Cornell has published a variety of interesting research “posterboards” on YouTube. General horticulture topics (if you enjoy the science and experimentation aspects of growth).
Suggests spectral phase for PWM driven LEDs matters. E.g. having out-of-phase LEDs across the action spectra reduces growth (contributing DLI does not change).
Suggests that differences in spectral peaks between LED vendors makes a difference (36nm difference in Blue shows significant difference in growth).
Discusses activation times in the action spectra.
Discusses balance between PS I and PS II action spectra.
Anthrocyanin production relation to spectra (purples).
great stuff! How long will it be until cannabis takes its place among these studies? I’m sure we’ll eventually see dozens of different cannabis flowering studies.
Yes, as the stigma and the threat of grant cuts decrease. Cornell, apparently, has three or four (rather recent) plots explicitly for Hemp research up and running. There should be some use-able research from them in the coming years.
See the resource section of that report for other universities engaged in similar research. All targeting hemp at this point.
Massachusetts created a special research license to foster research within the state, it will be interesting to see if any school jumps on the opportunity. We don’t have anything like the Cornell Ag. school in this state though, poor Cornell could be waiting a while to experiment with actual high-THC cannabis.
Interesting. Perhaps that organization that has those Master Growers would be interested. Can’t remember the name of them. They use to be government funded but are now independent in MA. Can anyone think of their name?
And, who knows, there could be some off-the-books research going on as well.
We have Professor Lyle Craker at UMass - a hero of cannabis reform. I wonder if the state license is enough to do research or if schools will have to wait for federal permission as well? A private school should be able to proceed under state regulation. Here is the licence reg - annual fee is only $1,000 - pretty funny, they can’t sell the weed, not hard to imagine where it’s going to go:
Private school love grant dollars, much of which will be federal. If they can manage to self-fund instead of the constant desire to build billion dollar dowries, that would be positive. They would, of course, generate patents which could be a double edged sword.
I agree wholeheartedly. Imo you’d get more use out of a degree in sustainable agriculture or regenerative agriculture. But that may just be my bias opinion toward soil and the soil food web lol.
