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Plant experts note the fungus at the center of the government's case against Chinese lab technicians is not on a USDA list of ...
The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. was not likely an act of ...
SAN ANTONIO - Texas leaders are warning farmers and families about a harmful fungus that could hurt the food we eat.It’s ...
In 2024, over 165 million bushels of corn were impacted by stalk rot diseases. Learn how to identify different corn stalk rots to dial in your management plan.
Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer. The ...
Fusarium head blight, a disease caused by the Fusarium graminearum strain, is considered “the most economically important wheat disease in the U.S. and Canada” by the Crop Protection Network ...
Fusarium graminearum causes a disease called Fusarium head blight that can wipe out cereal crops such as wheat, barley and maize and rice—it inflicts $1 billion in losses annually on U.S. wheat ...
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 Chinese nationals have been charged with smuggling a dangerous agricultural pathogen into the United States. Authorities say the pathogen could be used as a biological weapon.