Certification programmes for the sanitary improvement of stone fruit production in Lebanon
Khoury W.
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Di Terlizzi B. (ed.), Myrta A. (ed.), Savino V. (ed.).
Stone fruit viruses and certification in the Mediterranean countries: problems and prospects
Bari : CIHEAM
Options Méditerranéennes : Série B. Etudes et Recherches; n. 19 1998
pages 119-121
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Wafa Faculty of
until no the of
and to type vegetative in Lebanon.
was legislation the business in the thus
allowing a to and sell seedlings without being subjected to any
on the quality the of the being
The Lebanese pome and stone enough to supply most of the
in Lebanon and of the with types of
the of the plains supply stone to in
the Lebanon, specially the and to a limited extent the South
in Lebanon get in own Still, a lot
of exchanged among the in the of the and
between the within a
the Faculty of
(FAS/LU), the and the of
was initiated in 1994 the establishment of in
was the attempt to and
that was and at an initial stage, the
development of stone and local with a possible
expansion to and vegetables once the system was functioning. The
expanded to involve the as an
essential in the
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the of the initiative in a as Lebanon and the need among institutions the success of any
continuous discussions with the of the and
educational institutions, the as well as the to
on the need the implementation of
and the of the in
Lebanon.
The stage of in Lebanon was the establishment of
diagnostic at the FAS/LU with capacity to the basic pathological and
the help of this the
evaluation of the status of the stone and and
The biological indexing needed, was in each case in the
glasshouses of the in of local stone collected, tested
and being sanitised at the facilities. These will be used in the coming as basic in the initial stages of the
The most stage within the was the establishment of a
legislation to be adopted by the of and the Lebanese This
legislation set the actual to be implemented in Lebanon, identified institutions
involved in the methodology and type of on the
at the blocks, and involved public
These technical and adapted to the Lebanese situation
and needs, based on the and the schemes discussed by the
in each of the
and Sanitation of Stone and the
being studied by the local
with the Lebanese was
has allocated a within the of its Station at to
be used in the coming as a and and stone
containing 72 stone and 11
was established at Tel to be used: (i) as a plot
to and of and (iii)
the use of new techniques, than those commonly in the and technical will be allocated specially to in the
and with at the FAS/LU and with
and in the field.
Although stages in the initiation of in Lebanon achieved,
the is new and will much it can effectively function.
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steps still needed include:
adoption and implementation of the the official
establishment of including biological
the of the satiated and sanitation facilities candidate clones;
funds and allocation the institutions to the
sustainability of the
of the scientific and technical human within this
continuous and and
to on the of the utilisation of
plant
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