly, the lower mobility and bioavailability of Cd in soil determined a lower uptake and accumulation of Cd in shoots of different grass species. Our results suggest that a green cap with turfgrass assisted by biostimulants and compost amendment in PTE-contaminated industrial sites could be a reliable and effective practice to protect and restore soil biological fertility and to reduce the risk of PTE dispersion in the surrounding environment.
2020
Securing of an industrial soil using turfgrass assisted by biostimulants and compost amendment / Visconti, D.; Caporale, A. G.; Pontoni, L.; Ventorino, V.; Fagnano, M.; Adamo, P.; Pepe, O.; Woo, S. L.; Fiorentino, N.. - In: AGRONOMY. - ISSN 2073-4395. - 10:9(2020), p. 1310. [10.3390/agronomy10091310]
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