CHINESE COUPLE ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING CROP-EATING FUNGUS INTO U.S. Yunqing Jian, a 33-year-old Chinese researcher at the University of Michigan, has been arrested for allegedly smuggling the fungus Fusarium graminearum, described as a "potential agroterrorism weapon," into the United States. Her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, a 34-year-old researcher at Zhejiang University in China, was also involved in the smuggling attempt but was turned away at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in July 2024 and remains in China. https://www.keneci.com/World-conflicts/agroterrorism-chinese-couple-charged-with-smuggling-crop-eating-fungus-int