Track:
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND CULTIVATION
Sessions & Session Descriptions:
Agronomy and Cultivation
Cannabis is one of the most used substances globally, celebrated for its diverse medicinal, recreational, and industrial fiber applications. With the growing trend of global legalization and increased acceptance of cannabis cultivation, its use is becoming increasingly prevalent across various sectors. However, knowledge on cannabis agronomy for modern agriculture is still lacking, for both 'drug-type' and 'fiber-type' cultivation. This poses a challenge, particularly as the cannabis industry continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. This knowledge is essential not only to meet the growing global demands but also to promote the responsible, efficient, and environmentally sustainable cannabis cultivation.
The proposed session will focus on practical strategies for crop management for optimized yield and enhanced sustainability, and is aimed to serve as a platform for knowledge exchange on 'drug-type' and 'fiber type' crop cultivation. By sharing best practices, fostering collaboration and innovation, the session hopes to drive forward the future of cannabis production, ensuring that the growth of this industry is both sustainable and optimized.
Plant Science and Physiology
Cannabis is used by humanity since antiquity for the production of fibers, medical and recreational use. In recent years, its cultivation for modern agriculture and the demand for high-grade medical ‘drug-type’ cannabis, and industrial ‘fiber-type’ cannabis products are sharply increasing. In spite of the high demand for the plants' product, and the long history of cultivation by mankind, due to legal restrictions at the last decades, almost no science-based knowledge is available for cannabis sativa. Recent changes in regulations facilitate flourishing of plant-science studies of the cannabis plant, and advances in research and development that is required to support the booming cannabis industry. The session is aimed to demonstrate advances and breakthroughs that were made in all spheres of Cannabis sativa plant-science and physiology. Including, but not restricted to aspects related to developmental, temporal, and genotypic factors and plant responses; and impact of endogenous factors, and exogenous factors including environmental and cultivation conditions on plant development and function, and the secondary metabolite profile.