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Valent BioSciences Corporation Becomes Latest Plant Management Network Partner St. Paul, MN (December 7, 2004) – The Plant Management Network (PMN), an innovative website designed exclusively for plant and agricultural professionals, is pleased to announce its new partnership with Valent BioSciences Corporation. PMN publishes four science-based applied journals —- Applied Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Plant Health Progress, and Forage and Grazinglands —- an image database, three field trials publications, a plant science database of more than 4,000 fact sheets and other web-based resources, and a monthly newsletter. PMN also offers continuing education units to Certified Crop Advisers through its education and training center. We are excited to partner with the Plant Management Network," said Michael D. Donaldson, president and chief operating officer of Valent BioSciences Corporation. "As a global leader in the development and commercialization of high quality biological and plant growth regulator products, we are committed to deliver value to our stakeholders. We believe this association will benefit both organizations in disseminating valuable information on the proper utilization and benefits of our biological and plant growth regulator products. In return, I am confident this network will provide the essential tools for information retrieval to our scientific staff," Donaldson said. As a PMN partner, Valent BioSciences joins some of the most respected organizations in the crop and plant science community in their goal of providing science-based information in agriculture. Other PMN partners from industry include: Syngenta Crop Protection, Pioneer Hi-Bred, PBI/Gordon Corporation, and Campbell Scientific. PMN partners from scientific organizations include: The American Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, Canadian Society of Agronomy, CAST, Crop Adviser Institute, CropLife America, Crop Science Society of America, Entomological Society of America, National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants, NCSRP Plant Health Initiative, Potash & Phosphate Institute, and the Weed Science Society of America. PMN’s partners also include a growing list of 20-plus U.S. state land-grant university colleges of agriculture. Valent BioSciences Corporation, headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, is a worldwide leader in the research, development, and commercialization of low risk, environmentally compatible technologies, and products for the agricultural, public health, forestry, and household insecticide markets. For more information on Valent BioSciences, visit www.valentbiosciences.com. PMN is a not-for-profit forum for applied, multidisciplinary, science-based, plant and agricultural management information and communication made possible by PMN partners. For more information, visit www.plantmanagementnetwork.org. Media Contact: Amy Steigman Phone: +1.651.454.7250 E-mail: asteigman@scisoc.org |