“…For example, AMF ( Glomus intraradices , Glomus versiform , and Glomus etunicatum predominantly) were observed in the severely saline soils of the Tabriz plains of Iran, where soil salinity levels range from 7.3 to 92.0 dS/m (Aliasgharzadeh et al, 2001). The effects of mycorrhizal symbiosis on plant salinity tolerance have been studied in many species including Medicago sativa (Azcon and El-Atrash, 1997), Sesbania aegyptiaca , and Sesbania grandiflora (Giri and Mukerji, 2004), Z. mays (Feng et al, 2002; Krishnamoorthy et al, 2016), Capsicum annum (Kaya et al, 2009), Olea europaea (Porras-Soriano et al, 2009), Citrus tangerine (Wu et al, 2010), Gossypium arboreum (Tian et al, 2004), and Lycopersicon esculentum (Al-Karaki, 2000, 2006; Al-Karaki and Hammad, 2001; Latef and Chaoxing, 2011). In all these species, AMF improved plant salinity tolerance, leading to enhanced plant growth and yield (Azcon and El-Atrash, 1997; Giri and Mukerji, 2004; Diouf et al, 2005; Kaya et al, 2009; Porras-Soriano et al, 2009; Wu et al, 2010), nutrient acquisition (Feng et al, 2002; Giri and Mukerji, 2004; Diouf et al, 2005; Kaya et al, 2009; Porras-Soriano et al, 2009; Wu et al, 2010; Krishnamoorthy et al, 2016), chlorophyll content (Feng et al, 2002; Giri and Mukerji, 2004; Kaya et al, 2009), proline concentration (Diouf et al, 2005; Kaya et al, 2009), and promoting higher accumulation of soluble sugars in roots (Feng et al, 2002; see Table 1 ).…”