| impact of planting dates on a seed maggot, neotephritis finalis (diptera: tephritidae), and sunflower bud moth (lepidoptera: tortricidae) damage in cultivated sunflower. | neotephritisfinalis (loew) (diptera: tephritidae), and sunflower bud moth, suleima helianthana (riley) (lepidoptera: tortricidae) are major head-infesting insect pests of cultivated sunflower (helianthus annuus l.). planting date was evaluated as a cultural pest management strategy for control of n. finalis and s. helianthana in several production regions of north dakota during 2009 and 2010. results of the nine site-year study revealed that late planting date (early to mid-june) reduced damage ... | 2011 | 21882688 |