S. No.

Plant species/variety

Categories of plant material

Prohibited from the countries

Justification for Prohibition

1

Banana, Plantain and Abaca (Musa spp.)

Rhizomes/Suckers

Central & South America,Hawaii, Philippines and Cameroon

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as Moko wilt (Burkholderia solanacearum) race 2 and Cameroon marbling (phytoplasmas)

2

Cassava or tapioca (Manihot esculenta)           

Seed/Stem cuttings

Africa & South America

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Super elonga tion (Sphaceloma manihoticola), Cassava bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv.

Manihotis) – American strains, Cassava witches’ broom (phytoplasma) and several cassava viruses.

3

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and

plants species belong to

Sterculiaceae, Bombacaceae

and Tiliaceae

Fresh beans)/Pods/

Bud wood/ Grafts

Root stock/Saplings

West Africa, Tropical America

and Sri Lanka.

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Swollen shoot virus and related virus strains of cocoa, Witches’ broom

(Crinipellis ( Marasmius) perniciosa

Watery pod rot ( Monilia

(Moniliopthora) roreri)

Mealy pod (Trachysphaera fructigena) Mirids (Sahlbergia singularis & Distantiella theobroma), Cocoa moth (Acorocercops cramerella), Cocoa capsid (Sahlbergiella theobroma), Cocoa beetle (Steirastoma brevi), Seedling damping-off (Phytophthora

cactorum), Chestnut downy mildew (Phytophthora katsurae) and Black pod of cocoa (Phytophthora megakarya).

4

Cocoyam or Dasheen or Taro

(Arvi) (Colocasia esculenta) and other edible aeroids

Plants/

Corms/Cormlets/

Suckers

Cook Islands, Papua New

Guinea, Solomon Islands and

South Pacific countries

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as Alomae land Bobone (Rhabdo viruses), Dasheen mosaic virus (South Pacific strains) and Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestric pv.

Dieffenbachiae).

5

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) and

related species of Cocoideae

Seed nuts/Seedlins

/Pollen/Tisse

cultures etc.

Africa (Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Tanzania),

North America (Florida in USA, Mexico); Central America and

Caribbean (CaymanIslands, Bahmas, Cuba, Dominican

Republic, Haiti, Jamaica)

Philippines and Gaum Brazil (Atlantic  Coast), Trinidad, Tobago, Greneda, St. Vincent,

Barbados, Belize, Honduras,

Costa Rica, El Salvador,

Panama, Columbia, Venezuela

and Ecuador

Surinam (Dutch Guyana)

Sri Lanka.

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Palm lethal yellowing (phytoplasma) and related strains, Cadang cadang & Tinangaja (viroid), Lethal boll rot (Marasmiellus cocophilus), Red ring Rhadinaphelenchus

cocophilus (palmarum), South

American Palm weevil (Rhyncophorus palmarum), Leaf minor (Promecotheca

cumingi) and Palm kernel borer (Pachymerus spp).

6

Coffee (Coffea spp.) and related species of Rubiaceae

Beans (seeds) /Berries (freshly

harvested)/ Grafts/

Bud wood/

Seedlings/

Rooted cuttings etc.

Africa and

South America

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as American leaf spot (Mycena citricolor, syn. Omphalia flavida), Coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum

coffeanum var. virulens),

Tracheomycosis (Gibberella xylariodes, syn Fusarium xylarioids), Powdery rust

(Hemeleia coffeicola), Phloem necrosis (Phytomonas leptovasorum) and Coffee

viruses (coffee ring spot, leaf rugosity, leaf curl, leaf crinkle and mosaic viruses), Coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei, Sophronica ventralis) and Coffee thrips (Diarthrothrips coffeae).

7

Date palm (Phoenix

dactylifera)

Seeds/

Off-shoots

(suckers)

Algeria and Morocco

USA (Florida)

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Bayood (Fusarium oysporum f.sp. albedinis) and Palm lethal

yellowing (Phytoplasmas)

8

Forest plant species:

(i)Chestnut (Castanea spp.)

(ii) Elm (Ulmus spp.)

(iii) Oak (Quercus spp.)

(iv) Pine (Pinus spp.) and other

coniferous species

(i) Seeds/ Fruits/

Grafts and other

planting material

(ii) Plants/ planting

material

(iii) Seeds/ Root

grafts

(iv) (a) Seeds/

Saplings

(iv) (b) Logs with

bark or wood (sawn

or round), wood

chips or saw dust.

North America (USA and

Canada)

North America (USA and

Canada) and Europe and Russia

United States of America

North America (Canada, USA

and Mexico).

North America (Canada &

USA), Asia (China, Hong Kong,

Japan, Korea, Republic of

Taiwan)

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Chestnut blight or canker (Cryphonectria (Endothia) parasitica)-

American strain.

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Dutch elm disease (Ceratocystis ulmi) – American and European strains, Elm mottle virus, Elm

bark beetles (Scolytidae), Elm phloem necrosis (Phytoplasmas) and White –

banded elm leaf hopper (Scaphoidous luteolus) –vector of Elm phloem necrosis.

Due to incidence of destructive Oak wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum) and Oak bark

beetles (Pseudopityophthorus spp.)

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as Pine rusts [Stalactiform blister rust (Cronartium coleosporioides), Comandra blister rust (C. comandrae), sweet fern blister rust (C. comptoniae), Southern fusiform rust (C. fusiforme),

Western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii), Brown spot needle blight (Mycosphaerella dearnesii, syn. Scirrhia acicola), Seedling die-back and pitch canker (Fusarium moniliforme f.sp. subglutinans) and Needle cast (Lophodermium spp.)

Due to destructive Pine wood nematode

(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)

9

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)

and related species

Seed/pollen/seed dprouts

Phillippines and Guam

Guam Due to incidence of Cadang cadang & Tinangaja (viroid)

10

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

and other tuber bearing species

of Solanaceae

Tubers and other

planting material

South America

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as Potato smut [Thecaphora (Angiosorus) solani], Potato purple-top wilt & stolbur (phytoplasmas), Potato viruses viz. Andean potato latent, Andean potato mottle, Arracacha B virus, Potato deforming mosaic, Potato T (capillo virus), Potato yellow dwarf, Potato yellow vein, Potato calico strain of

Tobacco ring spot virus, Potato strain of Tobacco streak virus and Andean potato weevil (Premnotrypes spp.)

11

Rubber (Hevea spp.)

seeds/plants/

budwood and any other plant material

Tropical America (Area

extending 231/2 degrees North

land 231/2 degrees South of the

equator (Tropics of Capricorn

and Cancer) and includes adjacent islands and longitude 30 degree West land 120 degrees East including part of Mexico, North of the Tropic of Cancer)

Due to incidence of destructive SouthAmerican Leaf Blight of Rubber (Microcyclus ulei)

12

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

Cuttings or setts of

planting

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Philippines and

Indonesia

Due to incidence of destructive Fiji virus

13.

Sweet potato (Ipomoea spp.)

Stem (Vine)

cuttings rooted or

unrooted/tubers

South Africa, East Africa, New

Zealand, Nigeria, USA,

Argentina and Israel.

Due to incidence of destructive pests such as: Scab (Elsinoe batatas), Scurf (Moniliochaetes infuscans), Foot rot (Plenodomus  destruens), Soil rot (Streptomyces ipomoeae), Bacteria wilt (Pseudomonas batatae), Sweet potato viruses viz. Russet crack; feathery mottle; internal cork; chlorotic leaf spot; vein mosaic; mild mottle and yellow dwarf, vein clearing; chlorotic stunt; Sheffied’s virus A and B etc., Sweet potato witches’ broom (phytoplasmas) and seed bruchid (Mimosestes mimosae)

14.

Yam (Dioscorea spp.)

Tubers for planting Or propagation

West Africa and Caribbean

region

Due to incidence of destructive Yam mosaic virus/ green banding virus