Whether it’s for orchids, berries, or bananas, plant tissue culture has been widely used in agriculture for nearly 40 years to produce uniform and disease-free stock. But when it comes to cannabis, this technology has only emerged within the last few years as scientists working with weed cracked the code of what the plant wants to reproduce successfully at a small scale. Joining in the fight against one of pot’s primary foes, hop latent viroid disease, cannabis tissue culture is a new path forward towards preserving the genetics of one of the most diverse botanicals on the planet. And, while cultivators have been able to get their hands on tissue culture-grown cuts for about eight years, tissue culture clones were made available to the public for the first time through Node Labs at the Emerald Cup Harvest Ball held in December 2022.
“Cannabis is a very tissue culture resistant plant.
While the Chinese language authorities aims to promote primary care and cut back the hospital-centred approach to healthcare, the scenario on the coalface suggests that is going to be an uphill battle. A report from Henan reveals that whereas the town of Zhengzhou has 54 major care centres, they are unpopular with each sufferers and medical doctors. Based on an article in the local newspaper , the primary downside is ‘lack of expertise’. The community medical centres fail to attract talented medical doctors because they’re seen as a profession dead finish with low pay, low standing and few if any opportunities for training or promotion.