Jorge M. Fonseca
University of Arizona
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry | 2008
Hyun-Jin Kim; Jorge M. Fonseca; Ju-Hee Choi; Chieri Kubota; Dae Young Kwon
The influence of salinity stress on the growth, appearance, and nutritional compounds, especially phenolic compounds and carotenoids, of romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), a low salt tolerant plant, was studied. The dry weight, height, and color of the lettuce plants were significantly changed by long-term irrigation (15 days) with higher NaCl concentration (i.e., >100 mM). However, no significant differences were observed in the growth and appearance among the control, all short-term treatments (2 days; 50, 100, 500, and 1000 mM), and long-term irrigation with low salt concentration. Moreover, in romaine lettuce treated with long-term irrigation with 5 mM NaCl, the total carotenoid content increased without color change, and the contents of major carotenoids in romaine lettuce, lutein and beta-carotene, increased 37 and 80%, respectively. No differences were observed in lutein and beta-carotene contents in short-term-treated lettuce. The phenolic content of the romaine lettuce declined with short-term salt irrigation, whereas there were no significant differences among treatments exposed to long-term irrigation. This research indicates that long-term irrigation with relatively low salt concentration, rather than short-term irrigation with high salt concentration, can increase carotenoid content in romaine lettuce without causing a tradeoff in yield or visual quality.
Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2011
Jorge M. Fonseca; S.D. Fallon; C. A. Sanchez; K. Nolte
Aims: This study aimed to assess the contamination risk of Escherichia coli in commercial lettuce grown under three different irrigation systems (overhead sprinkler, subsurface drip and surface furrow).
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry | 2009
C. A. Sanchez; Jorge M. Fonseca; Benjamin C. Blount; Robert I. Krieger
Leafy vegetables, such as lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L), have been identified as a potential source of perchlorate exposure to humans. Perchlorate is of concern because excessive amounts may impair thyroid function by inhibiting iodide uptake by the sodium iodide symporter. Perchlorate has been identified as an oxidation product in sodium hypochlorite. Dilute hypochlorite solutions are widely used on lettuce as a preservative and as a treatment to reduce microbial food risks. However, the potential of hypochlorite to be a source of human perchlorate exposure from lettuce had not been evaluated. Studies were conducted with lettuce collected in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado and in the lower Colorado River Valley of southwestern Arizona to represent conditions under which hypochlorite is applied to lettuce in the field and in salad processing facilities. We used spray and dipping solutions that were dilutions of concentrated sodium hypochlorite that would contain from 12000 and 120000 microg/L perchlorate. The perchlorate content of iceberg and romaine lettuce averaged 6.2 and 7.2 microg/kg fw in southern Colorado and 14.0 and 56.7 microg/kg fw in southwestern Arizona and there were no significant (P > 0.05) increases in the perchlorate content of lettuce due to hypochlorite treatments. Because of the relatively low concentrations of perchlorate present after dilution and the low volumes applied to lettuce, hypochlorite solutions do not appear to be a significant source of the perchlorate levels found in lettuce.
Postharvest Biology and Technology | 2006
Jorge M. Fonseca; James W. Rushing
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry | 2007
Hyun Jin Kim; Jorge M. Fonseca; Ju Hee Choi; Chieri Kubota
Hortscience | 2006
Jorge M. Fonseca; James W. Rushing; Nihal C. Rajapakse; Ronald L. Thomas; Melissa B. Riley
Journal of Food Science | 2006
Jorge M. Fonseca
Journal of Food Science | 2007
Hyun Jin Kim; Jorge M. Fonseca; Chieri Kubota; Ju-Hee Choi
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | 2008
Hyun Jin Kim; Jorge M. Fonseca; Chieri Kubota; Mark Kroggel; Ju Hee Choi
Hortscience | 2004
Jorge M. Fonseca; James W. Rushing; Robert F. Testin