The Venus flytrap uses a modified version of that jasmonic acid signal.
维纳斯捕蝇草使用茉莉酸信号的改良版本。
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When an insect like a caterpillar starts munching on a plant, the plant can release jasmonic acid, the plant’s so-called " touch hormone" .
当像毛虫这样的昆虫开始咀嚼植物时,植物会释放茉莉酸, 即植物所谓的“接触激素” 。
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Instead of releasing compounds to make itself taste bad, jasmonic acid stimulates the flytrap to unleash a cocktail of killer digestive enzymes into its green stomach.