Chapters within edited books
Polesna L, Polesny Z, Lachmanova I, Clavo MZ, Kokoska L. 2010. Ethnobotanical study of dye-yielding plants used in communities of Shipibo-Konibo Amerindians around Pucallpa city, Peru. In: The Amazon Basin: Plant Life, Wildlife and Environment. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA, pp 123-139
Lojka B, Krausova J, Kubik S, Polesny Z. 2010. Assessment of insect biological diversity in various land use systems in the Peruvian Amazon. In: The Amazon Basin: Plant Life, Wildlife and Environment. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA, pp 103-121
Lojka B, Bortl L, Riva RR, Banout J, Lojkova J, Polesny Z, Preininger D, Ugarte Guerra J, Verner V. 2016. Multistrata agroforestry as an alternative to slash-and-burn farming in the Peruvian Amazon. In: Dagar JC, Tewari JC (eds). Agroforestry Research Developments. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA, pp 383-398
Original research papers in IF (impact factor) journals
Casas Reátegui R, Pawera L, Villegas Panduro PP, Polesny Z. 2018. Beetles, ants, wasps or flies? An ethnobiological study of edible insects among the Awajún Amerindians in Amazonas, Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14: 53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0252-5 (link)
Lara Reimers EA, Fernández Cusimamani E, Lara Rodríguez EA, Zepeda del Valle JM, Polesny Z, Pawera L. 2018. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Zacatecas state, Mexico. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 87(2): 3581. DOI: 10.5586/asbp.3581 (link)
Pawera L, Łuczaj Ł, Pieroni A, Polesny Z. 2017. Traditional plant knowledge in the White Carpathians: Ethnobotany of wild food plants and crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic. Human Ecology, 45: 655-671.
Pawera L, Verner L, Termote C, Sodombekov I, Kandakov A, Karabaev N, Skalicky M, Polesny Z. 2016. Medical ethnobotany of herbal practitioners in the Turkestan Range, southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 85(1): 3483. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3483 (link)
Kucerova I, Banout J, Lojka B, Polesny Z. 2016. Performance evaluation of wood-burning cookstoves in rural areas near Pucallpa, Peru. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 15(11): 2421-2428
Simkova K, Polesny Z. 2015. Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants used in the Czech Republic. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 88(1): 49-67 (link)
Polesny Z, Verner V, Vlkova M, Banout J, Lojka B, Valicek P, Mazancova J. 2014. Non-timber forest products utilization in Phong Dien Nature Reserve, Vietnam: Who collects, who consumes, who sells? Bois et Forets des Tropiques, 322(4): 39-49 (link)
Halamova K, Kokoska L, Polesny Z, Macakova K, Flesar J, Rada V. 2013. Selective in vitro growth inhibitory effect of Withania somnifera on human pathogenic bacteria and bifidobacteria. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 45(2): 667-670 (link)
Lojka B, Hlasna Cepkova P, Navratilova L, Van Damme P, Banout J, Polesny Z, Preininger D. 2011. Methods for short-term control of Imperata grass in Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 112(1): 37-43 (link)
Vlkova M, Polesny Z, Verner V, Banout J, Dvorak M, Havlik J, Lojka B, Ehl P, Krausova J. 2011. Ethnobotanical knowledge and agrobiodiversity in subsistence farming: case study of home gardens in Phong My commune, central Vietnam. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 58(5): 629-644
Banout J, Ehl P, Havlik J, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Verner V. 2011. Design and performance evaluation of a Double-pass solar drier for drying of red chilli (Capsicum annum L.). Solar Energy, 85: 506-515
Polesna L, Polesny Z, Clavo MZ, Hansson A, Kokoska L. 2011. Ethnopharmacological inventory of plants used in Coronel Portillo Province of Ucayali Department, Peru. Pharmaceutical Biology, 49(2): 125-136 (link)
Banout J, Lojka B, Matouskova N, Polesny Z, Lojkova J. 2008. Investigation of Imperata sp. As a primary feedstock for compost production in Ucayali Region, Peru. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 109(2): 113-121 (link)
Lojka B, Lojkova J, Banout J, Polesny Z, Preininger D. 2008. Performance of an improved fallow system in the Peruvian Amazon - modelling approach. Agroforestry Systems, 72: 27-39
Kloucek P, Svobodova B, Polesny Z, Langrova I, Smrcek S, Kokoska L. 2007. Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal barks used in Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 111(2): 427-429
Kloucek P, Polesny Z, Svobodova B, Vlkova E, Kokoska L. 2005. Antibacterial screening of some Peruvian medicinal plants used in Callería District. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 99(2): 309-312
Kokoska L, Polesny Z, Rada V, Nepovim A, Vanek T. 2002. Screening of some Siberian medicinal plants for antimicrobial activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 82(1): 51-53
Original research papers in non-IF journals
Vlková M, Kubátová E, Šlechta P, Polesný Z. 2015. Traditional use of plants by the disappearing Czech diaspora in Romanian Banat. Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica, 46(2): 49-56 (link)
Vlkova M, Verner V, Kandakov A, Polesny Z, Karabaev N, Nadvornikova I, Banout J. 2015. Edible plants sold on marginal rural markets in Fergana valley, southern Kyrgyzstan. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 21(2): 243-250 (link)
Lojka B, Dumas L, Preininger D, Polesny Z, Banout J. 2010. The use and intergration of Inga edulis in agroforestry systems in the Amazon. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 43(4): 112-119 (link)
Ehl P, Banout J, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Lojkova J. 2010. Post harvest processing of selected tropical crops using a natural circulation solar dryer. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 43(2): 92-96 (link)
Lojka B, Preininger D, Lojkova J, Banout J, Polesny Z. 2005. Biomass growth and farmer knowledge of Inga edulis in Peruvian Amazon. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 38(3-4): 44-51 (link)
Conference abstracts
Caspersen L, Gombert AJ, Hommels M, Deller M, Pawolka MW, Schlossarek J, Djurupova B, Dzhakypbekova K, Gebauer J, Kaseeva G, Kuchenbuch R, Kulmyrzaev A, Mamadjanov D, Maurer M, Nurmatov R, Polesny Z, Pretzsch J, Sarymsakov Z, Schmidt-Vogt D, Smanalieva J, Verner V, Wichern F, Thevs N, Moenickes S, Kugler F, Darr D. 2017. Utilizing the Nutritional Potential and Secondary Plant Compounds of Neglected Fruit Trees and Other Plant Species of the Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 20.9.–22.9.2017. University of Bonn, Germany.
Pawera L, Tumova B, Termote C, Polesny Z, Hunter D. 2017. Diversity of edible plants in food systems of Bugis, Mandar, Minang and Acehnese cocoa farmers in Indonesia. Book of abstracts: Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge and sustainability. The 58th Annual Meeting of The Society for Economic Botany, 4.6-9.6.2017. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal, p. 83.
Pawera L, Łuczaj Ł, Polesny Z. 2017. Could bio-cultural refugia safeguard important reservoirs of traditional plant knowledge in highly industrialized countries? A case study of the White Carpathians, Czech Republic. Book of abstracts: Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge and sustainability. The 58th Annual Meeting of The Society for Economic Botany, 4.6-9.6.2017. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal, p. 156.
Novotna B, Duarte MC, Mazancova J, Polesny Z. 2015. Traditional use of medicinal plants among local healers in Bié province, Angola. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 16.9.–18.9.2015. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, p. 540.
Nguyen TT, Polesny Z. 2015. The structure of food and medicinal plants within Vietnamese community in Prague, Czech Republic. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 16.9.–18.9.2015. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, p. 529.
Vopenka P, Nadvornikova I, Polesny Z, Rohlik BA, Verner V. 2015. Market survey of traditional rice varieties at Great Silk Road bazaar in Osh city, Southern Kyrgyzstan. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 16.9.–18.9.2015. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, p. 445.
Sklenickova O, Polesny Z, Mackova M, Lojka B, Lojkova J, Banout J. 2010. Agroforestry species in Peruvian Amazon: Farmers’ preference survey. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 14.9.–16.9.2010. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, p. 357
Lojka B, Banout J, Lojkova J, Polesny Z, Preininger D, Ruiz RR, Meza Lopez A. 2010. Is multistrata agroforestry a viable alternative for small farmers in Peruvian Amazon? Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 14.9.-16.9.2010. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, p. 344
Rollo A. Lojka B, Cepkova-Hlasna P, Viehmannova I, Krausova J, Preininger D, Polesny Z, Banout J. 2010. Phenotypic variability between cultivated and natural populations of indigenous fruit species Inga edulis Mart. (Fabaceae) in Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 14.9.–16.9.2010. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, p. 219
Polesny Z, Polesna L, Vlkova M, Zeleny V. 2010. Ethnobotanical study of agrobiodiversity use and management in traditional agriculture in ethnically Czech villages in Romanian Banat. Book of abstracts: International Society of Ethnobiology regional workshop on Eastern European ethnobiology, 15.10.-17.10.2010, Padise, Estonia, p. 28-29
Jilkova Z, Polesny Z, Vlkova M, Klubickova J. 2010. Ethnobotanical study of plants with antimicrobial properties traditionally used in Czech villages of Romanian Banat. Book of abstracts: 4th Scientific Conference of The Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, 19.11.2010, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic, p. 39
Vlkova M, Polesny Z, Verner V, Ehl P, Havlik J, Lojka B, Lojkova J, Banout J. 2008. Ethnobotanical Inventory of Home Gardens in the Community Phong My, Central Vietnam. Book of abstracts: 26th Symposium of the International Commission for the Anthropology of Food (ICAF) of the International Union for Anthropological et Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), 15.12.-17.12.2008, Paris, p. 43
Polesny Z, Flesar J, Jankovska I, Rada V, Kokoska L. 2008. Selective in vitro inhibitory effect of Withania somnifera extract on growth of human pathogenic bacteria and bifidobacteria. Book of abstracts: First European Food Congress, 04.11.-09.11.2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Abstract No. P030)
Polesny Z, Mackova M, Clavo M, Zeleny V, Lojka B, Lojkova J, Banout J. 2008. Ethnobotanical inventory of homegardens in Campo Verde district in Peruvian Amazon. 11th International Congress of Ethnobiology. 25.6.-30.6. 2008, Cusco, Peru. (Published in: ISE Newsletter, 2009, 1(1)). Best poster award.
Kutilkova L, Clavo M, Polesny Z, Kokoska L. 2008. Medicinal plants used by local communities in Ucayali Department, Peru: an ethnobotanical inventory. Book of abstracts: 11th International Congress of Ethnobiology. 25.6.-30.6. 2008, Cusco, Peru.
Krausova J, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Lojkova J. 2008. Assessment of insect biological diversity of various land use systems in Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 7.10.–9.10. 2008, University of Hohenheim, Germany, p. 468
Preininger D, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Banout J, Krivankova B, Lojkova J. 2008. The influence of agricultural practices on occurence of weed species and soil properties in the Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag, 7.10.–9.10.2008. University of Hohenheim, Germany, p. 420
Svobodova B, Kokoska L, Kutilkova L, Polesny Z. 2007. Antioxidant activity of selected Peruvian medicinal plants used in Calleria District. 55th International Congress of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research. Graz, Rakousko, 2.9.-6.9. 2007. (published in: Planta Medica, 2007, 73 (9): 989-989, abstract No. P531)
Krivankova B, Polesny Z, Lojka B, Lojkova J, Banout J, Preininger D. 2007. Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis, Euphorbiaceae): a promising oilseed crop from Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 9.10.–11.10. 2007, Witzenhausen, Germany, p. 310
Kulik M, Banout J, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Lojkova J. 2007. Evaluation of Eryngium foetidum L. processing by solar dryers. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 9.10.–11.10. 2007, Witzenhausen, Germany, p. 88
Rousova B, Lojkova J, Lojka B, Banout J, Polesny Z. 2007. Agroforestry systems acceptability in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 9.10.–11.10. 2007, Witzenhausen, Germany, p. 257
Prochazkova L, Lojka B, Banout J, Lojkova J, Polesny Z, Preininger D. 2006. Diversification of shifting cultivation cycles among small-scale farmers in the Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 11.10.-13.10.2006. University of Bonn, Germany, p. 476
Lojkova J, Lojka B, Banout J, Polesny Z, Preininger D. 2006. Perspectives of organic farming in the Ucayali region of Peru: institutional approach. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 11.10.-13.10.2006. University of Bonn, Germany, p. 147
Lojka B, Lojkova J, Preininger D, Banout J, Polesny Z. 2006. Assessment of an improved fallow agroforestry system in the Peruvian Amazon through modelling approach. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 11.10.-13.10.2006. University of Bonn, Germany, p.312
Banout J, Ehl P, Lojka B, Polesny Z, Lojkova J. 2006. Drying of Different Tropical Crops Using Natural-circulation Solar Dryer in the Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC-IX), 19.8.-25.8. 2006, Florence, Italy, p. 203
Navratilova, L.; Lojka, B.; Lojkova, J.; Banout, J.; Polesny, Z. 2005. Methods of control and rehabilitation of Imperata grasslands in Peruvian Amazon Basin. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 11.10.-13.10. 2005, University of Hohenheim, Germany, p. 225.
Polesny, Z.; Lojka, B.; Lojkova, J.; Banout, J.; Kocarek, M. 2004. The potential of some neglected fruit species of Ucayali department of Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 5.10.-7.10. 2004, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, p. 278.
Lojka, B.; Lojkova, J.; Banout, J.; Polesny, Z. 2004. Agroforestry use of Inga edulis in the Peruvian Amazon. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 5.10.-7.10. 2004, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, p.185.
Polesny, Z. 2002. Tropical and subtropical plants with sweetening properties: the potential source of low-calorie sweeteners. Book of abstracts: Tropentag 9.10.-11.10. 2002, Witzenhausen, Germany, p. 62.
Polesny, Z., Kokoska, L. 2001. Screening of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal for antibacterial activity. Proceedings: 3rd International Conference of Ph.D. Students. 13.8.-19.8. 2001, University of Miskolc, Hungary, pp. 35-39, ISBN 963-661-485-7.
Kokoska, L., Polesny, Z., Rada, V., Nepovim, A. 2001. Antimicrobial activity of Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin. extracts. Book of abstracts (in Czech): Liečivé rastliny v novom Miléniu. Ľubovnianske kúpele, Slovakia, pp. 17-18.
Other professional and popular publications
Polesny, Z. 2007. Sugar cane. Farmář, 10: 16-19 (article in Czech).
Banout, J.; Ehl, P.; Lojka, B.; Lojkova, J.; Polesny, Z. 2005. Uso de secadores solares para el procesamiento de cultivos en la amazonía peruana. Leisa, 21(1): 15-17.
Polesny, Z.; Soustruznikova, J. 2003. Plants yielding low-calorie sweeteners: Thaumatococcus daniellii (Bennet) Benth. Medicinal Plants, 5: 151-153. (article in Czech)
Valicek P. (ed.), Hlava B., Holubova K., Husak S., Kokoska L., Michl J., Pavel L., Polesny Z., Wroblewska E., Zeleny V. 2002. Useful plants of the tropics and subtropics. Academia, Praha, 486 pp. (book in Czech).
Kokoska, L., Polesny, Z. 2000. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal – plant with tonic and antimicrobial effects. Medicinal Plants, 37 (6): 197-199. (article in Czech)
