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2026 crop science conference set at UAF in June

2026 crop science conference set at UAF in June



May 21, 2026

Photo by Julie Stricker
The Alaska Flour Co. in Delta Junction, pictured in 2021, is one of the sites Western Society of Crop Science conference participants will visit during the organization's annual conference in June, which will be held at UAF.

The 2026 Western Society of Crop Science annual conference will be held in Fairbanks on June 23-24.

The conference will take place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It will bring together plant science students, faculty and researchers from public and private institutions across a broad geographic region of North America.

Conference events include a day trip to the Delta Junction area on June 23 to tour agriculture-related businesses. Other conference events and the banquet on June 24 will be held on the UAF campus.

Register to attend and submit abstracts on the WSCS website. The early submission deadline is June 12.

Contact Jakir Hasan at [email protected] for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected] or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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