MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511034841 A) filed by Indian Council Of Agricultural Research on April 09, 2025, for In Vitro Process For Micro Rhizome Induction And Rapid Hardening In Rhizomatous Plants.

Inventors include Sharon Aravind; Nisthar Edasseri; Thotten Elampilay Sheeja; Karuppanan Kandiannan; Srinivasan Veeraraghavan; and Kantipudi Nirmal Babu.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel in vitro method for producing disease-free micro rhizome plantlets of ginger (Zingiber officinale). The process involves culturing sterilized sprouted rhizome buds on Murashige and Skoog (...