Soil salinization is one of the global land degradation problems due to the impacts of climatic variations and human activities. As a beneficial soil microorganism, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are abundant in saline-alkaline land and form a mutual symbiosis with plants, which can improve salt tolerance of plant and reduce salt stress from the soil. Based on the mechanism of salt stress on the plant, the effects of AMF on plant physiological characteristics were introduced. Three main aspects of the AMF effects were summarized as follows: reconstructing the ion balance in plants to alleviate the toxic effects of specific ions; expanding the absorption range of plant roots and improving the osmotic regulation ability to alleviate the water deficit in plant; maintaining the integrity of cell membrane system and photosynthetic system to resist the damage caused by oxidative stress. Also, the future research direction in this field was evaluated, then a reference for the reconstruction of the saline-alkaline environment was provided.