Heat and Drought Resilience of Terpenes in Cannabis and Desert Plants

Heat and Drought Resilience of Terpenes in Cannabis and Desert Plants Introduction Terpenes are the aromatic compounds in plants that contribute to their scent and flavor profiles. In cannabis (and many other plants), terpenes also play ecological roles such as deterring herbivores and protecting against environmental stress. This report investigates which terpenes are most resistant…

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Ideal Male Cannabis Plant for Breeding Across Sectors

Ideal Male Cannabis Plant for Breeding Across Sectors Introduction Breeding cannabis requires careful selection of both female and male parent plants. While females produce the consumable flowers (buds), male plants contribute half the genetics to offspring and thus have a profound influence on traits in the next generation. However, identifying an “ideal” male is challenging…

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Natural Selection and Breeding in the Cannabis Industry

Introduction: Evolution, Domestication, and Selection in Cannabis Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L. and related types) has a long history of coevolution with humans. For millennia, people have carried cannabis seeds across the globe into diverse environments and cultivated them for fiber, food, or medicine. In each new region, the plants’ genetic diversity responded to natural selective…

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