Wolfgang Busch, PhD

Professor and Director
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory
Integrative Biology Laboratory
Hess Chair in Plant Science

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Publications

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Busch, W. Joanne Chory obituary: biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth. (2025) Nature. 637(8044):28. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-04166-8


Ruiz Rosquete, M., Gonzalez, J., Wertz, K., Gonzalez, N., Baez, M., Wang, L., Zhang, L., Patil, S., Funaro, L., Busch, W. ClearDepth: a simple, robust, and low-cost method to assess root depth in soil. (2024) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.17177

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Zhong, K., Zhang, P., Wei, X., Platre, M.P., He, W., Zhang, L., Małolepszy, A., Cao, M., Hu, S., Tang, S., Li, B., Hu, P., Busch, W. Natural variation of TBR confers plant zinc toxicity tolerance through root cell wall pectin methylesterification. (2024) Nature Communications. 15(1):5823. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50106-5

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Lee, S., Showalter, J., Zhang, L., Cassin-Ross, G., Rouached, H., Busch, W. Nutrient levels control root growth responses to high ambient temperature in plants. (2024) Nature Communications. 15(1):4689. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49180-6

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Gonzalez, S., Swift, J., Yaaran, A., Xu, J., Miller, C., Illouz-Eliaz, N., Nery, J.R., Busch, W., Zait, Y., Ecker, J.R. Arabidopsis transcriptome responses to low water potential using high-throughput plate assays. (2024) Elife. 12. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.84747

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Lee, S., Busch, W. Assessing Temperature Responses in Roots. (2024) Methods in Molecular Biology. 2795:37-42. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3814-9_4

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Berrigan, E.M., Wang, L., Carrillo, H., Echegoyen, K., Kappes, M., Torres, J., Ai-Perreira, A., McCoy, E., Shane, E., Copeland, C.D., Ragel, L., Georgousakis, C., Lee, S., Reynolds, D., Talgo, A., Gonzalez, J., Zhang, L., Rajurkar, A.B., Ruiz, M., Daniels, E., Maree, L., Pariyar, S., Busch, W., Pereira, T.D. Fast and Efficient Root Phenotyping via Pose Estimation. (2024) Plant Phenomics. 6:0175. DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0175

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Villarino, G., Dahlberg-Wright, S., Zhang, L., Schaedel, M., Wang, L., Miller, K., Bartlett, J., Vu, A.M.D., Busch, W. PAT (Periderm Assessment Toolkit): A Quantitative and Large-Scale Screening Method for Periderm Measurements. (2024) Plant Phenomics. 6:0156. DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0156

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He, W., Truong, H.A., Zhang, L., Cao, M., Arakawa, N., Xiao, Y., Zhong, K., Hou, Y., Busch, W. Identification of mebendazole as an ethylene signaling activator reveals a role of ethylene signaling in the regulation of lateral root angles. (2024) Cell Reports. 43(2):113763. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113763

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Zhang, T., Zhang, R., Zeng, X.Y., Lee, S., Ye, L.H., Tian, S.L., Zhang, Y.J., Busch, W., Zhou, W.B., Zhu, X.G., Wang, P. GLK transcription factors accompany ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 to orchestrate light-induced seedling development in Arabidopsis. (2024) Plant Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae002

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Cao, M., Platre, M.P., Tsai, H.H., Zhang, L., Nobori, T., Armengot, L., Chen, Y., He, W., Brent, L., Coll, N.S., Ecker, J.R., Geldner, N., Busch, W. Spatial IMA1 regulation restricts root iron acquisition on MAMP perception. (2024) Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06891-y

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Joseph Fernando, E.A., Selvaraj, M., Uga, Y., Busch, W., Bowers, H., Tohme, J. Going Deep: Roots, Carbon, and Analyzing Subsoil Carbon Dynamics. (2023) Molecular Plant. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.11.009


Platre, M.P., Mehta, P., Halvorson, Z., Zhang, L., Brent, L., Gleason F, M., Faizi, K., Goulding, C., Busch, W. Root Walker: an automated pipeline for large scale quantification of early root growth responses at high spatial and temporal resolution. (2023) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16493

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Liu, Q., Kawai, T., Inukai, Y., Aoki, D., Feng, Z., Xiao, Y., Fukushima, K., Lin, X., Shi, W., Busch, W., Matsushita, Y., Li, B. A lignin-derived material improves plant nutrient bioavailability and growth through its metal chelating capacity. (2023) Nature Communications. 14(1):4866. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40497-2

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Wang, Y., Perez-Sancho, J., Platre, M.P., Callebaut, B., Smokvarska, M., Ferrer, K., Luo, Y., Nolan, T.M., Sato, T., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N., Kvasnica, M., Winne, J.M., Bayer, E.M., Vukašinović, N., Russinova, E. Plasmodesmata mediate cell-to-cell transport of brassinosteroid hormones. (2023) Nature Chemical Biology. DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01346-x

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Dubey, S.M., Han, S., Stutzman, N., Prigge, M.J., Medvecká, E., Platre, M.P., Busch, W., Fendrych, M., Estelle, M. The AFB1 auxin receptor controls the cytoplasmic auxin response pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2023) Molecular Plant. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.06.008

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Dubey, S.M., Han, Stutzman, N., Prigge, M.J., Medvecká, E., Platre, M.P., Busch, W., Fendrych, M., Estelle, M. The AFB1 auxin receptor controls the cytoplasmic auxin response pathway in . (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.04.522696

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Eckardt, N.A., Ainsworth, E.A., Bahuguna, R.N., Broadley, M.R., Busch, W., Carpita, N.C., Castrillo, G., Chory, J., DeHaan, L.R., Duarte, C.M., Henry, A., Jagadish, S.V.K., Langdale, J., Leakey, A.D.B., Liao, J.C., Lu, K.J., McCann, M.C., McKay, J.K., Odeny, D.A., Olivieira, E., Platten, J.D., Rabbi, I., Rim, E.Y., Ronald, P.C., Salt, D.E., Shigenaga, A.M., Wang, E., Wolfe, M., Zhang, X. Climate change challenges, plant science solutions. (2022) Plant Cell. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac303

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Platre, M.P., Satbhai, S.B., Brent, L., Gleason, M.F., Cao, M., Grison, M., Glavier, M., Zhang, L., Gaillochet, C., Goeschl, C., Giovannetti, M., Enugutti, B., Neveu, J., von Reth, M., Alcázar, R., Parker, J.E., Vert, G., Bayer, E., Busch, W. The receptor kinase SRF3 coordinates iron-level and flagellin dependent defense and growth responses in plants. (2022) Nature Communications. 13(1):4445. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32167-6

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Henkhaus, N.A., Busch, W., Chen, A., Colón-Carmona, A., Cothran, M., Diaz, N., Dundore-Arias, J.P., Gonzales, M., Hadziabdic, D., Hayes, R.A., MacIntosh, G.C., Na, A., Nyamasoka-Magonziwa, B., Pater, D., Peritore-Galve, F.C., Phelps-Durr, T., Rouhier, K., Sickler, D.B., Starnes, J.H., Tyler, Q.R., Valdez-Ward, E., Vega-Sánchez, M.E., Walcott, R.R., Ward, J.K., Wyatt, S.E., Zapata, F., Zemenick, A.T., Stern, D.B. Removing systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop "Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences". (2022) Plant Direct. 6(8):e432. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.432

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Ogura, T., Goeschl, C., Busch, W. A Multiplexed, Time-Resolved Assay of Root Gravitropic Bending on Agar Plates. (2021) Methods in Molecular Biology. 2368:61-70. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_4

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Busch, W., Chory, J. Multikingdom diffusion barrier control. (2021) Science. 371(6525):125. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf5591


Miller, C.N., Busch, W. Using natural variation to understand plant responses to iron availability. (2021) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab012

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Alonso-Díaz, A., Satbhai, S.B., de Pedro-Jové, R., Berry, H.M., Göschl, C., Argueso, C.T., Novak, O., Busch, W., Valls, M., Coll, N.S. A genome-wide association study unravels cytokinin as a major component in the root defense responses against Ralstonia solanacearum. (2021) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa610

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Burko, Y., Gaillochet, C., Seluzicki, A., Chory, J., Busch, W. Local HY5 Activity Mediates Hypocotyl Growth and Shoot-to-Root Communication. (2020) . 1(5). DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100078

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Li, B., Sun, C., Lin, X., Busch, W. The Emerging Role of GSNOR in Oxidative Stress Regulation. (2020) Trends in Plant Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.09.004

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Prigge, M.J., Platre, M., Kadakia, N., Zhang, Y., Greenham, K., Szutu, W., Pandey, B.K., Bhosale, R.A., Bennett, M.J., Busch, W., Estelle, M. Genetic analysis of the Arabidopsis TIR1/AFB auxin receptors reveals both overlapping and specialized functions. (2020) Elife. 9. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.54740

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Giovannetti, M., Göschl, C., Dietzen, C., Andersen, S.U., Kopriva, S., Busch, W. Identification of novel genes involved in phosphate accumulation in Lotus japonicus through Genome Wide Association mapping of root system architecture and anion content. (2019) PLOS Genetics. 15(12):e1008126. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008126

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Singh, J., Fabrizio, J., Desnoues, E., Silva, J.P., Busch, W., Khan, A. Root system traits impact early fire blight susceptibility in apple (Malus × domestica). (2019) BMC Plant Biology. 19(1):579. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2202-3

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Bouain, N., Korte, A., Satbhai, S.B., Nam, H.I., Rhee, S.Y., Busch, W., Rouached, H. Systems genomics approaches provide new insights into Arabidopsis thaliana root growth regulation under combinatorial mineral nutrient limitation. (2019) PLOS Genetics. 15(11):e1008392. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008392

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Slovak, R., Setzer, C., Roiuk, M., Bertels, J., Göschl, C., Jandrasits, K., Beemster, G.T.S., Busch, W. Ribosome assembly factor Adenylate Kinase 6 maintains cell proliferation and cell size homeostasis during root growth. (2019) New Phytologist. 225(5):2064-2076. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16291

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Li, B., Sun, L., Huang, J., Göschl, C., Shi, W., Chory, J., Busch, W. GSNOR provides plant tolerance to iron toxicity via preventing iron-dependent nitrosative and oxidative cytotoxicity. (2019) Nature Communications. 10(1):3896. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11892-5

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Ogura, T., Goeschl, C., Filiault, D., Mirea, M., Slovak, R., Wolhrab, B., Satbhai, S.B., Busch, W. Root System Depth in Arabidopsis Is Shaped by EXOCYST70A3 via the Dynamic Modulation of Auxin Transport. (2019) Cell. 178(2):400-412.e16. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.021

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Di Mambro, R., Svolacchia, N., Dello Ioio, R., Pierdonati, E., Salvi, E., Pedrazzini, E., Vitale, A., Perilli, S., Sozzani, R., Benfey, P.N., Busch, W., Costantino, P., Sabatini, S. The Lateral Root Cap Acts as an Auxin Sink that Controls Meristem Size. (2019) Current Biology. 29(7):1199-1205.e4 . DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.022

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Xu, Y.C., Niu, X.M., Li, X.X., He, W., Chen, J.F., Zou, Y.P., Wu, Q., Zhang, Y.E., Busch, W., Guo, Y.L. Adaptation and phenotypic diversification through loss-of-function mutations in Arabidopsis protein-coding genes. (2019) Plant Cell. 31:1012-1025. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00791

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Toal, T.W., Ron, M., Gibson, D., Kajala, K., Splitt, B., Johnson, L.S., Miller, N.D., Slovak, R., Gaudinier, A., Patel, R., de Lucas, M., Provart, N.J., Spalding, E.P., Busch, W., Kliebenstein, D.J., Brady, S.M. Regulation of Root Angle and Gravitropism. (2018) G3. 8(12):3841-3855. DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200540

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Ristova, D., Giovannetti, M., Metesch, K., Busch, W. Natural Genetic Variation Shapes Root System Responses to Phytohormones in Arabidopsis. (2018) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14034

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Bouain, N., Satbhai, S.B., Korte, A., Saenchai, C., Desbrosses, G., Berthomieu, P., Busch, W., Rouached, H. Natural allelic variation of the AZI1 gene controls root growth under zinc-limiting condition. (2018) PLOS Genetics. 14(4):e1007304. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007304

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Mabuchi, K., Maki, H., Itaya, T., Suzuki, T., Nomoto, M., Sakaoka, S., Morikami, A., Higashiyama, T., Tada, Y., Busch, W., Tsukagoshi, H. MYB30 links ROS signaling, root cell elongation, and plant immune responses. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804233115

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Exposito-Alonso, M., Becker, C., Schuenemann, V.J., Reiter, E., Setzer, C., Slovak, R., Brachi, B., Hagmann, J., Grimm, D.G., Chen, J., Busch, W., Bergelson, J., Ness, R.W., Krause, J., Burbano, H.A., Weigel, D. The rate and potential relevance of new mutations in a colonizing plant lineage. (2018) PLOS Genetics. 14(2):e1007155. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007155

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Shibata, M., Breuer, C., Kawamura, A., Clark, N.M., Rymen, B., Braidwood, L., Morohashi, K., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N., Sozzani, R., Sugimoto, K. GTL1 and DF1 regulate root hair growth through transcriptional repression ofin. (2018) Development. 145(3). DOI: 10.1242/dev.159707

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Kisko, M., Bouain, N., Safi, A., Medici, A., Akkers, R.C., Secco, D., Fouret, G., Krouk, G., Aarts, M.G., Busch, W., Rouached, H. LPCAT1 controls phosphate homeostasis in a zinc-dependent manner. (2018) Elife. 7. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32077

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Smakowska-Luzan, E., Mott, G.A., Parys, K., Stegmann, M., Howton, T.C., Layeghifard, M., Neuhold, J., Lehner, A., Kong, J., Grünwald, K., Weinberger, N., Satbhai, S.B., Mayer, D., Busch, W., Madalinski, M., Stolt-Bergner, P., Provart, N.J., Mukhtar, M.S., Zipfel, C., Desveaux, D., Guttman, D.S., Belkhadir, Y. An extracellular network of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases. (2018) Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature25184

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Friesner, J., Assmann, S.M., Bastow, R., Bailey-Serres, J., Beynon, J., Brendel, V., Buell, C.R., Bucksch, A., Busch, W., Demura, T., Dinneny, J.R., Doherty, C.J., Eveland, A.L., Falter-Braun, P., Gehan, M.A., Gonzales, M., Grotewold, E., Gutierrez, R., Kramer, U., Krouk, G., Ma, S., Markelz, R.J.C., Megraw, M., Meyers, B.C., Murray, J.A.H., Provart, N.J., Rhee, S., Smith, R., Spalding, E.P., Taylor, C., Teal, T.K., Torii, K.U., Town, C., Vaughn, M., Vierstra, R., Ware, D., Wilkins, O., Williams, C., Brady, S.M. The Next Generation of Training for Arabidopsis Researchers: Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology. (2017) Plant Physiology. 175(4):1499-1509. DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01490


Munch, D., Gupta, V., Mun, T., Bachmann, A., Busch, W., Kelly, S., Andersen, S.U. The Brassicaceae family displays divergent, shoot-skewed NLR resistance gene expression. (2017) Plant Physiology. DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01606

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Di Mambro, R., De Ruvo, M., Pacifici, E., Salvi, E., Sozzani, R., Benfey, P.N., Busch, W., Novak, O., Ljung, K., Di Paola, L., Marée, A.F.M., Costantino, P., Grieneisen, V.A., Sabatini, S. Auxin minimum triggers the developmental switch from cell division to cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(36):E7641-E7649. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705833114

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Barbez, E., Dünser, K., Gaidora, A., Lendl, T., Busch, W. Auxin steers root cell expansion via apoplastic pH regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(24):E4884-E4893. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613499114

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Satbhai, S.B., Setzer, C., Freynschlag, F., Slovak, R., Kerdaffrec, E., Busch, W. Natural allelic variation of FRO2 modulates Arabidopsis root growth under iron deficiency. (2017) Nature Communications. 8:15603. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15603

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Vad, V., Cedrim, D., Busch, W., Filzmoser, P., Viola, I. Generalized box-plot for root growth ensembles. (2017) BMC Bioinformatics. 18(Suppl 2):65. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1445-3

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Stoeva, D., Göschl, C., Corliss, B., Busch, W. Long-Term Confocal Imaging of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots for Simultaneous Quantification of Root Growth and Fluorescent Signals. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:169-183. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_12

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Giovannetti, M., Małolepszy, A., Göschl, C., Busch, W. Large-Scale Phenotyping of Root Traits in the Model Legume Lotus japonicus. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:155-167. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_11

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Satbhai, S.B., Göschl, C., Busch, W. Automated High-Throughput Root Phenotyping of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Nutrient Deficiency Conditions. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:135-153. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_10

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Ristova, D., Busch, W. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Root Traits in the Context of Plant Hormone Research. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1497:47-55. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6469-7_6

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Klasen, J.R., Barbez, E., Meier, L., Meinshausen, N., Bühlmann, P., Koornneef, M., Busch, W., Schneeberger, K. A multi-marker association method for genome-wide association studies without the need for population structure correction. (2016) Nature Communications. 7:13299. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13299

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Ristova, D., Carré, C., Pervent, M., Medici, A., Kim, G.J., Scalia, D., Ruffel, S., Birnbaum, K.D., Lacombe, B., Busch, W., Coruzzi, G.M., Krouk, G. Combinatorial interaction network of transcriptomic and phenotypic responses to nitrogen and hormones in the Arabidopsis thaliana root. (2016) Science Signaling. 9(451):rs13. DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf2768

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Ogura, T., Busch, W. Genotypes, Networks, Phenotypes: Moving Toward Plant Systems Genetics. (2016) Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 32:103-126. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-124922

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Smakowska, E., Kong, J., Busch, W., Belkhadir, Y. Organ-specific regulation of growth-defense tradeoffs by plants. (2016) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 29:129-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.12.005

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Slovak, R., Ogura, T., Satbhai, S.B., Ristova, D., Busch, W. Genetic control of root growth: from genes to networks. (2016) Ann. Bot. 117(1):9-24. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv160

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Busch, W., Augustin, M., Haxhimusa, Y., Kropatsch, W. A framework for the extraction of quantitative traits from 2D images of mature Arabidopsis thaliana (2016) Machine Vision and Applications. 5(27).

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Brady, S.M., Burow, M., Busch, W., Carlborg, , Denby, K.J., Glazebrook, J., Hamilton, E.S., Harmer, S.L., Haswell, E.S., Maloof, J.N., Springer, N.M., Kliebenstein, D.J. Reassess the t Test: Interact with All Your Data via ANOVA. (2015) Plant Cell. 27(8):2088-94. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00238

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Augustin, M., Haxhimusa, Y., Busch, W., Kropatsch, W. Image-Based Phenotyping of the Mature Arabidopsis Shoot System (2015) European Conference on Computer Vision. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16220-1_17


Janusch, I., Kropatsch, W.G., Busch, W., Ristova, D. Representing Roots on the Basis of Reeb Graphs in Plant Phenotyping (2015) Computer Vision - ECCV 2014 Workshops. ECCV 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8928. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16220-1_6


Satbhai, S.B., Ristova, D., Busch, W. Underground tuning: quantitative regulation of root growth. (2015) J. Exp. Bot. 66(4):1099-112. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru529

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Ogura, T., Busch, W. From phenotypes to causal sequences: using genome wide association studies to dissect the sequence basis for variation of plant development. (2015) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 23:98-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.11.008

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Slovak, R., Göschl, C., Seren, , Busch, W. Genome-wide association mapping in plants exemplified for root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2015) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1284:343-57. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2444-8_17

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Ristova, D., Busch, W. Natural variation of root traits: from development to nutrient uptake. (2014) Plant Physiology. 166(2):518-27. DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.244749

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Janusch, I., Kropatsch, W., Busch, W. Topological Image Analysis and (Normalised) Representations for Plant Phenotyping (2014) 16th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing. DOI: 10.1109/SYNASC.2014.83

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Slovak, R., Göschl, C., Su, X., Shimotani, K., Shiina, T., Busch, W. A Scalable Open-Source Pipeline for Large-Scale Root Phenotyping of Arabidopsis. (2014) Plant Cell. 26(6):2390-2403. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124032

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Sozzani, R., Busch, W., Spalding, E.P., Benfey, P.N. Advanced imaging techniques for the study of plant growth and development. (2014) Trends in Plant Science. 19(5):304-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.003

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Schuster, C., Gaillochet, C., Medzihradszky, A., Busch, W., Daum, G., Krebs, M., Kehle, A., Lohmann, J.U. A regulatory framework for shoot stem cell control integrating metabolic, transcriptional, and phytohormone signals. (2014) Developmental Cell. 28(4):438-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.01.013

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Meijón, M., Satbhai, S.B., Tsuchimatsu, T., Busch, W. Genome-wide association study using cellular traits identifies a new regulator of root development in Arabidopsis. (2014) Nature Genetics. 46(1):77-81. DOI: 10.1038/ng.2824

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Ischebeck, T., Werner, S., Krishnamoorthy, P., Lerche, J., Meijón, M., Stenzel, I., Löfke, C., Wiessner, T., Im, Y.J., Perera, I.Y., Iven, T., Feussner, I., Busch, W., Boss, W.F., Teichmann, T., Hause, B., Persson, S., Heilmann, I. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate influences PIN polarization by controlling clathrin-mediated membrane trafficking in Arabidopsis. (2013) Plant Cell. 25(12):4894-911. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.116582

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Kaufmann, K., Busch, W. Plant genomics: from weed to wheat. (2013) Genome Biology. 14(6):308. DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-308

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Busch, W., Moore, B.T., Martsberger, B., Mace, D.L., Twigg, R.W., Jung, J., Pruteanu-Malinici, I., Kennedy, S.J., Fricke, G.K., Clark, R.L., Ohler, U., Benfey, P.N. A microfluidic device and computational platform for high-throughput live imaging of gene expression. (2012) Nature Methods. 9(11):1101-6. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2185

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Iyer-Pascuzzi, A.S., Jackson, T., Cui, H., Petricka, J.J., Busch, W., Tsukagoshi, H., Benfey, P.N. Cell identity regulators link development and stress responses in the Arabidopsis root. (2011) Developmental Cell. 21(4):770-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.09.009

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Tsukagoshi, H., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Transcriptional regulation of ROS controls transition from proliferation to differentiation in the root. (2010) Cell. 143(4):606-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.10.020

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Long, T.A., Tsukagoshi, H., Busch, W., Lahner, B., Salt, D.E., Benfey, P.N. The bHLH transcription factor POPEYE regulates response to iron deficiency in Arabidopsis roots. (2010) Plant Cell. 22(7):2219-36. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.074096

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Sozzani, R., Cui, H., Moreno-Risueno, M.A., Busch, W., Van Norman, J.M., Vernoux, T., Brady, S.M., Dewitte, W., Murray, J.A., Benfey, P.N. Spatiotemporal regulation of cell-cycle genes by SHORTROOT links patterning and growth. (2010) Nature. 466(7302):128-32. DOI: 10.1038/nature09143

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Busch, W., Miotk, A., Ariel, F.D., Zhao, Z., Forner, J., Daum, G., Suzaki, T., Schuster, C., Schultheiss, S.J., Leibfried, A., Haubeiss, S., Ha, N., Chan, R.L., Lohmann, J.U. Transcriptional control of a plant stem cell niche. (2010) Developmental Cell. 18(5):849-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.03.012

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Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Information processing without brains--the power of intercellular regulators in plants. (2010) Development. 137(8):1215-26. DOI: 10.1242/dev.034868

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Moreno-Risueno, M.A., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Omics meet networks - using systems approaches to infer regulatory networks in plants. (2010) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 13(2):126-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.11.005

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Schultheiss, S.J., Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U., Kohlbacher, O., Rätsch, G. KIRMES: kernel-based identification of regulatory modules in euchromatic sequences. (2009) Bioinformatics. 25(16):2126-33. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp278

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Kumar, M., Busch, W., Birke, H., Kemmerling, B., Nürnberger, T., Schöffl, F. Heat shock factors HsfB1 and HsfB2b are involved in the regulation of Pdf1.2 expression and pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis. (2009) Molecular Plant. 2(1):152-65. DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn095

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Fulton, L., Batoux, M., Vaddepalli, P., Yadav, R.K., Busch, W., Andersen, S.U., Jeong, S., Lohmann, J.U., Schneitz, K. DETORQUEO, QUIRKY, and ZERZAUST represent novel components involved in organ development mediated by the receptor-like kinase STRUBBELIG in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2009) PLOS Genetics. 5(1):e1000355. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000355

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Skirycz, A., Radziejwoski, A., Busch, W., Hannah, M.A., Czeszejko, J., Kwaśniewski, M., Zanor, M.I., Lohmann, J.U., De Veylder, L., Witt, I., Mueller-Roeber, B. The DOF transcription factor OBP1 is involved in cell cycle regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Plant Journal. 56(5):779-92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03641.x

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Laubinger, S., Sachsenberg, T., Zeller, G., Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U., Rätsch, G., Weigel, D. Dual roles of the nuclear cap-binding complex and SERRATE in pre-mRNA splicing and microRNA processing in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105(25):8795-800. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802493105

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Andersen, S.U., Buechel, S., Zhao, Z., Ljung, K., Novák, O., Busch, W., Schuster, C., Lohmann, J.U. Requirement of B2-type cyclin-dependent kinases for meristem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Plant Cell. 20(1):88-100. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.054676

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Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U. Profiling a plant: expression analysis in Arabidopsis. (2007) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(2):136-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.01.002

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Levesque, M.P., Vernoux, T., Busch, W., Cui, H., Wang, J.Y., Blilou, I., Hassan, H., Nakajima, K., Matsumoto, N., Lohmann, J.U., Scheres, B., Benfey, P.N. Whole-genome analysis of the SHORT-ROOT developmental pathway in Arabidopsis. (2006) PLOS Biology. 4(5):e143. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040143

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Leibfried, A., To, J.P., Busch, W., Stehling, S., Kehle, A., Demar, M., Kieber, J.J., Lohmann, J.U. WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators. (2005) Nature. 438(7071):1172-5. DOI: 10.1038/nature04270

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Wigge, P.A., Kim, M.C., Jaeger, K.E., Busch, W., Schmid, M., Lohmann, J.U., Weigel, D. Integration of spatial and temporal information during floral induction in Arabidopsis. (2005) Science. 309(5737):1056-9. DOI: 10.1126/science.1114358

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Busch, W., Wunderlich, M., Schöffl, F. Identification of novel heat shock factor-dependent genes and biochemical pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2005) Plant Journal. 41(1):1-14. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02272.x

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Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The IUBMB-endorsed transporter classification system. (2004) Mol. Biotechnol. 27(3):253-62.

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Pivetti, C.D., Yen, M.R., Miller, S., Busch, W., Tseng, Y.H., Booth, I.R., Saier, M.H. Two families of mechanosensitive channel proteins. (2003) Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 67(1):66-85, table of contents.

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Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The IUBMB-endorsed transporter classification system. (2003) Methods in Molecular Biology. 227:21-36. DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-387-9:21


Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The transporter classification (TC) system, 2002. (2002) Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37(5):287-337. DOI: 10.1080/10409230290771528

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Education

MS, Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
PhD, Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and University of Tübingen, Germany


Awards & Honors

  • Society for Experimental Biology President's Medal, 2015
  • Annals of Botany Lecture, ICAR, 2014

  • Genome Web Young Investigator, Genomeweb Intelligence Network, 2013
  • Doctoral Thesis Award, Reinhold-und-Maria-Teufel Foundation, 2009
  • Fellowship of the Cusanuswerk, 2004