Dear, could you please suggest a method for calculating the aphid infestation status on apple trees? I would greatly appreciate it, as I have not been able to find any relevant methods in the literature. Thank you very much
Aphid infestation is calculated by the number of aphids per square inch on one leaf. So that you take 10 leaves randomly from each direction in one tree, then calculate the average for it.
Normally you need to choose a sample size at your end and also check for the ETL of aphid on apple tree. As the ETL is always different for different plants and different stageskhan