Fruits and veggie

Fruits

Seed dispersal units that can be grouped together by a number of features

dehiscent

fruit splits to release its seeds

indehiscent

fruit doesnt split

berries

seeds are embedded in a fleshy mass

drupes

seed is enclosed in sonty endocarp; pit

pome

edible tissue is derived from accessory structures, like floral parts or the receptacle

Simple fruit

has a mature single or compound ovary

aggregate

flowers have multiple carpels that are not joined together

multiple

fruit is formed from a cluster of flowers and each flower produces a fruit segment

anthyocyanins

Red, blue, pink

carotenoids

yellow, orange, red

millerandage (hens and chicks)

when clusters have normal fruit set with inadequate seed development in a portion of berries that had been fertilized

Seeds are source of auxin (T or F):

True

Parthenocarpy

berries develop without fertilization and lack seeds completely

Stenospermocarpy

berries contain at leastone fertilized seed that is subsequently aborted, leaving a small and soft seed trace