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how fruit form without fertilization ? (fruit in which no seed is present)

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Answer by Isha Agarwal

Parthenocarpy is a phenomenon by which fruits are developed without the process of fertilization. The difference between the fruits developed naturally and through parthenocarpy is that the fruits formed through parthenocarpy are seedless. They are known as seedless or virgin fruits.

Parthenocarpy is a form of asexual reproduction seen in flowering plants. It is found naturally in plants like banana and can also be induced artificially using growth regulators. In parthenocarpy, the ovary is stimulated even without pollination and thus fruit development begins without fertilization. This is common in plants that have no ovary or plants that have lost their ability to reproduce sexually due to a mutation.