🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️ Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026, Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️ https://t.co/VjkpoZQw1b #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @Akademie_ved_CR

Already #ancient antarctic #tree showed a clever survival trick! Root sprouting - new stems popping up from the roots after damage. These #Permian forests regenered from belowground and from roots! ▶️ https://t.co/lTdhU0D4o0 #RootSprouting #Antarctica #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

Banana isn’t just about the fruit 🍌 New on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/5n1NqJNov4 We know little about carbon allocation in banana rhizome, a starch-rich hub connecting mother plants and daughters. Huge knowledge gaps, big climate resilience implications! #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

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 ▶️ https://t.co/LC27YP2UZ3 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #art #lateralspread @Akademie_ved_CR

Perennial #herbs don’t “wake up” in spring out of nowhere. Their #renewalbuds preform leaves and even flowers months before we see any green. More on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/8dkRxM1rf5 🌱#budpreformation #planttraits #FunctionalEcology #SpringTiming #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

In #science, novelty isn’t a yes/no, but a #gradient from #replication to #innovation. We should be honest about where our work sits on that gradient, instead of overselling everything as #groundbreaking More on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/LiFhzlS9Pt #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #novelty

Ready for winter! ❄️☃️🪻As winter in the northern hemisphere approaches, plants are preparing to be protected from cold ❄️ Read more on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/K5QYr956Ny #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #rhizome #bud #clonality #overwintering #strategy @Akademie_ved_CR

When fire digs deeper 🔥🌹🌱 A new on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/LKgbbcRNNa Even in fire-adapted grasslands, too much fire can erode resilience! #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #Brazil #CamposRupestres #Resilience #buds #regeneration #clonality #rhizome #root

Studying the hidden half is messy—partial samples, broken roots, shifting soils. That’s exactly what students need to see. “In belowground science, perfection is impossible. Accuracy is not.” 🔍🌱 More ▶️ https://t.co/EOjwWkKJNK #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #RootID #ScienceTeaching

#Roots + #rhizomes + #buds = the “backup system” after #wildfire. Add the #soil #microbiome and you get real plant #resilience. Time to measure belowground #traits in #FireEcology🔥more ▶️ https://t.co/H7mfP5Nc80 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #Rhizosphere #Resprouting #BudBanks #Brazil

Identifying fine roots is a frontier for belowground ecology! In our new blog post ▶️ https://t.co/orNUEImnOO you can find🔴Fine Root Identification Protocol 🟠Root Kahoot🟢Rhidentify quiz🟤the Rhizarium (2,000+ fine root images) #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #fineroot #ecology #quiz

Cold-season cattail harvest = cleaner water, happier wetlands, and usable biomass—without stressing the system. Win-win 👍 More on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/nUt9jw2zYc #Wetlands #NatureBasedSolutions #WaterQuality #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

Tubers = survival engines. Packed with energy, resilient in tough soils, vital for people & ecosystems. More on our blog: https://t.co/o1fMpCgXNQ #tubers #resilience #energy #ecosystems #indigenous #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

Big news! Our colleague Martin Bitomský from the #ExFuMo department is heading to Spain for a two-year research stay under the MSCA project. Wishing him lots of luck, scientific success, and invaluable experience. ¡Buena suerte! 🇪🇸 #MSCA #research #science #GoBelowground

A little digging in the forests of New England A new post on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/pD9QVE9v5V Many of the plants have very long rhizomes that twisted through the thick litter layer! Thanks @JosephTumber #ExFuMo #Rhizome #Clonality #Diversity #GoBelowground

⛏️🌿Reflections from #IAVS2025 in Greeley - Commentary by Johanne Gresse (University of Tübingen) on Belowground workshop... they took us from plant anatomy to field digs to talks on belowground organ traits... more on our blog ▶️ https://t.co/OuIVr4LgQ1 #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

#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 @Akademie_ved_CR for the support. Until next time! #ExFuMo #functional #ecology #anatomy #morphology #clonality #roots

The final day of the #GoBelowground course on plant belowground #traits consisted of students´ miniprojects on #rooting depth, #bud bank, plant #age structure, fine #root traits and #clonal growth organs. See you next year! Thanks @Akademie_ved_CR for the support #ExFuMo

🌷The fourth day of the #GoBelowground course was dedicated to #bud #traits and bud bank, fine #root traits and participants' presentations. Thanks to @Akademie_ved_CR #ExFuMo #clonality #functional #ecology #course #morphology #phenology

#Carbohydrate #storage, #analytical #methods of carbohydrate storage, sweet tasting and #plant #belowground organs hunt were the program of the third day of the #GoBelowground course 🌷🌿🪻 @Akademie_ved_CR #ExFuMo