Regional Representative:
Dr. Edel Pérez-López
Assistant Professor, Université Laval
Québec City, Québec
Contact:edel.perez-lopez@fsaa.ulaval.ca

Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants Meeting:
2026 Annual Meeting
The next meeting of the Québec Society for Plant Protection will be held in June 2026 in Montréal.
The theme of the conference is “Phytoprotection 2.0 – When Genomics and Breeding Join Forces.”
Please see the official QSPP website for more information.
Previous QSPP Meetings:
The QSPP maintains a list of their previous meetings on their website.
Report on the 2025 AQSSS–SPPQ Joint Congress
June 10–12, 2025, at Auberge de la Pointe, Rivière-du-Loup, QC.
Theme: Soil–Plant Interactions: The key to eco-responsible resource management.
Highlights
- Keynote by Pascale Beauregard (Université de Sherbrooke) on soil bacteria and plant growth.
- Plenaries from:
- Benjamin Mimee (AAFC)– Nematodes in soil-plant interactions
- Alison Munson (ULaval) – Root systems and carbon stabilization
- Jean-François Lévêque (Jardins de l’écoumène)– Living soils and rhizophagy
- Damase Khasa (ULaval)– Nature-based solutions for climate-resilient ecosystems
- Oral and poster sessions on soil health, cover crops, and plant disease management.
- A full-day field tour with visits to research sites and farms.
Overall: A well-organized meeting that successfully connected soil science and plant protection research with real-world farming practices and encouraged future collaborations.
