Anika Chowdhury

• SOAR Position: Member; Alumni
• Major: Biology
• Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. John Dubois

Current Focus: Cross-Breeding Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Varieties to Assess Changes in Cannabinoid Content and Seed Yield

Additional Interests: travel, paint, play soccer

Project Description

Cannabis sativa is a dioecious species, meaning that there are separate male and female plants. Female inflorescences (flower buds) have higher concentrations of CBD than male inflorescences. This makes female plants much