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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

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Elad Gilon finds a Russell species of fungi. He is doing research to determine if it is edible. (Emmanuel Sarid)
October 15, 2024, 6:04 am
In first, doctoral candidate enlists foragers across Israel to help map mushroom DNA
There are over 1,000 species of fungi in the Holy Land; what started as one scientist’s hobby has mushroomed into a collective effort on a scale never before seen in the country
By Diana Bletter
Eran Braverman, a Kibbutz Alumim head farmer who helped battle Hamas terrorists on October 7, fingers one of the blue agave plants grown on the kibbutz for making mezcal, on September 23, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 13, 2024, 2:41 pm
Kibbutz that fought off Oct. 7 terror endeavors to develop Israeli version of tequila
Kibbutz Alumim in the Gaza border area partners with experts to plant agave succulents in Negev desert terroir, hoping to produce local mezcal spirit within a few years
By Jessica Steinberg
Dr. Sarah Sallon, director of the Louis Borick Natural Medicine Research Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem, with 'Sheba' in 2010. (Guy Eisner)
September 18, 2024, 4:29 pm
Tree grown from ancient mystery seed found in cave could be source of biblical balm
Identified as species of Commiphora, part of the frankincense and myrrh family, plant lacks fragrance but medical compound suggests possible link with Bible’s ‘tsori’
By Sue Surkes
Ruins of a Philistine temple in the biblical city of Gath. (Aren Maeir)
February 28, 2024, 11:09 am
Archaeologists dig up clues on Philistines from psychedelic plants in ancient temples
New study examines remains of food, seeds, flowers found in Gath that were used in ancient Greece in worship of female deities, indicating foreign influences on Philistine culture
By Ariella Oldfield
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a Mimouna event in Hadera on April 12, 2023. (Rami Shllush/POOL)
April 13, 2023, 1:48 pm
Daily Briefing April 13: Passover ends with protests against the premier at Mimouna
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Netanyahu’s relationships with his defense ministers; as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at talking plants and recycling
By ToI Staff
Tomatoes were among the plants tested for sound by Tel Aviv University researchers. (David Besa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2023, 8:06 pm
In groundbreaking research, Tel Aviv U team records plants ‘talking’ for first time
Scientists discover clicking sounds, which humans can’t hear and which differ based on species and type of stress; wonder what uses other plants, animals make of the information
By Sue Surkes
Ferula drudeana. (Wikimedia Creative Commons)
September 27, 2022, 11:50 am
Ancient ‘miracle plant,’ believed extinct, said rediscovered in Turkey
Turkish prof. says ferula drudeana, found growing on Mt. Hasan in Anatolia, is ancient silphion — a seasoning, aphrodisiac, medicine, and contraceptive — not seen for 2,000 years
By Tobias Siegal
Drone bee orchid, Ophrys holosericea, seen near to the Rakit parking lot in the Carmel mountains, May 7, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel).
May 8, 2022, 6:26 pm
If it looks like a bee and smells like a bee, it may be a flower
In extraordinary example of evolution, bee orchids trick male bees into ‘mating’ with them, to help disperse pollen
By Sue Surkes
Permaculture and shmitta expert and teacher Talia Schneider (far left) with some students in the garden, before the earth's sabbatical began on Rosh Hashanah 2021. (Courtesy: Talia Schneider)
September 29, 2021, 3:07 pm
Gardeners give land a sabbatical, as composting (and other activities) continue
Shmitta, a year of rest for earth, arrived with Jewish New Year, along with opportunities for learning about planet Earth, say permaculturists
By Jessica Steinberg
Leaves of a control potato plant (L) and a genetically engineered one. (Courtesy, Shilo Rosenwasser)
May 27, 2021, 3:11 pm
Potatoes that glow when stressed: Scientists tap into tubers in trouble
Hebrew University researchers implant gene with fluorescent protein that changes color according to levels of stress indicated by quantity of potentially harmful free radicals
By Sue Surkes
Dr Elaine Solowey in her greenhouse at Kibbutz Ketura in southern Israel, March 21, 2021. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 12, 2021, 11:48 am
After reviving ancient dates, a Negev pioneer plants seeds against a dry future
Having germinated the world’s oldest seed and domesticated the argan oil tree, Elaine Soloway is now tinkering with how to keep a changing desert blooming
By Sue Surkes
A light emitting watercress. (Seon-Yeong Kwak/MIT)
March 16, 2021, 5:06 am
With light-up plants and email from spinach, lab turns over a new leaf on flora
Pioneering so-called plant nanobionics, an MIT research team has found ways to use tiny sensors to hack into the signals plants send and alter the way they act
By Sue Surkes
Fire ants. (Cabezonication, at iStock by Getty Images)
January 24, 2021, 1:17 pm
Ministry publishes map of fire ant-infected plant nurseries
With gardening season approaching, buyers are asked to isolate new plants for several hours to check for invasive insect that threatens local biodiversity, has burning sting
By Sue Surkes
Using old surgical masks as plant pots. (Courtesy, Pablo Chercasky, Director of the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund's Gilat Tree Nursery in southern Israel)
October 27, 2020, 11:36 am
JNF official: Don’t trash used masks, use them to grow plants
Head of KKL JNF Jewish National Fund’s Gilat Tree Nursery in Negev discovers that old surgical masks are perfect for cultivating seeds, seedlings and cuttings
By Sue Surkes
The Dam Hamaccabim Project's memorial pin. (Efrat Cohen)
April 25, 2020, 1:47 pm
‘Blood of Maccabees’ wildflower grows in popularity in time for Memorial Day
Family project succeeds in cultivating plant, producing memorial pins that connect ancient legend of heroism with modern day martyrs
By Sue Surkes
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