An alternative means of exchanging ginger germplasm via encapsulated micro-propagules must, therefore, be explored. Production of disease-free encapsulated shoot buds in ginger was reported by Sharma et al. (1994). However, no studies on storage and exchange of synseeds of ginger are reported in above report or otherwise in the literature also. The present study was carried out with the aim to optimize the methods for development of synseeds using microshoots as explants for in vitro short-term storage which is sufficient for exchange of ginger germplasm. Broadly, three experiments were conducted to study the effects of (i) encapsulation matrix to obtain viable, firm, clear, uniform, spherical synseeds which allow conversion (development of synseeds into normal plantlets with fully expanded leaves), (ii) sowing media/substrates, light/dark and temperatures on regrowth (any visual activity i.e. breakage of alginate coat, protrusion of either primordial leaf, microshoot or root outside the coat) and conversion, and (iii) in vitro storage on regrowth and conversion for exchange of ginger germplasm between laboratories.