Finola (hemp)
| 'FINOLA' | |
|---|---|
| Genus | Cannabis |
| Species | sativa, subspecies ruderalis |
| Cultivar | 'FIN-314' |
| Marketing names | 'FINOLA', formerly 'FIN-314' |
| Breeder | JC Callaway, Tero Laakkonen[1] |
| Origin | University of Kuopio and Palkkila Farm, Finland |
'FINOLA' is a low THC hemp variety from Finland that is primarily used to produce hempseed.
It was the first example of an industrial oilseed variety of hemp, recognised by Canada in 1998 and then in the EU by 2003. This variety was primarily developed for the production of hempseed grain, instead of a fiber.[2] 'FINOLA' was the first example of auto flowering Cannabis, and has been the most popular variety grown in Canada since 2005.[3] It has been used extensively for the production of other oilseed hemp varieties, in addition to a long line of auto flowering Cannabis strains.
Initially described by its breeder code as 'FIN-314' in 1995, then registered with plant variety rights in the late 1990s as 'FINOLA', the cultivar resulted from an open pollinated multiplication of two northern Russian accessions from the Vavilov Institute. The developers of the variety speculated that the parent stock may have been Cannabis ruderalis, yet this sub-species designation for Cannabis is not universally recognised by botanists.[4] 'FINOLA' is short in stature at 1.5 m when mature, making it amenable to machine harvesting.[5] Combine harvesters suitable for grain can also be used to harvest a 'FINOLA' crop without modification.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "FINOLA". Plant health Plant Breeders' Rights – Crop Reports. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ Some basic things to know about FINOLA VoteHemp, 2018
- ^ Cherney & Small 2016, p. 58.
- ^ Callaway & Laakkonen 1996.
- ^ Grassi & McPartland 2017, p. 153.
- ^ Small 2016, p. 269.
Sources
[edit]- Grassi, Gianpaolo; McPartland, John M. (2017). "Chemical and morphological phenotypes in breeding of Cannabis sativa L.". In Suman Chandra; Hemant Lata; Mahmoud A. ElSohly (eds.). Cannabis sativa L. - Botany and Biotechnology. Springer. pp. 137–161. ISBN 978-3319545646.
- Small, Ernest (November 2016). Cannabis: A Complete Guide. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1498761635. OCLC 971400059.
- Callaway, J. C.; Laakkonen, T. T. (1996), "Cultivation of Cannabis oil seed varieties in Finland", Journal of the International Hemp Association, 3 (1): 32–34
- Cherney, Jerome H.; Small, Ernest (2016), "Industrial Hemp in North America: Production, Politics and Potential", Agronomy, 6 (4): 58, doi:10.3390/agronomy6040058 (CC-BY-4.0)
Further reading
[edit]- "Finola crop report and variety description". Crop reports. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
External links
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