The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. was not likely an act of ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could ...

The noxious fungus is known to cause "head blight," a disease that impacts barley, rice, wheat and maize and causes economic ...

Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer ...

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 ...

false statements and visa fraud for bringing in the fungus Fusarium graminearum from China, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said on Tuesday. The criminal complaint ...

Fusarium graminearum was found at a University of Michigan lab after two Chinese nationals allegedly smuggled it into the US, possibly to pose a food security threat. Images of the harmful fungus ...

said he was planning to use it for research at a University of Michigan lab where Jian worked and where Liu previously worked. Fusarium graminearum causes a disease called Fusarium head blight ...

The University of Michigan issued a statement on Tuesday ... to research conducted by the accused individuals." Fusarium graminearum is a fungal plant pathogen that produces toxins such as ...