FIGURE 1.

Schematic diagram of the regulation of flower and fruit adhesion in tomato AZs. Once the flowers are successfully pollinated and fruits start to develop, the AZs enlarge and adhesion becomes stronger until the fruits fully ripen (B). Unsuccessful pollination leads to flower detachment from the AZ (A). Red arrowheads indicate pedicels separated at AZ. Bars = 1 mm. Adapted from Iwai et al. (2013).