A hostile attack, towards an agricultural environment, including infrastructures and processes, in order to significantly damage national or international political interests.
Dr. Brown's article in 2,000 for Emerging Diseases of Animals (American Society for Microbiology) made these words a permanent fixture, and they soon ended up as part of everyday use.
Clemson University's Regulatory and Public Service Program listed "diseases vectored by insects" among bioterrorism scenarios considered "most likely".
[3] Because invasive species are already a problem worldwide one University of Nebraska entomologist considered it likely that the source of any sudden appearance of a new agricultural pest would be difficult, if not impossible, to determine.
[5] Isolating and delivering biological agents, on the other hand, is extremely challenging and hazardous.