Go Belowground!

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) 🪴⛏️#PlantMorphology #Botany #PlantEcology #RootTraits #BelowgroundTraits #CzechRepublic #EcologyCourse #FunctionalTraits #Anatomy #ExFuMo

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 #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #clonal #rhizome

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) 🪴⛏️#PlantMorphology #Botany #PlantEcology #RootTraits #BelowgroundTraits #CzechRepublic #EcologyCourse #FunctionalTraits #Anatomy #ExFuMo

Our colleague @Jitka_Klimesova describes the ideas behind her book "Plant Bodies" @SpringerNature. Read more ▶️1url.cz/XelFJ #Botany #PlantScience #PlantMorphology #PlantStrategy #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #PlantForm #PlantFunction

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

#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. #ExFuMo #clonality #belowground #functional #ecology

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 ▶️1url.cz/HeEH7 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

🚩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

Plant belowgrund may be out of sight, but its is at the heart of exciting new ecology in @JEcology. Check our blog post ▶️ 1url.cz/Ge2Io #soil #carbon #mangrove #seedlings #nutrient #root #plasticity #chemistry #ExFuMO #GoBelowground

What if #belowground organs had personalities? ▶️1url.cz/ueHMb This post turns the hidden #diversity of #roots and #storage organs into a playful character study, inspired by the remarkable forms #plants take beneath the #soil. #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #artㅤㅤㅤㅤ

‼️What if #grasslands are storing far more #carbon than we think? #Subtropical grasslands shows that most #biomass lies #belowground - global models may be seriously underestimating their #carbonstorage potential ‼️🌾 Our blog▶️1url.cz/Heobp #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

🚩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

📢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

📢Sometimes survival means letting go. In #clonal plants, old #rhizome segments can be sealed off and shed while younger parts stay functional and keep growing. A fascinating rhizome #senescence in Rumex alpinus. More on our blog ▶️1url.cz/UeWTU #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

What type of organ is it? 🥕🌱🪴#Belowground #plant organs can store #resources, support #perennation, and enable #clonal growth. A helpful #guide to bulbs, #rhizomes, #tubers, #stolons, and more ▶️1url.cz/ReQE8 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #clonality

🚩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

If you’d like to watch colourful video from our amazing Oxalis collection 🌸🌼🪷, head over to the blog post here ▶️1url.cz/0eJVU #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #bulb #botany #Oxalis #plantscience #plantcollection @Akademie_ved_CR

Beyond #earthworms: Can smaller ##soil animals help sequester #carbon in soil? Find the answer on our blog▶️ 1url.cz/2euqJ #sequestration #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

#Drylands may look sparse aboveground, but the real strategy is #belowground. Across Southwest #Asia, #clonality doesn’t disappear with #aridity It peaks in the driest sites (again in #wetlands) Yes, #rhizomes are in the #desert! 🌱1url.cz/5eKSZ #GoBelowground #ExFuMo