MON 89034 X MON 88017

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Monsanto
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Registration number
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DIRECTIONS FOR USE
It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in any manner inconsistent with this labeling.
Information regarding commercial production must be included in the Technology Use Guide and/or IRM Grower Guide.
The subject registration will automatically expire on midnight September 30, 2015. MON 89034 x MON 88017 protects corn crops from leaf, stalk, and ear damage caused by corn borers and root damage caused by corn rootworm larvae.
This plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) may be combined through conventional breeding withother registered plant-incorporated protectants that are similarly approved for use in combination, through conventional breeding, with other registered plant-incorporated protectants to produce inbred corn lines and hybrid corn varieties with combined pesticidal traits.
1) Refuge Requirements for MON 89034 x MON 88017 Field Corn
In order to minimize the risk of corn borers and corn rootworms developing resistance to MON 89034 x MON 88017 com, an insect resistance management plan must be implemented which includes planting of a structured refuge.
These refuge requirements do not apply to seed increase/propagation of inbred and hybrid seed corn up to a total of 20,000 acres per county and up to a combined United States (U.S.) total of 250,000 acres per plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) active ingredient per registrant per year. Furthermore, these refuge requirements do not apply to commercial hybrid sweet corn. The refuge and MON 89034 x MON 88017 corn should be sown on the same day, or with theshortest window possible between planting dates to ensure that corn root development is similar among varieties. If the refuge is planted on rotated ground, then the MON 89034 x MON 88017 corn must also be planted on rotated ground. If the combined refuge is planted on continuous corn, then MON 89034 x MON 88017 may be planted on either continuous or rotated land (option encouraged where WCRW rotation resistant biotype may be present). Refuge options are based on the planting of MON 89034 x MON 88017 in cotton or non-cotton growing regions and the insect pressure present in those locations. If insecticides are applied to the refuge for control of CRW adults, the same treatment must also be applied in the same timeframe to MON 89034 x MON 88017.

 a) Corn-Belt/Non-Cotton Growing Area Refuge Requirements
For MON 89034 x MON 88017 field corn grown outside cotton-growing areas (e.g., the Corn Belt), two options for deployment of the refuge are available to growers.
The first option is planting a common refuge for both corn borers and corn- rootworms. The common refuge must be planted with corn hybrids that do not contain Bt technologies for the control of corn borers or corn rootworms. The refuge area must represent at least 20% of the grower's corn acres (i.e., sum of MON 89034 x MON 88017 acres and refuge acres; refuge area must contain 20 acres of corn for every 80 acres of MON 89034 x MON 88017 com planted). It must be planted as block within or adjacent (e.g., across the road) to the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field, perimeter strips (i.e., strips around the field), or in-field strips. If perimeter or in-field strips are implemented, the strips must be at least 4 consecutive rows wide. The common refuge can be treated with a soil-applied or seed applied insecticide to control rootworm larvae and other soil pests. The refuge can also be treated with a non-Bt foliar insecticide for the control of late season pests if pest pressure reaches an economic threshold for damage; however, if rootworm adults are present at the time of foliar applications then the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field (acres) must be treated in a similar manner. Economic thresholds will be determined using methods recommended by local or regional professionals (e.g., Extension Service agents, crop consultants, etc.). 

The second option is planting separate refuge areas (e.g., two refuge areas, a double refuge, or paired refuge areas) for corn borers and com rootworms. Refuge planting options include: separate fields, blocks within fields (e.g., along the edges or headlands), perimeter strips, or infield strips. If perimeter or in-field strips are implemented, the strips must be at least 4 consecutive rows wide. The com borer refuge must be planted with corn that is not a lepidopteran-protected Bt hybrid, must represent at least 5% of the grower's corn acres, and must be planted within '/a mile of the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field. The corn borer refuge can be treated with a soil-applied or seed-applied insecticide for corn rootworm larval control, or a nonBt foliar applied insecticide for corn borer control if pest pressure reaches an economic threshold for damage. Economic thresholds will be determined using methods recommended by local or regional professionals (e.g., Extension Service agents, crop consultants, etc.).
The corn rootworm refuge must be planted with corn that is not a corn rootworm-protected Bt hybrid, but can be planted with Bt hybrids that control corn borers. The corn rootworm refuge must represent at least 20% of the grower's corn acres (i.e., com rootworm refuge must contain 20 acres of corn for every 80 acres of MON 89034 x MON 88017 corn planted) and must be planted as a block within or adjacent to the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field, strips around the field, perimeter strips, or in-field strips. If perimeter or in-field strips are implemented, the strips must be at least 4 consecutive rows wide. The corn rootworm refuge can be treated with a soilapplied or seed-applied insecticide to control rootworm larvae and other soil pests. The refuge can also be treated with a non-Bt foliar insecticide for control of late season pests; however, if corn rootworm adults are present at the time of foliar applications then the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field must be treated in a similar manner.

b) Cotton-Growing Area Refuge Requirements
Cotton-growing areas include the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina, Oklahoma (only the counties of Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kay, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita), Tennessee (only the counties of Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Franklin, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Lincoln, Madison,' Obion, Rutherford, Shelby, and Tipton), Texas (except the counties of Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, and Sherman), Virginia (only the counties of Dinwiddie, Franklin City, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Northampton, Southampton, Suffolk City, Surrey, Sussex) and Missouri (only the counties of Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard).
For MON 89034 x MON 88017 field corn grown in cotton growing areas of the U.S. the common refuge and separate refuge options (e.g., two-refuge options, double-refuge options, paired-refuge options) are available as specified below.
The first option is planting a common refuge for both corn borers and com rootworms. The common refuge must be planted with corn hybrids that do not contain Bt technologies for the control of corn borers or corn rootworms. The refuge area must represent at least 20% of th grower's corn acres (i.e., sum of MON 89034 x MON 88017 acres and refuge acres; refuge area must contain 20 acres of corn for every 80 acres of MON 89034 x MON 88017 corn planted). It must be planted as block within or adjacent (e.g., across the road) to the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field, perimeter strips (i.e., strips around the field), or in-field strips. If perimeter or in-field strips are implemented, the strips must be at least 4 consecutive rows wide. The common refuge can be treated with a soil-applied or seed-applied insecticide to control rootworm larvae and other soil pests. The refuge can also be treated with a non-Bt foliar insecticide for the control of late season pests if pest pressure reaches an economic threshold for damage; however, if rootworm adults are present at the time of foliar applications then the MON 89034 x MON 88017 field (acres) must be treated in a similar manner. Economic thresholds will be determined using methods recommended by local or regional professionals (e.g., Extension Service agents, crop consultants, etc.).

Corn Insects Controlled
European com borer
Southwestern corn borer
Southern cornstalk borer
Corn earworm
Fall armyworm
Stalk borer Lesser corn stalk borer
Sugarcane borer
Western corn rootworm
Northern corn rootworm
Mexican corn rootworm
Ostrinia nubilalis
Diatraea grandiosella
Diatraea crambidoides
Helicoverpa zea
Spodoptera frugiperda
Papaipema nebris
Elasmopappus lignosellus
Diatraea saccharalis
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
Diabrotica barberi
Diabrotica virgifera zeae

Sales of corn hybrids that contain Monsanto's Bt corn plant incorporated protectants must be accompanied by a Grower Guide which includes information on planting, production and insect resistance management and notes that routine applications of insecticides to control these insects are usually unnecessary when corn containing the Bt proteins is planted

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