1. Hemp as a raw material for industrial applications

   • Paolo Ranalli
   • Gianpietro Venturi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. European hemp industry: Cultivation, processing and product lines

   • Michael Karus
   • Dominik Vogt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 12

3. Life Cycle Analysis of field production of fibre hemp, the effect of production practices on environmental impacts

   • Hayo M. G. van der Werf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 23

4. Potential productivity of fibre hemp in southern Europe

   • Vito Di Bari
   • Pasquale Campi
   • Marcello Mastrorilli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 32

5. Copper localization in Cannabis sativa L. grown in a copper-rich solution

   • Laura Arru
   • Sara Rognoni
   • Pierdomenico Perata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 38

6. Predicting the chemical composition of fibre and core fraction of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

   • Marcel A. J. Toonen
   • Chris Maliepaard
   • Rudolf W. Kessler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 45

7. Exploitation of bacterial pectinolytic strains for improvement of hemp water retting

   • Elena Tamburini
   • Alicia Gordillo León
   • Giorgio Mastromei

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 54

8. Histochemical and supramolecular studies in determining quality of hemp fibres for textile applications

   • Piera Medeghini Bonatti
   • Chiara Ferrari
   • Cesare Cosentino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 64

9. Hempseed as a nutritional resource: An overview

   • J. C. Callaway

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 72

10. Pharmacological and therapeutic targets for Δ⁹ tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol

    • Roger G. Pertwee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 82

11. Cannabinoids for the pharmaceutical industry

    • Colin G. Stott
    • Geoffrey W. Guy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 93

12. The sexual differentiation of Cannabis sativa L.: A morphological and molecular study

    • V. M. Cristiana Moliterni
    • Luigi Cattivelli
    • Giuseppe Mandolino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 106

13. Potential of marker-assisted selection in hemp genetic improvement

    • G. Mandolino
    • A. Carboni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 120

14. Current status and future scenarios of hemp breeding

    • Paolo Ranalli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 131

15. Preface

    • Paolo Ranalli
    • Giuseppe Mandolino

    OriginalPaper Pages: iii - iV