Registration is now open for the meeting of the Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens and California Nematology Workshop, March 24-26, 2026 at the Kearney Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Parlier, CA. Information will be posted on our two websites soilborneplantpathogens.org and soilfungus.wsu.edu.
Link for registration:
Https://my.apsnet.org/APS/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=CSPP2026_2
If you are an APS member, you can log on using your credentials. If you are a non-APS member, you can also set up a free account to register. We have a regular registration and a student registration. All registrations include snacks, lunch on March 25, and a banquet dinner during the evening of March 25.
Field Trip: We will have a field trip on March 24. Registration is with a separate ticket. In the morning, we will tour the Sun Maid facility, Chandler Farms (stone fruit, almond, citrus), and Burchell Nursery. After a box lunch at the Kearney Station, we will tour the station in the afternoon. Final itinerary posted on the left tab of the website.
Hotels: Hotel Information posted on the left tab of the website.
Program: We tentatively plan on two keynote speakers- Dr. Larry Duncan, Professor of Nematology, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida and Dr. Themis Michailides, long-time plant pathologist at UC Kearney Agriculture Research and Extension Center. Themis is well known for his research on diseases of walnut, almonds, pistachios, figs, and grapes.
If you want to present at the meeting, contact the Program Coordinator Kelley Paugh -kelley.paugh@cdfa.ca.gov
Martin Stoner Travel Scholarship: Applications are available on the soilfungus.wsu.edu website. Application deadline is Jan. 30, 2026
Contacts:
Local Arrangements- Andreas Westphal- andreasw@ucr.edu
Program- Kelley Paugh -kelley.paugh@cdfa.ca.gov
Meeting organization- Kelly Ivors-kelly.ivors@driscolls.com