Alison R Gill, Beth R Loveys, Christopher J Brien, Nathaniel Jewell, Bettina Berger, Timothy R Cavagnaro, Rachel A Burton
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Abstract
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa ) has gained renewed scientific and agricultural interest worldwide as a multi-use, high-value crop, with products spanning textile, clothing, medicinal, food, and construction industries. Cannabis exhibits broad genetic diversity and high phenotypic plasticity, with strong genotype × environment interactions, resulting in varied aboveground growth habits from tall and thin to short and bushy. Here, we compared the growth and response to water deficit over time in seedlings of two tall, thin French dual-purpose industrial hemp genotypes, Felina 32 and Ferimon 12, and one short, bushy Chinese dual-purpose genotype, Han NE, using state-of-the-art non-destructive phenotyping and automated gravimetric watering systems. Despite the different growth habits, growth patterns were remarkably similar. Water deficit consistently reduced shoot and root dry weight, plant height, number of leaf pairs, CO2 assimilation, and stomatal conductance in all three genotypes. Han NE showed potential for greater water use efficiency, possibly linked to the shorter bushy growth habit, but further research is needed to evaluate varying growth habits within different environments and over the entire plant lifecycle. This study provides valuable insights into diverse hemp genotypes to inform field-based agronomic decisions and targeted breeding programs.
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Functional Plant Biology (formerly known as Australian Journal of Plant Physiology) publishes papers of a broad interest that advance our knowledge on mechanisms by which plants operate and interact with environment. Of specific interest are mechanisms and signal transduction pathways by which plants adapt to extreme environmental conditions such as high and low temperatures, drought, flooding, salinity, pathogens, and other major abiotic and biotic stress factors. FPB also encourages papers on emerging concepts and new tools in plant biology, and studies on the following functional areas encompassing work from the molecular through whole plant to community scale. FPB does not publish merely phenomenological observations or findings of merely applied significance.
Functional Plant Biology is published with the endorsement of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Academy of Science.
Functional Plant Biology is published in affiliation with the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology and in Australia, is associated with the Australian Society of Plant Scientists and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists.