The flower and the fruit represent the most complex organs of flowering plants, made up of diverse tissue types and serving different functions for plant reproduction. Further, the products of flowers ...

sus2 mutant fruits develop succulent stamens. (a) All sus2 mutant plants develop a different number of succulent stamens that fuse to carpels during fruit growth and ripening, and in the same fruit ...

During summer and fall, we all enjoy a plethora of fruits from our home gardens and from the local farmers market. Each fruit starts with a flower. Then four separate events will take place in ...