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Sure Poster 2018, Stephanie Armas, Cody Autrey, Enrique J. Blanco Martinez, Jared Church, Swadeshmukul Santra, Woo Hyoung Lee, Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres
Sure Poster 2018, Stephanie Armas, Cody Autrey, Enrique J. Blanco Martinez, Jared Church, Swadeshmukul Santra, Woo Hyoung Lee, Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres
Cody Autrey
Huanglongbing (HLB), more commonly known as citrus greening disease (CGD), is an insect-borne bacterial disease affecting citrus crops worldwide. CGD symptoms can be visually seen throughout the plant, displaying yellowing veins, asymmetrical chlorosis and blotchy leaves, leading to underdeveloped fruit with green colored and stained seeds. The mottling discoloration has been linked to zinc deficiency in the plant, thus monitoring varying zinc levels is our main concern. Well established tools for plant analysis such as Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), X-Ray Fluorescence, among other methods are costly, non-portable and destructive. Here, we have developed and characterized two solid contact micro-ion-selective …