# DKC62-69 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SS (SmartStax®)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc62-69-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC62-69 Brand is an eye-catching robust 112 RM hybrid that has shown outstanding performance potential; broadly adapted across yield environments with excellent Southern movement.  Strong standability, test weight, and late season harvest appearance are additional features of this product.

## Strengths & management

- Attractive product with outstanding high yield potential across yield zones
- Very strong root and stalk strength
- Has shown a good overall disease tolerance package highlighted with very good Southern Rust and Southern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance
- Hybrid has shown good drought stress for tough conditions
- Excellent fall intactness and harvest appearance
- Hybrid has exhibited excellent grain quality and test weight; high food grade potential
- Has shown very good Anthracnose Stalk Rot tolerance
- Can provide very good husk on a semi-flex ear type
- Has shown to be a slower drydown product
- Planting population versatility, highly adaptable across most soil types

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SS |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 112 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1340 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2835 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01086653 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 3 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 4 |
| % OF STARCH | 4 |
| IVSD7HR | 3 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 3 |
| MILK PER TON | 3 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 3 |
