Registration is now open for 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.
Click this link for registration
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. There is a separate registration ticket for the field trip. 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. Field Trip details are now on both websites.
Hotels and Lodging- These details are also on both websites. On the soilfungus.wsu.edu website, it is a tab on the left side of the screen.
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 .
Martin Stoner Travel Scholarship: Applications are available on the soilfungus.wsu.edu website. Application deadline is Jan. 30, 2026
Contacts:
Local Arrangements: email Andreas Westphal
Program: email Kelley Paugh
Meeting organization: email Kelly Ivors
Tim Paulitz
Meeting Coordinator
USDA-ARS
Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit
ITB 2080 MS 6430
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6430
509 335-7077
email Timothy Paulitz
