印度喀拉拉邦农业大学胡椒研究站已培育出一个抗枯萎病和耐旱的胡椒新品种。枯萎病是侵袭喀拉拉邦胡椒园的主要病害。该新品种Pan-niyur8是早熟品种,是该研究站培育的Panniyur5和Panniyur6的后代。据该研究站的副教授K P Mammootty称,该研究站已向印度不同地区分发胡椒新品种的 The Pepper Station at Agricultural University of Kerala, India, has developed a new pepper variety that is resistant to blight and drought. Fusarium wilt is a major disease affecting the pepper garden in Kerala. The new variety Pan-niyur8 is a precocious variety and is the offspring of Panniyur 5 and Panniyur 6 grown at this station. According to K P Mammootty, an associate professor at the research station, the research station has distributed new varieties of pepper to different parts of India