Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 Purpose: Bitter gourd (Mormodica charantia) is a widely cultivated vegetable crop in Jaffna. It is well-known to possess medicinal properties, mainly because of its antioxidant properties.
S. Thanuja +2 more
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Cytokinin plays a critical role in bitter gourd rootstock-induced thermotolerance of cucumber
Vegetable Research, 2022 Plants, as sessile in nature, are constantly confronted with diverse biotic and abiotic stresses throughout their life cycle in the changing environment.
Shaoli Han +5 more
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Drug-Herb Interaction between Metformin and Momordica charantia in Diabetic Mice
MCBS (Molecular and Cellular Biomedical Sciences), 2019 Background: Bitter gourd has various metabolites, such as momordicosides, polypeptide-P, v-insulin, charantin, and vicine that have antidiabetic effect.
Asri Dwi Endah Dewi Pramesthi +2 more
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Food prospects and nutraceutical attributes of Momordica species: A potential tropical bioresources – A review [PDF]
, 1937 Plants with potential therapeutic values have been used from time immemorial to cure various ailments and infectious diseases. Of late, scientific evidences have been provided on the potential therapeutic agent exhibited by certain traditionally used ...
Nagarani, Gunasekaran +2 more
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Impact of integrated nutrient management on some important physical and chemical attributes of soil vis-a-vis performance of bitter gourd [PDF]
, 2017 An experiment has been conducted under AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response (STCR) at the Central Research Farm (Gayeshpur), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal to find out the effect of integrated nutrient management in ArkaHarit variety of ...
Chakraborty, Soumyabrata +1 more
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A Vegetable Breeding Consortium in Asia Provides Smallholder Farmers With Resilient Varieties
Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adapting vegetables to the impacts of climate change is a complex task that demands significant long‐term investment in breeding research. Heat stress and drought tolerance are intricate traits with multiple components that respond differently in varying environments.
Pepijn Schreinemachers +7 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Momordica Charantia in Sepsis Mice
Molecules, 2014 Wild bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviate Seringe), a common vegetable in Asia, is used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases, including inflammation.
Che-Yi Chao +3 more
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Effect of GABA Application on the Growth and Yield of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia) [PDF]
, 2010 An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of GABA (GA3 1% & SBA Brassicasteroids as STC 0.3%) application on growth, yield and yield contributing traits of bitter gourd. GABA was applied at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mg L-1 as foliar spray at 30
Abdullah Ibna Fazal, K. M. +4 more
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Studies on solid matrix priming of seeds in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) [PDF]
, 2017 A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of solid matrix priming of seeds on emergence (%), growth and fruit yield characters of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) cultivar ‘Solan Hara’. The Experiment comprised of two vigour groups of seeds viz.
Kanwar, Rajesh, Mehta, D. K.
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New Phytologist, Volume 249, Issue 5, Page 2196-2214, March 2026.Summary Plant‐derived oils are essential sources of reduced carbon and various fatty acid (FA) structures for food, biofuels, and the oleochemical industry. Despite extensive efforts, engineering mainstream oilseed crops to produce high levels of industrially valuable unusual FAs (UFAs) remains challenging.
Prasad Parchuri +4 more
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