DIRECTIONS FOR USE:

Application: Thorough coverage is necessary to provide good disease control. Make no more spray solution than is needed for application. Avoid spray overlap, as crop injury may occur.

Adjuvants: When an adjuvant is to be used with this product, the use of an adjuvant that meets the standards of the Chemical Producers and Distributors Association (CPDA) adjuvant certification is advised.

Efficacy: Under certain conditions conducive to extended infection periods, use another registered fungicide for additional applications if maximum amount of Abound has been used. If resistant isolates to Group 11 fungicides are present, efficacy can be reduced for certain diseases. The higher rates in the rate range and/or shorter spray intervals may be required under conditions of heavy infection pressure, with highly susceptible varieties, or when environmental conditions are conducive to disease.

Rotational Crop Restrictions

The following crops may be planted at the specified interval following application of Abound fungicide.

Crop Rotational Interval:

• Buckwheat and millet - 12 months
• All other crops with Azoxystrobin registered uses - 0 days

SOILBORNE/SEEDLING DISEASE CONTROL:

For those crops that have specific use directions for soilborne disease control: Abound can provide control of many soilborne diseases if applied early in the growing season. Specific applications for soilborne diseases include in-furrow applications and banded applications applied over the row, either shortly after plant emergence or during herbicide applications or cultivation. These applications will provide control of pre- or postemergence damping off and diseases that infect plants at the soil-plant interface.

The use of either type of application depends on the cultural practices in the region. In some locations, one type of application may provide better disease control than the other, depending on the timing of the disease epidemic. Seedling diseases are generally controlled by in-furrow applications while banded applications are more effective against soilborne diseases that develop later in the season. Consult your local expert to get some guidance regarding application type. Under cool, wet conditions, crop injury from soil directed applications can occur.

BANDED:

• Apply Abound prior to infection as a directed spray to the soil, using single or multiple nozzles, adjusted to provide thorough coverage of the lower stems and the soil surface surrounding the plants.
• Limit band width to 7 inches or less.
• Apply Abound at a rate of 0.40-0.80 fl oz product/1000 row feet (0.15-0.30 lb ai/A). For banded applications on 22-inch rows, the maximum application rate is 0.70 fl oz/1000 row feet (0.26 lb ai/A).
• These applications come into contact with the foliage and are counted as foliar applications when considering resistance management.
• They may be applied during cultivation or hilling operations to provide soil incorporation.

IN-FURROW:

• Apply Abound as an in-furrow spray in 3-15 gallons of water at planting.
• Mount the spray nozzle so the spray is directed into the furrow just before the seeds are covered.
• Use the higher rate when the weather conditions are expected to be conducive for disease development, if the field has a history of Pythium problems, or if minimum/low till programs are in place.

PRODUCT USE RESTRICTIONS:

• DO NOT use Abound through airblast application equipment on grapes in the following townships and boroughs of Erie County, Pennsylvania: North East, Harborcreek, Lawrence Park, Erie, Presque Isle, Millcreek, Fairview, Girard and Springfield. This prohibition is intended to help eliminate phytotoxicity problems with apples observed in this geographic location.
• To help manage fungicide resistance, DO NOT use for commercial transplant production in the greenhouse except where specified on the label.

PHYTOTOXICITY

Abound is extremely phytotoxic to certain apple varieties.

AVOID SPRAY DRIFT. Extreme care must be used to prevent injury to apple trees (and apple fruit).

DO NOT spray Abound where spray drift may reach apple trees.

DO NOT use spray equipment which has been previously used to apply Abound to spray apple trees. Even trace amounts can cause unacceptable phytotoxicity to certain apple and crabapple varieties.

Do not apply when weather conditions favor drift from treated areas to non-target aquatic habitat.

DISEASES CONTROLLED:

Albinism, Alternaria (late) blight, Alternaria fruit rot, Alternaria fruit spot, Alternaria leaf and fruit spot, Alternaria leaf spot, Alternaria spot and fruit rot, Anthracnose, Anthracnose fruit rot, Ascochyta leaf spot, Basal stem rot, Black rot, Black sigatoka, Black Spot, Blackberry Rust, Blossom blight, Blotch, Blue Mold, Botryosphaeria Shoot Blight, Botryosphaeria canker, Botryosphaeria panicle, Botrytis, Botrytis Bunch rot, Brown rot blossom blight, Cercospora leaf spot, Circular Spot, Colletotrichum rot, Cottonball, Crown mold, Crown rot, Crown Rot Aspergillus, Cylindrocladium Black Rot, Diplodia stem end rot, Downy mildew, Early leaf spot, Eastern filbert blight, ,Ergot Stem Diseases, Fairy Ring, Fruit rot, Greasy spot, Green mold, Late blight, Late leaf spot, Leaf blight, Leaf blotch, Leaf rust, Leafspot, Leather rot, Lophodermium twig blight, Melanose, Mummyberry, Penicillium, Phomopis twig blight, Phomopsis cane and leaf spot, Phomopsis leafspot, Phomopsis Stem Canker, Phomopsis stem end rot, Phyllosticta leaf spot, Post bloom fruit drop, Powdery mildew, Pythium damping-off, Pythium pod rot, Pythium root rot, Rhizoctonia crown rot, Rhizoctonia peg and pod rot, Rhizoctonia Stem Canker, Rosette or double blossom, Rusts, Scab, Seedling root rot, Septoria blight, Septoria leaf spot, Shoot blight, Shothole, Southern blight, Spur blight, Stem canker, Stem rot/white mold, Sweet Orange Scab, Twig blight, Web blotch, Whisker mold, White Rust, Yellow sigatoka

SEE LABEL FOR COMPLETE RATES AND APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS.

Environmental Hazards:

Azoxystrobin is toxic to freshwater and estuarine/marine fish and aquatic invertebrates. Azoxystrobin can be persistent for several months or longer.

For terrestrial uses: Do not apply directly to water, or to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. Drift and runoff may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in water adjacent to treated areas. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwater or rinsate.

Ground Water Advisory:

Azoxystrobin and a degradate of azoxystrobin are known to leach through soil to groundwater under certain conditions as a result of label use. This chemical may leach into groundwater if used in areas where soils are permeable, particularly where the water table is shallow.

Surface Water Advisory:

This product may impact surface water quality due to runoff of rainwater. This is especially true for poorly draining soils and soils with shallow groundwater. This product is classified as having a high potential for reaching surface water via runoff for several months or more after application. A level, well-maintained vegetative buffer strip between areas to which this product is applied and surface water features such as ponds, streams, and springs will reduce the potential loading of azoxystrobin and a degradate of azoxystrobin from runoff water and sediment. Runoff of this product will be reduced by avoiding applications when rainfall or irrigation is expected to occur within 48 hours.

Notify State and/or Federal authorities and Syngenta immediately if you observe any adverse environmental effects due to use of this product.