HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The fruit is a mature or ripened ovary, develop after fertilisation. If a fruit is formed without fertilisation of the ovary, it is called a parthenocarpic fruit.

Detailed explanation-2: -The seed-bearing structure in flowering plants is known as the fruit, which is also known as angiosperms. Fruits are formed from the ovary after flowering. The ovary ripens to form fruit. So, option A ‘a ripened ovary’ is correct. After the process of fertilization, the ovules develop into seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fruit is the mature, ripened ovary of a flower following double fertilization in an angiosperm.

Detailed explanation-4: -After fertilization, the ovary of a flower begins to grow and develops into a fruit. Hence a fruit is a mature or ripened ovary. The ovules inside the ovary develop into seeds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Assertion :Fruit is the mature or ripened overy developed after fertilisation. Reason: Fruit formed without fertilisation of the ovary is called parthenocarpic fruit.