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Biochemical S ystematicsand Ecology 1975, Vol. 3, pp. 15 to 18. PergamonPress, Printed n England.

Photosynthesis and Can nab inoid Co nten t of Tem perate andTropical Pop ulations of Cannabis sativa

F . A . B AZZ AZ, D . D USEK * , D . S . SE IGLER and A . W. HA NE Y

D e p a r tm e n t o f B o ta n y , U n i v e rs it y o f I l li n o i s , U rb a n a , I L 6 1 8 0 1 , U S A

K e y W o r d I n d e x - - -Ca n n a b i s s a t i v a ; C a n n a b i n a c e a e ; p h o to s y n th e s i s ; c a n n a b i n o i d s ; p o p u l a t i o n s t u d ie s .

A b s t r a c t - - F o u r p o p u l a t io n s o f Cannabis sat iva L . g rown f rom seeds co l lec ted in Panama, Jamaica , Nepa l , ande a s t c e n t ra l I l l in o i s w e re g ro w n u n d e r c o n t ro l l e d c o n d i t i o n s i n g ro w th c h a m b e rs , O n e s e t w a s g ro w n u n d e r w a rmcon d i t i ons (32 ° day and 23 ° n igh t ) and the o ther se t wa s g r ow n under lo we r temp era tu res (23 ° day and 16 ° n igh t ) .C O 2 e x c h a n g e a n d t r a n s p i r a t i o n w e re e x a m i n e d u n d e r v a r i o u s t e m p e ra tu re s a n d l i g h t i n t e n s it ie s . O b s e rv a t i o n s ong ro w th , a n d a n aly se s f o r c h l o ro p h y l l a n d / k 1 TH C ( t e t r a h y d ro c a n n a b i n o l ) c o n te n t w e re m a d e . U n d e r w a rm g ro w thc o n d i t i o n s , t h e c e n t ra l I l l i n o is p o p u l a t i o n h a d t h e h i g h e s t p h o to s y n th e t i c r a te a t a l l t e m p e ra tu re s in v e s t i g a te d .Th e N e p a l p o p u l a t i o n h a d i n t e rm e d i a te r at es , w h i l e t h e J a m a i c a a n d t h e Pa na m a p o p u l a t i o n s h a d t h e l o w e s t r a te .T h e J a m a i c a a n d Pa n a m a p o p u l a t i o n s h a d i n s i g n i f i c a n t ch a n g e s i n p h o to s y n th e t i c r e s p o n s e t o c h a n g e s i nt e m p e ra tu re s b e tw e e n 1 5 ° a n d 3 0 °. U n d e r c o o l g ro w i n g c o n d i t i o n s t h e c e n t ra l I l l i n o is p o p u l a t i o n h a d t h e h i g h e s tra te o f pho to syn the s is w i th a de f in i te peak a t 25 °. Nep a l p lan ts had in te rme d ia te ra tes o f p ho tosyn thes is , w h i let h e Pa n am a a n d J a m a i c a p o p u l a t i o n s h a d t h e l o w e s t ra te . D i ff e re n c e s in c h l o ro p h y l l a n d d ru g c o n te n t w e re a l sos i g n i f i c a n t b e tw e e n th e s e p o p u l a t io n s . F ro m th e s e d a ta i t is s u g g e s te d t h a t t h e f o u r p o p u l a t i o n s c a n b e g ro u p e di n to d i f fe re n t e c o t y p e s g e n e t i c a l l y a d a p te d t o t h e i r r e s p e c ti v e e n v ir o n m e n ts .

I n t r o d u c t i o nH e m p (Cannabis sat iva L.) is a widelyd is t r ibu ted p lant in var ious par ts o f the wor ld .Or ig ina l ly ind igenous to temperate par ts o f

Asia, probably to the desert region near theCasp ian Sea [1 ] , i t no w g rows as a wee d in avar iety of habi tats ranging f rom sea level intropical areas [2] to 7000 f t in the HimalayaM oun ta ins [3 ] . The spec ies was f i rs t i n tr oducedin to the Un i ted S ta tes f rom England in 1632 bythe pi lgr ims and later f rom China [4 ] . Present ly,i t i s a common weed in the eastern and mid-western Un i ted S ta tes [5 ] .

Cannabis has had a long history of associa-t ion wi th man. Schu l tes est imates that i t hasbeen used for over 6000 years, and regards i tas one o f the o ldest cu l t iva ted p lants [6 ] . The

plant is a source of f iber , o i l , and a narcot icdrug. The i l l ic i t use of Cannabis as a sourceof mar ihuana (p lant shoots) and hash ish( res in) is widesprea d thro ugh out the wo r lddesp i te severe legal pen al t ies in some countr ies.The act ive pr incip le in the resin, which isfound on f lowers, leaves and stems, is most lyZ~ , - te t rahydrocannab ino l (C2,H3oO 2) . Th iscompound is b iosynthet ica l ly der ived f romcannabid io l (C2,H3oO2) and may be b io -

* Present address: Univers i t y o f I l l i no is , Co l lege o fM e d i c i n e , C h ic a g o , I L 6 0 6 8 0 , U S A .

synthet ica l ly ox id ized in to cannab ino l(C2,H 2 ,O6) [7 ] .

I t has been reported that p lants f romdi f fe rent geograph ic locat ions d i f fe r in the

amount of resin they produce. For example,p lants f rom warm c l imates produce 10 t imesas much o f the act ive pr inc ip le , te t rahydro-cannabinol , as plants f rom central Europegrown under ident ica l cond i t ions [8 ] . Fur ther -more, i t has been suggested that temperatureand humid i ty a f fec t the res in content ; thusthere is ev idence that the drug content isboth genet ica l ly and env i ronme nta l ly cont ro l led .

In th is paper we examine the d i f fe rences inpho tosyn the t i c capac i t y and the cannab ino idcon ten t o f popu la t i ons o f Cannabis sat lvaf rom four d i f fe rent geograph ic locat ions grown

under two d is t inc t env i ronmenta l reg imes.On the bas is o f these d i f fe rences, we suggestthat the popu la t ions f rom these areas may begrouped in to temperate and t rop ica l ecotypes.

R e s u l t sLight sa tura t ion curves for the net photo-synthes is o f four popu la t ions were s imi la r fo ra l l popu la t ions under both growing cond i t ions(F ig . 1 ) . Satura t ion was not reached even a t12 00 00 lux i nd i ca t ing tha t a ll popu la t i onsbe long to the sun p lant group. Photosynthet icresponse to temperature o f p lants grown under

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P h o t o s y n t h e t i c r a t e s o f p l a n t s g r o w n u n d e rc o o l c o n d i t i o n s ( F i g . 2 b ) w e r e s i g n i f i c a n t l yl o w e r t h a n t h e r a t e s o f t h o s e g r o w n u n d e rwa rm con d i t i ons , espec ia l l y f o r p l an t s o f t het rop i ca l popu la t i ons . Ra t e o f pho t osyn t hes i so f t he I l l i no i s p l an t s i nc reased sha rp l y a t a i rtemp era ture s be twe en 15 ° and 25 ° thendec reased s l i gh t l y a t 30 ° . P ho t os yn t hes i s o f

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The ch lo rophy l l con t en t o f l eaves f romp lan t s o f d i f f e ren t o r i g i n g rown unde r coo lc o n d i t i o n s w e r e m a r k e d l y d i v e r s e b u t n od i f f e rences were obse rved be t ween t he p l an t s

g r o w n u n d e r w a r m c o n d i t i o n s . T h e c h l o r o -p h y l l d a t a o f p l a n t s g r o w n u n d e r c o o l c o n d i -t i ons aga in show t ha t t he p l an t s can beg r o u p e d i n t o t e m p e r a t e ( I l l i n o i s - N e p a l ; 8 . 9m g and 8 . 5 m g o f ch l o rophy l l s a and b pe r gmd r y w t r e s p e c ti v e ly ) a n d tr o p i c a l ( J a m a i c a -P anam a; 2 . 2 m g and 1 . 2 m g pe r gm d ry w t )w i t h t h e f o r m e r g r o u p h a v i n g s i g n i f i c a n t l ym ore ch lo rophy l l pe r l ea f d ry w t t han t hela t t e r . The re l a t i ve l y l ow ch lo rophy l l con t en to f t he t rop i ca l p l an t s m ay be a cause o f t he i rl o w p h o t o s y n t h e t i c r a te s.

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TEMPERATEAND TROPICAL POPULATIONS OF CANNABIS 17

t ions unde r the two gro wth cond i t ions, t i~esedi fferences we re general ly of l e ss use inseparat ing the populat ions into temperate andtropical group s (Table 1 ) . C ontrary to avai lable

TABLE 1. CAN NAB INOID CON TENT OF LEAVES OF PLAN TSF R O M F O U R L O C A L IT IE S G R O W N U N D E R W A R M 3 2 0/ 23°AN D CO OL (23°/16 ° CON DITIONS

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Panama warm 0.64 4.80 0.80 6.24Panama cool 0.65 6.18 0.43 7.26Jamaica warm 0.88 4.07 1.11 6.06Jamaica cool 1.42 13.20 0.30 14'92Nepal warm 0.40 2.97 1.14 4.51Nepal cool 0.88 12.94 1 57 15"39Ill inois warm 1-23 0.46 0.05 1.74Ill inois cool 2.89 2.99 0.00 5.88

Cannabinoids were extracted with l ight petroleum and ana lyzedbyGL C. Cetyl alcohol was used as internal standard,

i n format ion, the to ta l cannabino id content aswe l l as t he euphor ic A , - t e t rahydrocan nab ino lwere much h igher in p lants grown under coo lcondi t ions than in p lants grown under warmcond i t i ons . However , under warm g row thcondi t ions Nepal and Jamaica plants di f fermo re f rom I l li no is and Pan am a p lants thanbetween each o ther . A l though the photo-synthet ic ra te and cannabino id content gener-

al ly separate the populat ions into two groups,the data f rom these two param eters do notcompletely correspond. This suggests thatm ore than one parameter m ust be used inassessing ecotypic di f ferent iat ion in Cannabisand probably in other species.

D i s c u s s io n a n d C o n c l u s i o n sI t has long b e e n argued tha t the genusCannabis may co nsist of more than one species.Certain authors have considered C. indica Lam.to be the p lant which grows w i ld in t rop ica lAsia and is used as a source of Marihuanaand hashish ( :1,6] . Cannabis sadva is assumedto be the species which for many years hasbeen under cu l t i va t ion in var ious par ts o f theworld as a source of rope. However, currentfeel ing among most botanists is that Cannabisi s a monotyp ic genus w i th many ecotypesand cu l ti va ted races [ 1 ,6 ] .

Since the plant has been us ed as a sourceof drug, f iber, and oi l for thousands of yearsone can assume a large amount of breedingand selection for va r ious qua l it ies has occurred,making the taxonomy and evo lu t ion o f

Cannabis very compl icated. In the U.S. thes i tuat ion is aggravated by the in t roduct ion,

over long periods of t ime, of Cannabis f romvar ious sources inc lud ing Eu rope and Chinaand the m ore recent smal l-scale int rod uct io nof t rop ica l Cannabis for i l l ici t use as a sourceof drug.

A l t hough the p las t i c i t y o f Cannabis haslong be en recognized, i t has not b ee n com -pletely understood [6 ] . I t is kn ow n, forexample, that the spec ies exh ib i ts morpho-log ica l var ia t ion wh en grow n under var iousenv i ronmenta l cond i t ions and that the p lantgrows under a var ie ty o f cond i t ions and hasbeen col lected in various types o f habi tats inthe U ni ted Sta tes r5 ] . Eve n sex in the spec iesis in fluenced by var ious env i ronmenta l fac torssuch as UV l ight [9 ] , day- length [101,temperature [1 1] and n i t rogen co nce ntrat ion

in the soi l solut ions [121. However, ourresul ts c learly show that physiological andbiochemical ecotypes are present in Cannabisand that these ecotypes can be dist inguishedf rom each o ther by the i r ra te o f photosyn-thes is , ch lorophy l l and cannabino id content .Cool growth condi t ions d is t ingu ish theseecotypes m o re c lear ly than w arm gro wthcondi t ions.

E x p e r i m e n t a lCannab is sa t i re s e e d s w e r e c o l l e c t e d fr o m m a t u r e

p l a n t s i n e a s t c e n t ra l I l l i n o i s , n e a r t h e c o a s t i n P a n a m a ,

a t a b o u t 2 0 0 0 f t e l e v a t i o n i n c e n t r a l J a m a i c a , a n d a ta b o u t 6 0 0 0 f t n e a r K a t m a n d u , N e p a l .

S e e d s f r o m t h e s e l o c a l i ti e s w e r e s o w n i n l o a m - f i l l e d

8 - i n , c l a y - p o t s i n c u b a t e d a t 2 2 ° f o r 1 1 d a y s a n d t h e n

t ra n s f e rr e d t o t w o g r o w t h c h a m b e r s w h e n t h e s e e d l i n g s

w e r e a b o u t 4 c m t a l l . T h e g r o w t h c h a m b e r s w e r e

p r o g r a m m e d t o a p p r o x i m a t e t r o p i c a l a n d te m p e r a t e

t e m p e r a t u r e s . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e " w a r m c h a m b e r ' "

w a s 3 2 ° d u r i n g t h e d a y a n d 2 3 ° a t n i g h t , w h i l e t h a t o f

t h e c o o l c h a m b e r w a s 2 3 ° a n d 1 6 °; d a y l e n g t h w a s 1 5 h r .

L i g h t i n t e n s it y , g e n e r a t e d b y 1 6 c o o l w h i t e f l u o r e s c e n t

a n d e i g h t 2 5 W i n c a n d e s c e n t l a m p s w a s a p p r o x i m a t e l y

4 0 0 0 0 l u x n ea r th e t o p o f t h e p l a n ts . S i n c e Cannab is is a

d i o e c i o u s s p e c i e s a n d t h e r e m a y b e d i f f e r e n c e s

b e t w e e n m a l e a n d f e m a l e p l a n t s , o n l y m a t u r e y e ts e x u a l l y u n d i f f e r e n t i a t e d p l a n t s w e r e u s e d f o r a l l

m e a s u r e m e n t s .

M e a s u re m e n t o f p h o to s y n t h e s is . N e t p h o t o s y n t h e s i s ,

h e r e a f t e r r e f e r r e d t o a s " p h o t o s y n t h e s i s " . a n d t r a n s p i r a -

t i o n o f p l a n t s w e r e m e a s u r e d u s i n g a s e m i - c l o s e d

i n f r a - r e d g a s a n a l y s i s s y s t e m . P l a n t s h o o t s w e r e

e n c l o s e d in a n a s s i m i la t i o n c h a m b e r i n w h i c h l i g h ti n te n s i t y, a i r t e m p e r a t u r e , w i n d s p e e d , r e l a ti v e h u m i d i t y

a n d C O 2 c o n c e n t r a t i o n w e r e p r e c i s e l y c o n t r o l l e d , A i rw a s c i r c u l a t e d b e t w e e n t h e a s s i m i la t i o n c h a m b e r a n d a

G r u b b P a r so n i n f r a - re d g a s a n a l y z e r w h i c h d e t e c t e dc h a n g e s i n C O 2 c o n c e n t r a t i o n s i n th e a i r s t r e a m . F o r a

d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e g a s a n a l y s i s s y s t e m a n d

m e a s u r e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s s e e B a z z a z a n d 1 3 o y e r [ 1 3 ] .L ig h t sa tu ra t i on cu rv es a t 25 °, 70 ~= 2% re la t i ve

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