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"Flowering Time, Genetics & Climate Adaptation in Cannabis" panel discussion at CannMed 2026, covering photoperiod sensing, circadian rhythms, nutrient signaling, and climate-adaptive breeding.
Flowering time determines yield, cannabinoid expression, harvest timing, and regulatory compliance. This panel brings together leading geneticists and plant scientists to examine how genome structure, nutrient signaling, photoperiod sensing, and climate adaptation converge to control floral induction in cannabis.
Panelists explore how genetics, environment, and nutrient status interact to control flowering, including how flowering genes and regulatory regions differ across landraces and hybrids, the role of photoperiod and circadian signaling in floral induction timing, nutrient-driven transcriptional control of flowering and energy allocation, matching genotype to latitude, climate stress, and compliance timelines, and breeding climate-adaptive cultivars that balance yield predictability and cannabinoid expression.
Panelists:
Kevin McKernan (Moderator), CSO & Founder, Medicinal Genomics
Todd Michael, PhD, Research Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
George Stack, Postdoctoral Scientist, Cornell University / Topcross Genomics
Justine Richard-Giroux, Agr., Research Assistant, Université Laval
Zachary Wise, Director of Cultivation & Genetics, Happy Valley
This panel was part of the CannMed Cultivation Workshop, a program focused on the science of sustainable cannabis production.
This presentation was given at the CannMed 2026 Innovation & Collaboration Summit, held June 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort. Visit cannmedevents.com to learn more.
"Flowering Time, Genetics & Climate Adaptation in Cannabis" panel discussion at CannMed 2026, covering photoperiod sensing, circadian rhythms, nutrient signaling, and climate-adaptive breeding.
Flowering time determines yield, cannabinoid expression, harvest timing, and regulatory compliance. This panel brings together leading geneticists and plant scientists to examine how genome structure, nutrient signaling, photoperiod sensing, and climate adaptation converge to control floral induction in cannabis.
Panelists explore how genetics, environment, and nutrient status interact to control flowering, including how flowering genes and regulatory regions differ across landraces and hybrids, the role of photoperiod and circadian signaling in floral induction timing, nutrient-driven transcriptional control of flowering and energy allocation, matching genotype to latitude, climate stress, and compliance timelines, and breeding climate-adaptive cultivars that balance yield predictability and cannabinoid expression.
Panelists:
Kevin McKernan (Moderator), CSO & Founder, Medicinal Genomics
Todd Michael, PhD, Research Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
George Stack, Postdoctoral Scientist, Cornell University / Topcross Genomics
Justine Richard-Giroux, Agr., Research Assistant, Université Laval
Zachary Wise, Director of Cultivation & Genetics, Happy Valley
This panel was part of the CannMed Cultivation Workshop, a program focused on the science of sustainable cannabis production.
This presentation was given at the CannMed 2026 Innovation & Collaboration Summit, held June 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort. Visit cannmedevents.com to learn more.
