Darpa
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Hi folk,
Since the introduction of original autoflowering strains in decades past, significant improvements have been made to these genetics. However autoflowering hybrid, as actually created by Seed Banks and breeder, will never compare with photoperiod strain in term of potency, terpene profile and yield, because of its Ruderalis predecessor. However, overexpression of CONSTANS genes on top quality photoperiodic strain could resolve this problem. This could be a revolution in early or auto flowering strain development. Maybe I should file a patent, so this idea is not stolen by big LP or corporations in this new era of legal cannabis business… (I think I’m safe, I don’t think they will read this post)
IDEA: Development of early flowering phenotype and\or photoperiod insensitive strain through the overexpression of CONSTANS genes.
The photoperiod pathway is a genetically conserved pathway that affects flowering in distantly related angiosperms. Plants sense changes in day length (= photoperiod) as a reliable seasonal cue to regulate important developmental transitions such as flowering. Integration of various external light information into the circadian clock-controlled mechanisms enables plants to precisely measure photoperiod changes in the surrounding environment. The core mechanism of photoperiodic measurement is regulation of CONSTANS (CO) activity, which takes place in phloem companion cells in leaves.
Recent advances in research indicate that the core of the day-length measurement mechanism lies in the circadian regulation of CONSTANS (CO) expression and the subsequent photoperiodic induction of the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene, which might encode a major component of florigen.
In response to florigen signaling, the shoot apical and axillary meristem is converted into an inflorescence meristem. It stops producing leaves and instead produces bracts (degenerated leaf-like organs) with floral meristems at the axils of the bracts.
Transgenic cannabis plants carrying CO fused with the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (35S::CO) would flowered earlier than the control phenotype and will probably be completely insensitive to length of day. This would be the strategy to develop the autoflowering strains of quality never seen before.
This could be an awesome project for someone already performing TC.
Anyone interested? (I’m personally still waiting for my laminar flow cabinet)
Darpa
Since the introduction of original autoflowering strains in decades past, significant improvements have been made to these genetics. However autoflowering hybrid, as actually created by Seed Banks and breeder, will never compare with photoperiod strain in term of potency, terpene profile and yield, because of its Ruderalis predecessor. However, overexpression of CONSTANS genes on top quality photoperiodic strain could resolve this problem. This could be a revolution in early or auto flowering strain development. Maybe I should file a patent, so this idea is not stolen by big LP or corporations in this new era of legal cannabis business… (I think I’m safe, I don’t think they will read this post)
IDEA: Development of early flowering phenotype and\or photoperiod insensitive strain through the overexpression of CONSTANS genes.
The photoperiod pathway is a genetically conserved pathway that affects flowering in distantly related angiosperms. Plants sense changes in day length (= photoperiod) as a reliable seasonal cue to regulate important developmental transitions such as flowering. Integration of various external light information into the circadian clock-controlled mechanisms enables plants to precisely measure photoperiod changes in the surrounding environment. The core mechanism of photoperiodic measurement is regulation of CONSTANS (CO) activity, which takes place in phloem companion cells in leaves.
Recent advances in research indicate that the core of the day-length measurement mechanism lies in the circadian regulation of CONSTANS (CO) expression and the subsequent photoperiodic induction of the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene, which might encode a major component of florigen.
In response to florigen signaling, the shoot apical and axillary meristem is converted into an inflorescence meristem. It stops producing leaves and instead produces bracts (degenerated leaf-like organs) with floral meristems at the axils of the bracts.
Transgenic cannabis plants carrying CO fused with the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (35S::CO) would flowered earlier than the control phenotype and will probably be completely insensitive to length of day. This would be the strategy to develop the autoflowering strains of quality never seen before.
This could be an awesome project for someone already performing TC.
Anyone interested? (I’m personally still waiting for my laminar flow cabinet)
Darpa