Soil Fungus Conference 2008

Agenda/Field Trip

Registration

Lodging/Travel Information

More about the Soil Fungus Conference

Links for Exploring Santa Paula & Surroundings:

Santa Paula/Ventura County Information

Santa Paula Website

Heritage Valley Website

Limoneira Tours

Contacts:

Local Arrangements - •James Downer  ajdowner@ucdavis.edu

Program Chair -  •Timothy Paulitz paulitz@wsu.edu
 

Photographs of Santa Paula were taken by Craig Mailloux, copyright © 2006

54th Annual Soil Fungus Conference
March 26-28, 2008

Hansen Agricultural Center
14292 W. Telegraph Rd.
Santa Paula, CA 93060

Welcome to the annual Soil Fungus Conference in beautiful Santa Paula, California.  The 2008 Soil Fungus Conference (SFC) will be held at the Hansen Agricultural Center in Santa Paula, California March 26-28.  There will be a field trip on the first day, Wednesday. March 26, which will look at the horticultural and ornamental industry in the Ventura County area, with a large production of avocados, lemons, vegetable and nursery crops.

The SFC is a short meeting with a long list of benefits.  Started in 1954 by researchers from the University of California, it meets annually at locations in the western U.S.  It has progressed into one of the best known and highly valued conferences in plant pathology.  Its popularity is partly due to the relatively informal and highly interactive format that allows for provocative, short oral presentations on research and development discoveries, new or increasing disease problems, new applications, products and equipment, and other subjects (see topics indicated in the Program), followed by questions and spirited, illuminating discussions as the audience pitches in.  In some respects, it is a veritable “think tank” with immediate and long-term benefits.  All participants are encouraged to present and/or contribute to the discussions as they choose and time permits.  Creative thinking, insights, frank and justified opinions, and lots of take-home ideas and lessons abound under the special climate of the SFC.  Participants come from universities (research, teaching, extension), private industry and technical service organizations, private practice/consulting, crop production and other areas.

For more information on the Annual Soil Fungus Conference, click here or visit the link on the upper left.

The local area boasts some of the highest agricultural production of fruits and vegetables in the world.  Santa Paula is also known as the Citrus Capital of the World.  Join us at the conference and enjoy all that Santa Paula has to offer in addition to our exciting field trip.  For more on Santa Paula and Ventura County, click here or visit one of the links on the upper left.