Multiple choice

How is PARTHENOCARPY best described?

  1. Fruits formed without fertilisation

  2. Fruits formed without pollination

  3. Seed without fertilisation

  4. Only seeds and no fruits

  5. -

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Explanation

Parthenocarpy (literally meaning virgin fruit) is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilisation of ovules. Therefore, the fruit is seedless.