Article: Plants send SOS signal to insects
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News
Excerpt: Plants can summon insects to their aid to avoid being munched to death by caterpillars, scientists have found.
Leafy tobacco plants have evolved a “chemical SOS” that attracts predatory insects that eat the attackers.
In the journal Science, researchers revealed that the caterpillars’ saliva activates this signal.
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