The PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ was organized by the Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, (Jana Martinkova and Jitka Klimesova) in 14 – 20 September 2025, in Kaminek, Nove Hrady (Czech Republic).

Lecturers:

Joana Bergmann (fine roots, methods and ecology) Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

Jitka Klimešová (plant morphology, clonal growth) Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

F. Curtis Lubbe (storage carbohydrates, ecology) Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

Iveta Marešová (storage carbohydrates, methods) Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

Gabriela Santos da Silva (anatomy of belowground organs) Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

Renáta Schnablová (bud bank, bud traits and phenology) Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

The course was supported by Czech Academy of Sciences

Educative materials and Belowground blog (here)

Intro to plant growth   Stáhnout 

Case studies Clonality   Stáhnout 

Future course: Go belowground 2026