SURVEY OF ACIDS IN FREEZE DAMAGED CANE JUICE

Authors: GODSHALL, MARY - MISCELLANEOUS SPRI; Legendre, Benjamin; BUCHLER, INGRID - MISCELLANEOUS SPRI

Submitted to: Sugar Processing Research Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/22/1999
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Technical Abstract: At the end of the 1996 crop year, Louisiana experienced a severe freeze that damaged the cane in the experimental plots of the USDA Sugarcane Field Laboratory in Houma, Louisiana. Juice from twelve varieties, some experi- mental and some well established, was obtained for examination of the acids present in freeze damaged sugarcane juice. Acids were obtained by liquid- liquid extraction and were identified and measured by GC/MS. The correlation of titratable acidity, cold tolerance and acids will be discussed.