Question

What is parthenocarpy? Name the hormone which helps in this process.

Answer 1

Parthenocarpy is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilization of ovules, which makes the fruit seedless.

Gibberellin, auxin and cytokinin are the plant hormones helpful in this process when sprayed on flowers could stimulate the development of parthenocarpic fruit. It is termed as artificial parthenocarpy. In fruit crops that may be difficult to pollinate or fertilize, such as fig, tomato etc parthenocarpy is desired.