RNDr. Božena Navrátilová, Ph.D.

Information:

Currently running projects

• Utilization of protoplast fusion technique in breeding of the important cultivated crops of the genera Brassica, Cucumis and Solanum. (řešitel)
• Development and utilization of effective methods for selection of genetic resources and production of initial breeding materials of Brassica vegetables with desired traits (řešitel)

Teaching activities

• Field botanical practicals
• General botany
• General botany and physiology of plants
• General botany and physiology of plants
• Practicals in plant Tissue Culture
• Practicals in plant Tissue Culture

Publications

• Piterková, J., Luhová, L., Navrátilová, B. , Sedlářová, M. , Petřivalský, M.(2015):Early and long-term responses of cucumber cells to high cadmium concentration are modulated by nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 37(2): 19 (12 pp.). [PDF]
• Petřivalský, M., Vaníčková, P., Ryzí, M., Navrátilová, B. , Piterková, J., Sedlářová, M. , Luhová, L.(2012):The effects of reactive nitrogen and oxygen species on regeneration and growth of cucumber cells from isolated protoplasts. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 108 (2): 237-249.[PDF]
• Skálová, D., Navrátilová, B. , Richterová, L., Knitl, M., Sochor, M., Vašut, R. (2012):Biotechnological methods for in vitro propagation in willows (Salix spp.). – Central European Journal of Biology 7: 931-940.
• Skálová, D., Navrátilová, B. , Doležalová, I., Vašut, R. , Lebeda, A. (2012):Haploid and mixoploid cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) protoplasts - isolation and fusion. – Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 85: 64-72.
• Navrátilová, B. , Skálová, D. , Ondřej, V. , Kitner, M. , Lebeda, A. (2011): Biotechnological Methods Utilized in Cucurbits Research - A Review. – Horticultural Science (Prague) 38: 150-158.
• Brandová, B. , Hroneš, M. , Knitl, M., Richterová L., Skálová D., Navrátilová, B. , Vašut, R. (2011):Biotechnologické in vitro metody u ohrožených druhů vrb [Biotechnological in vitro methods with endangered willow species]. - Opera Corcontica 48: 79-88.[PDF]
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Protivánková I., Piterková J., Sedlářová, M. , Luhová L., Lebeda, A. (2010):Recondensation level of repetitive sequences in the plant protoplast nucleus is limited by oxidative stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 61 (9): 2395-2401. [PDF]
• Skalová, D. , Navrátilová, B. , Ondřej, V. , Lebeda, A. (2010):Optimizing culture for in vitro pollination and fertilization in Cucumis sativus and C. melo. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Ser. Botanica 52/1: 111-115.
• Skalová, D. , Ondřej, V. , Doležalová, I. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2010):Polyploidization facilitates biotechnological in vitro techniques in the genus Cucumis. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 475432, Doi:10.1155/2010/475432
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2009):The heterochromatin as a marker for protoplast differentiation of Cucumis sativus. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult 96: 229-234.
• Ondřej, V. , Kitner, M. , Doležalová, I. , Nádvorník, P., Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2009): Chromatin structural rearrangement during dedifferentiation of protoplasts of Cucumis sativus L. – Molecules and Cells 27: 443-447.
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2009):Heterochromatin as a marker for protoplast differentiation of Cucumis sativus. Plant Cell Tiss Org . 96, 229-234.
• Navrátilová, B. , Luhová L., Petřivalský M.(2008):Effect of UV-C irradiation on mesophyll protoplasts of Cucumis sativus. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 94: 313-318.
• Skalová, D. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2008):Embryo-rescue of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and some wild Cucumis spp. (C. anguria, C. zeyheri, C. melo, C. metuliferus). Journal of Applied Bot. and Food Qual. 82: 83-89.
• Gajdová J., Navrátilová, B. , Smolná J., Lebeda, A. (2007):Factors affecting protoplast isolation and cultivation of Cucumis spp. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 81: 1-6.
• Havránek P., Navrátilová, B. , Chytilová V.(2005):Use of rooted leaves for screening of Brassica germplasm response to clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) and downy mildew (Hyaloperonospora parasitica). Hort. Sci. (Praque), Vol. 32, No. 1: 1-5.
• Skalová, D. , Gasmanová N., Lebeda, A. , Navrátilová, B. (2005):Interspecific hybridization between Cucumis sativus and wild Cucumis species through embryo culture. Acta Biol. Cracoviensia Ser. Botanica 47 (Suppl. 1), 2005, 81.
• Navrátilová, B. (2004):Protoplast cultures and protoplast fusion focused on Brassicaceae - a review. Hort. Sci. (Praque), Vol. 31, No. 4, 140-157.
• Skalová, D. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2004):Progress in research of embryo cultures in Cucumis spp. Acta Physiol. Plantarum 26 (No. 3 Supplement), 256.
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2002):Influence of GA3 on the zygotic embryogenesis of Cucumis species in vitro. Biologia (Bratislava) 57, 2002, 523-525.
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2002):In vitro cultivation of Cucumis sativus ovules after fertilization. Acta Hort. 588, 2002, 339-343.
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2002):In vitro cultivation of Cucumis sativus ovules after fertilization. Acta Hort. 588, 2002, 339-343.
• Navrátilová, B. , Rokytová, L., Lebeda, A. (2000):Isolation of mesophyll protoplasts of Cucumis spp. and Cucurbita spp. Acta Hort. 510, 425-431, 2000.
• Ondřej, V. , Navrátilová, B. , Lebeda, A. (2000):Embryo cultures of wild and cultivated species of the genus Cucumis L. Acta Hort. 510, 409-414, 2000.
• Lebeda, A. , Kubaláková, M., Křístková, E., Navrátilová, B. , Doležal, K., Doležel, J., Lysák, M.(1999):Morphological and physiological characteristics of plants issued from an interspecific hybridization of Cucumis sativus x Cucumis melo. Acta Hort. 492, 1999, 149-155.
• Navrátilová, B. , Bůžek J., Široký J., Havránek P.(1997):Construction of intergeneric somatic hybrids between Brassica oleracea and Armoracia rusticana. Biologia Plantarum, 39 (4): 531-541.