Can phosphate compounds be used to reduce the plant uptake of Pb and resist the Pb stress in Pb-contaminated soils？

The effects of di erent phosphate-amendments on lead (Pb) uptake, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the levelof malondialdehyde (MDA) in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.) in contaminated soils with 2500, or 5000 mg P2O5/kg soil ofhydroxyapatite (HA), phosphate rock (PR), single-superphosphate (SSP) and the mix of HA/SSP (HASSP) were evaluated in potexperiments. Results showed that the Pb concentrations in shoots and roots decreased by 18.3%–51.6% and 16.8%–57.3% among thetreatments respectively compared to the control samples. The e ciency order of these phosphate-amendments in reducing Pb uptakewas as follows: HASSPt HA > SSP t PR.With the addition of SSP, HA and the mix of HA/SSP, the SOD activity in shoot was reducedmarkedly (P < 0.05) compared with that in the control group. For example, the SOD activities in shoot by the treatments of HASSP,SSP, and HA in 5000 mg P2O5/kg were found to be only 51.3%, 56.2%, and 56.7%, respectively. Similar e ects were also observed onthe level of MDA in the shoots with a decrease in 24.5%–56.3%. The results verified the inference that phosphate compounds could beused to reduce the plant uptake of Pb and resist the Pb stress in the plant vegetated in Pb-contaminated soils.