Artificially occurring parthenocarpy can be induced by exogenous application of plant hormones and is useful in the fruit production many crops trees. In cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), a model species Cucurbitaceae family, auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, brassinosteroids are known to induce parthenocarpy. tropical squash (Cucurbita moschata synthetic auxins parthenocarpy, but effects still unkno...
