New disease poses threat to rubber industry

By PROF DATUK DR AHMAD IBRAHIM

Disease outbreak is not just a concern for people. The agricultural business is also in constant fear of disease outbreaks. Disease-causing microbes of plants have wreaked havoc worldwide.

Together with the plant-killing pests, crop diseases pose major risks in agriculture.

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Rubber industry , natural rubber , South American Leaf Blight , SALB , Pestalotiopsis , phytophthora , International Rubber Research and Development Board , IRRDB

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