Katy D. Heath

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis(56), Nematode management and characterization studies(32), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems(20), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(19), Plant and animal studies(15)

Publications95 total

Negative frequency-dependent selection maintains partner quality variation in a keystone nutritional mutualism
2026Open Access
Elevated CO <sub>2</sub> induces phyllosphere community changes in soybean
2025
A continuum of ecology and evolution contributes to mutualism breakdown between legumes and rhizobia
2025Open Access
Plasmid transmission dynamics and evolution of partner quality in a natural population of <i>Rhizobium leguminosarum</i>
mBio·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Aboveground‐belowground microbial interactions in plants: A call to recognize the complexity within multispecies microbial communities
American Journal of Botany·2025Open Access
Mobile gene clusters and coexpressed plant–rhizobium pathways drive partner quality variation in symbiosis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Dominant foliar endophytes influence soybean yield and transcriptome
FEMS Microbiology Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Plasmid transmission dynamics and evolution of partner quality in a natural population of Rhizobium leguminosarum
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Conventional management has a greater negative impact on Phaseolus vulgaris L. rhizobia diversity and abundance than water scarcity
Frontiers in Plant Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume–rhizobium symbiosis
Canadian Journal of Microbiology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Farm management has a greater impact on common bean rhizobia diversity and abundance than rainfed treatment
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume-rhizobium symbiosis
2023Open Access
Quantification and specification of agricultural by-products as local resources for mycelium-bound composites
Journal of Physics Conference Series·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Agrochemical inputs and management have a greater impact on common bean rhizobia diversity than drought
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Genome-Wide Association Studies across Environmental and Genetic Contexts Reveal Complex Genetic Architecture of Symbiotic Extended Phenotypes
mBio·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Discordant population structure among rhizobium divided genomes and their legume hosts
Molecular Ecology·2022· 26 citedOpen Access
Contemporary evolution rivals the effects of rhizobium presence on community and ecosystem properties in experimental mesocosms
Oecologia·2022· 9 cited
Discordant population structure among rhizobium divided genomes and their legume hosts
2022· 3 cited
Phenotypic and genomic signatures of interspecies cooperation and conflict in naturally occurring isolates of a model plant symbiont
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis
Molecular Ecology·2022· 36 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

John R. Stinchcombe(9), Michael A. Grillo(8), Jennifer A. Lau(7), Patricia V. Burke(5), Dylan J. Weese(4), Peter Tiffin(4), Astrid Ferrer(4), James W. Dalling(4), Rebecca T. Batstone(4), Feng Sheng Hu(3), Guillaume de Lafontaine(3), Shawn P. Brown(3), Julia N. Ossler(3), Christie R. Klinger(3), Alex B. Riley(3), Hanna Lindgren(3), Amy Marshall‐Colón(3), Daniel G. Gavin(2), Matias Fernandez(2), Bryn T. M. Dentinger(2)