Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Induction of parthenocarpy through intergeneric pollen and growth regulators in horticultural crops: A review
Author(s): V Sravani, P Ashok, B Ramesh Babu and K Sasikala
Abstract: Parthenocarpy is the growth of ovary into seedless fruit in the absence of pollination and fertilization. It may occur naturally or can be induced artificially by exogenous application of hormones, intergeneric pollen and irradiated pollen in some crops. Parthenocarpy improves the yield, quality and processing attributes of horticultural crops, where seed is a limiting factor during consumption. But because of seediness in those fruits, peoples are not interested to buy the product. Excessive seed number in fruit is fast becoming unacceptable in international markets. To cover this problem, different methods are used for getting seedless fruits showed in this review. Therefore, present review is focused on factors and potential of parthenocarpy in some fruit and cucurbitaceous crops.
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V Sravani, P Ashok, B Ramesh Babu, K Sasikala. Induction of parthenocarpy through intergeneric pollen and growth regulators in horticultural crops: A review. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):2438-2441.
