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ReviewThe New phytologist2025

Chemical ecology of symbioses in cycads, an ancient plant lineage.

Shayla Salzman, Edder D Bustos-Díaz, Melissa R L Whitaker, Adriel M Sierra, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Francisco Barona-Gómez, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar

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Review in The New phytologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Insects · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shayla SalzmanDepartment of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-7542
Edder D Bustos-DíazNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-7332
Melissa R L WhitakerBiological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8774-8518
Adriel M SierraDépartement de Biologie, Université Laval, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-1350
Angélica Cibrián-JaramilloNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7974-455X
Francisco Barona-GómezEvolution of Microbial Chemodiversity Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 BE, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-9497
Juan Carlos Villarreal AguilarDépartement de Biologie, Université Laval, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-1446

Funding

Canada Research Chairs 950-232698Canadian Foundation for Innovation 39135Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 12-2018-4-FID16-237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms that maintain a plethora of symbiotic associations from across the tree of life. They have myriad morphological, structural, physiological, chemical, and behavioral adaptations that position them as a unique system to study the evolution, ecology, and mechanism of symbiosis. To this end, we have provided an overview of cycad symbiosis biology covering insects, bacteria, and fungi, and discuss the most recent advances in the underlying chemical ecology of these associations.

Indexed as

CycadopsidaEcologySymbiosisAnimalsBiological EvolutionFungiInsectachemical ecologycyanobacteriacycadsgymnospermsmicrobiome metabolitesplant secondary metabolitessymbiosisvolatile organic compounds

Identifiers

PMID40152178
PMCPMC12018785

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