The Development of Seeds and Fruits

Biology

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Food storing tissue that surrounds and supplies nutrients to plants embryo

Endosperm

The zygote will be divided to form two cells:

Terminal cell & basal cell

The terminal cell will develop into

A suspensor that anchors the embryo to the wall of the embryo sac

The embryo consists of :

Plumule, radicle & cotyledon

Ovule

Part of the plant that will develop to become seeds

Ovary

Part of the plant that will develop to become a fruit

Petal

The part of a flower that will fall off after fertilization

Part of flower that will degenerate during the formation of fruit

Stigma & style

Pericarp consist of:

Exocarp, mesocarp & endocarp

Mesocarp is the middle layer of the pericarp and is a thick, fleshy layer of tissue.

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