About the Authors

Jason Sawler

Affiliations Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada, Anandia Labs, 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada

Jake M. Stout

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada

Kyle M. Gardner

Affiliation Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada

Darryl Hudson

Affiliation The DOC Solutions, 213 West 32nd St, Hamilton, Ontario, L9C 5H3, Canada

John Vidmar

Affiliation Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, P.O. Bag 4000, Vegreville, Alberta, T9C 1T4, Canada

Laura Butler

Affiliation Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada

Jonathan E. Page

jon.page@botany.ubc.ca (JEP); sean.myles@dal.ca (SM)

Affiliations Anandia Labs, 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada, Botany Department, University of British Columbia, #3529–6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada

Sean Myles

jon.page@botany.ubc.ca (JEP); sean.myles@dal.ca (SM)

Affiliation Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada

Competing Interests

JS is an employee of Anandia Labs. DH is the owner and sole employee of The Doc Solutions. JEP is a shareholder and employee of Anandia Labs. SM received funding from Anandia Labs in the form of a contract to undertake DNA sequencing of cannabis samples. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEP SM. Performed the experiments: JS JMS KMG DH JV LB JEP SM. Analyzed the data: JS JEP SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMG. Wrote the paper: JS JEP SM.