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

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Parthenocarpic fruits like Banana are produced without fertilisation. It is also possible to artificially induce parthenocarpy in some plants like papaya and watermelon.

These fruits do not contain seeds as fertilisation is essential to the formation of seeds. However, it is possible for plants to produce fruits without undergoing fertilisation.

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