Parthenocarpy

Parthenocarpy [ Botany ]
Synonym: Seedless
Adjective: Partenocarpic

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	The parthenocarpy is the process of fruit development in the absence of pollination/fertilization of ovules.

Parthenocarpic fruit are found only in a small number of species, such fruits are seedless. Parthenocarpy occasionally occurs as a mutation in nature, but it is a defect, as the plant can no longer reproduce. Humans, however, often see seedlessness as a desirable quality and have selected and artificially propagated parthenocarpic varieties of many plants, including citrus, banana and cucumber.

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