Published: December 8, 2020 Abstract: Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a diploid (2n = 20), dioecious plant that is grown for fiber, seed, and oil. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in this crop because of its panoply of cannabinoids, terpenes, and...
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PROGRESS IN EARLY SEX DETERMINATION OF CANNABIS PLANT BY DNA MARKERS
Published: 2016 Abstract: The cannabis plant is a tall annual crop of economic importance. It is mostly dioecious, but fiber hemp varieties have been bred to be monoecious. Separating male and female plants at early developmental stage is useful due to the influence...
Hermaphroditism in Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) Inflorescences – Impact on Floral Morphology, Seed Formation, Progeny Sex Ratios, and Genetic Variation
Published: June 25, 2020 Abstract: Cannabis sativa L. (hemp, marijuana) produces male and female inflorescences on different plants (dioecious) and therefore the plants are obligatory out-crossers. In commercial production, marijuana plants are all genetically female;...
Genomic and Chemical Diversity in Cannabis
Published: February 22, 2017 Abstract: Plants of the Cannabis genus are the only prolific producers of phytocannabinoids, compounds that strongly interact with the evolutionarily ancient endocannabinoid receptors shared by most bilaterian taxa. For millennia, the...
The Case for the Entourage Effect and Conventional Breeding of Clinical Cannabis: No “Strain,” No Gain
Published: January 9, 2019 Abstract: The topic of Cannabis curries controversy in every sphere of influence, whether politics, pharmacology, applied therapeutics or even botanical taxonomy. Debate as to the speciation of Cannabis, or a lack thereof, has swirled for...