Factors determining yield and quality of illicit indoor cannabis (Cannabis spp.) production

Forensic Science International

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 158-163

  Vanhove, Wouter ^a   Van Damme, Patrick ^a   Meert, Natalie ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Cannabis; Indoor plantation; THC; Yield

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT YIELD; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIETAS;

EID: 80052337000     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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