Federal officials say the noxious fungus causes "head blight," a disease of wheat, barley, maize and rice. The fungus is responsible for large economic losses worldwide and its toxins can cause ...

The Texas agriculture commissioner urged farmers and consumers to be on the lookout for the pest, known as "head blight" or "scab." It attacks grain crops.

This fungus can cause a disease called ‘head blight,’ a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice, causing significant health issues in both humans and livestock.

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 ...

Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and ...

Lawyers say plea deal is being pursued for Chinese scientist charged in US toxic fungus case Federal authorities say the case presents national security concerns, though they have not alleged that ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a fungus known to be a “potential agroterrorism weapon” into the U.S. with the alleged intent of studying it ...

The students, Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were in a romantic relationship last July, when U.S. authorities say Mr. Liu arrived in the country carrying small bags of the fungus Fusarium ...

Two Chinese citizens are accused of smuggling into the United States a fungus that causes a disease in wheat, barley, maize and rice so that one of them could research the pathogen at a University ...

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 ...