# DKC70-45 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 120
- **Traits:** VT2P (VT Double PRO®)
- **Release year:** 2023
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc70-45-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC70-45 Brand is a 120 RM product with robust stature and excellent grain quality and test weight. It has shown broad adaptability from east to west with the potential capability to move north of zone.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent grain quality and test weight with very nice husk cover
- Broadly adapted from east to west with the potential capability to move north of zone
- Has shown an overall very good disease tolerance package with excellent Southern Rust tolerance and impressive Northern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance
- Girthy, semi-flex ear type provides planting population flexibility
- Good root and stalk strength has been shown with this product
- Placement caution in areas of high greensnap

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 2 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 2 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 4 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1410 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2995 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2P |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 120 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01091468 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 1 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 1 |

## 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

- **South Carolina/ SE North Carolina** — agronomist: James Bookhart
- **South Delta Seed Guide 2027 - old** — agronomist: Gregory Ferguson
- **South Delta Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Gregory Ferguson
- **North Delta Seed Guide** — agronomist: Alex Webb
- **Eastern NC / Southeast VA** — agronomist: Richard Strecker
- **Piedmont NC** — agronomist: James Kiser
