Chinese nationals charged after smuggling potential 'agroterrorism weapon' into US

Fusarium graminearum causes ‘head blight' - a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice

Alex Black
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Chinese nationals charged after smuggling potential 'agroterrorism weapon' into US

Two Chinese nationals have been accused of smuggling a fungus into the US which has is classified as a ‘potential agroterrorism weapon'. Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, citizens of the People's...

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