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Symbiotic microorganisms as a tool for recovering soil health in heavily polluted sites

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Symbiotic microorganisms as a tool for recovering soil health in heavily polluted sites
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Produktionsjahr2025
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Remediation strategies for metal(loid)-polluted soils can be based on physical, chemical, and biological approaches, as well as on the combination of these. The present work evaluates the effectiveness of a set of soil remediation treatments for restoring soil health in degraded soils consisting of the combined application of inorganic and organic amendments (marble sludge, vermicompost, and dry olive residue [DOR] biotransformed by the saprobic fungi Coriolopsis rigida and Coprinellus radians) and the inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) (Rhizophagus irregularis and Rhizoglomus custos). These treatments were applied under greenhouse conditions to soil residually polluted by metal(loid)s including Pb, As, Zn, Cu, Cd, and Sb, and wheat was cultivated in the amended soils to test the effectiveness of the treatments in reducing soil toxicity and improving soil and plant health. In this sense, the influence of the treatments on the main soil properties and microbial activities was evaluated, as well as on PTE availability and bioaccumulation in wheat plants. Overall, all treatments showed a positive influence in terms of soil properties improvement, while those combining marble and biotransformed DOR as organic amendment were the most effective in improving soil biological status, promoting plant growth and survival, and reducing PTE availability and plant uptake. Furthermore, AMF inoculation further enhanced the efficacy of DOR amendments by promoting the immobilization of PTEs in soil and stimulating the phytostabilization mechanisms induced by AMFs, thus playing an important bioprotective role in plants. In conclusion, these findings indicate that biotransformed DOR may represent an efficient product for use as a soil organic amendment for the remediation of metal(loid)-polluted soils, and that its application in combination with AMFs may represent a promising sustainable bioremediation strategy for recovering soil health and functions in polluted areas.