Medicinal Genomics

With in-house qPCR testing, the team at Root and Bloom was able to eliminate plants infected with Fusarium and Pythium and trace the contamination source to the incoming water supply.

This discovery prompted a redesign of the irrigation system and other key operational changes that led to a 40% increase in total Cannabinoids

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The team found that ELISA, the current industry standard, is not sensitive enough on its own to detect trace amounts of mycotoxins left after irradiation, nor is mass spectrometry when used in isolation. Adding molecular and culture-based methods allows testers to track smaller fragments that ELISA or mass spectrometry alone might miss.

“Because some pathogenic fungi and their toxins can go undetected through to market, as we observed in our study, preventing contamination upstream may ultimately be more effective than relying on remediation alone,” said co-author Mohammad Jamil Kaddoura.

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