Valent BioSciences
is PMN's Newest Partner

The Plant Management Network welcomes its new partner, Valent BioSciences Corporation. Valent BioSciences has its foundation in science and technology, bringing the power of naturally occurring and chemically derived, environmentally compatible pesticides and plant growth regulators to bear on solving problems and creating value for customers around the world. Valent BioSciences plant growth regulators are distributed in the United States by Valent USA. Through its partnership, Valent BioSciences joins 36 existing PMN partners in providing science-based solutions in agriculture through the Plant Management Network. For more information on the partners program, contact Joan Grudem, PMN Partner Relations Manager.

Benson Named PHP Editor-in-Chief

Mike Benson, North Carolina State University, will become Editor-in-Chief (E-i-C) of Plant Health Progress (PHP) beginning January 2005. Benson will succeed Tim Murray, Washington State University, who, as its first E-i-C, was instrumental in establishing PHP as an online-only interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published through the Plant Management Network. Benson says, "PMN and PHP are committed to providing a global one-stop source of plant health and applied agricultural information in a time when the world demands immediate access. The potential to fulfill this mission will only be limited by our authors' contributions to the journal." He adds, "The editorial board is ready, so please consider publishing today!" Submission guidelines are available online.