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Featured accessionZOM-THA-PHU-0220250002

Thailand Collected 2024 Landrace High priority

Krabangkham Farm 'Tiger Tail' Selection 2024 is a domesticate landrace cannabis accession collected by Isabella of the Zomia Collective in Sakhon Nakhon Province, Thailand.

PopulationSelectionMonoeciousShort-day

Recorded usesRecreation, Medicine, Food

CollectionSeedsPoint of Origin2025

Field cyclePlant July–SeptemberHarvest December–March

PreservationZomia Genetic Library

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Rif Mountains

The traditional kif cultivation zone of northern Morocco and one of the longest-standing drug-type cannabis landscapes still under farmer management.

Cardamom Mountains

Southern Cambodia

Chamurchi-Laxmi Duar

The Dooars

Chapramari

The Dooars

Gorumara

The Dooars

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Landrace cannabis is a cultivated cannabis population that has evolved over time in a specific geographic region, shaped by local environmental pressures and the selection practices of farmers. Cannabis landraces are genetically diverse and locally adapted, often valued for distinctive traits such as flavour, resilience or suitability for traditional uses.

The defining mechanism of landrace maintenance is mass selection, in which farmers save seed in bulk from open-pollinated populations rather than from individually selected plants. This sustains genetic diversity within a recognisable population while applying gradual selection pressure toward locally favoured traits. Landraces are dynamic rather than static and continue to evolve through ongoing seed exchange and occasional introgression.

Cannabis landraces face pressures distinct from most food-crop landraces. … read more →

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Research

18 Jul 2026 · Journal of Cannabis Research

Terroir-driven phenolic chemotypes and antioxidant/antimicrobial activities of Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seed extracts

Abstract Geographical variation in the phenolic composition and bioactivity of Moroccan Beldia (Cannabis sativa L.) seeds remains insufficiently characterized, limiting their rational valorization as bioactive resources. This study investigated aqueous extracts from defatted seeds collected in Ketama, Taounate, and Ouazzane using HPLC–DAD phenolic profiling, antioxidant and antimicrobial assays, and molecular docking. Data are reported as mean ± SD (n = 3), and regional differences were evaluated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test when applicable. Clear regional discrimination was observed. Ouazzane gave the highest extraction yield (8.08 ± 0.24%), total phenolic content (16.13 ± 0.48 mg GAE/100 g DM), total flavonoid content (6.78 ± 0.20 mg QE/100 g DM), and total antioxidant capacity (565.80 ± 5.90 mg AAE/g), whereas Ketama showed the strongest DPPH scavenging activity (IC₅₀ = 10.25 ± 0.03 µg/mL). HPLC–DAD revealed distinct chemotypes dominated by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (33.26–36.63%), with Taounate enriched in vanillic acid (35.00%) and caffeic acid (20.44%). Antimicrobial assays showed the best MIC values against Micrococcus luteus (0.50 ± 0.01 mg/mL) and Geotrichum candidum (0.12 ± 0.00 mg/mL). Docking highlighted flavonoid-type constituents as the most plausible active contributors, with catechin hydrate and rutin showing the strongest affinity toward CYP51 (-9.6 kcal/mol). Moroccan terroir strongly shapes the functional profile of Beldia seed extracts and supports region-guided sourcing for future bioactive applications.

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1 Jul 2026 · Plant Disease

Screening Diverse Cannabis sativa Germplasm for Resistance to Golovinomyces ambrosiae

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30 Jun 2026 · Acta Theologica

Cannabis Sativa, religion and society: Historical, medicinal, legal, and sacramental perspectives

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28 Jun 2026 · International Journal of Drug Policy

Value capture in the emerging medical cannabis global value chain: insights from South Africa

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19 Jun 2026 · bioRxiv

Sex chromosome-aware GWAS reveals XY-linked agronomic architecture and breeding targets in cannabis