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Article title updated for style. Nov 14, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Fruits and Dispersal. Nov 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Healthline - The Sweet Truth About If Fruit is Good or Bad for Your Health. Jun 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements (F2 – 1&2) - Plant Morphology – Flowers and Fruit. Sep 23, 2025
Added information about the ecological and economic importance of fruits. Aug 04, 2025
Add new Web site: The Pharma Innovation Journal - A review paper on fruit nutrition and health benefits (PDF). Jul 11, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: NC State Extension Publications - Tree Fruit and Nuts. Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Concept of Fertility in the Field of Fruit Growing and Its Evolution from Ancient Times to Present Day. Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Fruit - the ripened ovary of an angiosperm flower. Mar 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - Fruit Morphology. Aug 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - What is a Fruit? Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Fruits and Dispersal. Oct 21, 2022
Media added. Mar 28, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 02, 2021
Media added. Jul 13, 2018
Article thoroughly revised. Jul 13, 2018
Add new Web site: Marietta College - Reproduction of Flowering Plants: From Flowers to Fruits. Jun 21, 2018
Add new Web site: McDaniel College - Biology - Fruits. Oct 18, 2016
Added video. Feb 07, 2015
Media added. May 30, 2014
Add new Web site: Colorado State University Extension - Fruit. Nov 08, 2011
Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - Fruit. Nov 08, 2011
Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. Feb 17, 2009
Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. Feb 17, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 07, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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