Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.

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Two Chinese nationals have been charged with allegedly smuggling into the U.S. a fungus called "Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as a potential agroterrorism weapon,&q ...

Federal authorities arrest Chinese nationals for allegedly smuggling dangerous biological materials, including a crop-killing fungus that causes billions in agricultural losses ...

In the criminal filing, the U.S. Attorney's Office wrote: "According to an article published in the journal Food Security, Fusarium graminearum is classified as a potential agroterrorism weapon ...

Chinese nationals Yunqing Jian, 33, and her boyfriend Zunyong Liu, 34, were arrested earlier this month by the FBI for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. and studying it in ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA would roll out a new initiative in the coming weeks to shore up American food security after the arrests of Chinese ...

Fusarium graminearum is the most common cause of Fusarium head blight ... Bergstrom said that while he thinks the fungus is “kind of unlikely to be selected as an agent” for agroterrorism, ...

Fusarium graminearum is the most common cause of Fusarium head blight ... Bergstrom said that while he thinks the fungus is “kind of unlikely to be selected as an agent” for agroterrorism, ...

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could decimate crops and impact human health ...