Füzy, A., T. Tóth, and B. Biró. 2006. Seasonal Dynamics of Mycorrhizal Colonization in 
the Rhizosphere of Some Dominant Halophytes.  Agrokémia és Talajtan. 55: 231-240.


Dominant halophytes such as the Plantago maritima, Aster tripolium, Artemisia santonicum, 
Puccinellia limosa, Festuca pseudovina and Lepidium crassifolium from salt affected soils 
of the Hungarian steppe have been monitored for colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal 
fungi (AMF) during 21 months in mothly intervalls. Two sites were selected, with 
different characteristics. Paralell with the AMF colonisation the salt and water content 
of the soil was also studied.

 The root infection was found to depend mainly on the phenology of the host plants and 
the weather conditions. There were a maximum mycorrhizal colonisation in late spring or 
in early summer highly influenced by the average temperature during the spring. The rate 
of fungal colonisation (M%), and especially the arbusculum richness (A%) depended highly 
on the precipitation data of the sites. The percentage of total colonisation however was 
not correlating with the rainfall from October, (November) when the temperature was quite 
low. There was a considerable colonisation level on the other hand during the winter 
period.