The IPSN has produced a range of valuable manuals to support botanic garden staff in their biosecurity and plant health monitoring activities. These encompass a variety of resources including guides for plant damage monitoring and identification, online training modules, guidelines focusing on the implementation of biosecurity best practices within gardens, as well as instructional videos and manual for conducting Emerald Ash Borer survey and trapping. 

 Below, you will find all the IPSN manuals available to support your surveying activities and biosecurity practices.

Guides for plant damage monitoring and identification: 

• IPSN Guide to Bleeding Trees 
• IPSN Guide to Damage by Leaf-eaters 
• IPSN Guide to Submitting Physical Samples
• IPSN Guide to Taking Photographs for Diagnostic Purposes

Training for best biosecurity practices: 

• IPSN Guide to Biosecurity in Botanic Gardens and Arboreta

Guidelines and videos for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) survey and trapping: 

• Guidelines for EAB trapping 
• Video on how to set and check EAB traps
• Videos on how to carry out visual monitoring for EAB and Ash Dieback Disease, available in different languages:
  • Bulgarian: BGCI EAB Bulgarian (vimeo.com)
  • Czech: BGCI EAB Czech (vimeo.com)
  • Estonian: BGCI EAB Estonian (vimeo.com)
  • Hungarian: BGCI EAB Hungarian (vimeo.com)
  • Latvian: BGCI EAB Latvian (vimeo.com)
  • Lithuanian: BGCI EAB Lithuanian (vimeo.com)
  • Polish: BGCI EAB Polish (vimeo.com)
  • Romanian: BGCI EAB Romanian (vimeo.com)
  • Russian: BGCI EAB Russian (vimeo.com)
  • Slovak: BGCI EAB Slovak (vimeo.com)
  • Slovenian: BGCI EAB Slovenian (vimeo.com)
  • Ukrainian: BGCI EAB Ukrainian (vimeo.com)