India, March 31 -- Meghalaya's prized ginger crop, known for its high gingerol content and premium market value, is facing a newly identified fungal threat that could pose serious risks to farmers across the state.

A recent peer-reviewed study by researchers from the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics and the Department of Botany at North-Eastern Hill University has identified two previously unreported fungal pathogens affecting ginger leaves in Meghalaya.

The study, titled "Identification and Characterisation of Poitrasia circinans and Neoscirrhia matteucciicola Associated with Ginger in Meghalaya, India," was conducted by Vishal Kumar Mohan, Sheetal Joshi, Saroj Kanta Barik, and Santa Ram Joshi, and published in the journal ...