Abstracts of oral and poster presentations given at the 9th IWGTD

The 9th International Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases was held in Adelaide, Australia, 18–20 November, 2014. The meeting was attended by 111 participants and 71 papers were presented either as oral or poster presentations in four sessions: Pathogen Identification and Detection, Epidemiology, Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Management. A field trip to the Barossa Valley wine region was undertaken to showcase proactive management of grapevine trunk diseases in Australia. The workshop is the 9th organised by members of the International Council on Grapevine Trunk Diseases (www.icgtd.org), a subject matter committee of the International Society for Plant Pathology (www.isppweb.org).