A questionnaire was applied in the principal nursery citrus production área in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brasil, to characterize that área, in relation to rootstock and scion utilization. The nurseries researched belong to lhe 'Avimuda' and 'Avimaffo' producer associations m the 'Caí' river valley. The questionnaire was applied to 35% of the nurseries registered in the associations, from May to June 1998. The principal results show that the most used rootstock is the Poncirus trifoliata, and that the scion is obtained from material with non-controiled origin.
nursery production; rootstocks; Poncirus trifoliata; Citrus; diagnostic
