{"id":8088,"date":"2021-10-10T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=8088"},"modified":"2024-01-11T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:36:22","slug":"boosting-hemp-production-and-yield-is-focus-of-new-umes-research-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/boosting-hemp-production-and-yield-is-focus-of-new-umes-research-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting hemp production and yield is focus of new UMES research effort."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has secured a $200,000 grant to underwrite research that a private-sector partner hopes will produce a roadmap to make growing industrial hemp a profitable commodity across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investment by the University of Maryland-based Maryland Industrial Partnerships program will underwrite two years of research coordinated by UMES\u2019 Dr. Sadanand Dhekney, a geneticist and plant breeding specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMES successfully leveraged the business-incubator grant by partnering with The Native Plant Company based in Frederick, Md., which pledged $20,000 toward the research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Native Plant Company brings years of experience growing high-quality cannabis plants and making quality cannabis products accessible to Marylanders,\u201d said Trish Hall, Native Plant\u2019s chief compliance officer. \u201cOur company values its partnership with UMES to bring these same high standards to growing hemp and making quality hemp-derived products available to consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hemp is a source of cannabidiol, which has medicinal applications in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety and seizures like those associated with childhood epilepsy, according to the Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of UMES\u2019 research is to develop, through micro-propagation, high quality, genetically defined, disease-free, locally sourced hemp plant materials for sale to Maryland growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spurred on by recent legislation intended to regulate the commercial production of industrial hemp in the United States, UMES has committed to partnering with local farmers while studying the production and management of the crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promising initial findings show the lower Eastern Shore to be a favorable locale to cultivate the plant, which has emerged as a promising cash crop that its proponents believe will diversify the state\u2019s agriculture economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur work, with hands-on help from our students, is focused on establishing a hemp genetic material \u2018library\u2019 and use micro-propagation technology to achieve large-scale production of clean, disease-free hemp plants,\u201d Dhekney said. \u201cBetter plants means better products \u2013 and better profits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past two years, UMES\u2019 School of Pharmacy has incorporated instruction on cannabidiol \u2013 or CBD, as it is more commonly known \u2013 into its curriculum, and also has organized seminars and workshops on its benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. James Bresette, associate dean and an associate professor of pharmacy practice and administration at UMES, has coordinated much of that work, including outreach to The Native Plant Company to partner with the university on the research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This aligns perfectly with our university mission to educate our students for the world of work and to be a trusted, knowledgeable resource to benefit Maryland citizens, farmers and businesses,” Bresette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, a 1999 UMES alumna, added, \u201cOur investment of funds and experience combined with UMES\u2019s agricultural and medicinal expertise are key elements to securing this innovative MIPS grant award. Results of our joint research thus far have convinced The Native Plant Company to expand our hemp grow operations to the Eastern Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article reprinted courtesy of the UMES Public Relations Office.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has secured a $200,000 grant to underwrite research that a private-sector partner hopes will produce a roadmap to make growing industrial hemp a profitable commodity across the state. The investment by the University of Maryland-based Maryland Industrial Partnerships program will underwrite two years of research coordinated by UMES\u2019 Dr….Read more Boosting hemp production and yield is focus of new UMES research effort.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sans-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8088"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}