Dr. Youbin Zheng is a professor in the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph,

and the president of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science. He joined the University of

Guelph in 2000, and has more than 25 years research experience in controlled environment plant

production. His research has resulted in about 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers, more than ten

book chapters and numerous extension articles and scientific reports. His recent research focus

includes indoor cannabis and other medicinal and nutraceutical plant production, greenhouse ornamental

and vegetable production, and nursery and landscape plant production and maintenance,

especially of rootzone management and lighting. Dr. Zheng has been actively involved in indoor

cannabis production research since early 2010. His group has published North America's few peerreviewed

scientific papers on indoor cannabis production. He developed the world first universitylevel

cannabis production course in 2019 and has been teaching this course since. Dr. Zheng has

been frequently invited to speak about his research results, both nationally and internationally.

Preface ................................................................................................................. vii
Editor .................................................................................................................... ix
Contributors ........................................................................................................... xi

Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1

Youbin Zheng and Ernest Small

Chapter 2 Growing Facilities and Environmental Control ............................................... 13

Michael Stasiak and Mike Dixon

Chapter 3 Genetics and Plant Breeding of Cannabis sativa for Controlled Environment

Production .................................................................................................................... 41

Ernest Small

Chapter 4 Cannabis Propagation ................................................................................... 91

Max Jones and Adrian S. Monthony

Chapter 5 Rootzone Management in Cannabis Production ............................................... 123

Youbin Zheng

Chapter 6 Lighting and CO2 in Cannabis Production ........................................................ 163

Youbin Zheng and David Llewellyn

Chapter 7 Canopy Management .....................................................................................189

Philipp Matzneller, Juan David Gutierrez and Deron Caplan

Chapter 8 Management of Diseases on Cannabis in Controlled Environment

Production .................................................................................................................... 213

Cameron Scott and Zamir Punja

Chapter 9 Management of Insect Pests on Cannabis in Controlled

Environment Production ............................................................................................ 253

Jason Lemay and Cynthia Scott-Dupree

Chapter 10 Harvest and Post-Harvest ....................................................................... 291

Deron Caplan, Philipp Matzneller and Juan David Gutierrez

Index .................................................................................................................... 313