Current Applications, Approaches and Potential Perspectives for Hemp: Crop Management, Industrial Usages, and Functional Purposes presents the latest in the rapidly growing interest for hemp cultivation and its sustainable applications for humans. This book gathers research and review chapters that analyze research trends and current agricultural issues. It then proposes alternative solutions and describes current and future applications for this raw material. This book will be extremely beneficial for researchers, academics, policymakers, technicians and other stakeholders interested in this crop development and its applications.
Cannabis sativa is considered as a proper and alternative crop because of its wide range of applications and marketability, especially when developed for biomedical applications. Thus, many producers and technicians are trying to find relevant information about this crop development and usages in order to be considered viable in the future.
1. Current Applications, Approaches, and Potential Perspectives for Hemp - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Suitability and opportunities for Cannabis sativa L. as an alternative crop for Mediterranean environments - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Linking agronomical practices for Cannabis sativa L. production and its potential usages: fiber, seeds, essential oils and cannabinoids production - p. Page 31 13. Chapter 3 : Strategies to improve Cannabis cultivation: optimizing plant growth and phytocannabinoid biosynthesis - p. Page 69 14. Chapter 4 : Role of Cannabis sativa L. in energy production: residues as a potential lignocellulosic biomass in anaerobic digestion plants - p. Page 101 15. Chapter 5 : Hemp essential oil: an innovative product with potential industrial applications - p. Page 186 16. Chapter 6 : New chemical insights in industrial hemp and its by-products for innovative and sustainable application-oriented projects - p. Page 267 17. Chapter 7 : Slow pyrolysis processing of industrial hemp by-products - p. Page 310 18. Chapter 8 : The customer’s preference in light cannabis: an Italian perspective - p. Page 333 19. Chapter 9 : Current and future applications for hemp essential oils: a review - p. Page 359 20. Chapter 10 : Hemp seed products and by products: a mine of bioactive compounds to improve functionality of fermented foods - p. Page 383 21. Chapter 11 : Therapeutic uses of Cannabis sativa L. Current state and future perspectives - p. Page 401 22. Chapter 12 : An overview on sensory evaluation, volatile compounds, and legal regulations of Cannabis sativa - p. Page 429 23. Chapter 13 : By-products of hemp from a nutritional point of view: new perspectives and opportunities - p. Page 485 24. Chapter 14 : Assessment of hemp crop adaptation and economic sustainability through modeling and field trials - p. Page 513 25. Index - p. Page 581
Current Applications, Approaches and Potential Perspectives for Hemp: Crop Management, Industrial Usages, and Functional Purposes presents the latest in the rapidly growing interest for hemp cultivation and its sustainable applications for humans. This book gathers research and review chapters that analyze research trends and current agricultural issues. It then proposes alternative solutions and describes current and future applications for this raw material. This book will be extremely beneficial for researchers, academics, policymakers, technicians and other stakeholders interested in this crop development and its applications.
Cannabis sativa is considered as a proper and alternative crop because of its wide range of applications and marketability, especially when developed for biomedical applications. Thus, many producers and technicians are trying to find relevant information about this crop development and usages in order to be considered viable in the future.
1. Current Applications, Approaches, and Potential Perspectives for Hemp - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Suitability and opportunities for Cannabis sativa L. as an alternative crop for Mediterranean environments - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Linking agronomical practices for Cannabis sativa L. production and its potential usages: fiber, seeds, essential oils and cannabinoids production - p. Page 31 13. Chapter 3 : Strategies to improve Cannabis cultivation: optimizing plant growth and phytocannabinoid biosynthesis - p. Page 69 14. Chapter 4 : Role of Cannabis sativa L. in energy production: residues as a potential lignocellulosic biomass in anaerobic digestion plants - p. Page 101 15. Chapter 5 : Hemp essential oil: an innovative product with potential industrial applications - p. Page 186 16. Chapter 6 : New chemical insights in industrial hemp and its by-products for innovative and sustainable application-oriented projects - p. Page 267 17. Chapter 7 : Slow pyrolysis processing of industrial hemp by-products - p. Page 310 18. Chapter 8 : The customer’s preference in light cannabis: an Italian perspective - p. Page 333 19. Chapter 9 : Current and future applications for hemp essential oils: a review - p. Page 359 20. Chapter 10 : Hemp seed products and by products: a mine of bioactive compounds to improve functionality of fermented foods - p. Page 383 21. Chapter 11 : Therapeutic uses of Cannabis sativa L. Current state and future perspectives - p. Page 401 22. Chapter 12 : An overview on sensory evaluation, volatile compounds, and legal regulations of Cannabis sativa - p. Page 429 23. Chapter 13 : By-products of hemp from a nutritional point of view: new perspectives and opportunities - p. Page 485 24. Chapter 14 : Assessment of hemp crop adaptation and economic sustainability through modeling and field trials - p. Page 513 25. Index - p. Page 581
