{"id":44774,"date":"2021-01-27T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanleer.org.il\/?p=44774"},"modified":"2022-01-23T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T10:46:56","slug":"the-holiday-of-nature-what-do-plants-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanleer.org.il\/en\/articles-en\/the-holiday-of-nature-what-do-plants-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The holiday of nature: \u201cWhat do plants know?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blossoming of the almond trees throughout Israel signals the advent of Tu B\u2019Shvat, Jewish Arbor Day. It is an opportunity to honor the fruit of the land, and nature as a whole, and give some thought to the environment.
\nIt is impossible to talk about nature and plants without mentioning Charles Darwin and his faith and love for the natural world. Darwin, and his son Sir Francis, published a book in the late 19th century that demonstrates the diverse activity of plants and the way they sense and interact with their environment: \u201cThe Power of Movement in Plants\u201d<\/a>, which revolutionized the world of botany.<\/p>\n

This is an opportunity for us to recall the fascinating session \u201cWhat do plants know?\u201d which was part of the third lecture series \u201cTalking about Science in the 21st Century.\u201d Prof. Oren Harman<\/a> spoke to Prof. Daniel Chamovitz from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, following Chamovitz\u2019s book about the way plants sense the world, as conceived by Darwin and based on genetic studies.<\/p>\n