St. Paul, Minnesota
November 17, 2005
The Plant
Management Network (PMN), an innovative website designed for
plant and agricultural professionals, is pleased to welcome
Mississippi State University as a new university partner.
“The Plant Management Network provides information in many
diverse disciplines of agriculture as well as research
supporting new, innovative approaches that ultimately benefit
our producers,” said Maria Tomaso- Peterson, Assistant Research
Professor in Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University.
“As an on- line resource, PMN is readily available to
Mississippi State University's extension agents, researchers,
instructors, and students, providing access to up-to- date and
timely research results,” added Peterson.
The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and the
Integrated Pest Management program through Mississippi State
University Extension Service support the PMN Partnership.
Mississippi State University's Department of Entomology and
Plant Pathology offers graduate programs leading to the Master
of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The department also
jointly sponsors a Master of Agriculture degree in Agricultural
Pest Management with the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.
The department participates in an interdisciplinary genetics and
animal physiology graduate program. The Mississippi State
University Extension Service provides research-based
information, educational programs, and technology transfer
focused on issues and needs of the people of Mississippi,
enabling them to make informed decisions about their economic,
social, and cultural well-being.
Other PMN partners include: Syngenta Crop Protection, Pioneer
Hi-Bred, Valent BioSciences Corporation, The American
Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy,
American Society for Horticultural Science, Canadian
Phytopathological Society, Canadian Society of Agronomy, CAST,
Crop Adviser Institute, CropLife America, Crop Science Society
of America, Entomological Society of America, National Alliance
of Independent Crop Consultants, NCSRP Plant Health Initiative,
Potash & Phosphate Institute, and the Weed Science Society of
America. PMN's partners also include a growing list of nearly 30
U.S. state land-grant university colleges of agriculture.
View all PMN Partners
PMN publishes four applied science journals: Applied
Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Plant Health
Progress, and Forage and Grazinglands. It also houses
efficacy trial data, including Fungicide and Nematicide Tests,
Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases,
and Commodity Variety Trials. Arthropod Management
Tests will be added soon. Other resources include PMN Image
Collections - a database of more than 2,200 plant and
agricultural images, the PMN Plant Science Database - including
more than 4,000 applied science fact sheets and other documents
supplied by PMN Partners, the PMN Education and Training Center,
PMN Soybean Rust Information Center, and a monthly newsletter,
PMN Update.
The Plant Management Network is the first-stop
multidisciplinary Internet source for applied plant and
agricultural 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. |
