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Canadian Phytopathological Society Partners with the Plant Management Network St. Paul, MN (March 15, 2005) - The Plant Management Network (PMN), an innovative website designed for plant and agricultural professionals, is pleased to welcome the Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) as its newest societal partner. "Pressing plant disease issues such as soybean rust and sudden oak death are bringing an urgency that requires close collaboration among various organizations from both Canada and the U.S.," said Richard Hamelin, CPS president. "We firmly believe that our new partnership with PMN will enhance our capacity to disseminate knowledge on the nature and control of plant diseases across borders and ultimately result in improved solutions in plant health. This network represents a unique opportunity to consolidate such collaborations," Hamelin said. CPS is a society entirely run by volunteers that has more than 400 members in Canada and abroad. Its membership has expertise in all facets of plant pathology from academia, government, as well as companies involved with plant health. As PMN's second partner in Canada, CPS' participation strengthens PMN as an international network for the applied agricultural sciences. Other PMN partners include: Syngenta Crop Protection, Pioneer Hi-Bred, PBI/Gordon Corporation, Valent BioSciences Corporation, Campbell Scientific, The American Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Society for Horticultural Science, 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 more than 20 U.S. state land-grant university colleges of agriculture. PMN is a not-for-profit forum for applied, multidisciplinary, science-based, plant and agricultural management information and communication made possible by PMN partners. 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. For more information, visit www.plantmanagementnetwork.org. Media Contact: Amy Steigman Phone: +1.651.454.7250 E-mail: asteigman@scisoc.org |