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Citrus in Albania: virological problems and efforts for the establishment of a certification programme

Stamo B.

in

Martelli G.P. (ed.), D' Onghia A.M. (ed.).

Proceedings of the Mediterranean network on certification of citrus. 1995-1997 Bari : CIHEAM

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pages 47-49

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in Albania. Concave gum, and detected only by

visual inspection. A in with and the of been

outlined establishment of the

Albania

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I agrumes, virus, virus-similaires, certification, projet, Albanie

in Albania about two but cultivation became only

in the in Albania is in the of the

the Coast up to the the

due to climatic conditions and its cultivation.

located not the sea and the of them on

A in of political and

economic about 2,500 ha in 1990 the to 500 ha (Anonymous, 1994)

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Sweet in

Albania, followed lemon, 20% and 10 %.

than the native ones. The most

‘W. Navel’ and

‘Common’, lemon ‘Femminello S. and The

mostly used in Albania is also

used.

Sanitary status of citrus

Among the fungal diseases, economically the cultivation in Albania,

tracheifila and Armillaria

spp., in Stani, 1973).

aphid (Aphis citricola, Toxoptera aurantii, Aphis gossypii etc) and mealybugs

etc) pests Stani, 1973), and the

nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans is found (Jovani, 1996).

The o d y available about diseases of is Salibe

(1986), based on field in the of the symptoms on

on found in the collection of the of

in and in some in

in the same locations. a on

exhibited gummosis on the stem pitting on the scion and symptoms of cachexia.

Up to now nothing is need to be out to

know the of and to give the of

CTV. taken in the of the to the of

the of the of

Concluding remarks

The of the the of

in the of national the immediate of

Nowadays in Albania is an demand inducing the

of la&e quantities 50%) of the total

such a situation the need to establish new plantations is

(Nelaj et al., 1996). to climatic conditions in the South and West, Albania has a potential cultivation in about 200,000 ha. The

plants must be satisfied with quality plant in the

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the of the and the of with the

and in view of the of the of the Albanian

is finalized the of

of This sets down the bases

the in the

Albania.

in Albania

Anonymous, (1996). and Food Statistics of Albania. of Food and Albania.

T. and Stani, A. (1973). and pests of pp. 187. Albanian) Jovani, V. (1996). of the nematode T. senzipenetrans in cultivation and its Buletini Shkencave Bujgesore 2.

Nelaj, and Cakal!i, (1996). and development Albanian

in the 2, pp. 26-32.

Salibe, A.A. (1986). and diseases of in FAO

Bull. 34 (l), pp. 49-64.

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