From the Network
Get a Sneak Peek of PMN’s First Grant
Outreach Webcast
The Plant
Management Network is pleased to announce
its first grant outreach webcast, titled “Gray
Leaf Spot”
by Dr. Alison Robertson of Iowa State
University. This is the first in a series
of four USDA grant-funded presentations that
will cover various diseases of corn. In
addition to educating practitioners and
applied scientists on the topic, this
webcast leads readers to other resources
that are funded, at least in part, by this
same multi-state grant. In early January,
PMN will publish this webcast in
Focus on Corn and release it to the corn industry
through various channels.
The Plant
Management Network is an ideal place for
housing applied grant outreach information.
PMN, an organization jointly managed by the
American Phytopathological Society, American
Society of Agronomy, and Crop Science
Society of America, offers permanence,
neutrality, cost-effectiveness, high impact,
and publishing expertise. To learn more
about how PMN can help with your currently
funded or proposed NIFA, SCRI, SARE, or EPA
project, contact Phil Bogdan at
pbogdan@scisoc.org
or at 651-994-3859.
PMN Reaches Nearly 406,000 Individuals in
2011
PMN is
finishing off a record year in terms of
readership. PMN reached a total of
405,909 unique individuals between
January 1, 2011 and December 27, 2011. This
is nearly a 13% gain in readership over the
previous calendar year, during which time
PMN logged nearly 360,000 unique
individuals.
PMN to Produce Short-length Webcasts for
Soybean Producers
Thanks to
support from the United Soybean Board and
the Soybean Checkoff, PMN will begin
producing “executive summary” versions for
each new Focus on Soybean webcast, starting
in January. These webcasts, which will run
1.5 to 5 minutes in length, will offer a
short synopsis of the webcast’s full-length
version, plus bottom line management
information that is particularly of interest
to practitioners in the field.
Focus on Potato Webcast Covers Bacterial
Ring Rot
Bacterial
ring rot is one of the most feared diseases
of potato because of the devastating losses
it can cause. The latest
Focus on Potato webcast, titled “Bacterial
Ring Rot of Potato” by Dr. Neil Gudmestad of
North Dakota State University, addresses the
identification and management of this
disease. The presentation covers symptoms,
detection methods, and disease management
strategies. This webcast will be open access
through February 29, 2012.
Last Chance for a Year-end Discount
PMN Update Newsletter subscribers: This is
your last chance to save on your first-year
subscription to PMN. Now through December
31, 2011, you can subscribe for $10 off our
regular ($45) and member-based ($38)
subscription rates. This subscription
includes access to
all PMN resources.
Members of PMN’s
nonprofit partnering organizations
qualify for the lower $38 subscription
rate. Just visit PMN’s
personal subscriptions page,
choose the regular or member-based rate, and
enter coupon code PMN10 in the
“Payment” section of the checkout process.
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