Controlled Environment Production of Medicinal Cannabis.

大麻在医疗和娱乐方面的应用历史悠久而多样。虽然大规模和小规模的生产设施都已全面投入使用，还有更多的设施处于规划和建设阶段，但在最佳环境控制、照明、灌溉和营养管理以及这些变量对各种化合物的含量和一致性的影响等领域，对大量栽培品种的园艺管理的科学知识仍然存在重大差距（THC，CBD，萜烯）与植物的药用特性有关。我们的关系最近培养了三名研究生（Jonathan Stemeroff（理学硕士），他成功地捍卫了与大麻灌溉管理有关的论文（2018年11月20日），沿着与德隆卡普兰（博士），“传播和根区管理控制环境大麻生产”（2018年8月30日）和大卫霍利（博士）“光的光谱质量对植物次生代谢和光合适应光质量的影响”（2018年9月10日）。 本文中的拟议项目将显著增强圭尔夫大学（UoG）受控环境系统研究设施（CESRF）和VIVO大麻有限公司（原ABcann Medicinals）之间的既定研究计划。CESRF独特的最先进的基础设施已在空间科学和地面食品生产技术的各种国家和国际研究计划中得到利用，最近在我们的行业合作伙伴大麻生产设施中建立了一个专门建造的研究实验室（56平方米）（Napanee，ON），其五个最先进的精确控制的BlueBox全植物光合作用植物生长室（Stasiak等人，2016）。拟议项目的总体目标是评估大麻在不同生长阶段对光质和光强度的各种生理反应，以了解和改善植物生长、一致性和经济生产力。

The history of marijuana in both medical and recreational applications is long and varied. Although both large and small-scale production facilities are fully operational and many more are in the planning and construction phases, there remains significant gaps in the scientific knowledge of horticultural management of the plethora of cultivars in areas such as optimal environment control, lighting, irrigation and nutrition management, and the effect that these variables have on the content and consistency of various compounds (THC, CBD, terpenes) relevant to the medicinal properties of the plant. Our relationship has recently trained three graduate students (Jonathan Stemeroff (MSc), who successfully defended his thesis related to irrigation management of cannabis (November 20th, 2018), along with Deron Caplan (PhD), 'Propagation and root zone management for controlled environment cannabis production' (August 30th, 2018) and David Hawley (PhD) 'The influence of spectral quality of light on plant secondary metabolism and photosynthetic acclimation to light quality' (September 10th, 2018). The proposed project herein will significantly enhance an established research program between the Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility (CESRF) at the University of Guelph (UoG) and VIVO Cannabis Ltd. (formerly ABcann Medicinals). The unique state-of-the-art infrastructure at the CESRF has been exploited in a variety of national and international research initiatives in space science and terrestrial food production technology, and most recently has populated a purpose-built research laboratory (56m2) at our industry partners cannabis production facility (Napanee, ON) with five of its state-of-the-art precision controlled BlueBox whole plant photosynthesis plant growth chambers (Stasiak et al, 2016). The overall objective of the proposed project is to assess various physiological responses of cannabis to light quality and intensity throughout the different growth stages in order to understand and improve plant growth, consistency and economic productivity.