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Improving any plant requires massive breeding effort involving researchers, R&D companies, breedingx000D
companies and farmers. Hemp and cannabis breeding is currently significantly behind other crops, which isx000D
unfortunate due the enormous importance of this crop. InPlanta Biotechnology is a breeding company with thex000D
focus on generation of new hemp cultivars. Major focus of the company is medicinal property of hemp,x000D
especially its pain killing and anti-inflammatory properties. InPlanta is interested in the development of hempx000D
plants with high level of cannabinoids (CBD) - these plants will be legal to grow outdoor in Canada and wouldx000D
maintain medicinal properties associated with the effects of CBD. The problem companies like InPlantax000D
encounter is the inconsistent performance of plants grown in drastically different environments. Ourx000D
preliminary data indicate substantial variations in phenotype of hemp plants grown in three differentx000D
environments, Lethbridge, Vegreville and Peace River. This is especially important from legal perspective,x000D
since only plants with THC levels under 0.3% can be ground outdoor. The company is interested therefore tox000D
identify epigenetic factors responsible for such variations. Specifically, the company needs to perform thex000D
analysis of methylation profile of several hemp varieties that they have grown in Peace River, Vegreville andx000D
Lethbridge. This methylation profile is intended as the next step to assist InPlanta with their goals to breed outx000D
such polymorphisms and deliver a product that performs predictably regardless of external factors.