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What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?

  • Written by Tom W. Allen, Associate Research Professor of Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?Wheat infected by *_Fusarium_*, a toxic fungus, has kernels that appear white with orange at the base.Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another Chinese scientist of smuggling a...

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