Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could decimate crops and impact human health into the US last summer in a wad of ...

88% of nation's strawberries are grown in California Fusarium wilt is one of the most common reasons for strawberry crop loss and death Disease has spread quickly after fumigant methyl bromide was ...

Rainy, wet conditions will favor many fungal diseases in wheat. Already our southern neighbors have started reporting multiple diseases in wheat. These include – strip rust and Septoria leaf spot. A ...

Two Chinese nationals were charged with conspiracy and smuggling goods. The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. can be concerning for ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with attempting to smuggle a deadly fungus known as Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. One of the researchers who works at the University of Michigan laboratory ...

One of the two Chinese nationals arrested for allegedly smuggling a toxic crop-killing pathogen, which also has devastating health effects on humans, stuffed the noxious fungus into her boots while ...

What Is Fusarium Graminearum, the Fungus US Authorities Say Was Smuggled in From China? NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged two Chinese researchers on Tuesday with smuggling a crop-killing ...

Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling dangerous pathogens, also called Fusarium graminearum, into Michigan, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan. The noxious ...

A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another Chinese scientist of smuggling a crop-damaging ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is considered to be one of the most devastating diseases of wheat and barley worldwide. Multiple outbreaks of FHB have affected Delaware growers over the past decade, most ...