Fu, C., Feng, Z., Teng, X., Shikanai, Y., Hashimoto, S., Kamiya, T., Jia, Z., Song, W., Xiao, Y., Chen, H., Yamagami, M., Sawa, S., Liang, Y., Zhao, X., Lin, X., Shi, W., Busch, W., Fujiwara, T., Li, B. AVP1-mediated pyrophosphate homeostasis coordinates calcium-dependent cellulose synthesis and autoimmunity during leaf growth. (2026) Developmental Cell. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.01.005

Martinez Pacheco, J., Busch, W. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis regulates root endodermal suberization via ROS. (2025) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70614

Rosquete, M.R., Gonzalez, J., Gonzalez, N., Wertz, K., Patil, S., Busch, W. ClearDepth Method for Evaluations of Root Depth in Soil-Filled Pots. (2025) Bio Protoc. 15(16):e5425. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5425

Ojeda-Rivera, J.O., Barnes, A.C., Ainsworth, E.A., Angelovici, R., Basso, B., Brindisi, L.J., Brooks, M.D., Busch, W., Buttelmann, G.L., Castellano, M.J., Chen, J., Costich, D.E., de Leon, N., Emmett, B.D., Ertl, D., Fitzsimmons, S.L., Flint-Garcia, S.A., Gore, M.A., Guan, K., Hale, C.O., Herr, S., Hirsch, C.N., Holding, D.H., Holland, J.B., Hsu, S.K., Hua, J., Hufford, M.B., Kaeppler, S.M., Leary, E.N., Liu, Z.Y., Mahama, A.A., McCubbin, T.J., Messina, C.D., Michael, T.P., Miller, S.J., Murray, S.C., Okumoto, S., Oren, E., Park, A.N., Piñeros, M.A., Pugh, N.A., Raboy, V., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Romay, M.C., Rooney, T., Roston, R.L., Sawers, R.J.H., Schnable, J.C., Schulz, A.J., Scott, M.P., Springer, N.M., Washburn, J.D., Zambrano, M.A., Zhai, J., Zou, J., Buckler, E.S. Designing a nitrogen-efficient cold-tolerant maize for modern agricultural systems. (2025) Plant Cell. 37(7). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf139

Faizi, K., Mehta, P., Maida, A., Humphreys, T., Berrigan, E., McKee-Reid, L., McCorkell, R., Tagade, A., Rumbelow, J., Showalter, J., Brent, L., Coroenne, C., Rigaud, A., Chandrasekhar, A., Navlakha, S., Martin, A., Pradal, C., Lee, S., Busch, W., Platre, M.P. Growth Cost and Transport Efficiency Tradeoffs Define Root System Optimization Across Varying Developmental Stages and Environments in Arabidopsis. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.25.666579

Lai, Y., Feng, Z., Lin, X., Shi, W., Busch, W., Li, B. Endodermal lignification coordinates with root calcium levels to govern lateral root emergence. (2025) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70279

Friesner, J., Argueso, C.T., Busch, W., Hamann, T., Strader, L., Williams, M., Wu, S., Roeder, A.H.K. In defense of funding foundational plant science. (2025) Plant Cell. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf106

Faggiani Dias, D., Hanna, R., Sachnik, J., Xu, Y., Gilbert, J., Busch, W., Victor, D.G. Removing atmospheric CO2 through mass scaleup of crops with enhanced root systems (2025) Environmental Research Letters. 20(5). DOI: DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/adc31b

Pérez-Sancho, J., Smokvarska, M., Dubois, G., Glavier, M., Sritharan, S., Moraes, T.S., Moreau, H., Dietrich, V., Platre, M.P., Paterlini, A., Li, Z.P., Fouillen, L., Grison, M.S., Cana-Quijada, P., Immel, F., Wattelet, V., Ducros, M., Brocard, L., Chambaud, C., Luo, Y., Ramakrishna, P., Bayle, V., Lefebvre-Legendre, L., Claverol, S., Zabrady, M., Martin, P.G.P., Busch, W., Barberon, M., Tilsner, J., Helariutta, Y., Russinova, E., Taly, A., Jaillais, Y., Bayer, E.M. Plasmodesmata act as unconventional membrane contact sites regulating intercellular molecular exchange in plants. (2025) Cell. 188(4):958-977.e23. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.034

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

Yan, J., Feng, Z., Xiao, Y., Zhou, M., Zhao, X., Lin, X., Shi, W., Busch, W., Li, B. ANAC044 orchestrates mitochondrial stress signaling to trigger iron-induced stem cell death in root meristems. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122(1):e2411579122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2411579122

Miller, C.N., Jarrell-Hurtado, S., Haag, M.V., Sara Ye, Y., Simenc, M., Alvarez-Maldonado, P., Behnami, S., Zhang, L., Swift, J., Papikian, A., Yu, J., Colt, K., Ecker, J.R., Michael, T.P., Law, J.A., Busch, W. A single-nuclei transcriptome census of the Arabidopsis maturing root identifies that MYB67 controls phellem cell maturation. (2025) Developmental Cell. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.025

Bezvoda, R., Landeo-Ríos, Y.M., Kubátová, Z., Kollárová, E., Kulich, I., Busch, W., Žárský, V., Cvrčková, F. A Genome-Wide Association Screen for Genes Affecting Leaf Trichome Development and Epidermal Metal Accumulation in Arabidopsis. (2025) Plant, Cell & Environment. DOI: 10.1111/pce.15357

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Natur. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06891-y

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Busch, W., Chory, J. Multikingdom diffusion barrier control. (2021) Wissenschaft. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Natur. DOI: 10.1038/nature25184

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Natur. 466(7302):128-32. DOI: 10.1038/nature09143

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Natur. 438(7071):1172-5. DOI: 10.1038/nature04270

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) Wissenschaft. 309(5737):1056-9. DOI: 10.1126/science.1114358

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

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

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.

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