| Parthenocarpic
fruit are found only in a small number of
species, such fruits are seedless.
Parthenocarpy occasionally occurs as a
mutation in nature, but it is a defect, as the
plant can no longer
reproduce. Humans, however, often see
seedlessness as a desirable quality and have selected and artificially
propagated parthenocarpic varieties of many plants, including citrus,
banana and cucumber. |
