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- 3. The wall of the ovary develops into the wall of fruit called .......
- 5. Parthenocarpy can be induced through the application of .......... and such fruits are seedless
- 6. Although in most of the species, fruits are the results of fertilisation, there are a few species in which fruits develop without fertilisation. Such fruits are called ............ fruits.
- 7. However, in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation. Such fruits are called ............
- 9. In most plants, by the time the fruit develops from the ovary, other floral parts ........ and .........
- 10. Also seeds have better adaptive strategies for dispersal to ........... and help the species to colonise in other areas.
- 12. The transformation of ovules into seeds and ovary into fruit proceeds ...........
- 13. offer several advantages to .............
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- 1. Firstly, since reproductive processes such as ........ and ............. are independent of water, seed formation is more dependable.
- 2. The embryo may enter a state of inactivity called .............
- 4. Many fruits have evolved mechanisms for ......... of seeds.
- 7. The fruits may be ........ as in guava, orange, mango, etc., or may be ......, as in groundnut, and mustard, etc.
- 8. Most fruits however develop only from the ovary and are called ........
- 11. .........is one such example for Parthenocarpic fruit.