Editing Fruit (section)

== Seedless fruits ==
[[File:Pineapple 'Victoria' with slice.jpg|thumb|The fruit of a pineapple includes tissue from the [[sepal]]s as well as the [[pistil]]s of many flowers. It is a [[#Accessory fruit|multiple-accessory fruit]].]]
Seedlessness is an important feature of some fruits of commerce. Commercial [[cultivar]]s of bananas and pineapples are examples of [[seedless fruit]]s. Some cultivars of [[citrus]] fruits (especially [[grapefruit]], [[mandarin orange]]s, [[navel orange]]s, [[Mikan|satsumas]]), [[table grape]]s, and of [[watermelon]]s are valued for their seedlessness. In some species, seedlessness is the result of ''[[parthenocarpy]]'', where fruits set without fertilization. Parthenocarpic fruit-set may (or may not) require pollination, but most seedless citrus fruits require a stimulus from pollination to produce fruit.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agusti |first1=Manuel |last2=Primo-Millo |first2=Eduardo |date=2020 |title=The Genus Citrus |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128121634000115 |publisher=Woodhead Publishing |pages=219–244 |isbn=978-0-12-812163-4 |access-date=2021-10-28 |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028010214/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128121634000115 |url-status=live }}</ref> Seedless bananas and grapes are [[triploid]]s, and seedlessness results from the abortion of the [[embryo]]nic plant that is produced by fertilization, a phenomenon known as ''[[stenospermocarpy]]'', which requires normal pollination and fertilization.<ref name="Spiegel87">{{cite book |last=Spiegel-Roy |first=P. |author2=E.E. Goldschmidt |title=The Biology of Citrus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmRJnd73dbYC&q=parthenocarpy&pg=PA87 |year=1996 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-33321-4 |pages=87–88 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>