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Hemiparasitic Orobanchaceae Research Team   
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia             

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   Jakub Těšitel

Contact info
e-mail: jakub.tesitel@centrum.cz
phone: (+420)387772377

Mail address
Department of Botany
Faculty of Science
University of South Bohemia
Branišovská 31
37005 České Budějovice
Czech Republic

Current position

  • Lecturer and researcher at the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Education
Research topics
  • Biology of (hemi)parasitic Orobanchaceae: ecology, evolution, physiology
  • Fylogeography of Melampyrum sylvaticum across the European continent
  • Biodiversity in the tropical rainforests
  • Statistical analysis of biological and ecological data
Grant Projects
  • Biology of hemiparasitic Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae: scaling up from physiology to commu- nity level processes
    Czech Science foundation, 2012-2015 (collaborator)
  • Evolution of ecological strategies and life history traits in relation to physiological adaptations in the Euphrasia group (Orobanchaceae)
    Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2008-2011 (collaborator)
  • Ecology, physiology and evolution of life histories of hemiparasitic plants in the Rhinanthus-Euphrasia-Melampyrum clade (Orobanchaceae)
    Grant Agency of The University of South Bohemia, 2008 (principal investigator)
Teaching
  • Biology of parasitic plants
  • Biostatistics
Editorial activities
  • Associate Editor:Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Reviewer: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Biologia Plantarum, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Folia Geobotanica, Functional Plant Biology, New Phytologist
Published research papers
    2013 and in press
  • Těšitel J, Hejcman M, Lepš J, Cameron DD (2013) How does elevated grassland productivity influence populations of root hemiparasites? Commentary on Borowicz and Armstrong (Oecologia 2012). Oecologia in press, doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2566-7.
  • Těšitel J, Tesařová M (2013) Ultrastructure of hydathode trichomes of hemiparasitic Rhinanthus alectorolophus and Odontites vernus: how important is their role in physiology and evolution of parasitism in Orobanchaceae? Plant Biology 15: 119-125.
  • M Průšová, J Lepš, M Štech, J Těšitel (2013) Growth, survival and generative reproduction in a population of a widespread annual hemiparasite Melampyrum pratense. Biologia 68: 65-73
    • 2012
  • Koutecký P, Tuleu G, Baďurová T, Košnar J, Štech M, Těšitel J (2012) Distribution of cytotypes and seasonal variation in the Odontites vernus group in central Europe Preslia 84:887-904.
  • Těšitelová T, Těšitel J, Jersáková J, Říhová, Selosse M-A (2012) Symbiotic germination capability of four Epipactis species (Orchidaceae) is broader than expected from adult ecology. American Journal of Botany 20:303-315.
  • Kolář F, Lučanová M, Těšitel J, Loureiro J, Suda J (2012) Glycerol-treated nuclear suspensions—an efficient preservation method for flow cytometric analysis of plant samples. Chromosome Research 20:303-315.
    • 2011
  • Těšitel J, Lepš J, Vráblová M, Cameron DD (2011) The role of heterotrophic carbon acquisition by the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus alectorolophus in seedling establishment in natural communities: A physiological perspective. New Phytologist 192:188-199.
  • Holá E, Kučera J, Těšitel J (2011) Comparison of gemma production among three lophozia species during the growing season. Flora 206: 763-768.
  • Flajšhans M, Pšenička M, Rodina M, Těšitel J (2011) Image cytometric measurements of diploid, triploid and tetraploid fish erythrocytes in blood smears reflect the true dimensions of live cells. Cell Biology International, 35:67-71.
    • 2010
  • Těšitel J, Plavcová L, Cameron DD (2010): Heterotrophic carbon gain by the root-hemiparasites Rhinanthus minor and Euphrasia rostkoviana (Orobanchaceae). Planta 231:1137-1144.
  • Těšitel J, Plavcová L, Cameron DD (2010) Interactions between hemiparasitic plants and their hosts: The importance of organic carbon transfer. Plant Signaling and Behavior 5:1072-1076.
  • Těšitel J, Říha P, Svobodová Š, Malinová T, Štech M (2010) Phylogeny, life history evolution and biogeography of the Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae. Folia Geobotanica. 45:347-367.
  • Pšenička M, Tesařová M, Těšitel J, Nebesářová J (2010) Size determination of acipenser ruthenus spermatozoa in different types of electron microscopy. Micron 41:455-460.
  • Bláha M, Hulák M, Slouková J, Těšitel J (2010) Molecular and morphological patterns across Acanthocyclops vernalis-robustus species complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Zoologica Scripta 39: 259-268.
  • Hulák M, Kašpar V, Kohlmann K, Coward K, Těšitel J, Rodina M, Gela D, Kocour M & Linhart O (2010) Microsatellite-based genetic diversity and differentiation of foreign common carp (Cyprinus carpio) strains farmed in the Czech Republic. Aquaculture 298: 194-201.
    • 2009 and older
  • Těšitel J, Malinová T, Štech M, Herbstová M (2009) Variation in the Melampyrum sylvaticum group in the Carpathian and Hercynian region: two lineages with different evolutionary histories. - Preslia 81: 1-22.
  • Pšenička M, Vancová M, Koubek P, Těšitel J, Linhart O (2009) Fine structure and morphology of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L. 1758) spermatozoa and acrosin localization. - Anim. Reprod. Sci. 111:3-16.
  • Těšitel J, Štech M (2007) Morphological variation in the Melampyrum sylvaticum group within the transitional zone between M. sylvaticum s. str. and M. herbichii.- Preslia 79: 83-99.
  • Kolář F, Kubešová M, Těšitel J , Koutecký P (2007) Květena vesnic v CHKO Blanský les. - Zprávy České Botanické Společnosti/Bulletin of the Czech Botanical Society 42: 89-104.In Czech