Abstract
Fruits are important as a nutritional source, but biologically more important are their seed protection and dispersal functions. Dry fruits can be dehiscent and the process of opening of ripe fruits, or pod shattering, causes the seeds to be dispersed (Ferrandiz, 2002). This process occurs in many crop species, for instance of members of the Brassicaceae family. Arabidopsis thaliana, the model plant species in the laboratory, belongs to this family and also presents pod shattering (Figure 1). The Arabidopsis fruit is a silique, and before fertilization it is called a gynoecium or pistil.
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