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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Getting by With a Little Help From Fungal Friends: Seed-Associated Endophytes Contribute to Seed Defense Against Fungal Pathogens in Keystone Tropical Trees.

Sumashini Sundararajan, Gauranshi Chamoli, James W Dalling, Meghna Krishnadas

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Sumashini SundararajanDepartment of Plant Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign Illinois USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-9316
Gauranshi ChamoliNature Conservation Foundation Mysore India.
James W DallingDepartment of Plant Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign Illinois USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6488-9895
Meghna KrishnadasCSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil-borne fungal pathogens are known to be major causes of seed mortality in tropical forests; however, not all fungal infections of seeds are necessarily lethal. It has been hypothesized that seed-associated fungi may contribute to seed defense and persistence in soil seed banks and are especially important for non-dormant seeds with limited physical and chemical defenses. This study examined microbially mediated seed defense in two fig (

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beneficial fungiFicuspriority effectsseed‐fungal interactionsseed persistence

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PMCPMC13469350

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