Abstract
This study was undertaken to identify factors that could predict the average yield of usable biomass under specific growing conditions. The study shows that planting density is a significant factor affecting the shape of plant canopy, which in turn affects the total plant yield. Cannabis crop was cultivated under five different planting densities i.e. 9, 18, 36, 72 and 81 square feet per plant (sq.ft/plant). At the higher planting density (9–18 sq.ft/plant), the horizontal growth rate was decreased which resulted in tall plants and narrow plant canopies, whereas, plants grown under lower planting density (36–92 sq.ft/plant) had larger branching structures coupled with increased available sunlight, soil nutrients and water which resulted in significantly greater biomass yield.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Planting density significantly affected Cannabis canopy shape.
- Taxon
- Cannabis sativa L. Plants
Cannabis sativat0 - Treatment
- planting densitye0
- Outcome
- shape of plant canopye0
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t0“Cannabis sativa L. Plants”
e0“planting density is a significant factor affecting the shape of plant canopy”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher planting density decreased horizontal growth rate.
- Taxon
- Cannabis sativa L. PlantsCannabis sativat0
- Treatment
- higher planting density (9–18 sq.ft/plant)e0
- Outcome
- horizontal growth ratee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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t0“Cannabis sativa L. Plants”
e0“At the higher planting density (9–18 sq.ft/plant), the horizontal growth rate was decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher planting density produced tall plants and narrow canopies.
- Taxon
- Cannabis sativa L. PlantsCannabis sativat0
- Outcome
- tall plants and narrow plant canopiese0
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t0“Cannabis sativa L. Plants”
e0“which resulted in tall plants and narrow plant canopies”
Claim · model-written summary
Lower planting density produced larger branching structures.
- Taxon
- Cannabis sativa L. PlantsCannabis sativat0
- Treatment
- lower planting density (36–92 sq.ft/plant)e0
- Outcome
- branching structurese0
- Direction
- largere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cannabis sativa L. Plants”
e0“plants grown under lower planting density (36–92 sq.ft/plant) had larger branching structures”
Claim · model-written summary
Lower planting density significantly increased biomass yield.
- Taxon
- Cannabis sativa L. PlantsCannabis sativat0
- Treatment
- lower planting density (36–92 sq.ft/plant)e0
- Outcome
- biomass yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cannabis sativa L. Plants”
e0“lower planting density (36–92 sq.ft/plant) had larger branching structures coupled with increased available sunlight, soil nutrients and water which resulted in significantly greater biomass yield”
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