This pest risk analysis (PRA) was prepared by rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) growing member countries of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC); namely Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, China, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka. This PRA was prepared in response to the proposed deletion of Article IV and Appendix B (see Annex 2) on transitional measures for South American Leaf Blight (SALB) of rubber caused by Microcyclus ulei within the new proposed revised text of APPPC Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific region. The revision updates the Plant Protection Agreement and brings it into compliance with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS Agreement) and.
