A review article clarifies hormonal interactions during parthenocarpic fruit formation in horticultural crops - EurekAlert

In some horticultural crops, such as Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae, and Rosaceae species, fruit set and development can occur without fertilization of the ovules, a process known as parthenocarpy. Parthenocarpy is an important agricultural trait that can not only…

image: Figure 1. Formation of seedless fruit in horticultural crops by the generation of parthenocarpic lines.view more  Credit: none Plant hormones are well known for their important roles in plan… [+3706 chars]

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