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Bitter gourd, Momordica charantia L., breeding lines differ in secondary metabolite content according to market type

open access: yesJournal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2019
Bitter gourd, Momordica charantia L., is an important commercial cucurbitaceous vegetable of enormous medicinal value in Asia because of its secondary metabolite content.
Bernhard Trierweiler   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Poster presented at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.   +4 more
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Unlocking agro‐ecosystem sustainability: exploring the bottom‐up effects of microbes, plants, and insect herbivores

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 465-484, May 2025.
Microorganism‐released metabolites, proteins, or toxins modulate plant‐based targets to regulate physiological processes such as phytohormone and nutrition balance and stress resistance. Microbes that affect plant physiological processes regulate the visual, olfactory, and gustatory cues associated with plants to attract or repel insect herbivores and ...
Wei ZHANG   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yield-based selection indices for drought tolerance evaluation in selected bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] landraces

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2017
Bottle gourd is an important crop in arid and semi-arid tropics where recurrent drought is the major constraint to crop production. Identification of drought-tolerant bottle gourd genotypes is fundamental to enhance productivity and for effective ...
Jacob Mashilo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of cryo-storage on the germinability of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) seeds

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2019
For long term storage of seed, cryo-storage at -196°C is an effective approach among the ex-situ conservation methods. Even though the bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) seed has been classified as orthodox, various previous studies reported its ...
M. Sharmila   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnesium Deficiency Reduced the Yield and Seed Germination in Wax Gourd by Affecting the Carbohydrate Translocation

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Magnesium (Mg) is a particular mineral nutrient greatly affecting the size and activity of sink organs. Wax gourd crop with its fruits having fresh weight up to 20–50 kg per single fruit serves as an excellent experimental plant species for better ...
Baige Zhang   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Application of LIBS in Detection of Antihyperglycemic Trace Elements in Momordica charantia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The present study exploits the information based on concentration of trace elements and minerals in understanding the role/mechanism of action of freeze-dried fruit powder suspended in distilled water of Momordica charantia (family: Cucurbitaceae) in ...
Bicanic, D.D.   +5 more
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Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug-Herb Interaction between Metformin and Momordica charantia in Diabetic Mice

open access: yesMCBS (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
doaj   +1 more source

A short history of Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd) in the Roman provinces: morphotypes and archaeogenetics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. (bottle gourd) is pantropic and displays large variation in fruit and seed shape. Two subspecies are currently recognized: the African L. siceraria ssp. siceraria and the Asian L. siceraria ssp. asiatica.
Schlumbaum, Angela, Vandorpe, Patricia
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