HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Fruit is considered a reproductive part of the plant. The primary function of the fruit on a plant is to protect the seed and facilitate transportation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The endosperm (6) fills much of the seed and nourishes the seedling upon germination. The seed coat (7) surrounds the seed and protects it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seeds protect and nourish the embryo or young plant. They usually give a seedling a faster start than a sporeling from a spore, because of the larger food reserves in the seed and the multicellularity of the enclosed embryo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plant Parts-Fruit The fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant containing the seeds. After fertilization, the ovary swells and becomes either fleshy or hard and dry to protect the developing seeds.