For the first time, hemp growers cultivating for CBD can rent Mariposa Technology’s handheld Raman spectrometer device, paired with the company’s PAMAP software and database, for rapid, in-field testing of live hemp plants.
Using Raman spectroscopy to measure potency in wet hemp and cannabis plant material would allow cultivators to analyze plants in the field without having to dry them. In experiments testing this methodology, Raman scans were able to correctly classify 93% of hemp samples as being above or below 0.35% total THC, and in cannabis, analysis of total THC had a relative error rate of 6%, which is below the 10% error rate allowed by many jurisdictions.
As public interest in the hemp industry develops, Fortune 500 companies are motivated to invest in hemp.
