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Citrus fruit cultivation in the Republic of Croatia

This paper presents data on citrus fruit cultivation in Croatia and its major production areas, data on plant ma-terial production: species, rootstocks and cultivars, plantation area, pests and diseases and on the trade balance of fresh- and dry produce. Regarding the national fruit production area, citrus fruits come sixth with a total of 1, 885.60 ha:mandarin 1, 816.67 ha, (96.34%), lemon 33.47 ha (1.78%) and orange 33.39 ha (1.77%). Accord-ing to the plant material production data, the most common rootstock is poncirus (PoncirustrifoliataL., Raf.) with a share of 95.43%. The most common mandarin cultivars are ‘KowanoWase’, ‘Chahara’, ‘Zorica’, ‘Owari’, ‘Okitsu’. Mediterranean fruit fly, grey citrus scale, citrus whitefly and citrus red mite are the most harmful citrus pests in Croatia, while graft- transmissible diseases, anthracnose, green and blue mould are ma-jor diseases. Republic of Croatia is the exporter of mandarin fruits and importer of orange, lemon and grape-fruit fruits.

lemon, mandarin, orange, pests, diseases, trade balance

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