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ArticleScientific reports2025

The effects of far-red light on medicinal Cannabis.

Tyson J Peterswald, Jos C Mieog, Tobias Kretzschmar, Sarah J Purdy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Research Progress on Flowering Period of Hemp.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tyson J PeterswaldNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 105 Prince Street, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia.
Jos C MieogSouthern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, East Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia.
Tobias KretzschmarSouthern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, East Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia.
Sarah J PurdyNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 105 Prince Street, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia. sarah.purdy@dpi.nsw.gov.au.

Funding

Australian Government through the Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources Round 7 of the Cooperative Research Centres Project (CRC-P) program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Far-red (FR) light elicits two distinct processes in plants. First, a shade avoidance response which is triggered when the ratio of red to FR (R: FR) declines. Second, it interacts synergistically with higher frequency wavelengths of light (e.g. red or white) which improves the efficiency of photosynthesis. We investigated whether we could harness these phenomena in medicinal Cannabis to improve yields so that the duration of the photoperiod could be reduced to 10 h ("10L") whilst returning similar or improved yields compared to a 12 h photoperiod ("12L"). The THC concentrations were elevated in both high THC varieties by the different FR treatments. In Hindu Kush the concentration of THC was elevated by the addition of 4 h of total FR ("10L_2_2D"), and in Northern Lights total cannabinoid yields were increased by nearly 70% over the 12 L control (0.43 versus 0.25 g Plant

Indexed as

CannabisLightMedical MarijuanaPlants, MedicinalDronabinolPhotoperiodPhotosynthesisRed LightDronabinolMedical Marijuana

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PMID40394153
PMCPMC12092679

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