Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associations in plant roots in metal contaminated soil are widely recognized as a potential tool for successful bioremidaition. Plants in symbiosis with AM fungi have the potential to take up heavy metal from an enlarged soil volume. Mycorrhizal associations also offer a biological means of assuring plant health and also increased growth and yield in such degraded ecosystems. So in heavy metal contaminated sites requiring clean up the beneficial dimensions of mycorrhiza should be utilized.
Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF), Heavy metal contamination, Bioremediation
