Actually yes, invested in 1000 Polish ruderalis and the big search was never done and project never came to be... think it was right around the big mishap with the Gabagoo and Miss PIggy out in Humboldt, threw a dampner on things for years.
Really no advantage to it other then making it Auto Flower... most ruderalis is very low in THC is primarily used for its Auto traits alone. some just to speed up a strains flowering time. Poland, Asia and Russia are where it was primarily found growing wild having alreayd adapted to low light growth cycles.
Ruderalis is what makes Autos short and squat also... average height of 1 - less then 3ft it's balcony weed..
So we kind of walked away from it... but, using a Ruderalis to convert a photo period will be faster then using a made Auto to do so...