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 November 2026 in Montréal.
The theme of the conference is “Phytoprotection 2.0 – When Genomics and Breeding Join Forces.”
Please see the official meeting 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
Report on the 2025 AQSSS–SPPQ Joint Congress (pdf)
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.
