# DKC64-65RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 114
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc64-65rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC64-65RIB Brand Blend 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 | VT2PRIB |
| 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

- **2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **Southwest  Iowa 24** — agronomist: Andrew Penney
- **DRINNERT 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson
- **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2025** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
- **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Chris Kallal
- **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2025 East Central Iowa** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **Northeast Iowa 2025** — agronomist: Rich Judge
- **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2023 NORTHEAST IOWA Duplicate** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2024-2025 Dekalb Seed Guide** — agronomist: Andrew Penney
- **2025 East Central Illinois Product Guide** — agronomist: Randy Niver
- **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione
- **Southwest  Iowa 26 Dekalb Asgrow** — agronomist: John Swalwell
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Mackenzie Trader
- **2024 Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **2026 EAST CENTRAL IOWA** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch
- **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- **Southwest  Iowa 26 DK AG Ohara 2** — agronomist: John Swalwell
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Jamie Long
- **Southwest  Iowa 26 DK AG AAron** — agronomist: John Swalwell
