Microbial retting of hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) from the Black Sea Region

Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2026

Yazarlar: Aslı ŞAHİNER DANIŞKAN, Pınar ÇELİK, Ayşegül KÖRLÜ

AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL, SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2026, cilt 26, ss 1-11

DOI: 10.1515/aut-2025-0083

Özet

<p>Hemp&nbsp;(Cannabis&nbsp;sativa&nbsp;L.)&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;plant.&nbsp;The&nbsp;fibers&nbsp;are&nbsp;extracted&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;stem&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;plant.&nbsp;One&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;extraction&nbsp;methods&nbsp;is&nbsp;retting.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;the&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;water&nbsp;retting&nbsp;method&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;be&nbsp;controlled&nbsp;totally,&nbsp;leading&nbsp;to&nbsp;variations&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;retting&nbsp;process&nbsp;and&nbsp;affecting&nbsp;the&nbsp;overall&nbsp;quality&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;extracted&nbsp;fibers.&nbsp;Therefore,&nbsp;extracted&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;quality&nbsp;is&nbsp;inconsistent.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;study,&nbsp;a&nbsp;locally&nbsp;adapted&nbsp;microbiological&nbsp;retting&nbsp;method&nbsp;was&nbsp;developed&nbsp;via&nbsp;using&nbsp;autochthonous&nbsp;strains&nbsp;isolated&nbsp;from&nbsp;hemp&nbsp;retting&nbsp;water&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Black&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;region&nbsp;of&nbsp;T&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;uuml;rkiye.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;beginning&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;study,&nbsp;three&nbsp;high&nbsp;polygalacturonase-producing&nbsp;isolates&nbsp;(Pantoea&nbsp;sp.,&nbsp;Bacillus&nbsp;sp.,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Clostridium&nbsp;beijerinckii)&nbsp;were&nbsp;selected,&nbsp;and&nbsp;then,&nbsp;a&nbsp;dual-phase&nbsp;inoculation&nbsp;protocol&nbsp;(aerobic&nbsp;followed&nbsp;by&nbsp;anaerobic)&nbsp;was&nbsp;applied&nbsp;to&nbsp;hemp&nbsp;stalks.&nbsp;The&nbsp;developed&nbsp;retting&nbsp;was&nbsp;completed&nbsp;in&nbsp;7&nbsp;days.&nbsp;Fiber&nbsp;quality&nbsp;determined&nbsp;by&nbsp;SEM,&nbsp;FTIR,&nbsp;color&nbsp;and&nbsp;yellowness&nbsp;measurements,&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;yield,&nbsp;and&nbsp;spinning&nbsp;performance.&nbsp;The&nbsp;new&nbsp;process&nbsp;removed&nbsp;pectin&nbsp;effectively&nbsp;without&nbsp;breaking&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;integrity.&nbsp;Pantoea&nbsp;sp.,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Clostridium&nbsp;beijerinckii&nbsp;were&nbsp;first&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;hemp&nbsp;retting.&nbsp;Then,&nbsp;retted&nbsp;fibers&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;method&nbsp;were&nbsp;successfully&nbsp;blended&nbsp;with&nbsp;cotton&nbsp;and&nbsp;spun&nbsp;into&nbsp;Ne&nbsp;12/1&nbsp;yarn&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;open-end&nbsp;spinning&nbsp;system.&nbsp;The&nbsp;new&nbsp;approach&nbsp;supplies&nbsp;a&nbsp;rapid&nbsp;retting&nbsp;model&nbsp;for&nbsp;high-quality&nbsp;hemp&nbsp;fiber&nbsp;production.</p>

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