Seeds

Parthenocarpy
For most plants, pollination is the
stimulus for the beginning of fruit
development. Continued fruit
development usually depends on seed
formation. Parthenocarpic fruit
develop without fertilization and are
seedless.

Two types are known. Vegetative

parthenocarpy in crops like pear and
fig take place even without
pollination.

Stimulative parthenocarpy requires

pollination but not fertilization.
Grapes are an example this type of
parthenocarpy (see Chapter 2 and 4).

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