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Plant Management Network
Enhancing the health, management, and production
of plants and the commodities they produce.
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What is PMN?
The Plant Management Network is acollaborative,
multidisciplinary, electronic-only resource that
provides credible, hands-on applied information
to practitioners, researchers, educators, and
other key stakeholders in the plant science
community, worldwide.
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What Does PMN Contain?

• Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Image Collections
• Field Trial Data
• Soybean Rust Information Center
• Searchable Databases
• Education and Training Center
• Internship Posting Service
• PMN Update Newsletter
• New Features in Development
• Lets Take a Look . . .

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PMN Home Page
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PMN Peer-Reviewed Journals
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PMN Peer-Reviewed Journals
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PMN Peer-Reviewed Journals
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PMN Peer-Reviewed Journals
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Plant Health Progress
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Sample Article
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Color Usage
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Color Enlargement
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Crop Management
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Forage and Grazinglands
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Applied Turfgrass Science
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Article Types

• Peer-Reviewed Articles
• Management Guides
• Reviews
• Applied Research
• Diagnostic Guides
• Briefs
• Non-Reviewed Articles
• Industry News
• Perspectives
• Letters

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Indexed in Major Databases
Indexed in AGRICOLA
. . . and CAB Abstracts
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Nonprofit Journals Group
A consortium of thehighest quality journals
published by leading nonprofit scientific
societies
Part of the NONPROFIT JOURNALS GROUP
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Author Benefits

• Peer-Reviewed Publication
• Permanent Citation
• Timely Publication upon Acceptance
• Worldwide Readership
• No Page Charges
• Free Use of Color
• E-Mail Links to Corresponding Author
• Linkable Literature Citations
• Free PDF Copy of Completed Article

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PMNCall for Applied Papers
Plant Health Progress Entomology, Plant
Pathology, Nematology, IPM Crop Management
Production Agriculture, Soil Science, Weed
Science Forage and Grazinglands Forage, Range,
and Conservation Management Applied Turfgrass
Science All Areas of Turf Management
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PMNs Electronic Resources
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Extension Search
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PMN Cross-Journal Search
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Plant Science Database (DB)
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DB Product Listing
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DB Publication
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DB Publication
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PMN Image Collections
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Agricultural Information Center
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Education and Training Center
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Internship Posting Service
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Field Trials
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Variety Trials
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PMN Update News
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PMN Resources and PartnersComplementary, not
competitive
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What Sets PMN Apart?

• PMN is Totally Electronic
• PMN is Truly Multidisciplinary
• PMN Publishes Hands-On Information
• PMN is Directed to Practitioners and Educators
  in Applied Agriculture
• PMN Is a Cooperative Endeavor of Partners

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PMN Is Electronic-Only

• Electronic Submission, Review, and Publication
• Real-Time Publication as Each Article is Ready
• Both HTML and PDF Formats
• Color Expandable Images
• Interlinking
• Searchable Databases
• Email Contact with Authors
• Electronic Notification of New Articles

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PMN Covers the Field

• Agronomy
• Crop Science
• Ecology
• Entomology
• Forage Management
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• IPM

• Natural Resources
• Nematology
• Plant Pathology
• Range Science
• Seed Science
• Soil Science
• Turf Management
• Weed Science

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PMNs Focus Is Practitioners

• Consultants and Managers
• Crop Advisers
• County Extension Personnel
• Extension Specialists
• Industry Field Representatives
• Golf Course Superintendents
• Pest Control Advisers
• Producers
• Researchers
• Educators and Students

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PMN PARTNERSProviding Science-BasedSolutions in
Agriculture

• Scientific Societies
• Professional Associations
• Land-Grant Universities
• International Research Centers
• Government Agencies
• Industry

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Current Nonprofit Partners

• American Phytopathological Society
• American Society of Agronomy
• American Society for Horticultural Science
• Biopesticide Industry Alliance
• Canadian Society of Agronomy
• Canadian Phytopathological Society
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
• Crop Adviser Institute
• Crop Science Society of America

• CropLife America
• Entomological Society of America
• National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants
• National Plant Diagnostic Network
• Plant Health Initiative
• Potash and Phosphate Institute
• Society of Nematologists
• USGA Green Section
• Weed Science Society of America

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Current Industry Partners
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Participating Land-Grant Partners
? Current or Committed as of 2007
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PMN Gaining Access Worldwide
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PMN PartnersDefinitely Part of the Network

• Their Logo, Descriptive Profile, and Internet and
  Email Links Are Displayed throughout the PMN Site
• Their Own Web-Based Resources May Be Indexed in
  PMNs Plant Science Database
• Their Employees Receive Access by Personal
  and/or Library Subscription
• They Provide Strategic Input through the PMN
  Advisory Council
• They Join Other Stakeholders in Support of a
  Nonprofit Resource for the Applied Plant Sciences

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PMN Access Includes

• Crop Management
• Plant Health Progress
• Forage and Grazinglands
• Applied Turfgrass Science
• Fungicide and Nematicide Tests
• Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of
  Plant Diseases
• Arthropod Management Tests
• Commodity Variety Trials
• PMN Image Collections
• Agricultural Information Center
• Education and Training Center
• Internship Posting Service
• PMNs Plant Science Database
• Partner Information
• PMN Update Newsletter
• . . . and All New Subscription Content as
  Developed

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PMN Library Subscriptions Now Available

• To Learn More, Click Subscribe on PMNs
  Homepage
• www.plantmanagementnetwork.org
• or Emailsubscriptions_at_plantmanagementnetwork.or
  g

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An Invitation from PMN

• Please Consider Participating as a Plant
  Management Network
• Author, Subscriber, or Partner
• www.plantmanagementnetwork.org

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For More Information
Contact
Miles WimerDirectormwimer_at_scisoc.org651 /
994-3860
Phil BogdanPartner / Subscriber
Relationspbogdan_at_scisoc.org651 / 994-3859
www.plantmanagementnetwork.org
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Title Slide Photographs Courtesy USDA / ARS
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