In general,the impact of AMF upon soil N cycle and its component pathway, has not recieived much attention from the scientific community,which is perhaps understandable given that it is only fairly recently that a possible role for AMF has been implicated.However,there are key areas where AMF might influence an effect on N cycle and the microorganisms involved as recently reviewed by Veresoglou et al; thus here,we only consider the likely effect of AMF upon mineralisation,nitri