# DKC100-21RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 100
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2026
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc100-21rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC100-21RIB Brand Blend is a versatile VT Double PRO® RIB Brand Blend product with broad acre placement that has demonstrated strong yield performance potential across various yield environments while maintaining excellent grain quality. This product features strong emergence and exceptional vigor, coupled with very robust root and stalk strength. It exhibits good heat stress tolerance and impressive harvest appearance.

## Strengths & management

- Versatile product with broad acre placement
- Has shown strong emergence and exceptional vigor
- Very strong root strength and stalk strength
- Optimal yield performance potential is achieved at medium population densities, and a fungicide application may enhance results in conditions of active disease pressure.

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 1 |
| EMERGENCE | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 2 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1285 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2510 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 100 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01111276 |

## Harvest

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

- **2027 MN Seed Guide** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- **South Central Minnesota** — agronomist: Daniel Koehler
