Virtanen's group in Finland has demonstrated a very subtle type of resistance to infection by fusarium. 芬兰弗塔南的学派曾证明对镰孢霉感染有一种非常巧妙的抵抗方式。
The Colombian Government is considering using a strain of the Fusarium fungus, which attacks and kills coca plants - the source of cocaine. 哥伦比亚政府表示正在考虑使用一种镰孢菌类植物,它将使用于制作可卡因的古柯类植物无法生存,并至其于死地。