Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
@ibotcz.bsky.social
Main centre of botanical research in the Czech Republic.
#GoBelowground 2026 is over, and what a great course it was! 🌱🔬 Thank you to all participants, lecturers and helpers for the energy, ideas, discussions and great atmosphere throughout the week #GoBelowground! 💚 @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social z.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/ye0Y8
What’s the coolest thing about belowground organs? 🌱 Our Go Belowground 2026 participants will tell you! 👀 ⬇️ #GoBelowground #GoBelowground2026 @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social @exfumo.bsky.social
🌱 Go Belowground course - everything you ever wanted to know about belowground plant organs! Theory, experiments and hands-on fieldwork. Add the breathtaking landscape of the Novohradské Mountains, top experts and a greate international crew - and that’s #GoBelowground 2026. 🌿🔬⛰️
🌍 Meet this year’s belowground crew – and find out what brought them to #GoBelowground course! 👇Students from different countries have come to the Novohradské hory/Mountains to explore plants from a different perspective – belowground. @czechacademy.bsky.social
The 1st day of #GoBelowground course of belowground functional ecology #Clonality #ClonalOrgans #Strategies #GrowthForms #functions #traits 17 enthusiastic people from around the world! #ExFuMo @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/ye0Y8
The latest episode of Doteky Planety takes us to the Atlantic islands – and explores how non-native species reach islands and why their ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to biological invasions. changes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBEQvdWJIaQ&list=PLCm1_xVlzt__DdNOM-3MnyGgYOQPGY1Bz
Život na ostrovech | DOTEKY PLANETY #9 | Ostrovy Atlantiku
YouTube video by Petr Jan Juračka
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In a new interview for the Roots and All podcast, we talk #rhizomes, #bulbs, #tubers, #roots, #ecological #strategies, and why looking belowground can change the way we see plant life. #PlantScience #Botany #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/9e01m
Václav Havel, tobacco, thrips, and #plant #functional #traits meet in this playful short story by Jane Scalabroni. A witty tale about #palatability, #plantdefence, and why even #pests may have their preferences. ▶️ 1url.cz/CegGw #ExFuMo #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Even a ghost can learn plant functional ecology
A short story by Jane Scalabroni from Charles University in Prague. This was written as an essay for the Plant functional traits course. Although not necessarily from belowground, this tale from be…
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Going belowground in search of #Oxalis in #Brazil! From #waterfall #rocks to dry #roadsides, these plants reveal an amazing diversity of #bulbs, #rhizomes, and #clonal #strategies #GoBelowground #ExFuMo ▶️ 1url.cz/CeImH @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
🌱 Our new research is out in Nature Communications! Across 3,100+ plant species, we found a consistent pattern: slow-growing plants tend to live longer. What could warming mean for plant longevity? Read ⬇️ www.ibot.cas.cz/cs/2026/08/3...
Pomalý růst pomáhá rostlinám přežít
Roste pomalu, ale vydrží déle. Tento vzorec se opakuje u bylin, keřů i lián od Arktidy po polopouště. Mezinárodní tým vědců vedený Botanickým ústavem Akademie věd ČR analyzoval více než 3 100 druhů ro...
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#Plants at 6000 m live at the edge of what #vascular plants can tolerate. High N and P levels suggest that the limit may lie in growth and #physiology under an extremely short season. ▶️ 1url.cz/PefVz #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Plants at 6000 metres: Tough life, high demands
New research by Zuzana Chlumská from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above looks over the high-elevation plateau landscape of eastern Ladakh, with Tsomoriri Lake…
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What happens when you start looking belowground? Gabriela Dezotti describes how Go Belowground! Brazil 2026 changed the way she sees plant communities and even inspired a new PhD chapter. #GoBelowground #PlantScience #BelowgroundEcology #ExFuMo @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
#ExFuMo on the cover of @journalofecology.bsky.social Our colleague Curtis Lubbe created the #coverimage of #dormant #belowground structures in 90 #Oxalis species, capturing variation in #bulb size, number, depth and arrangement. ▶️ 1url.cz/DeZqG #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social
New study in @science.org: "Invasive species’ environmental impacts are more severe in the Global South" by Petr Pyšek @ibotcz.bsky.social and international colleagues reveals that invasive species have far greater impacts in the Global South than previously thought. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Invasive species’ environmental impacts are more severe in the Global South
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to biodiversity, yet their impact distribution remains poorly understood. Global biodiversity assessments suggest the highest impacts in wealthy countri...
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Musím se pochlubit, je to malý článeček, ale je za ním spolupráce s obdivohodnými kolegy a taky jsem do něj protlačila Linoryt. Obrázek, má sám o sobě zajímavý příběh, byl totiž první rytinou na kusu linolea, jehož získání popisuju tady: klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/c...
The Elephant Underground: Belowground Plant Traits and Their Increasing Importance in Ecological Studies
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#Root #economics may be getting #exudation wrong. Rather than behaving like a #nutrient #foraging #trait, root exudation appears to track how roots are built and how they conserve #resources under changing conditions. ▶️ 1url.cz/5eDgJ #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #plant
🌱How do we study #seeds hidden in the #soil? This poster introduces the main methods to explore the #seedbank, from #germination #experiments to seed extraction, and shows what each approach can tell us. Download ▶️ 1url.cz/bedfN #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
We are proud of our colleague Martin Bitomský who received the Otto Wichterle Award 2026 from @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition of his research! 🌱👏 #OttoWichterleAward #GoBelowgroud #ExFuMo 1url.cz/PejUQ
We often focus on #belowground organs and #buds, but #seeds are just as important for plant #persistence and #population #regeneration. Check out our new poster. @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/RejUC #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #seedbank #dormancy
What can #bulbs tell us about #plant #ecology? Quite a lot. Southern #African #Oxalis reveals trade-offs in #clonal offspring #allocation, from making many small bulbs to fewer, larger, better-protected ones. ▶️ 1url.cz/AesHQ #ExFuMo #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
New on the Belowground blog: Using bulbs to answer ecological questions plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/u...
Using bulbs to answer ecological questions
New research from F. Curtis Lubbe of the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above features the belowground systems of 90 species of southern African Oxalis, base…
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Reshare 📢 Urgent #job #vacancy for #Technician in my group @ibotcz.bsky.social near #Prague #Botany Looking for someone with experience in #plants, good data handling skills, and careful, well-organized work habits. Details/apply: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies... www.ibot.cas.cz/cs/vacancies...
#Clonality may be great for #persistence, but does it come at an #evolutionary #cost? Lineages relying strongly on clonality tend to #diversify more slowly than those reproducing mainly by #seeds ▶️ 1url.cz/HeVgD @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #evolution #ramet
Evolution of arborescence 🍁 - read a new paper from @spacetimeeco.bsky.social member published in @currentbiology.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social and @czechacademy.bsky.social
Martin Bouda@boudalab.bsky.social · 4mo agoNobody: what is a tree, anyway? Us: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... (Review out today, in which we ask whether xylem disconnection arising early in wood anatomy is convergent with disconnection seen across tall plants and whether tree evolution requires disconnection given periodic drought.)
New on the Belowground blog: A story about three little plants on the bottom of a pond plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/a...
A story about three little plants on the bottom of a pond
A short story by Jitka Klimešová with illustrations by F. Curtis Lubbe, from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above shows a variety of…
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Vyšla nová kniha botanických pohádek Bota botanika od naší kolegyně Jitky Klimešové. Vypráví skutečné příběhy rostlin, které autorka poznala během téměř čtyřiceti let botanického výzkumu. Pokud si ji chcete užít přímo s autorkou, přijďte na autorské čtení 14. června, 14.00 do Průhonického parku.
🖐️Už popáté se veřejnost po celé České republice zapojí do víkendového mapování nepůvodních druhů rostlin a živočichů známého jako Biosmršť. 📅Akce proběhne od 12. do 14. června 2026. Více @ibotcz.bsky.social: www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media...
🚩Many thanks to @czechacademy.bsky.social for supporting #GoBelowground course on #Functional #Morphology (Czech Republic on 13–19 Sep 2026) The fee is now significantly lower and the deadline has been extended! #PlantEcology #Root #Anatomy #ExFuMo #clonal Apply ▶️ 1url.cz/leRBL
Follow-up from Florence CETAF59 meeting packed with information. Decided to create internal bulletin in CZ to inspire and inform colleagues. @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
How much do we really know about #rhizomes? In the second #Belowground #Book Club post, @Jitka_Klimesova presents Rhizomes by H. Krämer and L. Hesse, highlighting remarkable hidden #diversity of these underground #stems. ▶️ 1url.cz/beR9o #ExFuMo #GoBelowground
