When Corn Gets Help from Above (IMAGE)

Boyce Thompson Institute

When Corn Gets Help from Above

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When caterpillars attack, corn plants give off strongly scented terpene compounds to attract parasitic wasps whose larvae kill the caterpillars.

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Patricia Waldron

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