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The development of fruit without fertilization is called
The development of fruit without fertilization is called
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The correct option is C Parthenocarpy
That is incorrect because parthenogenesis is a method of asexual reproduction, with embryo formation without fertilization, and parthenocarpy involves fruit formation without seed formation. The plant equivalent of parthenogenesis is apomixes. Apogamy: type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion ofgametes
Parthenocarpy
That is incorrect because parthenogenesis is a method of asexual reproduction, with embryo formation without fertilization, and parthenocarpy involves fruit formation without seed formation. The plant equivalent of parthenogenesis is apomixes. Apogamy: type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion ofgametes
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