Assaying the use of sodium thiosulphate as a biostimulant and its effect on cadmium accumulation and tolerance in Brassica oleracea plants Navarro León, Eloy López Moreno, Francisco Javier Ríos Ruiz, Juan José Blasco León, Begoña Ruiz Sáez, Juan Manuel Antioxidant Cabbage Cadmium Mineral nutrients Phytoremediation Zinc An optimal uptake of mineral elements is crucial to ensure both crop yield and quality. The use of biostimulants is taking relevance to improve the nutrition of crops. Sulphur (S) is one of the elements with great potential within biostimulants. Furthermore, soil contamination by heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) has become a serious environmental problem. Different studies have suggested the use of thiosulphate (TS) as a biostimulant and to increase the phytoremediation capacity of plants. Therefore, in the present study, we use a crop plant with high S requirements such as Brassica oleracea, to test whether TS serves as a biostimulant and whether affects Cd accumulation and tolerance. B. oleracea plants were grown with two different TS doses (2 mM and 4 mM), under Cd toxicity, and with the combination of Cd toxicity and both TS doses. Parameters of biomass, mineral elements accumulation, and stress tolerance were analyzed. The results showed that TS reduced biomass of B. oleracea plants. The application of 2 mM TS increased Cd accumulation whereas the 4 mM dose reduced it. On the other hand, TS incremented micronutrient accumulation on plants subjected to Cd toxicity and increased Zn contents. Besides, the application of 2 mM to Cd-stressed plants enhanced photosynthesis performance and reduced oxidative stress. Finally, TS increased the antioxidant capacity of B. oleracea plants. Briefly, although TS can not be used as a biostimulant it could be used for Cd phytoremediation purposes and to enhance Zn accumulation in B. oleracea plants. 2024-03-04T09:04:07Z 2024-03-04T09:04:07Z 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Navarro-León, E., López-Moreno, F. J., Rios, J. J., Blasco, B., & Ruiz, J. M. (2020). Assaying the use of sodium thiosulphate as a biostimulant and its effect on cadmium accumulation and tolerance in Brassica oleracea plants. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 200, 110760. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/89752 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110760 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional