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described by
German botanist Fritz Noll in 1902.
Parthenocarpy (or
stenospermocarpy)
occasionally occurs as a
mutation in nature; if it
affects every flower...
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Stenospermocarpy is the
biological mechanism that
produces parthenocarpy (seedlessness) in some fruits,
notably many
table grapes. In stenospermocarpic...
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embryonic plant that is
produced by fertilization, a
phenomenon known as
stenospermocarpy,
which requires normal pollination and fertilization.
Variations in...
- development, but the
ovules or
embryos abort without producing mature seeds (
stenospermocarpy).
Seedless banana and
watermelon fruits are
produced on
triploid plants...
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development or
production of
fruit without fertilization.
Compare stenospermocarpy.
patent Spreading;
standing at 45–50° to the axis. See also erecto-patent...
- ****tid, ****tocyte, ****togenesis, ****togonium, ****tozoon,
stenospermocarpy sphal- (ΣΦΑΛ)
cause to fall Gr**** σφάλλειν (sphállein), σφαλερός (sphalerós)...
- ****tid, ****tocyte, ****togenesis, ****togonium, ****tozoon,
stenospermocarpy sphal- (ΣΦΑΛ)
cause to fall Gr**** σφάλλειν (sphállein), σφαλερός (sphalerós)...
- of
seedless fruit (parthenocarpy) is common, as is seed
abortion (
stenospermocarpy). When a seed is present, it is white, ellipsoidal, and
nearly fills...