Table 1.
Effect of architecture-manipulation treatments on cannabinoid yield per plant in “drug-type” cannabis. Different superscript letters in a column represent significant differences between treatments by Tukey HSD test at α = 0.05. Data are averages ± SE (n = 6).
| Architecture Manipulation Treatments | CBGA (g/plant) |
CBDA (g/plant) |
CBDVA (g/plant) |
THCA (g/plant) |
THCVA (g/plant) |
CBCA (g/plant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 0.917 ± 0.06 ab | 14.099 ± 0.95 bc | 0.928 ± 0.06 b | 0.794 ± 0.05 bc | 0.043 ± 0 b | 0.933 ± 0.06 b |
| Defoliation | 0.783 ± 0.08 b | 13.364 ± 1.43 bc | 0.911 ± 0.1 b | 0.769 ± 0.08 bc | 0.041 ± 0 b | 0.873 ± 0.09 b |
| 1 BBLR + Defoliation | 0.921 ± 0.09 ab | 15.287 ± 1.42 bc | 1.076 ± 0.1 b | 0.89 ± 0.08 b | 0.048 ± 0 b | 0.994 ± 0.09 b |
| BBLR | 0.927 ± 0.05 ab | 13.584 ± 0.74 bc | 0.891 ± 0.05 b | 0.765 ± 0.04 bc | 0.041 ± 0 b | 0.895 ± 0.05 b |
| 2° Branch removal | 0.711 ± 0.03 b | 11.453 ± 0.52 c | 0.786 ± 0.04 b | 0.611 ± 0.03 c | 0.036 ± 0 b | 0.756 ± 0.03 b |
| 1° Branch removal | 0.146 ± 0.01 c | 0.377 ± 0.03 d | 0.028 ± 0 c | 0.02 ± 0 d | 0.001 ± 0 c | 0.029 ± 0 c |
| Single prune | 0.931 ± 0.04 ab | 16.194 ± 0.7 b | 1.076 ± 0.05 b | 0.855 ± 0.04 bc | 0.049 ± 0 b | 0.992 ± 0.04 b |
| Double prune | 1.079 ± 0.08 a | 22.446 ± 1.67 a | 1.5 ± 0.11 a | 1.199 ± 0.09 a | 0.066 ± 0 a | 1.378 ± 0.1 a |
1 BBLR = removal of leaves and branches from the bottom of the plants.