# DKC64-65 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 114
- **Traits:** VT2P (VT Double PRO®)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc64-65-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC64-65 Brand is a high performing hybrid that has shown very good yield stability. Typically a moderate plant height with very good standability, it can provide good harvest timing flexibility.

## Strengths & management

- Broadly adapted through the 110 and 115 RM zone
- Has shown very good emergence and early season vigor
- Best positioned on medium to high yield environments
- Can provide very good greensnap tolerance and Goss's Wilt tolerance for western geographies
- Has shown very good stalk and root strength
- Has shown strong performance in corn following corn rotations
- A fungicide application may benefit performance in fields where Southern Rust is prominent

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 6 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1345 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2835 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2P |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 114 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01085024 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| 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 | 16 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **CAROLINAS/SE VIRGINIA** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
- **South Carolina/ SE North Carolina** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
- **2025 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
