Salicylic acid nanoparticles (SANPs) improve

growth and phytoremediation efficiency of Isatis

cappadocica Desv., under As stress
Zahra Souri, Naser Karimi, Marzeyh Sarmadi, Elham Rostami

Abstract— Arsenic (As) is a toxic metalloid dispersed in the environment and it cause serious toxicity to plants. Salicylic acid (SA)
plays an important role in many plant growth processes involved in plant defence against heavy metal or metalloid stress. In the
present study, for the first time, chitosan nanoparticles was synthesised, loaded by SA and the positive role of SA on growth and
phytoremediation efficiency of Isatis cappadocica against As toxicity were evaluated. The highest arsenate treatment (1200 M)
caused a decrease in plant biomass that, however, its combined application with salicylic acid nanoparticles (SANPs) substantially
increase in shoot height, root length and their biomass production compared with As stressed plants. The pretreatment of SANPs
by increasing arsenate supply, simultaneously increased the As concentration in roots and shoots of I. cappadocica which reached
a maximum of 705 and 1188 mg/kg, respectively. This results suggest that high levels of As stress induce stress status in I.
cappadocica which SANPs pretreatment application limit these toxic effects of As. Therefore, SANPs has a significant beneficial
effect on the growth and phytoremediation efficiency of I. cappadocica subjected to As stress.

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