Aina Ademola, Wenger Jonathan P, Stanton Eliot, Majumdar Chandrani Gon, ElSohly Mahmoud, Weiblen George D, Ellison Shelby
Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, USA.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):20423. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-07912-8.
Cannabis sativa is one of the earliest plants to be domesticated for fiber, food and medicine. Seed from Cannabis grown for industrial purposes during the 18th through 20th centuries have escaped production and established feralized populations across the United States. To maximize the potential of feral Cannabis germplasm, determining the genetic structure and cannabinoid profile is crucial for selection and breeding of new compliant regionally adapted hemp cultivars. To resolve this, a collection of feral Cannabis, comprising 760 plants across twelve US states were sequenced using Genotyping-by-Sequencings (GBS), genotyped at the cannabinoid synthase (CBDAS) gene, and subject to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to assess cannabinoid profiles. Clustering analyses by ADMIXTURE and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) stratified the germplasm into five clusters (Mississippi-River, West North Central-b, West North Central-a, New York, and Indiana). The cannabinoid genotyping assay resolved the feral collections into Type I - B2/B2 (6%), Type II - B2/B1 (15%), and Type III - B1/B1 (78%). Total cannabinoid content ranged from 0.21 to 4.73%. The assessment of genetic diversity, population structure, and cannabinoid profile of the US feral Cannabis collection provides critical information and germplasm resources to develop new and improve existing hemp cultivars.
大麻是最早被驯化用于获取纤维、食物和药物的植物之一。18世纪至20世纪期间种植用于工业目的的大麻种子逸出了种植区域,并在美国各地形成了野生种群。为了最大限度地发挥野生大麻种质的潜力,确定其遗传结构和大麻素谱对于选育新的、符合要求的、适应当地环境的大麻品种至关重要。为了解决这个问题,我们使用简化基因组测序(GBS)对来自美国12个州的760株野生大麻进行了测序,对大麻素合成酶(CBDAS)基因进行了基因分型,并采用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)技术来评估大麻素谱。通过ADMIXTURE聚类分析和主成分分析(PCA),将种质分为五个聚类(密西西比河、西北中部-b、西北中部-a、纽约和印第安纳)。大麻素基因分型分析将野生群体分为I型 - B2/B2(6%)、II型 - B2/B1(15%)和III型 - B1/B1(78%)。大麻素总含量在0.21%至4.73%之间。对美国野生大麻群体的遗传多样性、种群结构和大麻素谱的评估为开发新的和改良现有的大麻品种提供了关键信息和种质资源。