Prof. Yasmin Maroz from the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security in the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University tells about the secret world of plants. Tel Aviv 360 podcast of Tel Aviv University (Hebrew only)
A long series of studies done recently in Israel and around the world reveal the fascinating skills of plants.
Not only are these beings with sensors capable of processing information on dozens of different environmental variables at the same time such as: heat, dryness, salinity, light and minerals, but it turns out that plants have real cognition. They remember, think strategically, analyze situations, know how to learn, cooperate with each other, make mathematical calculations and more. The new studies hope to remove a small part of the veil of human condescension over the plant world.
We all know it - if we place a pot near a lighted window, the plant will notice the direction of the light and grow towards it, and when a seed is sown in the ground, it will feel the force of gravity, and grow roots downwards and a stem upwards. But in the podcast before us we discover that this is not the end of the ability of the plants.
Apparently beyond a simple response to stimuli, it can be said that plants have a memory, and they make decisions. Sounds like science fiction but it's reality.
The studio hosts Prof. Yasmin Meroz from the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security in the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Center for Physics and Chemistry of Biological Systems at Tel Aviv University who answers all questions and also reveals how a robot that moves in space, not like animals but like plants, was built - by adding material with a 3D printer .
Listen to another podcast in the "Podcast Tel-Aviv 360" series hosted by Vared Lebkowitz
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