Shape Matters: Plant Architecture Affects Chemical Uniformity in Large-Size Medical Cannabis Plants.

ABSTRACT: Since plant organs sense their environment locally, gradients of micro-climates in the plant shoot may induce spatial variability in the physiological state of the plant tissue and hence secondary metabolism. Therefore, plant architecture, which affects micro-climate in the shoot, may considerably affect the uniformity of cannabinoids in the Cannabis sativa plant, which has significant pharmaceutical and economic importance. Variability of micro-climates in plant shoots intensifies with the increase in plant size, largely due to an increase in inter-shoot shading. In this study, we therefore focused on the interplay between shoot architecture and the cannabinoid profile in large cannabis plants, ~2.5 m in height, with the goal to harness architecture modulation for the standardization of c

SUBMITTER: Danziger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8468686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature