Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology Application & Stewardship

For the necessary application requirements before you apply Tavium, please visit our Tavium/Dicamba Training module.

Tavium herbicide provides two effective sites of action (SOAs) to manage key ALS-, PPO- and glyphosate-resistant weeds. A convenient premix, it provides residual and contact weed control, and built-in resistance management. Tavium fits easily in various tillage systems and geographies, and has application flexibility from preplant through early post-emergence.

Maximum Forcasted Air Temperature*	Rates of Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology + Required Adjuvants** + Additional Mitigation
<85°F	0.5 lb dicamba + VRA + DRA
≥85°F to <95°F	0.5 lb dicamba + VRA + DRA PLUS: DO NOT treat more than 50% of DT cotton and DT soybean acres managed by grower within the county***
≥95°F	No application allowed

*Max temp must be forecasted by NOAA/National Weather Service not to exceed day of and day after application – https://www.weather.gov/
**Applications must include an oil emulsion DRA 0.3% v/v. User must check the list of qualified VRAs and rates of VRA application.
***User managed DT acres within the county. Remaining acres may be treated Day 3 after initial treatment (temp restrictions still apply).

Crop	Max. Seasonal Allowed Rate	Runoff/Erosion Mitigation Points Needed
		Nationally	Pesticide Use Limitation Area (PULA)
Soybean	7.06 pt/A/year	3	6
Cotton	7.06 pt/A/year	3	6

Access Bulletins Live! Two for PULA information: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/bulletins-live-two-view-bulletins
EPA mitigation menu for steps to achieve points: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/mitigation-menu

Options*	Qualifying Practice	Reduction in Buffer Distance**
Small Field Size/Reduce Treatment Area	Treatment area of 1/10 acre to 1 acre	75%
	Treatment area of >1 acre to 4 acres	35%
	Treatment area of >5 acres to 10 acres	15%
Downwind Drift Buffer	Basic windbreak/hedgerow/artificial screen	50%
	Advanced windbreak/hedgerow/artificial screen	75%
Use of Directed Sprayer Equipment	Over-the-top hooded sprayer	50%
	Row-middle hooded sprayer	75%
	Sprays below crop canopy using drop nozzles or layby applications (difference between the crop height and release height is ≥1ft, and that there are more than 4 consecutive rows of crop on the field that meet this parameter)	50%

*Descriptions of spray drift buffer reduction measures are available on EPA's website at: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/mitigation-menu-measure-descriptions
**Buffer reduction measures are additive in nature. For example, a 50% reduction in buffer distance for one measure puts a 15% reduction in buffer for another measure, when used in combination, results in an overall 65% reduction in an identified buffer.

REPORTING ECOLOGICAL INCIDENTS: For guidance on reporting ecological incidents, including death, injury or harm to plants and animals, including bees and other non-target insects.

• See EPA's Pesticide Incident Reporting website: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-incidents
• Or call Syngenta 24-hour Hotline 1-800-888-8372

Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Adopt an integrated weed-management program for herbicide use that includes scouting and uses historical information related to herbicide use and crop rotation, and that considers tillage (or other mechanical control methods), cultural (e.g., higher crop seeding rates; precision fertilizer application method and timing to favor the crop and not the weeds), biological (weed-competitive crops or varieties) and other management practices.

Scout and Know Your Field

• Know weed species present in the field to be treated through scouting and field history. An understanding of weed biology is useful in designing a resistance management strategy. Ensure the weed management program will control all weeds present.
• Fields should be scouted prior to application to determine species present and growth stage. Always apply this herbicide at the full labeled rate and correct timing for the weeds present in the field.

Utilize Non-Herbicidal Practices to Add Diversity

• Use diversified management tactics such as cover crops, mechanical weed control, harvest weed seed control and crop rotation as appropriate. Use tank mixtures with herbicides from a different group if such use is permitted; where information on resistance in target weed species is available, use the less resistance-prone partner at a rate that will control the target weed(s) equally as well as the more resistance-prone partner. Consult your local extension service or certified crop advisor if you are unsure as to which active ingredient is currently less prone to resistance.

Use Good Agronomic Practices, Start Clean and Stay Clean

• Use good agronomic practices that enhance crop competitiveness.
• Plant into weed-free fields utilizing tillage or an effective burndown herbicide for control of emerged weeds.
• Sanitize farm equipment to avoid spreading seed or vegetative propagules prior to leaving fields.

Difficult to Control Weeds

• Fields with difficult to control weeds should be planted in rotation with crops that allow the use of herbicides with an alternative mode of action or different management practices.
• Difficult to control weeds may require sequential applications, such as a broad spectrum preemergence herbicide followed by one or more postemergence herbicide applications. Utilize herbicides containing different modes of action effective on the target weeds in sequential applications.

DO NOT Overuse the Technology

• DO NOT use more than two applications of this or any other herbicide with the same mode of action in a single growing season unless mixed with an herbicide with a different mode of action which provides overlapping spectrum for the difficult to control weeds.

Scout and Inspect Fields Following Application

• Prevent an influx of weeds into the field by controlling weeds in field borders.
• Scout fields after application to verify that the treatment was effective.

Indicators of possible herbicide resistance include:

• Failure to control a weed species normally controlled by the herbicide at the dose applied, especially if control is achieved on adjacent weeds;
• A spreading patch of non-controlled plants of a particular weed species; and
• Surviving plants mixed with controlled individuals of the same species.

For further information or to report suspected resistance your Syngenta retailer, Syngenta representative, or call 1-866-Syngent(a) (866-796-4368).

• If resistance is suspected, prevent weed seed production in the affected area by an alternative herbicide from a different group or by a mechanical method such as hoeing or tillage.
• Prevent movement of resistant weed seeds to other fields by cleaning harvesting and tillage equipment when moving between fields and planting clean seed.
• If a weed pest population continues to progress after treatment with this product, discontinue use of this product, and switch to another management strategy or herbicide with a different mode of action, if available.
• Prevent weed escapes before, during and after harvest.
• DO NOT allow weed escapes to produce seed or vegetative structures such as tubers or stolons which contribute to spread and survival.