“Fertilization is not an obligatory event for fruit production in certain plants”. Explain the statement.

* Sometimes fruits are produced from ovary without fertilization called parthenocarpy.
* Embryo develop from unfertilized female gamete.
* This phenomenon is known as parthenogenesis.
* Apomixis also helps in production of fruits and seeds without fertilization.
* So fertilization is not an obligatory event for fruit formation.