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Synthetic seeds are commonly called as encapsulated somatic embryos. For large scale clonal propagation these are widely used and mainly produced from the somatic cells. For the preparation of synthetic seeds different plant parts like shoot tips, axillary buds are used in addition to somatic embryo. Synthetic seeds are beneficial in cutting down the cost of production of micro-propagated plants. An advanced method for production of synthetic seeds is thought to be a valuable replacement tool for the generation of many commercial crops and beneficial technique for the extensive propagation of finite plant genotypes. In several fruit crops characters like tiny seed size, presence of reduced endosperm, nature of seeds lower germination rate, heterozygosity and seedlessness of some varieties are the limiting factors for the success through propagation of seeds. Presence of recalcitrant seeds in several fruit crop species limits the storage of the seeds to few weeks or months Throughout the world several methods are studied for the propagation of the fruit plants for various genetic engineering, breeding, and pharmaceutical purposes. Due to this the artificial seeds would be of more useful for the exchange of elite and axenic plant materials between various laboratories and many extension centres due to comfort in handling and small bead size. Because of these advantages use of encapsulation technology has become more famous in most of the fruit crops. In this review the scope, types and procedure of artificial seed production and the use of synthetic seed production in various fruit crops.