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False fruit is a fruit in which

a)

Only ovary take part in fruit development

b)

Only embryo take part an fruit development

c)

Only chalazal cells take part an fruit development

d)

Ovary and other floral part included in fruit



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False fruit is a fruit in which

a)

Only ovary take part in fruit development

b)

Only embryo take part an fruit development

c)

Only chalazal cells take part an fruit development

d)

Ovary and other floral part included in fruit

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Answer Key / Explanation : (d) -

(d)

Ovary and other floral part makes fruit.

In most of the plants the fruit develops from the ovary (true fruits) and other floral part degenerate and fall off. However in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation such fruits are called false fruit

The transformation of part of flower

Before Fertilisation                            After Fertilisation

Calyx, corolla                                -       Wither

Androecium, style and stigma -      Fruit

Ovary

Ovary wall                                   -         Pericarp

Ovule                                             -         Seed

Integuments                               -        Seed coat

Outer integuments                   -        Testa

Inner integuments                    -        Tegaman

Micropyle                                    -        Micropyle

Funicle                                         -        Stalk of seed

Nucellus (if persistant)          -          Perisperm

Egg cell                                        -          Zygote (oospore)

Synergid                                      -          Disintegrate

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