In a pot experiment, vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (VAMF) ( Glomus mosseae) along with various amounts of phosphorus and lime were introduced to an infertile acidic red earth (Typic hapludalf) previously amended with 8mg Cd/kg soil. Dry matter of maize shoot after 60 days growth was collected and Cd as well as P content were determined. Its was found that inoculation of VAMF significantly increased root infection and the highest infection occurred with lower P, lime treatment suggesting VAMF infection was influenced by high P and acidic reaction of the soil. .Shoot Cd content indicated that the highest VAMF infection significantly decreased Ca accumulation in plant shoot. However, Cd accumulation in shoot was relatively unaffected by VAMF in other lower infection treatments. It is suggested from the results that heavy mycorrhizal infection may contribute to restricting Cd uptake by host plants.