Potentials and Challenges of Genomics for Breeding Cannabis Cultivars.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is an influential yet controversial agricultural plant with a very long and prominent history of recreational, medicinal, and industrial usages. Given the importance of this species, we deepened some of the main challenges-along with potential solutions-behind the breeding of new cannabis cultivars. One of the main issues that should be fixed before starting new breeding programs is the uncertain taxonomic classification of the two main taxa (e.g., indica and sativa) of the Cannabis genus. We tried therefore to examine this topic from a molecular perspective through the use of DNA barcoding. Our findings seem to support a unique species system (C. sativa) based on two subspecies: C. sativa subsp. sativa a

SUBMITTER: Barcaccia G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7546024 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature