“…The deleterious effect of P deficiency on SNF and plant growth has been evidenced through the evaluation of physiological and biochemical parameters, such as nodule number and mass, nitrogenase and carbon/N assimilatory enzyme activities, CO 2 fixation, photosynthesis, energy status, organic acid synthesis, release of protons or organic acids, and nodule O 2 diffusion. Such studies have been performed in different legume species such as lupin, soybean, alfalfa (Medicago sativa), white clover (Trifolium repens), Medicago truncatula, pea (Pisum sativum), and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris;Jakobsen, 1985;Israel, 1987;Sa and Israel, 1991;Drevon, 1995a, 1995b;Al-Niemi et al, 1997;Vadez et al, 1997;Almeida et al, 2000;Tang et al, 2001Tang et al, , 2004Hogh-Jensen et al, 2002;Olivera et al, 2004;Schulze and Drevon, 2005;Schulze et al, 2006;Le Roux et al, 2008).…”