Breeding

From the breeder perspective, Industrial Hemp is a crop with amazing potential, it has an extremely wide genetic base from which countless traits can be selected and developed. Hemp breeding will provide solutions for the producer in such areas as yield performance, disease tolerance and adaptability to regional growing conditions. To end users breeding will provide new quality traits desired by food companies, new medicinal traits and physical characteristics that improve processing efficiency.

Tritium has forged a foundational relationship with FBN Canada, formerly Haplotech Inc. and its founder Dr. Radisa Gjuric. Dr. Gjuric, is an accomplished breeder with over 25 years of experience in private industry and academia. FBN Canada specializes in plant breeding services including marker assisted breeding, double haploid production and trait integration. The FBN hemp breeding program is one of the largest programs in Canada and one of the only hemp programs focused on true hybrid breeding which will deliver significant benefits in yield, plant vigor and crop uniformity.

In addition to the FBN partnership Tritium is collaborating with other hemp breeders to evaluate and commercialize new cultivars with unique characteristics and value for hemp producers and processors. To producers and processors our mission is to identify cultivars with value that meet your production needs, to breeders our mission is to be your most trusted partner delivering reliable testing services and providing Canadian and International market opportunity for your cultivars.