Agronomy and Utilization of Industrial Hemp

Dear Colleagues,

Hemp grows up: Opportunities and challenges ahead for commercial-scale hemp in world cropping systems

This Special Issue is devoted to taking what has been learned, particularly in the past five years, from the global explosion in industrial hemp research plots and extending that to a larger scale, knowing that there are other crops that hemp is either rotated in with or replaces outright. Papers are invited with focus on the agronomy of grain and fiber hemp crops. Themes of particular interest are:

• Hemp cultivation methods for greater areal extent—soil prep, planting techniques, pest management;
• Optimizing hemp yields and genetic expression through agronomic practices;
• Supply chain considerations—harvest, processing, distribution;
• Regional suitability and climate considerations for large-scale hemp production
• Scaling considerations—transitioning from small research plots to commercial crop production.

Dr. Jay Strat Noller
Guest Editor

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• hemp crops
• cultivation
• genetic
• supply chain