Contemporary fibre level in non-narcotic varieties of hemp (cannabis sativa l.)

Authors

  • I. M. Laiko Research Station of the Bast Crops of the Institute of Agriculture of Northern East of NAAS, Ukraine, Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1589-4321
  • V. H. Vyrovets Research Station of the Bast Crops of the Institute of Agriculture of Northern East of NAAS, Ukraine, Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-1792
  • H. I. Kyrychenko Research Station of the Bast Crops of the Institute of Agriculture of Northern East of NAAS, Ukraine, Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3992-4126
  • S. V. Mishchenko Research Station of the Bast Crops of the Institute of Agriculture of Northern East of NAAS, Ukraine, Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-4507
  • I. L. Kmets Research Station of the Bast Crops of the Institute of Agriculture of Northern East of NAAS, Ukraine, Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5360-2695

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30835/2413-7510.2015.54033

Keywords:

hemp, fibre, stalk, variety, breeding, tetrahydrocannabinol

Abstract

Utilization of hemp stalks (Cannabis sativa L.) for energy purposes is a promising field of its application, so long as it is possible to use for fuel both whole stalk and waste products after its processing (awnchaff). Hemp stalk has a high calorific value, which is slightly inferior to coal, but exceed those for soft wood and peat. Despite intensive breeding works aimed at reducing tetrahydrocannabinol content, it became possible to keep the primary value of the crop that is an ability to form a good yield of stalks and fibre. As a result of many years of breeding work obtained were non-narcotic monoecious hemp varieties Hliana, Hlukhivskiy 46, Hlukhivski 51 with fibre content 30.0 to 38.9%. Of these, the most promising for the fibre production is variety Hlukhivski 51. By fibre yield, this variety exceeds standard one by 1.5 t/ha.

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Published

2015-11-25

Issue

No. 107 (2015): Plant Breeding and Seed Production

Section

METHODS AND RESULTS SELECTION

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