Cuzin_Dave
05-04-2006, 08:19 AM
The May/June issue of Cannabis Culture Magazine features a worthwhile article written by Robert Connell Clarke on the history of cannabis breeding that neatly sums up 40 years of history and development of where we are today. The article does not paint a road map for the future, but in its presentation traces the developments of how cannabis breeding got to its current state.
Reading between the lines one could probably draw some very pessimistic conclusions. The biggest problem seems to have been that there were more hybridisers than actual breeders for the past 25 years. Progressive breeding practises have been virtually stalled for a while now and the actual pool of available genetics for breeding projects has shrunk to a microscopic level.
Hybrid swamping really has not done much to enhance genetic diversity in cannabis.
Reading between the lines one could probably draw some very pessimistic conclusions. The biggest problem seems to have been that there were more hybridisers than actual breeders for the past 25 years. Progressive breeding practises have been virtually stalled for a while now and the actual pool of available genetics for breeding projects has shrunk to a microscopic level.
Hybrid swamping really has not done much to enhance genetic diversity in cannabis.