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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

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Banana is an example of

  • parthenocarpy

  • apomixis

  • parthenogenesis

  • polyembryony

Solution

A.

parthenocarpy

There are a few species of plants in which fruits develop without fertilisation. Such fruits are called parthenocarpic fruits. It can be induced through the application of growth hormones and such fruits are seedless.

Apomixis is the asexual reproduction in plants.

Parthenogenesis is the reproduction from an ovum without fertilisation.

Parthenocarpy is the development of a fruit without prior fertilization.

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