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General Information
Pix Plus plant regulator is a fOliar-applied plant regulator that modifies the cotton plant in several beneficial ways. It is the only such compound that allows the grower to manage the cotton plant for shortseason production leading to reduced risk of yield and quality loss due to delayed and prolonged harvest.
The use of Pix Plus will also result in several or all of the following:
• height reduction and more open canopy
• better early boll retention and/or larger bolls
• less boll rot
• improved defoliation
• reduced trash and lower ginning costs
• better harvest efficiency
• darker green leaf color.

Most of these effects often favorably influence the yield potential of the cotton plant. The pink color of Pix Plus may fade under some conditions; however, effectiveness is not related to color of spray solution or the color of Pix Plus.

Spray Coverage
Under most circumstances, water is the recommended diluent, however oil is permitted in the following states for ultra low volume (UL V) aerial applications: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Refer to Air and Ground Application sections for spray volumes. Regardless of method or gallonage of application, thorough coverage of the cotton foliage is required.

Cleaning Application Equipment
Clean application equipment thoroughly using a strong detergent or commercial sprayer cleaner according to the manufacturer's directions before and after applying this product, particularly if a product with the potential to injure crops was used.

Application Instructions
Early Application
On both short-staple and Pima cotton, the grower has the option of low-rate multiple applications (see Table 1) or higher, less frequent dosages (see Table 2) which greatly facilitates his management flexibility. The multiple application option gives the producer the ability to discontinue usage of Pix Plus if any significant stresses occur after an earlier application. In such a case, the total quantity of Pix Plus used over a season may be reduced. If stress is relieved, the grower has the option of continuing treatments with Pix Plus. In addition, the rate and timing ranges indicated in the Application Rates and Timings Tables allow the grower to tailor his usage of Pix Plus to the degree of vegetative vigor in a given field. In areas where insecticides, miticides or foliar fertilizers are frequently applied, the timings are such that tank mixing is often possible. (See section VI. General Restrictions and Limitations)
Fields should be carefully scouted and Pix Plus should not be applied if plants are under severe stress from weather factors, mite, insect or nematode damage, disease stress, herbicide injury, or fertility stress. In the absence of these stresses, up to 5 low-rate multiple applications can be made each season. After the first application (at match head square in the absence of stress), the rate and timing of subsequent applications will depend on vegetative vigor. Under good growing conditions, additional treatments should be made at 7 - 14 day intervals. However, if new growth at any time is excessive, higher rates of Pix Plus can be used.
If significant loss of squares or young bolls has occurred earlier due to insect pressure or other stresses, but now these stresses have been alleViated, the need for Pix Plus is increased - excess vegetative growth is likely because of poor fruit load.

Late Season Application
Late application of Pix Plus plant regulator (approximately during the fourth to sixth week of blooming) can provide certain benefits to cotton. However, it should not and does not substitute for early season use the time of the greatest benefit from the use of Pix Plus. Late season application can lead to one or more of the following:
• reduction in late season vegetative growth or regrowth after cutout or defoliation
• more complete and manageable cutout
• better defoliation
• earlier maturity
• reduction in trash
• lower ginning costs
Some of these effects may favorably influence the yield potential and fiber quality. A late season application of Pix Plus should be applied only if fields are not drought or nutrient stressed; that is, those fields likely to experience additional vegetative growth or regrowth. However, fields that are very rank and extremely vigorous due to a combination of poor boll load and excellent growing conditions may not respond as much as desired to late season applications at the suggested rates.

Timing for Late Season Applications
On fields where cotton cuts out and then starts regrowth: Apply when regrowth begins, as evidenced by new leaves in the terminal and stem elongation. This application time is often, but not always, 5-6 weeks after the first bloom.
On fields where cotton never completely cuts out: Apply Pix Plus when there are 4-6 nodes above the white flower (NAWF). Measure NAWF by counting the number of mainstem nodes from the first position white bloom (the one closest to the mainstem) to the terminal. Count the node with the first position white bloom as zero and the last node in the terminal, which is counted, should have a leaf at least the size of a quarter. Generally, the NAWF first reaches 4-6 nodes during the fourth to sixth week of bloom.
During this time, the NAWF should be decreasing about one node every 5-6 days - if its rate of decrease is less, the plant is not cutting out soon enough (the crop is too vigorous). If the fifth week of bloom arrives and NAWF is still above 5-6, apply Pix Plus.

Use Rate for Late Season Application
Apply 8-24 fluid ounces of Pix Plus per acre. Use the lower rate on cotton with only moderate additional growth potential, and the higher rate on fields likely to continue vigorous growth.

Air Application
Spray Volume
• Water as Diluent: Use a minimum of 2 gallons of water per acre.
• Oil as Diluent: Use a minimum of 1 quart of oil per acre. When using oil as a diluent, the oil concentrate must contain either a petroleum or vegetable oil base and must meet all of the following criteria:
• be non phytotoxic
• contain only EPA-exempt ingredients
• provide good mixing quality in the jar test
• be successful in local experience.
The exact composition of suitable products will vary; however, vegetable and petroleum oil concentrates should contain emulsifiers to provide good mixing quality. If the oil does not contain an emulsifier, one must be added during mixing at a volume equal to 3% of the final volume of the mixing tank. Do not apply Pix Plus UL V without using emulsifiers. Highly refined vegetable oils have proven more satisfactory than unrefined vegetable oils. For additional information, see Compatibility Test for Mix Components.

Drift Management
Avoid spray drift at the application site is the responsibility of the applicator. The applicator should be familiar with and take into account the information covered in the Aerial Drift Reduction
Advisory Information. The interaction of many equipment - and weather-related factors determine the potential for spray drift.· The applicator and the grower are responsible for considering all these factors when making decisions. The following drift management requirements must be followed to avoid off-target drift movement from aerial applications to agricultural field crops.
These requirements do not apply to forestry applications, public health uses or to applications using dry formulations.
Application Height: Applications should not be made more than 10 feet above the top of the largest plants unless a greater height is required for aircraft safety. Making applications at the lowest safe height reduces exposure of droplets to evaporation and wind.
Boom Length: The distance of the outer most nozzles on the boom must not exceed % the length of the wingspan or rotor. Reducing this length may further reduce drift without reducing swath width.
Swath Adjustment: When applications are made with a crosswind, the swath will be displaced downward. Therefore, on the up and downwind edges of the field, the applicator must compensate for this displacement by adjusting the path of the aircraft upwind. Swath adjustment distance should increase, with increasing drift potential (higher wind, smaller drops, etc.)
Wind: Drift potential is lowest between wind speeds of 2-10 mph. Application should be avoided below 2 mph due to variable wind direction and high inversion potential. Note: Local terrain can influence wind patterns. Every application should be familiar with local wind patterns and how they affect spray drift.
Temperature and Humidity: When making applications in low relative humidity, set up equipment to produce larger droplets to compensate for evaporation. Droplet evaporation is most severe when conditions are both hot and dry.

Controlling Droplet Size
The most effective way to reduce drift potential is to apply large droplets. Applying larger droplets reduces drift potential, but will not prevent drift if applications are made improperly, or under unfavorable environmental conditions.
Pressure: Do not exceed the nozzle manufacturer's recommended pressures. For many nozzle types lower pressure produces larger droplets. When higher flow rates are needed, use higher flow rate nozzles instead of increasing pressure.
Number of Nozzles: Use the minimum number of nozzles that provide uniform coverage.
Nozzle Orientation: Orienting nozzles so that the spray is released parallel to the airstream produces larger droplets than other orientations and is the recommended practice. Significant deflection from horizontal will reduce droplet size and increase drift potential. Nozzles must always point backward parallel with the air stream and never be pointed downwards more than 45 degrees. Where states have more stringent regulations, they should be observed.
Nozzle Type: Use high flow rate nozzles to apply the highest practical spray volume. Nozzles with higher rated flows produce larger droplets. Use a nozzle type that is designed for the intended application. With most nozzles, narrower spray angles produce larger droplets.
Consider using low-drift nozzles. Solid stream nozzles oriented straight back produce the largest droplets and the lowest drift.

Temperature Inversions
Applications should not occur during a temperature inversion because drift potential is high.
Temperature inversions restrict vertical air mixing, which causes small suspended droplets to remain in a concentrated cloud. This cloud can move in unpredictable directions due to the light variable winds common during inversions. Temperature inversions are characterized by increasing temperatures with altitude and are common on nights with limited cloud cover and light to no wind. They begin to form as the sun sets and often continue into the morning; Their presence can be indicated by ground fog; however, if fog is not present, inversions can also be identified by the movement of smoke from a ground source or an aircraft smoke generator. Smoke that layers and moves laterally in a concentrated cloud (under low wind conditions) indicates an inversion, while smoke that moves upward and rapidly dissipates indicates good vertical air mixing.

Sensitive Areas
The pesticide should only be applied when the potential for drift to adjacent sensitive areas (e.g. residential areas, bodies of water, known habitat for threatened or endangered species, non target crops) is minimal (e.g. when wind is blowing away from the sensitive areas).

Ground Application
Spray Volume
• Water as Diluent: Use 2 gallons of spray solution per acre.