Fig. 8

Developmental changes observed after 10-days of auxin and auxin transport inhibitor treatment. a IAA treated unpollinated flower’s sepals at mock-, 50, 200, 500, and 1000 μM. b 2,4D treated unpollinated flower’s sepals at mock-, 50, 200, 500, and 1000 μM. c NPA-treated pollinated flower’s sepals after 12HAP at mock-, 0.01, 0.1, and 1 mM concentration gradient in female spinach variety “Cornel-9”. d Quantitative sepal development (cm) under hormone treatments at different concentrations. e Germination percentage of seeds obtained from NPA-treated pollinated flowers at maturity