{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7223140706","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","title":"Plant microbiomes have a greater effect than plant size on flowering and growth in Asclepias syriaca","display_name":"Plant microbiomes have a greater effect than plant size on flowering and growth in Asclepias syriaca","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-21","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7223140706","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/10/21/2026.10.20.759379.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/10/21/2026.10.20.759379.full.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073111783","display_name":"Joshua R. Puzey","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-9993","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-9993"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Joshua R. Puzey","raw_affiliation_strings":["Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034137198","display_name":"Ivan Munkres","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-3890","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-3890"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ivan Munkres","raw_affiliation_strings":["Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5159165375","display_name":"Christian d'Orgeix","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christian D\u2019Orgeix","raw_affiliation_strings":["Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080195939","display_name":"Harmony J. Dalgleish","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7531-6814","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7531-6814"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16285277","display_name":"William & Mary","ror":"https://ror.org/03hsf0573","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Harmony J. Dalgleish","raw_affiliation_strings":["Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5073111783"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16285277"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10076","display_name":"Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity","score":0.600600004196167,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10076","display_name":"Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity","score":0.600600004196167,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10135","display_name":"Insect-Plant Interactions and Control","score":0.20970000326633453,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12934","display_name":"Plant and fungal interactions","score":0.027400000020861626,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1105","display_name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/asclepias-syriaca","display_name":"Asclepias syriaca","score":0.9739999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/milkweed","display_name":"milkweed","score":0.9580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-microbiota","display_name":"plant microbiome","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leaf-microbiota","display_name":"leaf microbiome","score":0.953000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soil-microbiome","display_name":"soil microbiome","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/herbivory","display_name":"herbivory","score":0.972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flowering-time","display_name":"flowering time","score":0.7710000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-growth","display_name":"plant growth","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-size","display_name":"plant size","score":0.656000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-demography","display_name":"plant demography","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-defense","display_name":"plant defense","score":0.32499998807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-sharing","display_name":"resource sharing","score":0.37599998712539673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fecundity","display_name":"fecundity","score":0.6050000190734863}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.8819000124931335},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30820588","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190903","display_name":"Herbaceous plant","level":2,"score":0.8427000045776367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24461792","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157957","display_name":"Perennial plant","level":2,"score":0.7851999998092651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143121216","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330402","display_name":"Microbiome","level":2,"score":0.7260000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67283656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587899","display_name":"Fecundity","level":3,"score":0.6355999708175659},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46325548","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59099","display_name":"Herbivore","level":2,"score":0.6172999739646912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.4203999936580658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2982966219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045481","display_name":"Plant growth","level":2,"score":0.4146000146865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.40860000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141282968","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387972","display_name":"Plant ecology","level":2,"score":0.39739999175071716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779233841","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25314","display_name":"Flowering plant","level":2,"score":0.3418999910354614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53002841","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1418712","display_name":"Plant community","level":3,"score":0.33160001039505005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6557445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173113","display_name":"Agronomy","level":1,"score":0.30809998512268066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775835988","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006733","display_name":"Grassland","level":2,"score":0.2953000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110872660","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37813","display_name":"Ecosystem","level":2,"score":0.2815999984741211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132215390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461335","display_name":"Abiotic component","level":2,"score":0.27079999446868896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126831891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221673","display_name":"Host (biology)","level":2,"score":0.25099998712539673}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/10/21/2026.10.20.759379.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.20.759379","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/10/21/2026.10.20.759379.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2","score":0.8409000039100647,"display_name":"Zero hunger"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":0.7605999708175659,"display_name":"Life on land"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7223140706.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7223140706.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2786335128","https://openalex.org/W4409213269","https://openalex.org/W7167254504","https://openalex.org/W7196966721"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2410296564","https://openalex.org/W6963318448","https://openalex.org/W2153414085","https://openalex.org/W4404668019","https://openalex.org/W7214032043","https://openalex.org/W7171630562","https://openalex.org/W3142496170","https://openalex.org/W1972781330","https://openalex.org/W6888556406","https://openalex.org/W1860415338"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Plants":[1],"strike":[2],"a":[3,31,45,49,58,65,114,176,266],"delicate":[4],"balance":[5],"between":[6,25],"growth":[7,20,110,133,181,222],"and":[8,18,21,27,68,84,105,111,134,141,153,167,193,223,243],"defense.":[9],"The":[10],"calculus":[11],"of":[12,51,93,179,228,248,256,259],"how":[13,158],"to":[14,70,81,164,262],"defend":[15],"against":[16],"herbivores,":[17],"maximize":[19,40],"reproduction,":[22],"can":[23],"differ":[24],"annuals":[26],"perennials.":[28],"Annuals":[29],"have":[30],"live":[32],"fast,":[33],"reproduce":[34],"young":[35],"strategy;":[36],"while":[37],"perennials":[38],"may":[39],"fecundity":[41,224],"over":[42],"years.":[43],"Milkweed,":[44],"herbaceous":[46,66],"perennial,":[47],"is":[48,63,175,241],"mix":[50],"these":[52,213],"two":[53],"strategies.":[54],"On":[55,72],"one":[56],"hand,":[57,75],"single":[59],"individual":[60,129],"milkweed":[61,109,120,240],"ramet":[62],"functionally":[64],"annual":[67],"vulnerable":[69],"herbivory.":[71,95,250],"the":[73,91,99,103,132,139,159,172,190,206,236,246,257],"other":[74],"below":[76],"ground":[77],"connections":[78],"allow":[79],"plants":[80],"share":[82],"resources":[83],"persist":[85],"for":[86,150],"multiple":[87],"years,":[88],"perhaps":[89],"lowering":[90],"cost":[92],"localized":[94],"Here,":[96],"we":[97,137,156,187],"study":[98,252],"impact":[100],"herbivory":[101,204],"on":[102,108],"leaf":[104,142,173,207,237],"soil":[106,140,191,209],"microbiome":[107,143,160,174,192,210,238],"flowering":[112,135,165,197],"in":[113,126,225,239,245,265],"naturally":[115],"occurring":[116],"population.":[117],"Specifically,":[118],"using":[119],"populations":[121,227],"at":[122],"three":[123],"different":[124],"sites":[125],"Virginia,":[127],"following":[128],"ramets":[130],"throughout":[131],"season,":[136],"quantified":[138],"through":[144],"metagenomic":[145],"shotgun":[146],"sequencing.":[147],"After":[148],"controlling":[149],"plant":[151,154,180,194,218,260,263],"size":[152,195],"genotype,":[155],"asked":[157],"composition":[161],"was":[162],"related":[163],"time":[166],"growth.":[168],"We":[169,199],"find":[170,188],"that":[171,189,203,217,235],"strong":[177],"predictor":[178],"rate,":[182],"but":[183],"not":[184],"flowering.":[185],"Conversely,":[186],"predict":[196],"probability.":[198],"found":[200],"no":[201],"evidence":[202,216,234],"altered":[205],"or":[208],"composition.":[211],"Together":[212],"results":[214,231],"provide":[215,233],"microbiomes":[219,261],"also":[220,232],"influence":[221],"natural":[226],"milkweed.":[229],"These":[230],"robust":[242],"stable":[244],"face":[247],"significant":[249],"This":[251],"expands":[253],"our":[254],"knowledge":[255],"contribution":[258],"demography":[264],"clonal":[267],"perennial":[268],"plant.":[269]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2026-10-22T00:00:00"}