Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops IOBC wprs Bulletin Vol. 29(3) 2006 pp. 335 - 346 334 Survey on the situation of citrus pest management in Mediterranean countries José Carlos Franco 1 , Ferran Garcia-Marí 2 , Ana Paula Ramos 1 , Mohamed Besri 3 1 Departamento de Protecção das Plantas e Fitoecologia, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal; 2 Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera 14, 46022 València, Spain; 3 Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, 6202 Rabat, 6202 Rabat, Maroc Abstract: A survey on the actual situation of citrus pest management practices, problems and constraints was carried out in Mediterranean countries based on a questionnaire sent to a list of experts in order to prepare a summary for the IOBC/WPRS meeting of the Working Group “Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops” held in Lisbon, in 26th-27th September 2005. Data was collected from Algeria, Georgia, Greece, France (Corsica), Israel, Italy, Portugal, Montenegro, Morocco, Spain and Turkey. Results include statistics on IPM/IP situation and a list of pest problems and pest status. Key words: citrus pests, IPM, Mediterranean Introduction In order to carry out a survey on the actual situation of citrus pest management in different Mediterranean countries, including Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Integrated Production (IP) practices, problems and constraints, and prepare a summary for the IOBC/WPRS meeting of the Working Group “Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops” held in Lisbon, in 26th-27th September 2005, a questionnaire was sent to experts on citrus IPM. The results obtained on the basis of the answers received from 11 countries are presented and discussed. Material and methods The questionnaire (Annex 1), consisting of a set of general questions on the IPM/IP situation and on the pest status of citrus arthropod pests and diseases in each country, was sent to a list of experts in different Mediterranean countries, namely, Algeria, Greece, Egypt, France (Corsica), Georgia, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. Pest problems were classified according to their pest status: key (3), occasional (2), potential (1), or not reported pests (0). Key-pests impose the application of control measures most of the years because usually originate economic damage; occasional pests only occasionally reach economic injury level; and potential pests are always below economic injury level. Results and discussion Number of answers to the questionnaire Answers to the questionnaire were received from 11 countries, namely Algeria (Yamina Guenaoui), Georgia (Valentna Yasnosh, Ekaterine Tabatadze), Greece (Alexandrakis