Füzy A., B. Bíró, and T. Tóth. 2003. Plant-microbe relationshiips and 
correlation with several soil properties in Hungarian salt-affecteds soils. 
(Hung.). Természetvédelmi Közlemények. 10:207-216

The interactions between the microbial and soil characteristics were analysed in 
the rhizosphere of dominant halophytes (Plantago maritima, Aster tripolium and 
Puccinellia limosa) at two salt effected regions in Hungary. Beside the quality 
and the concentration of salt specific anions, the pH values and some other soil 
physical parameters of soil were regularly determined on the sites. The
abundance of the most important culturable microorganisms and the colonisation 
values of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were also assessed in the 
mycorhizosphere of the halophytes investigated. Results have shown, that 
microbial parameters of the rhizosphere are rather sensitive indicators of the 
stress conditions. The abundance of benficial microorganisms investigated in the 
rhizosphere of the halophytes was found to be more stable indicator, suggesting 
the high dependence of host plants among the stress conditions. Number of colony 
forming units of fungi on the other hand have decreased significantly with the 
higher pH values. Arbuscular richness of the mycorrhiza colonised root indicated
the functioning of the plant-mycorrhiza-soil systems and was found a sensitive 
variable as a function of environmental stress factors. Water flooding and the 
permanent anthropogenic disturbance could have detectable influence on the soil-
plant-microbe interactions at the salt affected areas.