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| Research Progress on Genetic Breeding of Bitter Gourd（Momordica charantia L.） |
| HUANG Ya-jie1， YUN Guang-rong 1，LI Mei1，LI Chang-zeng2，XIAO Yu1，ZHANG Bin |
| 1Tianjin Kernal Vegetable Research Institute，Tianjin 300384，China|2Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Yutian County，Yutian 064100，Hebei，China |
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Abstract This paper reviews the research progress in genetic breeding of bitter gourd（Momordica charantia L.），including inheritance of fruit characters，gynoecious breeding，sex differentiation，disease resistant breeding，haploid breeding and new varieties selective breeding．It also points out the existing problems facing the bitter gourd breeding in China and the developing trends，according to the present bitter gourd breeding status．
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Received: 02 November 2011
Published: 09 January 2012
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