# DKC36-48RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 86
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc36-48rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC36-48RIB Brand Blend offers growers a stable product with good yield potential with best utilization positioned in medium to lower yield environments.  It has shown excellent ear flex and ability to perform in dry and stressed growing conditions.

## Strengths & management

- Very good overall foliar disease package
- Can perform well from west to east in the 85 RM zone
- Has shown good open husk for quicker drydown
- Can provide very good Goss's Wilt and greensnap tolerance
- Has shown excellent potential for dual purpose use
- Ear flex potential allows for position on the lower end of planting population range

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 4 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1120 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2150 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 86 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med Low |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01081018 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 4 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
- **South Dakota** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **North Dakota & Northern MN** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
