# DKC098-88RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 98
- **Traits:** VT4PRIB (VT4PRO™ RIB Complete® Corn Blend)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc098-88rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC098-88RIB Brand Blend is a VT4PRO™ Technology product that has shown exceptional yield performance potential and a strong defensive agronomic package.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent yield performance potential with broad east to west placement
- Very good emergence and seedling vigor offer flexible planting window
- Strong defensive agronomic package with excellent root strength, good stalk strength, and very good greensnap tolerance
- Very strong disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Goss’s Wilt, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot
- VT4PRO™ Technology provides enhanced above ground protection with RNAi Technology for corn root worm protection
- Awesome plant stature with a medium short plant height and balanced ear placement

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 4 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1270 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2465 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT4PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 98 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01102542 |

## Harvest

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

## 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

- **Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **2027 Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeffrey Fuls
- **New Northwest** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Northwest Iowa** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
- **South Dakota** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- **South Central Minnesota** — agronomist: Daniel Koehler
- **2027 MN Seed Guide** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **North Dakota & Northern MN** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
