Shortly after, plants started developing new and different kinds of fruits. Today, fruit-eating birds help plants to reproduce by spreading seeds in their droppings. This suggests that birds and ...
Fleshy Fruits are a late acquisition of plant evolution. In addition to protecting the seeds, these specialized organs unique to plants were developed to promote seed dispersal via the contribution of ...
Further, in fleshy fruits, nuts and the fruits of seed crops, such as cereals and legumes, the fruit tissues also play an important role in the storage and transformation of imported assimilates ...