Enhancing aquaponic systems for production of medical cannabis

加强鱼菜共生系统生产医用大麻

• 批准号: 533527-2018
• 负责人: Zheng, Youbin
• 金额: $ 6.55万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=698472
• 关键词: Enhancing; aquaponic; systems; production; medical

This project is targeted at two specific aspects of indoor cannabis production: rootzone management and crop lighting. Working within the aquaponic production systems (i.e., fish as a harvested product and also a source of fertilizer for plants) and protocols at a local indoor cannabis producer, Green Relief Inc. (GR), we aim to mitigate current limitations in production (previously identified as likely rootzone management deficiencies) by improving the rootzone environment and by manipulating the crop lighting environment using modern LED technologies. These studies will result in increased production efficiencies at GR (including water, nutrient, and energy use), and subsequent reductions in their environmental footprint. More broadly, there is a lack of peer-reviewed scientific publications related to the production of drug-type cannabis in controlled environments. Since production of cannabis for medical and recreational use is Canada's fastest growing sector of the horticultural industry, with an estimated value >$30 billion, scientifically-validated production research is desperately needed. Further to the direct economic benefits to GR (i.e., increased production efficiency), this project will also serve the broader cannabis production industry by providing production recommendations (e.g., fertility, lighting regimes) and training HQPs, who are primed to work in the Canadian cannabis industry.

该项目针对室内大麻生产的两个具体方面：根区管理和作物照明。在当地一家室内大麻生产商Green Relief Inc. （GR）的水培生产系统（即鱼作为收获产品，也是植物肥料的来源）和协议中工作，我们的目标是通过改善根区环境和使用现代LED技术操纵作物照明环境来减轻目前的生产限制（以前认为可能是根区管理缺陷）。这些研究将提高GR的生产效率（包括水、养分和能源的使用），并随后减少其环境足迹。更广泛地说，缺乏与受控环境中生产药物类大麻有关的经同行评审的科学出版物。由于用于医疗和娱乐用途的大麻生产是加拿大园艺工业中增长最快的部门，估计价值为300亿美元，因此迫切需要经过科学验证的生产研究。除了GR的直接经济效益（即提高生产效率）之外，该项目还将通过提供生产建议（例如，生育力，照明制度）和培训准备在加拿大大麻行业工作的hqp，为更广泛的大麻生产行业服务。