RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE OF SLAG FROM THE STEEL INDUSTRY ON THE REDDISH PRELUVOSOIL IN WHEAT CULTIVATION

Materials from the steel industry can be successfully used in agriculture, mainly due to their high content in Calcium and other nutrients. In order to follow up on the influence of these materials, an experiment was carried out in 2021, at Moara Domneasca, in the Muntenia region, Romania, on a reddish preluvosoil cultivated with wheat. The effects of two types of materials from the steel industry on the acidity of the soil, on the content of heavy metals found in the soil and on their translocation in wheat plants was analyzed. Research has shown that by applying maximum doses of 5 tonnes/ha, these materials increase the soil's pH reaction and the agricultural production, without the risk of heavy metals translocating in wheat plants.