The application of an organic amendment modifies the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonizing native seedlings grown in a heavy-metal-polluted soil

► AMF populations colonizing roots in polluted soil depended on the host plant. ► Application of organic amendment decreases the shoot metal concentrations. ► Sugar beet waste influenced the diversity and composition of the community of AMF. ► Addition of sugar beet waste considered strategy for remediation of mine tailing sites.