St. Paul, Minnesota
April 27, 2009
The 2009 volume of
Plant Disease Management Reports (PDMR), an online
resource that offers information on the effectiveness of
fungicides, nematicides, and biological disease controls for a
range of agricultural and horticultural crops, is now available.
This latest volume of PDMR contains 476 searchable reports used
by researchers, consultants, growers, pesticide applicators, and
other practitioners who deal with the development or application
of plant disease controls.
All volumes of PDMR and its preceding publications, Fungicide &
Nematicide Tests and Biological & Cultural Tests for the Control
of Plant Disease, contain 5,000-plus reports, covering more than
1,500 chemical and biological controls.
“PDMR has become an encyclopedia of up-to-date, unbiased disease
information that is gathered and reported by scientists and used
by practitioners and researchers all over the world,” said Dan
Egel, Ph.D., Extension Plant Pathologist at Purdue University
and Editor-in-Chief of Plant Disease Management Reports.
Each one- or two-page report consists of a summary outlining
trial conditions and results. Test plot trial data, also in the
report, includes treatment rates, application timings, and
pertinent efficacy data for each product tested.
Users can search the reports by keyword or section. Keyword
searches can include product names, active ingredients, host
crops, and authors. Sections include cereals and forage crops;
citrus, tropical, and vegetable crops; field crops; ornamentals
and trees; pome fruits; seed treatments (for all crops); small
fruits; stone fruits and nuts; and turfgrass.
Users have continuous access to all volumes of Plant Disease
Management Reports, F&N Tests, and B&C Tests online for $45
yearly. This subscription also includes access to other Plant
Management Network resources, like Arthropod Management Tests, a
similar publication covering the effectiveness of insecticides;
applied crop science journals, webcasts, targeted extension
searches, image collections, proceedings, and more. To learn
more, visit www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pdmr.
PDMR is distributed online through the Plant Management Network
(www.plantmanagementnetwork.org), a nonprofit publisher of
applied plant science resources. The Plant Management Network is
jointly managed by the American Phytopathological Society, the
Crop Science Society of America, and the American Society of
Agronomy. The Plant Management Network’s nonprofit publishing
mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of
agricultural and horticultural crops.
Providing Science-Based Solutions in Agriculture and
Horticulture,
PLANT MANAGEMENT NETWORK is the first-stop multidisciplinary
Internet source for applied plant science information and
communication. The network is a not-for-profit collaboration of
academic institutions, scientific and professional societies,
industry, and governmental agencies, serving stakeholders
worldwide. |
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