While we have seen interesting studies and researches being done, this one is particularly interesting. You might be aware that the human body has an immaculate knowledge of timing. There are various cells in our body and each cell has a timing knowledge of its own.
This is why Jetlag happens because the cells are suited to different time zone while our body is in a different time zone. Therefore, it takes time for our body to recover from jetlag while our mind does it quickly.
However, did you ever imagine how a plant comes to know about the time of the day? This is because we have seen plants acting differently at different times of the day as well just like humans. But plants don’t have a brain of their own so how do they do it? New research has been done in this regards and the findings are particularly interesting. It is revealed that individual cells inside the plant communicate with each other.
This is done in order to agree on what time of the day it is. While the human brain does this job for the human body, plants don’t have that facility so cells do it for them. Basically, this is similar to how neighbours communicate with each other and agree on particular things.
Research says that “Organs, such as leaves, roots and stems, receive different signals from their local micro-environment, such as light and temperature, and use this information to independently set their own pace”.
After that, they communicate with each other and agree on the time of the day. According to this study, all the plant cells do have different timings. But they don’t create something like internal jetlag because they are not too far apart. Instead, there is a ‘Mexican’ wave-like pattern created inside plants.