Major areas of research at Calicut University on gingers include Taxonomy, Anatomy, Palynology, Cytology, Phytochemistry, Molecular phylogeny, Dermal morphology, Domestication of wild ornamental gingers etc. Five theses were submitted for Ph.D. and five are now working for Ph.D. Both fresh collections from field and the germplasm collections from the garden are utilized for research. We are also collaborating with many instituted like Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, JNTBGRI, IISR Calicut, etc.