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As cannabis legalization spreads, marijuana testing becomes big business
https://www.potnetwork.com/news/cannabis-legalization-spreads-marijuana-testing-becomes-big-business

Pot stocks step in to legitimize cannabis testing in the United States.

"...Last month, The Insight Partners released their top ten lists of companies and laboratories in cannabis testing. Las Vegas-based cannabis testing lab Digipath Inc. (OTCQB:DIGP) was named as one of the top market players in North America, and in good form the pot stock subsequently filed a provisional patent for their latest terpene testing technology.

Terpene profiles are used to distinguish different cannabis cultivars from one another, but the marijuana plant naturally uses terpenes to protect itself against pests, mold, and other microbials. According to the team at Digipath, these terpenes can be used as a natural mold repellent that could save cannabis growers thousands of dollars.

“We noticed that certain cultivars fail for mold much more often than others, and it can be tied to their terpene chemoprofile,” Cindy Orser, Digipath’s Chief Science Officer, explained in Monday’s press release. “We sought to take advantage of the production of terpenes by cannabis plants as naturally-derived microbial control agents.”

When it comes to mold testing, there is a one percent failure rate in Nevada. But other legalized states like California are seeing up to twenty percent of their flowers fail mold tests. The new testing method developed by Digipath would use the plant’s natural defense system as a healthier and safer alternative to traditional or even synthetic fungicides and help protect the plant and the people using it.

Digipath’s latest testing method could definitely be under Insight’s umbrella of “novel opportunities” in cannabis testing. States across the country are updating their pesticide and fungicide approval lists, but the cannabis industry is growing faster than they expected. Finding a safe and natural alternative is one unique step toward a safer and more regulated industry, and it will be exciting to see what the testing market continues to come up with over the next five years..."