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Title:   Author  item
                                            Baldwin, Elizabeth

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                                            Bai, Jinheitem
                                            Plotto, Anneitem
                                            Dea, Sharonitem
                                            Narciso, Janitem
                                            IREY, MIKE - Southern Gardens Citrus
  Submitted to: Florida State Horticultural Society Meeting
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 4/10/2012
                                    Publication  Date: N/A
                                    Citation: N/AInterpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Huanglongbing (HLB) has been spreading statewide in Florida.  Removal of infected trees is the most effective way to control spread of the disease.  However, under the current decreasing production trend(annual production down from 220 million boxes before two severe hurricane seasons in 2004 and 2005 to currently less than 140 million boxes) it is difficult to remove more trees for any reason.  Thus, many growers have set up their management strategy on two major practices: reducing psyllid populations with insecticides, and applying a nutritional spray program to alleviate HLB tree symptoms.  As a result, more and more fruit for juice extraction will be HLB infected.  Orange juice processed from symptomatic HLB infected fruit have been associated with bitter taste and/or off-flavor.  However, there is no single indicator that can be used to predict quality loss of juice due to HLB.  Furthermore, it is unknown how nutritional sprays influence fruit and juice flavor. The  objectives of this research are to determine how quantitative real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR), one of the most reliable HLB diagnostic methods can be adapted to detect the HLB supposed pathogen DNA in juice, and then how nutritional spray regimes influence juice quality and qPCR results.  ‘Hamlin’ and ‘Valencia’ orange trees with or without HLB infection were sprayed with three different nutritional formulations: keyplex, wet powder or the Maury Boyd cocktail.  The fruit were harvested and processed using a commercial juicer.  The samples were analyzed using instruments for sugars, acids, limonoids, and volatiles, and evaluated by sensory panels for the aroma and taste, and qPCR for the pathogen bacteria population.  The results showed that juice processed from symptomatic HLB fruit contained more of the bitter compounds, limonin and nomilin, and was perceived by the panel as bitter, astringent, grapefruit-like, sour, metallic, earthy, or simply “flat”.  The pathogen population detected by qPCR was higher in HLB symptomatic fruit.  Juice processed from asymptomatic fruit had less off flavor and lower pathogen population.  Fruit grown under the nutritional spray programs had lower pathogen population and less off flavor problems, especially for ‘Hamlin’ fruit which is more susceptible to HLB induced off flavor.


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