PMN Joint Executive Committee Formed
PMN Joint Executive Committee Members are,
left to right, Tom Gerik (CSSA), Texas
AgriLife Research; Bill Hutchison
(Entomological Society of America and AC
chair), University of Minnesota; Roch
Gaussoin (CSSA), University of Nebraska;
Howard Brown (ASA), GROWMARK, Inc.; Dennis
Gross (APS), Texas A&M University; Brian
Olson (APS), Dow AgroSciences; Fran Katz
(staff); Miles Wimer (staff); and Todd
Peterson (ASA and JEC chair), Pioneer
Hi-Bred International.
Under a recent cooperative agreement, Plant
Management Network (PMN)
is now jointly managed by the American
Society of Agronomy (ASA),
Crop Science Society of America (CSSA),
and American Phytopathological Society (APS).
The three societies have been collaborating
the last several years on the publication of
PMN’s four principal peer-reviewed journals.
As the scope of PMN’s applied
multidisciplinary resources has grown, so
has the need for more diverse oversight and
development, as well as a need for stronger
recognition of the contributions of the
participating societies. Hence, oversight is
now provided by a newly formed Joint
Executive Committee (JEC), which first met
in St. Paul, MN, August 19-20, 2008. The JEC
consists of two members from each of the
societies, the chair of a preexisting PMN
Advisory Council (AC) that represents the
interests of several other
partnering societies, and professional
staff. The JEC’s charge is to provide
overall strategic direction and development
for PMN; to ensure that PMN supports the
interests of the partner societies; to
optimize maximum value to PMN’s key
audiences; to propose and initiate new PMN
initiatives; and to oversee PMN’s long-term
financial success. The JEC may be contacted
at
editorialoffice@plantmanagementnetwork.org.
PMN
Offers Webcast on Soybean Diseases Caused by
Seedborne Pathogens
PMN’s
Focus on Soybean, has added a new
webcast,
Seedborne Pathogens of Soybean by Gary
Munkvold, Iowa State University. Diseases
caused by seedborne pathogens can cause
significant yield loss, reduce seed quality,
and/or create obstacles to seed export
because of phytosanitary concerns.
Call for Papers: Food Security
The International Society for Plant
Pathology and Springer announce a new
journal for 2009, Food Security:
The Science,
Sociology and Economics of Food Production
and Access to Food.
The journal seeks to address the constraints
which not only limit food production but
also the ability of people to access a
healthy diet. See the
call for papers to learn more.
Positions
Available
Submit new employment/intern listings online.
It’s free!
CURRENT LISTINGS:
*Assistant
Professor and Extension Agronomist
(2)*Assistant Professor of Entomology
*National Program Leader (Weed Science)
Interdisciplinary
*Assistant Professor - Plant Pathology
See postings at
PMN’s Employment/Internship Posting Service.
