Commercial tomato and bell pepper cultivars grown in Florida were inoculated with Glomus intraradices in greenhouses to determine relative dependency (RD) of the cultivars to the fungus. Dry shoot RD ratings for seven pepper cultivars ranged from 17.4 to 49.9. Fresh root weight RD ratings were lower, but did not alter the relative rankings of the two most dependent cultivars, Bell Captain and Early Calwonder. Dry shoot RD ratings for nine tomato cultivars ranged from 13.7 to -20.9. Heatwave was the most dependent using shoot weight and fresh root weight parameters, and Bonita the least. RD of cultivars was not related to plant size because Bell Captain was the tallest and Early Calwonder the shortest. Levels of G. intraradices infection in roots were not correlated with RD ratings. These data suggest that pepper cultivars may be more responsive to VAM fungus infection in the field than tomato cultivars.