Microbial Inoculation of Clonally Propagated Cannabis Plant Starts: Effects on Harvest Quality and S

Tags: Propagation, Cultivation, Clones, Seeds

Daniel W. Hendricks presents "Microbial Inoculation of Clonally Propagated Cannabis Plant Starts: Effects on Harvest Quality and Secondary Metabolites" at CannMed 2019.

Cannabis is an economically important crop, with a known receptibility to microbial colonization of root tissue. Rhizosphere bacteria have been known to colonize rhizoplane soil as well as plant tissue. Specifically, Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PRGR) has been reported to support plant growth, suppress plant diseases, and increase the yield productivity of many crop producing plants. When inoculated, cannabis/hemp seedlings have proven themselves highly receptive to PGPRs, allowing bacteria to adhere and colonize root and vascular plant tissue. In a recent study under greenhouse conditions, PGPR-inoculated cannabis seedlings favored plant growth and development of plant valuable secondary metabolites in the form of phytocannabinoids. The study concludes Microbial Inoculation of Clonally Propagated Cannabis Plant Starts; Effects on Harvest and Secondary Metabolites.