PMN Offers Webcasts on Weed Management in
Soybean
Weed management in soybean is the latest
topic covered in PMN’s
Focus on Soybean. Bill Johnson,
Purdue University professor of weed science,
has authored two
educational webcasts on the subject,
titled Weed Competition in Soybean
and Weed Management Strategies in Soybean.
Monthly PMN Site Traffic Has Second
Consecutive Record
The
Plant Management Network and its
journals finished April 2008 with a record
35,294 site visitors. This surpassed March
2008, which was the previous record with
31,017 visitors. By comparison, April and
March 2007 had 26,693 and 25,603 visitors,
respectively.
PHP Editor's Pick
Since plants were first domesticated,
farmers have had to contend with blights,
rots, and mildews. In
Milestones in Fungicide Discovery: Chemistry
that Changed Agriculture, author
Carla Klittich reviews the particularly
significant discoveries that were turning
points in the evolution of fungicides and
agriculture.
Springer Offers PMN Users Discount on Books
As part of its partnership with Plant
Management Network, Springer, a major global
publisher,
announces a 20%
discount on all plant pathology and
entomology titles featured at
www.springer.com/pmn. Titles include
the Encyclopedia of Entomology,
Westcott’s Plant Disease Handbook - 7th
Edition; From Biological Control to
Invasion: the Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species; New
Perspectives and Approaches in Plant
Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Research; and more.
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the Northeastern United States: Part 1, Non-Turfed
Basepaths