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Define parthenocarpy . Name the plant hormone used to induce parthenocarpy.

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Parthenocarpy is the process where fruit develop without fertisation and so it does not contain seed . This can also be induced artificailly by spraying auxin and gibberellins in cetain plants like grapes payaya etc.
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