“…High Mn accumulation can reduce leaf biomass (Saidi et al, 2014) and plant growth (Shenker et al, 2004) due to degradative process (Shenker et al, 2004;Papadakis et al, 2007, Marschner, 2012, chlorophylls synthesis reduction (Lidon et al, 2004;Wang et al, 2009) and low carboxylation (Millaleo et al, 2010;Millaleo et al, 2013). Thus, Mn interferes with the photosynthetic performance (Kitao et al, 1997;Nable et al, 1988;Vitti et al, 2006;Schmidt et al, 2013), and its excess can potentiate reactions with oxygen, causing damage cells (Papadakis et al, 2007), directly affecting the operation of photosystem II, responsible for water photolysis (Dechen and Nachtigall, 2007).…”