. 2022 Sep 29;13:713481. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.713481

Table 2.

Cannabinoid yield per cultivation area (mg/m²) as affected by plant density and architecture modulation treatments^B.

	CBDVA (mg/m²)	CBGA (mg/m²)	THCVA (mg/m²)	THCA (mg/m²)	CBCA (mg/m²)	CBDA (mg/m²)
Treatment	1 plant /m ²
Control	0.94 ± 0.06^a	0.93 ± 0.06^a	0.043 ± 0.003^a	0.80 ± 0.04^a	0.95 ± 0.05^a	14.27 ± 0.79^a
Defoliation	0.90 ± 0.10^a	0.79 ± 0.10^a	0.041 ± 0.004^a	0.76 ± 0.08^a	0.87 ± 0.09^a	13.31 ± 1.40^a
BBLR^A	0.91 ± 0.08^a	0.92 ± 0.08^a	0.042 ± 0.004^a	0.79 ± 0.07^a	0.93 ± 0.07^a	13.99 ± 1.08^a
Pruning	1.08 ± 0.05^a	0.94 ± 0.03^a	0.050 ± 0.002^a	0.87 ± 0.04^a	1.01 ± 0.05^a	16.51 ± 0.78^a
Treatment	2 plant /m ²
Control	1.02 ± 0.19^a	0.94 ± 0.17^a	0.048 ± 0.009^a	0.85 ± 0.15^a	0.98 ± 0.17^a	15.08 ± 2.64^a
Defoliation	1.03 ± 0.21^a	0.94 ± 0.17^a	0.047 ± 0.009^a	0.73 ± 0.12^a	0.80 ± 0.13^a	15.72 ± 2.55^a
BBLR^A	1.24 ± 0.16^a	1.07 ± 0.14^a	0.055 ± 0.007^a	0.87 ± 0.12^a	0.95 ± 0.13^a	19.04 ± 2.62^a
Pruning	1.00 ± 0.19^a	0.89 ± 0.17^a	0.046 ± 0.009^a	0.84 ± 0.16^a	0.98 ± 0.19^a	15.31 ± 3.00^a

Removal of branches and leaves from the bottom of the plant.

Data followed by the same small letter within a column that includes both density treatments, signifies that the cannabinoid concentration did not differ significantly between treatments according to Tukey HSD test, at α = 0.05 (n = 5).