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Fertilisation is not an obligatory event for fruit production in certain plants'. Explain the statement.

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Fertilisation is not an obligatory event for fruit production in certain plants. Some fruits are developed from unfertilised ovary called parthenocarpic fruits.
These are seedless fruits, such as pomegranate, graps, etc. Flowers of these plants are sprayed by a growth hormone that induces fruit development even though fertilisation has not occurred. The ovules of such fruits, however, fail to develop into seeds.
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