Plant experts question risk of 'agroterrorism' claim in Chinese lab tech case

Plant experts question risk of 'agroterrorism' claim in Chinese lab tech case

Plant experts note the fungus at the center of the government's case against Chinese lab technicians is not on a USDA list of "select agents."

Chinese 'Agroterrorism' CouldThreaten US 'Survival as a Nation,' Expert Warns

In light of the arrests of two Chinese nationals who are accused of smuggling a crop-killing fungus across the border, there concern that agroterrorism from foreign adversaries could cause a “severe disruption” to the United States.  Agroterrorism is any attempt to bring items into the United States intentionally that would attack the plants that are key to our agricultural survival as a nation. Chinese nationals Yunqing Jian, 33, and her boyfri…