SAN ANTONIO - Texas leaders are warning farmers and families about a harmful fungus that could hurt the food we eat.It’s ...

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

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 of ...

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.

The fungus, known as head blight, affects grains used to make bread, cereal and livestock feed, officials say.

Two Chinese researchers face charges for smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a dangerous fungus, into the U.S., raising national security concerns over potential agroterrorism.

The toxins produced by Fusarium graminearum cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in livestock and humans,” ...

Commissioner Miller said that left unchecked, this fungal pathogen could pose a significant risk to America’s food supply.

Fusarium head blight ... The fungus spends the winter on infested crop residues like corn stalk or wheat straw. Wet weather during the growing season causes the fungus to sprout spores, which ...

Ag experts say crop fungus smuggled into US by Chinese researchers would be ineffective as ag terrorism weapon.