Posy Busby

Associate Professor
posy.busby [at] oregonstate.edu

Other: (541) 737-1182

Cordley Hall

Cordley Hall 4623

2701 SW Campus Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

Plant microbiome ecology

Research in the Busby lab focuses on plant-fungal interactions, plant disease, and community ecology. Our current research seeks to characterize communities of non-pathogenic fungi that live in plants, “endophytes,” and to test how endophytes influence plant disease severity.

Research Group Members

Postdoctoral Associates

Devin Leopold

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Ag Botany / Plant Path

Career Links:

Busby Lab website

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

My Publications

My Media

My News Articles:

New paper in Nature Microbiology explores fungal biodiversity of Populus trees across United States

A graphic showing Populus tree fungal data across the continental US

A collaborative project between Posy Busby and the Peay Lab at Stanford University explores above- and belowground fungal biodiversity of Populus trees across the continental United States.

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Posy Busby Joins Andrews Forest LTER8 Grant Leadership

Also on April 1, Dr. Posy Busby became a co-signatory PI on the Andrews Forest LTER grant....

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New NIFA funding advances understanding of agricultural microbiomes

Oregon’s Agricultural Progress magazine highlighted the USDA NIFA research grant that will fund the research of Posy Busby and Devin Leopold in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.

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New NIFA funding advances understanding of agricultural microbiomes