Today we were working with Ed Etxeberria and Pedro Gonzalez on a camera developed by a group of engineers at UF. The camera uses polarized light filters to filter for starch, which accumulates in leaves affected by huanglongbing. The camera was intended for use as a remote sensing application, but we are attempting to use it on a small scale to detect the very early onset of HLB symptoms in our studies without destroying leaves to test for the bacterium that causes it.
Citrus Tree Physiology Lab 