# DKC61-80RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc61-80rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC61-80RIB Brand Blend is a 111 RM silage product that offers broad adaptability for use across most of the silage market in the 110 and 115 relative maturity zones.  A taller robust plant type, it can offer very good ear flex, higher total starch and starch availability levels.

## Strengths & management

- Hybrid can provide outstanding silage tonnage with very good silage milk yield
- Eye-catching product with dense canopy
- Good agronomic package including very good early season growth as well as good stalk and root strength
- Good stress tolerance and can work well on less productive soils
- Softer kernel type, lower test weight for enhanced starch availability
- Good grain yields for dual purpose usage when entire field is not going to be chopped
- Good staygreen and extended harvest window has been demonstrated by this product

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 111 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1365 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2795 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med Low |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01086752 |

## Plant Description

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

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 5 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| 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 | 2 |
| % OF STARCH | 2 |
| IVSD7HR | 2 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 1 |
| MILK PER TON | 2 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Northern Indiana** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
