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Go Belowground with us. It is fascinating! Dept. Experimental and Functional Morphology at the Institute of Botany @ibotcz.bsky.social of Czech Academy of Sciences @czechacademy.bsky.social #GoBelowground #ExFuMo Blog at plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com

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How do belowground organs #age and #decompose? In #Carex, decomposition depended more on the route to #senescence than on senescence status itself ▶️ 1url.cz/kePB2 #PlantScience #Roots #BelowgroundEcology #ExFuMo #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

1url.czThe hidden life (and death) of plant belowground organsNew research by Szilvia Neumann from the University of South Bohemia in Czechia. The image above shows Carex plants from the belowground organ senescence study in the growth chamber (photo by Szilv…
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Does “Live Fast, Die Young” apply to ##plants beyond trees? Across more than 3,100 #herbaceous and small woody species, slow #growth was consistently associated with greater #longevity. ▶️ 1url.cz/ee56x @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #growthring #herbchronology

1url.czBeyond tree rings: The hidden history of long-lived herbsNew research by Jan Binter from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the University of South Bohemia. The image above shows an anatomical cross-section of Dryas integrifoli…
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What makes #Triffid a plant and what makes it almost not a plant at all? In the third #Belowground post @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social dissects #morphology #movement #carnivory and #invasive potential of the most famous fictional plant 🪴 ▶️ 1url.cz/aeXTp #ExFuMo #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social

1url.czBook club 3: The Day of the TriffidsCommentary and Illustration by Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above is from a linocut by Jitka Klimešová, displayi…

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🌱 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. 🌿🔬⛰️

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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

1url.czEven a ghost can learn plant functional ecologyA 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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#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

1url.czPlants at 6000 metres: Tough life, high demandsNew 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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New on Plant Life Belowground blog! A personal journey into #belowground organs and the #carbon #starvation hypothesis. A reminder that plant survival stories are often written beneath the soil surface. ▶️ 1url.cz/geZEo #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

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#Potato #tuberization is often understood through a handful of model #genotypes, but not all potatoes follow the same signalling rules. Explore how variation among genotypes can broaden our understanding of when and how #tubers form ▶️ 1url.cz/beh8s #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

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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

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#Invasive #plants may be better at reading their #belowground neighbours than #native #species. Stronger #root recognition could help invaders adjust their #growth and avoid #competition ▶️ 1url.cz/3e4UL #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

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Dense #tissues are treated as more “carbon-costly” But what if that assumption fails? In #Mediterranean #woody species, dry matter content did not track #carbon #allocation traits... More on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/HeTFK #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

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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

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Do older and younger #roots tell different stories? In #rhizomatous #plants, fine-root #traits do shift with #root age, but not enough to strongly bias species-level estimates. Good news for root ecologists! More: ▶️ 1url.cz/VeFT4 @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

1url.czDigging up a treasure: Needle in a haystack or gold everywhere?New research by Adam Hrouda from Charles University in Prague. The image above features one of the species we collected fine roots from, Bistorta major, commonly known as “snake root” i…
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Our colleague @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social describes the ideas behind her book "Plant Bodies" @springernature.com Read more ▶️ 1url.cz/XelFJ #Botany #PlantScience #PlantMorphology #PlantStrategy #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #PlantForm #PlantFunction @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

1url.czBook club 1: Plant Bodies: How Plant Structures Contribute to Our Comprehension of Their Life-History StrategyCommentary by Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above is from a linocut by Jitka Klimešová, displaying cushion plants in honor of German morph…
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How does a global #weed decide between #seeds and tubers? In #Cyperus esculentus #reproduction depends on #plant size, with low-resources shifting investment toward underground #tubers that secure #persistence and #regrowth. #GoBelowground #ExFuMo more ▶️ 1url.cz/zeGzI

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Ramets of #clonal #plants do not #forage #belowground isolated. Under #competition, one ramet can alter #root foraging in another through physiological integration, making root foraging a coordinated #strategy across the whole plant More on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/HeEH7 #GoBelowgrund #ExFuMo

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🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training 🔬🪴⛏️ 1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional