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For the control of various species of insect pests in Azuki beans, Chickpeas, Cotton, Faba beans, Mungbeans and Soybeans as per the Directions for Use.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
DuPont Steward EC insecticide is an emulsifiable concentrate formulation.
DuPont Steward EC insecticide should be applied after careful field monitoring of pest populations of eggs and larvae to determine the need for application, the correct timing of the initial application and of any subsequent applications. For Cotton only, subsequent applications are dependent on economic thresholds, as well as the growth rate of new unprotected cotton terminals.
For Helicoverpa species, spray applications should be timed to coincide with egg hatching and before larvae are entrenched in protected feeding sites.
DuPont Steward EC has been specifically designed for use in Integrated Pest Management schemes. The active ingredient, indoxacarb enters larvae primarily by ingestion of treated foliage, or through penetration of the insect cuticle. After ingesting indoxacarb, the larvae cease feeding and die three to five days later. DuPont Steward EC does not give traditional larval “knockdown” control but controls nominated larvae species giving superior:
• square, flower and boll protection in cotton OR
• foliage, flower and pod protection in Chickpea, Faba beans, Mungbeans or Soybeans

INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE WARNING
For insecticide resistance management DuPont Steward insecticide is a Group 22A insecticide.
Some naturally occurring insect biotypes resistant to DuPont Steward and other Group 22A insecticides may exist through normal genetic variability in any insect population. The resistant individuals can eventually dominate the insect population if DuPont Steward or other Group 22A insecticides are used repeatedly. The effectiveness of DuPont Steward on resistant individuals could be significantly reduced. Since occurrence of resistant individuals is difficult to detect prior to use, DuPont accepts no liability for any losses that may result from the failure of [trade name] to control resistant insects.
Strategies to minimise the risk of insecticide resistance are available. To help prevent the development of resistance to Steward EC insecticide observe the following instructions:
• Use Steward EC insecticide in accordance with the current Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM) strategy for your region.
• Cultivate all cotton fields as soon as possible after picking to destroy overwintering pupae of Helicoverpa armigera.
For further information contact your local supplier, DuPont representative or local agricultural department agronomist. 

PRODUCT USE
The interaction of equipment and weather-related factors determines the potential for spray drift. The applicator must consider all these factors when making application decisions and determining off-target drift risks near the application. A spray drift minimisation strategy, should be employed at all times when applying this product.
APPLYING LARGER DROPLETS (volume median diameter (VMD) 150-250 microns) REDUCES DRIFT POTENTIAL, BUT WILL NOT MINIMISE DRIFT IF APPLICATIONS ARE MADE IMPROPERLY OR UNDER UNFAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. Larger droplets may reduce the effects of evaporation.

Mixing
Use only clean water. Half fill the spray tank with water and add the appropriate amount of Steward EC insecticide directly to the spray tank, agitate and add Ovasyn‡ or amitraz 200 g/L EC, (if applicable), then completely fill the tank. Mix thoroughly and continue mechanical or hydraulic agitation.

Storage of spray mixture
Use the prepared spray immediately. If unforeseen conditions prevent immediate use of the Steward EC insecticide spray mix, the mix may be stored up to 72 hours. Before use, thoroughly agitate the spray mix until fully resuspended. Mixtures of Steward EC insecticide plus Ovasyn‡ or Amitraz 200 g/L EC should not be stored.

Application
Application equipment should be calibrated to apply at least sixty (60) droplets per cm2 of target foliage. Droplet VMD should be of medium spray quality according to ASAE S572 definition for standard nozzles.

Ground application
Apply as a blanket spray or as a banded spray to all crops. Ensure thorough spray coverage on the foliage, using appropriate fan nozzles. Apply in a minimum spray volume of 100 L/ha and keep the boom low to avoid spray drift. A minimum spray pressure of 275 kPa (40 psi) should be used with fan nozzles applying insecticides. Higher pressure reduces droplet size, DOES NOT improve canopy penetration and may increase drift potential. WHEN HIGHER FLOW RATES ARE NEEDED, USE A HIGHER-CAPACITY NOZZLE INSTEAD OF
INCREASING PRESSURE. For band spraying, increase the number of fan nozzles per crop row as the plant size increases.

Aerial application
DuPont Steward EC must only be applied with aircraft fitted with accurately calibrated equipment. Apply a minimum total spray volume of 30 L/ha with nozzles (e.g. Micronaire‡ rotary atomisers, CP nozzles or conventional hydraulic nozzles) set to medium spray quality according to ASAE S572 definition for standard nozzles. A spray drift minimisation strategy, should be employed at all times when applying this product. DO NOT apply Steward EC using Ultra Low Volume (ULV) methods.

Compatibility: Label instructions for all products must be observed
Steward EC is compatible with Ovasyn insecticide, Amitraz 200 g/L EC formulations and Pix‡ (mepiquat chloride). Steward EC is not compatible with ultra low volume (ULV) formulations or the
following foliar fertilisers: Supa K 30, Zip and Triple 7. Since formulations may be changed and new ones introduced, it is recommended that users pre-mix a small quantity of the desired tankmix and observe possible adverse changes (settling out, flocculation etc).

Salt
When the addition of salt is indicated in the Directions for Use table, DuPont recommends the use of salt from the following sources: Table or cooking salt, Pool salt, or salt approved for use in livestock feed e.g. Cheetham‡ RAM (No. 2) Dried Fine Salt, Olsson’s Kiln Dried Course Refined Salt.

Spray Equipment Cleanout
Only apply product using clean, well maintained equipment. Immediately following application, thoroughly clean all spray equipment to reduce risk of deposits forming that might become difficult to remove.
Drain spray equipment into a disposal pita designed for this purpose. Thoroughly rinse sprayer and flush hoses, boom, and nozzles with clean water. Fill the sprayer with clean water and household ammonia (one litre of 3 active for every 100 L of water). Flush hoses, boom, and nozzles. Turn off boom and top off the tank with clean water. Circulate through the spraying system for at least 15 minutes. Flush the hoses, boom and nozzles and drain the tank. Remove and clean nozzles, screens, and strainers in a bucket of fresh ammonia and water. Thoroughly rinse the sprayer, hoses, boom and nozzles with clean water several times. Clean all other associated contaminated application equipment.

PROTECTION OF CROPS, NATIVE AND OTHER NON-TARGET PLANTS
DO NOT apply under weather conditions, or from spraying equipment, that may cause spray to drift onto nearby non-target plants/crops, cropping lands or pastures.
Refer to the Product Use section above and the cotton industry’s Best Management Practice Manual to manage spray drift during application.

PRECAUTION
DO NOT use human flaggers/markers unless they are protected by engineering controls such as vehicles with enclosed cabs.

NOTICE TO BUYER
To the extent permitted by law all conditions and warranties and statutory or other rights of action which buyer or any other user may have against DuPont or Seller are hereby excluded. DuPont hereby gives notice to buyer and other users that it will not accept responsibility for any indirect or consequential loss arising from reliance on product information or advice provided by DuPont or on its behalf unless it is established that such information or advice was provided negligently and that the product has been used strictly as directed. DuPont's liability shall in all circumstances be limited to replacement of the product or a refund of the purchase price paid therefore.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
RESTRAINTS
DO NOT apply if rain is expected within 2 hours of application, or if heavy dew is present on crops.
DO NOT apply when wind speed is less than 3 and greater than 20 kilometres per hour or during weather conditions when surface temperature inversions can develop.
DO NOT apply within 50 m (aerial application) or 20 m (ground application) when there are livestock, pasture or any land that is producing feed for livestock downwind from the application area.
COTTON: DO NOT apply more than three (3) applications per field in any one cotton growing season and no more than two (2) consecutive sprays per field per season. Applications must be a minimum of seven days apart.
AZUKI BEANS, CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS, MUNGBEANS, SOYBEANS: DO NOT apply more than one (1) application per field for the crops entire growth cycle.
ENSURE YOU READ THE PROTECTION STATEMENTS BEFORE APPLYING THE PRODUCT.

COTTON
Pest: Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), Native budworm (H. punctigera)
State: NSW, NT, Qld and WA only
Rate: 650 mL/ha or 850 mL/ha
Critical Comments: Use the lower rate of Steward EC insecticide when:
- H. armigera specific field levels are less than or equal to 60 prior to treatment application AND
- egg and larvae pressure ARE AT 5 – 10 brown eggs and 2 very small (first instar) or small larvae (second instar) per 10 cotton terminals AND
- where preservation of beneficial insects is desirable.
Use the higher rate of Steward EC insecticide when:
- H. armigera specific field levels are greater than 60 prior to treatment application AND
- egg and larvae pressure ARE AT 5 – 15 brown eggs and 2 very small (first instar) or small larvae (second instar) per 10 cotton terminals AND
- where preservation of beneficial insects is desirable.

Pest: Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), Native budworm (H. punctigera)
State: NSW, NT, Qld and WA only 
Rate: 650 mL/ha + 2 L/ha Ovasyn* insecticide (or 200 g/L Amitraz EC formulation)
Critical Comments: Use Steward EC insecticide + Ovasyn‡ or 200 g/L Amitraz EC when:
- egg and larvae pressure ARE AT 15 – 20 brown eggs and 2 very small (first instar) or small larvae (second instar) per 10 cotton terminals AND
- where limited preservation of beneficial insects is required.

Pest: Green mirid (Creontiades dilutus)
State: NSW, NT, Qld and WA only 
Rate: 650 mL/ha or 850 mL/ha or 300 or 400 mL/ha + salt (NaCl) at 5 g/L spray volume by ground (100 L/ha) or 10 g/L spray volume by air (30 L/ha).
Critical Comments: Target nymphs and/or adults when they reach the economic spray threshold.
Use 650 or 850 mL/ha when controlling Helicoverpa spp. AND green mirids. Refer Heliothis recommendations
Use 300 or 400 mL/ha + salt when controlling green mirids ONLY. Use the higher rate on infestations exceeding economic spray threshold levels and/or large canopy crops.
Under high populations suppression only may be observed.
Note: Steward EC insecticide has limited residual activity in controlling new infestations of mirids (either new hatchings of nymphs or influx of adults) post-spray.

CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS
Pest: Cotton bollworm (H. armigera), Native budworm (H. punctigera)
State: All States
Rate: 300 mL/ha
Critical Comments: Target brown eggs and hatchling (neonates or first instar) to small larvae (second instar) when they reach the economic spray threshold and before they become entrenched in flowers (particularly relevant to Faba beans) or pods.

AZUKI BEANS, MUNGBEANS, SOYBEANS
Pest: Cotton bollworm (H. armigera), Native budworm (H. punctigera)
State: All States
Rate: 400 mL/ha
Critical Comments: Target brown eggs and hatchling (neonates or first instar) to small larvae (second instar) when they reach the economic spray threshold and before they become entrenched in flowers and pods.

Pest: Mirid complex: Green mirid (C. dilutus), Brown mirid (C. pacificus), Crop mirid (Sidnia kingbergii), Yellow mirid (Campylomma liebknechti)
State: All States 
Rate: 400 mL/ha+salt (NaCl) at 5 g/L spray volume by ground (100 L/ha) or 10 g/L spray volume by air (30 L/ha).
Critical Comments: Target nymphs and/or adults when they reach the economic spray threshold.
Under high populations suppression only may be observed.
Please note: Steward EC has limited residual activity in controlling new infestations of mirids (either new hatchlings of nymphs or influx of adults) post spray.

Pest: Soybean looper (Thysanoplusia orichalcea)
State: All States 
Rate: 200 mL/ha
Critical Comments: Target hatchling (neonates or first instar) to small larvae (second instar) when they reach the economic spray threshold.

Pest: Red shouldered leaf or Monolepta beetle (Monolepta australis) Soybeans only
State: All States 
Rate: 200 mL/ha
Critical Comments: Target adult beetles when they reach the economic spray threshold. Ensure thorough spray coverage.

NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OR IN ANY MANNER CONTRARY TO THIS LABEL UNLESS AUTHORISED UNDER APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION.

WITHHOLDING PERIODS
HARVEST
COTTON: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 28 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.
AZUKI BEANS, CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS, MUNGBEANS, SOYBEANS: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 21 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.
GRAZING
COTTON: DO NOT ALLOW LIVESTOCK TO GRAZE CROPS, COTTON STUBBLE OR GIN TRASH TREATED WITH STEWARD EC INSECTICIDE.
AZUKI BEANS, CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS, MUNGBEANS, SOYBEANS: DO NOT GRAZE OR CUT FOR STOCK FOOD FOR 21 DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.

LIVESTOCK DESTINED FOR EXPORT MARKETS
The label withholding period for grazing only applies to stock slaughtered for the domestic market. Some export markets apply different standards. To meet these standards, ensure that the Export Slaughter Interval or the Export Grazing Intervals is observed before stock are sold or slaughtered.

EXPORT SLAUGHTER INTERVAL (ESI): 28 DAYS Livestock that have been grazing on or fed treated crops and/or over-sprayed should be placed on clean feed for 28 days (4 weeks) prior to export slaughter.
The information set forth herein is furnished free of charge and is based on technical data that DuPont believes to be reliable. It is intended for use by persons having technical skill at their own discretion and risk. DuPont makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with any of this information. Nothing herein is to be taken as license to operate under or a recommendation to infringe on any patents.

The information set forth herein is furnished free of charge and is based on technical data that DuPont believes to be reliable. It is intended for use by persons having technical skill at their own discretion and risk. DuPont makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with any of this information. Nothing herein is to be taken as license to operate under or a recommendation to infringe on any patents.