Torino, July 13-18, 2014 Centro Congressi Torino Incontra, Torino, Italy Organized by the Centre of Competence AGROINNOVA, University of Torino under the aegis of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS, Commission Plant Protection, ISHS Commission Plant Substrates and soilless cultures, ISHS Working Group on Soil borne pathogens) and of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) The Symposium will follow the tradition of the previous Symposia in its format, but will also include new topics, according to the progress of the research carried out as well as to the new challenges posed by new regulations and policies in the field of soil and substrate disinfestation.