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Offering up-to-date information on the uses and composition of the
plant, Advances in Hemp Research provides growers, researchers,
manufacturers, and suppliers with methods and data for the
processing and cultivation of hemp for textile and paper products.
You will learn how recent advances in germplasm resources, breeding
methods, and the improvement of physiological, morphological, and
biochemical characteristics of the plant can strengthen hemp fiber,
making it a profitable and important crop to study and to grow for
uses in the textile and paper industries. Providing you with a
complete update on the advances in research in several different
areas, this text covers the entire spectrum of recent international
hemp research and technological developments. Advances in Hemp
Research discusses many factors essential to the improvement of the
crop and its uses, including: breeding techniques, agronomical
practices, increased stress tolerance, and processing techniques
that will enable the plant to produce high-quality fibers new
cultivars to distinguish licit from illicit field cultivation the
recent advances in crop physiology, such as radiation use
efficiency, harvest index, and dry matter yields cultivation
practices such as soil structure, manuring, harvesting, and crop
rotation and how they contribute to optimal growing conditions for
the plant current disease and control measures that lessen
parasitic damage and loss of crops storing, processing, and
marketing hemp as a component of paper, pulp, fiber, and
oilFurthering the advancement of cannabis as an environmentally
friendly and useful crop, this text supplies you with the
information you need to successfully grow healthier and more
resilient plants. Advances in Hemp Research will benefit your
breeding studies or your business ventures by providing you with
information and laboratory results that will help you successfully
grow the cannabis plant for commercial use.
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