I'll be watching this closely as a precursor of more damage to come. If the fungus is able to make it from Southeast Asia to the Americas, then the rubber plant

I'll be watching this closely as a precursor of more damage to come. If the fungus is able to make it from Southeast Asia to the Americas, then the rubber plants in Southeast Asia may soon fall to the South American leaf blight. That would cause the complete destruction of the global natural rubber market. Excellent additional reading in Growing American Rubber by Mark R. Finlay.