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"https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/beans-use-an-immune-receptor-to-call-in-airstrikes-on-caterpillars/",
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"textContent": "submitted by geese_feces to science\n15 points | 2 comments\nhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/beans-use-an-immune-receptor-to-call-in-airstrikes-on-caterpillars/\n\n> When they’re being eaten, bean plants release chemicals that draw in parasitic wasps.\n\nwww.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec3229\n\n> A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment",
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