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Parthenocarpy is undesirable in nut crops, such as pistachio, for which the seed is the edible part. Horticulturists have selected and propagated parthenocarpic cultivars of many plants, including banana , fig , cactus pear ( Opuntia ), breadfruit and eggplant .
Stenospermocarpy is the biological mechanism that produces parthenocarpy (seedlessness) in some fruits, notably many table grapes. In stenospermocarpic fruits, normal pollination and fertilization are still required to ensure that the fruit 'sets', i.e. continues to develop on the plant; however subsequent abortion of the embryo that began ...
Assamese name English name Scientific name Image Bondha-Kobi, Bondhakobi Cabbage: Brassica oleracea Capitata Group : Ful-Kobi, Phulkobi Cauliflower: Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group
Seeds typically are embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary. Examples include: Tomato – in culinary terms, the tomato is regarded as a vegetable, but it is botanically classified as a fruit and a berry. [21] Banana – the fruit has been described as a "leathery berry". [22] In cultivated varieties, the seeds are diminished nearly to non ...
A type of indehiscent fruit with the seed s immersed in the pulp, e.g. a tomato. bi-A prefix meaning "two", e.g. bisulcate, having two sulci or grooves. biennial A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons.
In flowering plants, the term "apomixis" is used in a restricted sense to mean agamospermy, i.e. clonal reproduction through seeds. Although agamospermy could theoretically occur in gymnosperms, it appears to be absent in that group. [1] Apogamy is a related term that has had various meanings
Psammogeton involucratus is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. [2] It is grown extensively in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia.Its aromatic dried fruits, like those of its close relative ajwain, are often used in Bengali cuisine but are rarely used in the rest of India.
Each seed of M. acuminata typically produces around four times its size in edible starchy pulp (the parenchyma, the portion of the bananas eaten), around 0.23 cm 3 (230 mm 3; 0.014 cu in). [ 8 ] [ 12 ] Wild M. acuminata is diploid with 2 n =2 x =22 chromosomes , while cultivated varieties ( cultivars ) are mostly triploid (2 n =3 x =33) and ...