Sunflowers planted near stone fruit orchards could help a parasite of the oriental fruit moth to survive the winter. Planting sunflowers next to a peach or nectarine orchard may be a way to stop fruit damage by the oriental fruit moth, research in California suggests. Early in the season, oriental fruit moth larvae bore into shoots. Later in the season, as the fruit matures, larvae bore through the flesh of the fruit to the pit. Mating disruption has been successful for controlling oriental fruit moth, but is most effective on the first two generations of the pest, according to Dr. […]