Lucas Busta

1.2k total citations
34 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

Lucas Busta is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucas Busta has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lucas Busta's work include Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (15 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers) and Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (8 papers). Lucas Busta is often cited by papers focused on Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (15 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers) and Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (8 papers). Lucas Busta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Lucas Busta's co-authors include Reinhard Jetter, Yuelin Zhang, Pingtao Ding, Edgar B. Cahoon, Qian Zhang, Tongjun Sun, Daniela Hegebarth, Yanjun Guo, Jessica M. Budke and Dylan K. Kosma and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lucas Busta

31 papers receiving 875 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucas Busta United States 18 617 427 74 70 68 34 881
Gah‐Hyun Lim South Korea 14 845 1.4× 376 0.9× 45 0.6× 43 0.6× 25 0.4× 27 1.0k
Young Sam Seo South Korea 20 747 1.2× 544 1.3× 82 1.1× 165 2.4× 31 0.5× 24 979
Tamara Vellosillo Spain 9 700 1.1× 335 0.8× 150 2.0× 46 0.7× 41 0.6× 11 860
Meng Cai China 16 991 1.6× 570 1.3× 91 1.2× 48 0.7× 160 2.4× 41 1.3k
Satya Swathi Nadakuduti United States 12 521 0.8× 486 1.1× 46 0.6× 33 0.5× 27 0.4× 24 694
Xingjun Wang China 26 1.5k 2.4× 814 1.9× 35 0.5× 56 0.8× 34 0.5× 80 1.7k
Chaorong Tang China 20 644 1.0× 742 1.7× 31 0.4× 37 0.5× 23 0.3× 58 1.1k
Qiantang Fu China 20 991 1.6× 969 2.3× 40 0.5× 69 1.0× 35 0.5× 37 1.3k
Nora A. Foroud Canada 18 824 1.3× 246 0.6× 24 0.3× 89 1.3× 44 0.6× 38 949

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lucas Busta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucas Busta

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All Works

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Busta, Lucas, et al.. (2025). A new spin on chemotaxonomy: Using non‐proteogenic amino acids as a test case. Applications in Plant Sciences. 13(4). e70006–e70006.
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Chomicki, Guillaume, Gustavo Burin, Lucas Busta, et al.. (2024). Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution. Science. 383(6678). 108–113. 11 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, et al.. (2024). Mapping of specialized metabolite terms onto a plant phylogeny using text mining and large language models. The Plant Journal. 120(1). 406–419. 9 indexed citations
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Grover, Sajjan, Michael J. Bowman, Lucas Busta, et al.. (2023). Sugars and cuticular waxes impact sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) colonization on different developmental stages of sorghum. Plant Science. 330. 111646–111646. 16 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Reinhard Jetter, Tianyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Diversified chemical profiles of cuticular wax on alpine meadow plants of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Planta. 257(4). 74–74. 3 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Ismail Dweikat, Shirley Sato, et al.. (2022). Chemical and genetic variation in feral Cannabis sativa populations across the Nebraska climate gradient. Phytochemistry. 200. 113206–113206. 13 indexed citations
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Grover, Sajjan, et al.. (2022). Sorghum cuticular waxes influence host plant selection by aphids. Planta. 257(1). 22–22. 17 indexed citations
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Scott, Samuel, Edgar B. Cahoon, & Lucas Busta. (2022). Variation on a theme: the structures and biosynthesis of specialized fatty acid natural products in plants. The Plant Journal. 111(4). 954–965. 17 indexed citations
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Santos, Patrícia, Lucas Busta, Won Cheol Yim, Edgar B. Cahoon, & Dylan K. Kosma. (2022). Structural diversity, biosynthesis, and function of plant falcarin-type polyacetylenic lipids. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(9). 2889–2904. 11 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Kent D. Chapman, & Edgar B. Cahoon. (2022). Better together: Protein partnerships for lineage-specific oil accumulation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 66. 102191–102191. 17 indexed citations
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Schenck, Craig A. & Lucas Busta. (2021). Using interdisciplinary, phylogeny-guided approaches to understand the evolution of plant metabolism. Plant Molecular Biology. 109(4-5). 355–367. 13 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Olga Serra, Ok-Tae Kim, et al.. (2020). Oxidosqualene cyclases involved in the biosynthesis of triterpenoids in Quercus suber cork. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8011–8011. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangjun, Asghar Shirani, Juan Ling, et al.. (2018). Discontinuous fatty acid elongation yields hydroxylated seed oil with improved function. Nature Plants. 4(9). 711–720. 45 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas & Reinhard Jetter. (2017). Structure and Biosynthesis of Branched Wax Compounds on Wild Type and Wax Biosynthesis Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 58(6). 1059–1074. 29 indexed citations
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Guo, Yanjun, Lucas Busta, & Reinhard Jetter. (2017). Cuticular wax coverage and composition differ among organs of Taraxacum officinale. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 115. 372–379. 30 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Jessica M. Budke, & Reinhard Jetter. (2016). The mossFunaria hygrometricahas cuticular wax similar to vascular plants, with distinct composition on leafy gametophyte, calyptra and sporophyte capsule surfaces. Annals of Botany. 118(3). 511–522. 25 indexed citations
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Busta, Lucas, Jessica M. Budke, & Reinhard Jetter. (2015). Identification of β-hydroxy fatty acid esters and primary, secondary-alkanediol esters in cuticular waxes of the moss Funaria hygrometrica. Phytochemistry. 121. 38–49. 19 indexed citations

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