From the Network
PMN Celebrates 10th Anniversary!
Please
join the
Plant Management Network in celebrating
ten years of innovative online publishing.
Launched July 27, 2000, PMN began with the
single journal, Plant Health Progress.
In the ensuing years, three additional
journals were added, Crop Management,
Forage and Grazinglands, and Applied
Turfgrass Science.
Other additions over time include Plant
Disease Management Reports; Arthropod
Management Tests; several proceedings
publications; image collections; an
employment and internship posting service;
and searchable databases of state extension
publications, plant science journals, and
products and services. Its newer Focus on
Potato, Focus on Soybean, and Focus
on Agricultural Practitioners provide
current science-based educational
presentations and resources on specific crop
management and protection practices.
PMN is jointly managed by the American
Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society,
and Crop Science Society of America. Its
mission is to enhance the health,
management, and production of agricultural
and horticultural crops.
Dimole Is Newest Industry Partner
Plant
Management Network welcomes
Dimole, Inc. to its industry partners
program. Dimole develops and markets
state-of-the-art microarray technology
solutions for laboratories. Its innovative
DIM-ArrayTM products allow
laboratories to provide fast, reliable
molecular diagnostics. These unique
microarray systems for phytophthora, potato
viruses, and the nitrogen cycle, enable
laboratories to assay one sample for
multiple diseases in one test, and display a
high-throughput capacity. They present many
advantages including increased disease
number testing capabilities, the ability to
test for dormant viruses, an internal
control to avoid false negative results and
the efficient turn-around time in garnering
results.
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Please
contact us to learn more about our
partners program in support of PMN’s
nonprofit mission to enhance the health,
management, and production of agricultural
and horticultural crops.
Focus on Potato
Officially Launches with Zebra Chip Webcast
PMN officially launched its most recent
“Focus on” topic,
Focus on Potato, (FOP) on July 1,
2010. Led by Gary Secor, North Dakota State
University, FOP has already gained
sponsorship by 29 companies, commodity
groups, educational organizations, and
individuals. The initial launch contains six
expert webcasts on current crop management
and protection issues with the most recent
on
Zebra Chip Disease of Potatoes. An
additional webcast will be added monthly and
be publicly available. Beginning August 1,
past webcasts will be deposited in a
subscription archive. The site also contains
a searchable database of university
extension publications and other useful
resources.
PMN Offers New Soybean Webcast
Soybean Aphid Scouting by Kelley Tilmon,
South Dakota State University,
is PMN's newest soybean
presentation. Its purpose is to help readers
manage soybean aphid cost-effectively
through scouting and the use of treatment
thresholds.
Focus on Soybean features a
growing list of grower oriented crop
management webcasts.
NEW!
Special Offers from PMN’s Partner Publishers
This issue, PMN Update begins
featuring plant and agricultural science
publications---many at discounts or free.
Please review these featured books and
journals to take advantage of
this month’s offers.
Positions Available
Submit new employment/intern listings online.
It’s free!
CURRENT LISTINGS:
* Extension Field Agronomist
* Assistant Plant Scientist
* Biology Manager-Product Innovations
* Plant Pathologist and Diagnostician
See postings at
PMN’s Employment/Internship Posting Service.
