Posy E. Busby

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Posy E. Busby is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Posy E. Busby has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Posy E. Busby's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (17 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Posy E. Busby is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (17 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Posy E. Busby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Posy E. Busby's co-authors include George Newcombe, Mary Ridout, Maggie R. Wagner, Kabir Peay, James M. Kremer, Jan E. Leach, Alison E. Bennett, Chinmay Soman, Jeffery L. Dangl and Jonathan A. Eisen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Posy E. Busby

43 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Research priorities for harnessing plant microbiomes in sustainable agriculture

2017 512 citations Posy E. Busby, Chinmay Soman et al. PLoS Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Posy E. Busby United States	21	1.2k	611	398	316	270	45	1.8k
Duckchul Park New Zealand	20	1.2k 1.0×	566 0.9×	413 1.0×	476 1.5×	118 0.4×	58	1.9k
Maggie R. Wagner United States	14	1.5k 1.2×	304 0.5×	272 0.7×	347 1.1×	153 0.6×	32	2.1k
Benedicte Riber Albrectsen Sweden	24	726 0.6×	230 0.4×	379 1.0×	244 0.8×	283 1.0×	65	1.5k
Catherine Bodénès France	25	1.0k 0.8×	252 0.4×	471 1.2×	334 1.1×	473 1.8×	34	2.3k
Matthew Horton United States	16	2.1k 1.7×	286 0.5×	346 0.9×	346 1.1×	144 0.5×	19	3.0k
Morag Glen Australia	24	1.0k 0.8×	848 1.4×	217 0.5×	240 0.8×	133 0.5×	63	1.4k
Alejandro Solla Spain	34	1.6k 1.3×	787 1.3×	279 0.7×	933 3.0×	432 1.6×	111	2.5k
Cécile Robin France	29	2.3k 1.8×	1.4k 2.3×	375 0.9×	587 1.9×	157 0.6×	76	2.8k
Martin Unterseher Germany	26	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	714 1.8×	393 1.2×	144 0.5×	43	2.1k
Richard A. Sniezko United States	26	1.0k 0.8×	601 1.0×	220 0.6×	706 2.2×	294 1.1×	118	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Posy E. Busby

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Leopold, Devin R., et al.. (2025). Stomatal traits covary with leaf mycobiome diversity and composition. New Phytologist. 249(3). 1408–1421.

Ma, Cathleen, et al.. (2024). Double-Stranded RNAs Targeting Sphaerulina musiva Silence DCL but Not CYP51 In Vitro and Fail to Confer Resistance to Canker in Transgenic Poplar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 76–89.

LeBoldus, Jared M., Shannon C. Lynch, Andrew E. Newhouse, et al.. (2024). Biotechnology and Genomic Approaches to Mitigating Disease Impacts on Forest Health. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 62(1). 309–335. 2 indexed citations

Busby, Posy E., et al.. (2023). Influence of organic plant breeding on the rhizosphere microbiome of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1251919–1251919. 5 indexed citations

Nuland, Michael E. Van, et al.. (2023). Above- and belowground fungal biodiversity of Populus trees on a continental scale. Nature Microbiology. 8(12). 2406–2419. 8 indexed citations

Busby, Posy E., et al.. (2022). Characterization of Seed Mycobiota Using Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Approaches. Methods in molecular biology. 2605. 65–78. 3 indexed citations

Newcombe, George, et al.. (2022). Plant Seeds Commonly Host Bacillus spp., Potential Antagonists of Phytopathogens. Microbial Ecology. 85(4). 1356–1366. 12 indexed citations

Busby, Posy E., et al.. (2021). The core seed mycobiome of Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii across provenances of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Mycologia. 113(6). 1–12. 7 indexed citations

Christian, Natalie, et al.. (2021). Elevated carbon dioxide reduces a common soybean leaf endophyte. Global Change Biology. 27(17). 4154–4168. 13 indexed citations

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Leopold, Devin R. & Posy E. Busby. (2020). Host Genotype and Colonist Arrival Order Jointly Govern Plant Microbiome Composition and Function. Current Biology. 30(16). 3260–3266.e5. 60 indexed citations

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Wagner, Maggie R., Posy E. Busby, & Peter Balint‐Kurti. (2019). Analysis of leaf microbiome composition of near‐isogenic maize lines differing in broad‐spectrum disease resistance. New Phytologist. 225(5). 2152–2165. 47 indexed citations

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Leopold, Devin R., et al.. (2019). Differentiating spatial from environmental effects on foliar fungal communities of Populus trichocarpa. Journal of Biogeography. 46(9). 2001–2011. 41 indexed citations

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Newcombe, George, et al.. (2018). A Hypothetical Bottleneck in the Plant Microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1645–1645. 59 indexed citations

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Brown, Shawn P., Devin R. Leopold, & Posy E. Busby. (2018). Protocols for Investigating the Leaf Mycobiome Using High-Throughput DNA Sequencing. Methods in molecular biology. 1848. 39–51. 18 indexed citations

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Newcombe, George, Wellington Muchero, & Posy E. Busby. (2018). Resistance to an eriophyid mite in an interspecific hybrid pedigree of Populus. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207839–e0207839. 4 indexed citations

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Busby, Posy E., Chinmay Soman, Maggie R. Wagner, et al.. (2017). Research priorities for harnessing plant microbiomes in sustainable agriculture. PLoS Biology. 15(3). e2001793–e2001793. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Busby, Posy E., Mary Ridout, & George Newcombe. (2015). Fungal endophytes: modifiers of plant disease. Plant Molecular Biology. 90(6). 645–655. 282 indexed citations

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Houbraken, Jos, Cobus M. Visagie, Martin Meijer, et al.. (2014). A taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Penicillium section Aspergilloides. Studies in Mycology. 78(1). 373–451. 64 indexed citations

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Jawdy, Sara, et al.. (2013). Leaf endophytes and host genotype in Populus affect severity of damage from the necrotrophic leaf pathogen, Drepanopeziza populi. Ecosphere. 4(10). 2 indexed citations

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Busby, Posy E., M. Catherine Aime, & George Newcombe. (2012). Foliar pathogens of Populus angustifolia are consistent with a hypothesis of Beringian migration into North America. Fungal Biology. 116(7). 792–801. 15 indexed citations

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