April 2006 • Volume 40 • Number 4

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Innovative New Textbook for Introductory Plant Pathology Courses Will Be Ready for Fall Semester

Essential Plant Pathology, the highly anticipated textbook from educators Gail Schumann and Cleo D’Arcy, will be available for fall semester 2006 classes from APS PRESS. Written specifically at the introductory course level, this new textbook will offer students a refreshing change from what is currently available.

The book is reader-friendly, with important terms and concepts clearly identified. Special “Did you know?” boxes will spark student interest by providing cultural and historical facts about plant diseases, and every chapter will guide students to recommended resources, study questions, “Words to Know,” Internet research exercises, and CD-Rom exercises.

The new Schumann/D’Arcy text will come packaged with a dynamic CD-Rom that will work hand-in-hand with the popular APSnet Education Center and provide students and their professors with an engaging way to learn and teach plant pathology. Instructors will appreciate the full-resolution color images that may be used in their handouts and presentations. Other cut-and-paste text resources will help tie customized lectures to the textbook.

Gail Schumann and Cleo D’Arcy are authors of the new introductory plant pathology textbook coming soon from APS PRESS.

Educators who requisition student copies now through their bookstores automatically qualify for a free instructor’s copy of the book and CD-Rom, which will be sent to adopting instructors first in early August. To ensure earliest delivery, place your order for this book with your bookstore now for fall-semester classes. Contact APS PRESS Customer Care at 1.800.328.7560 or send an e-mail to aps@scisoc.org and request ordering information for the new Essential Plant Pathology textbook.

Watch E-mail for Online APS Officer Ballot

APS members with an e-mail address on file with APS headquarters will receive instructions on May 1 for voting in the 2006 APS Officer Election. Please check your listing in the APSnet online directory to ensure we have an accurate e-mail address on file for you. To update your record, submit your changes prior to the election at www.apsnet.org/members/update.asp. If you are not certain you are receiving APS e-mail, contact Karen Deuschle (kdeuschle@scisoc. org). Voting will close on May 31, 2006. Watch next month’s issue for the slate of candidates and their biographies. Make sure to vote online: your vote counts!
 

Registration is Now Open for APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting

Register online at http://meeting.apsnet.org/ and receive a $25 discount. Get an additional $50 discount when you register before June 2, 2006.
 

 
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