background and objectives: bitter melon is one of the anti-cancer medicinal plants that it’s wide level in vitro propagation and anti-cancer material production was necessary. different factors such as genotype, selected explants’ type and it`s preparation conditions influenced regeneration content. plant growth regulator`s effect on callogenesis and indirect regeneration from parangipetai indi...

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) contains secondary metabolites of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, and steroids that act as antimicrobials. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity bitter melon plant extract in N-hexane ethanol solvents against Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans. research is an experimental laboratory study, namely test on growt...

Bitter melon is a traditional therapeutic vegetable in tropical and subtropical countries due to its carotenoid content, which provides health advantages. However, the production significantly impacted by poor seed germination rate variability of progenies associated with cultivation this plant. Clonal propagation would increase yield usefulness bitter melon. Momordica charantia was micropropag...

The melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is distributed widely in temperate, tropical, and sub-tropical regions of the world. It has been reported to damage 81 host plants and is a major pest of cucurbitaceous vegetables, particularly the bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), muskmelon (Cucumis melo), snap melon (C. melo var. momordica), and snake gourd (Tric...