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📢 Root exudates: invisible, fast-changing chemical signals shaping microbes, neighbors and soil. 🦠🌱
A new on our blog ▶️ 📢https://1url.cz/lJAdf
#Rhizosphere #RootExudates #PlantEcology #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #Soil #Exudate #Microbes @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Drawing by Curtis Lubbe
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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🚩Sometimes the history of #landscape is hidden belowground. #Growthrings and #radiocarbon dating show that Psidium grandifolium survived for decades beneath Pinus plantations, waiting to #resprout when conditions improved #GoBelowground #Cerrado #ExFuMo
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September 18, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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The 2st day of #GoBelowground course of belowground functional ecology #FineRoots #Anatomy #Crosssections #Storage #Mycorrhiza #Traits #Economy #Strategy Happy smilling belowground people 😀
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September 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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The beauty of storage! A new contribution on the blog.
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Photographs courtesy of artist Beth Galton www.bethgalton.com
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #art
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April 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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The 1st day of #GoBelowground course of belowground functional ecology #Clonality #ClonalOrgans #Strategies #GrowthForms #functions #traits
17 enthusiastic people from around the world!
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September 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) 🪴⛏️ #Botany #PlantEcology #RootTraits #BelowgroundTraits #CzechRepublic #EcologyCourse #FunctionalTraits #Anatomy #ExFuMo @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
May 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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The 3st day of #GoBelowground course of belowground functional ecology #Carbohydrates #Storage #StorageOrgans #Clonality #Rhizome #Buds #Stolone #Traits #Economy #Strategy Curiosity always wins😀 #ExFuMo
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September 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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"Go Belowground!" 2025 is here! 14 – 20 September 2025 🌸🪻🪴
Applications ▶️ klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/go-belowgrou...
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February 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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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 #course
March 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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🌴🌲🌾Plant Bodies are here! A new book by @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
Do You Want to Know How Plant Structures Contribute to Our Comprehension of Their Life-History Strategy?
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#morphology #architecture #ecology #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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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
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August 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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🌱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.
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July 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Blue-and-white Blue Onion #cibulak a classic Central European motif began as a pomegranate motif resembling an onion. These images push it further😄They fuse leaves, stems, flowers & belowground! #GoBelowgroud #ExFuMo #art #science @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/EJkYG
September 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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#GoBelowground is going international again! 🇧🇷
This time we go to Brazil. #Functional #morphology #course Go Belowground! will bring students together to explore #storage organs, #clonal plants, and the hidden half of #plant life.
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April 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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🚩Throwing a birthday party for a five-year old – and what that tells us about root functioning
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Root Economics Space was born! 🎉
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #root #functional #ecology #concept #spectrum #strategy #plant
April 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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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
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December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🌷The fourth day of the #GoBelowground course was dedicated to #bud #traits and bud bank, fine #root traits with @joanabergmann.bsky.social and participants' presentations. Thanks to @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
#ExFuMo #clonality #functional #ecology #course #morphology #phenology
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Our #GoBelowground #course in #Brazil last week was a fantastic experience! Inspiring students, great discussions, and a wonderful chance to share the hidden half of plants with a new community. Thank you to everyone who made it so special! 🇧🇷🌱
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May 25, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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#GoBelowground course is over! Huge thanks to all participants and lecturers! We hope you made it home safely and found the course useful. And also big thanks @czechacademy.bsky.social and @ibotcz.bsky.social for their support. Until next time! #ExFuMo #functional #morphology #clonality #roots
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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🚩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
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June 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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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.
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May 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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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 #course
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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The year 2025 for ExFuMo in review plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/t...
The year 2025 for ExFuMo in review
Commentary by Jitka Klimešová, from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above is by F. Curtis Lubbe. Now it is the time for reflecting on the p…
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January 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Plants race too! Just belowground. #Taproot stays put, #bulbsdives down, #tubers scatter in all directions, but the hypogeogenous #rhizome and a #rootsprouter take the gold for lateral spread
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#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #art #lateralspread @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Drawing by Curtis Lubbe
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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📢What can #root #architecture tell us about fine roots? Quite a lot! The structure of the whole root system helps explain variation in fine-root traits and these links differ between #taprooted and #adventitious rooted plants. ▶️ 1url.cz/rewe0
#ExFuMo #GoBelowground
March 25, 2026 at 8:33 AM