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ZA: Wits students develop unique cannabis cultivation tech

Two master’s students are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry. Their novel cannabis cultivation technologies, uniquely developed for the African climate, have earned Constant Beckerling and Anlo van Wyk special recognition in the…

CAN (ON): Food, health research Projects receive $ 4M in federal funding

Supercharging microbes to gobble up a hazardous chemical that can threaten underground drinking water supplies is the goal for University of Guelph scientists receiving nearly $2.4 million in new federal research funding. Dr. Kari Dunfield, a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, will lead a…

Colombian cannabis market looks at the Netherlands for innovations

2020 was a record year for cannabis in Colombia. According to figures from the Colombian Association of Cannabis Industries (Asocolcanna) total exports at the end of 2020 were…

Spectrum control at a low cost thanks to quantum dot technology

Cannabis is one of the most technologically advanced subsets of horticulture. Unlike other crops, cannabis growers have to comply with a set of regulations, along with fierce competition, which leaves little to no room for error. That’s why they heavily rely on automation and innovative technology;…

CAN (BC): Company grows cannabis cells and trichomes in liquid media

BioHarvest Sciences is now able to consistently grow Trichomes from multiple cannabis plant strains, in liquid media. Furthermore, BioHarvest is the world's first and only company to successfully develop the proprietary knowledge required to control the production of cannabis cells in liquid media, and…

Assessing the shelf life of cannabis dried flowers

Every agricultural product is characterized by its shelf-life, which represents the time during which the quality remains intact. After this threshold, a given product starts deteriorating, resulting in a number of consequences. When it comes to cannabis, however, there isn’t still a commonly accepted…

Mapping key DNA markers for the autoflower trait to accelerate breeding elite hemp and cannabis varieties

NRGene and Kayagene ongoing collaboration was initiated over 2 years ago, beginning with genomic assembly of several of Kayagene’s cannabis and hemp breeding lines, using NRGene’s DenovoMAGIC™ technology. "Now, the companies have successfully mapped several key genes including the autoflowering gene,…

US (NY): New platform launched for accelerated development of new hemp/cannabis varieties with commercially valuable traits

22nd Century Group has developed and launched a new technology platform that will enable the Company and its partners to quickly identify and incorporate commercially valuable traits of hemp/cannabis plants to create new, stable hemp/cannabis lines. "The platform incorporates a suite of proprietary…

Cannabis micropropagation: many benefits, yet many aspects to further understand

Growing cannabis consistently is one of the biggest challenges that growers face. There are so many aspects to take into account, that it might happen that something gets overlooked. Yet, even when the workflow is flawless, a sudden pathogen outbreak might threaten the whole crop. There are many elements…