EVALUATION OF SEVERAL YIELD TRAITS FOR SOME REGENERANTS OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS

Momordica charantia L. is a valuable medicinal herb used in the treatment of many diseases, especially diabetes. The conditions of in vitro cultivation and the passage of specific stages of this technology determine the occurrence at the level of regenerants of some character changes which, although they are epigenetic, are valuable for the productivity of this species. Our research has been aimed at testing in the field crop conditions (three years 2014-2016) of 5 lines of bitter cucumber regenerants (Momordica charantia L.) obtained in vitro. The obtained results allow us to assert that through the in vitro culture it is possible to obtain the variability of certain production characters in the bitter cucumber, which is kept in the descendent and allows their use in order to improve the productive features of this species in the temperate climate zone. Â