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Native to China and Korea, where the peach tree is also native, the
Oriental fruit moth was spread to many temperate fruit-growing areas of the world during
the first thirty years of this century. Today, the only commercial peach-growing area of
North America which is free of the pest is the province of British Columbia. The
principal host is Prunus (peach, nectarine, apricot, plum,
cherry). In Ontario, apple (Malus) and pear (Pyrus) have also be infested when they are grown in proximity to
peach orchards. |
