Cultivar-dependent phenotypic and chemotypic responses of drug-type Cannabis sativa L. to polyploidization.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis sativa L. is a plant with a wide range of potential medicinal applications. In recent years, polyploidy has gained attention as a potential strategy for rapidly improving C. sativa, which, unlike other modern crops, has not yet benefitted from this established biotechnological application. Currently, no reports on high THCA and CBDA drug-type polyploid cultivars have been published. Moreover, it still needs to be clarified if different cultivars react similarly to polyploidization. For these reasons, we set out to evaluate and compare the phenotype and chemotype of three high Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) and one high cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) drug-type cultivars in their diploid, triploid and tetraploid state through agronomic and metabolomic appr

SUBMITTER: Fernandes HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10455935 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature