Fruitset
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fruitset is a noun meaning (biology) A set of fruits from the same organism.
Meaning
(biology) A set of fruits from the same organism.
More Meanings
- (biology, horticulture) The "setting" (beginning of growing) of fruit, resulting from successful pollination.
Example Sentences
Later, Schaible (49) also noticed that tomato fruit-set is generally poor when the night temperature exceeds 23 °C. Howlett (25) points out that both night and day temperatures are important factors limiting tomato fruit-set.
Most workers who have studied the use of auxin sprays on tomatoes have found that although forcing fruit-set on the first 3 or 4 clusters is beneficial, auxin applications to flowers on higher clusters have very little effect.
There is a strong and positive correlation between fruit-set and gamete viability (Prasad et al., 2017). Gamete functions (pollen and ovule) is the most important factor for fruit-set under HS. In tomato, fruit-set has been shown to[…]
Word Forms
- fruitsets
- fruit-set
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruit-set, fruiter, seedset, infructescence, fructification, fruit.
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