Here is the current agenda for the 2025 meeting in Davis
The Excel Spreadsheet Below shows current talks
Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
8:30-3:30 am Field Trip
4:00-5:00 pm UC Davis Campus Tour & Early Career Member Networking
5:00-7:00 pm Meeting of the California Nematology Workgroup, 357 Hutchison Hall
5:00-7:00 pm Careers 101 Workshop: Strategic Conversations
7:00-9:00 pm Welcome Reception
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – UC Davis Conference Center
7:30-8:00 am Doors and Registration Open. Light Breakfast.
8:00-8:05 am Welcome from APS PD and CSPP
8:05-8:15 am Welcome from UC Davis Plant Pathology Department
8:15-8:30 am Update from APS HQ
8:30-9:30 am Session Moderator: Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
CSPP Keynote Talk 1: Career Retrospectives of Soilborne Pathogens
Cheryl Blomquist, California Department of Food and Agriculture. Challenges in Plant Pathology: Balancing New Discoveries and Diagnostic Advancements in a Regulatory Environment. cheryl.blomquist@cdfa.ca.gov
9:30-6:00 pm APS PD Presentations and Poster Viewing
6:00-9:00 pm Banquet and Awards Presentations
Thursday, March 27, 2025 – UC Davis Conference Center
7:30-8:00 am Doors and Registration Open. Light Breakfast.
8:00-8:15 am Opening Remarks: Tim Paulitz
8:15-9:15 am Session Moderator: Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
CSPP Keynote Talk 2: Career Retrospectives of Soilborne Pathogens
Saad Hafez, University of Idaho. Developing an Applied Nematology Management Program in the Pacific Northwest. shafez@uidaho.edu
9:15-10:15 am Session I. Martin Stoner Travel Scholarship Student Presentations. Session Chair: Kelley Paugh, California Department of Food and Agriculture. kelley.paugh@cdfa.ca.gov (15-minute talks below)
Understanding the effects of fumigant chemistry and regional history on Agroathelia rolfsii sclerotia and tomato soil microecology. Roshni Panwala, University of Florida. r.panwala@ufl.edu
Validation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum apothecial risk models in the Northern Great Plain. Sarita Poudel, North Dakota State University. sarita.poudel@ndsu.edu
Effect of abiotic stresses on Macrophomina root rot in California strawberry. Marina Gutierrez, Cal Poly Strawberry Center. mgutie92@calpoly.edu
Evidence of latent infection of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) by Ilyonectria mors-panacis caused by physical wounding. Amy Fang Shi, University of Guelph. fshi@uoguelph.ca
10:15-10:45 am Coffee Break / Idea Cafe
10:45-12:00 pm Session II. Nematodes. Session Chair: Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside-Parlier. andreas.westphal@ucr.edu (15-minute talks below)
Developing thermal tolerances for fruit and nut tree rootstocks. Becky Westerdahl, UC Davis. bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu
Can we make ASD cost-effective? Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside-Parlier. andreas.westphal@ucr.edu
Root-knot nematode management options in processing tomato. Antoon Ploeg, UC Riverside. antoon.ploeg@ucr.edu
Non-fumigant nematicides for root knot nematode management in vegetable crops. Jaspreet Sidhu, University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County. jaksidhu@ucanr.edu
Overcoming resistance: unraveling the mechanisms behind root-knot nematode evasion of tomato Mi-1 gene. Alison Blundell, UC Davis. alcoomer@ucdavis.edu
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm Session III. Fungi. Session Chair: Yu-Chen Wang, UCCE Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. yckwang@ucanr.edu (15-minute talks below)
Genomic resources for Fusarium oxysporum and development of systematic approaches for development of diagnostic markers, improved genome assemblies and developing a better understanding of pathogen biology. Frank Martin, USDA-ARS Salinas. Frank.martin@ars.usda.gov
A quick tour of the evolutionary structure of Fusarium oxysporum, and its implications for diagnostics and disease management. David Geiser, Penn State University. dgeiser@psu.edu
A systematic approach in diagnostic marker development for pathogens within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex. Ningxiao Li, Penn State University, USDA-ARS Salinas. bioli.ningxiao@gmail.com
Genetic characterization of resistance in lettuce to root pathogens. María Ferrer Ruiz, UC Davis. mferrerruiz@ucdavis.edu
2:30-3:00 pm Break / Idea Café
3:00-3:30 pm Session IV. Oomycetes. Session Chair: Kelly Ivors, Driscoll’s. kelly.ivors@driscolls.com (15-minute talks below)
Comparison of efficacies of biological and chemical fungicides against Pythium species causing carrot cavity spot. Emma Gachomo, UC Riverside. egachomo@ucr.edu
First report of Phytophthora taxon × Salinas lettuce causing stem and basal rot in lettuce in North America. Yu-Chen Wang, UCCE Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. yckwang@ucanr.edu
3:30-3:35 pm Closing Remarks
3:45-4:30 pm CSPP Steering Committee