# DKS28-07 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Sorghum
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks28-07-sorghum
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

Best adapted to short season and/or higher elevation environments such as SD, W. NE, CO and W. KS. It also performs well in high stressed conditions and as an option for late plant, replant, and double crop.

## Strengths & management

- Very good yield potential for maturity even in tough growing conditions
- Very good Sugarcane Aphid tolerance
- Excellent post-flower stress tolerance and very good pre-flower stress tolerance
- Very good standability

## Maturity

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Early |

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HEAD EXERTION | 2 |
| HEAD TYPE | Semi-Open |
| HEIGHT UNIFORMITY | 2 |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | 3 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER | 57 |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Early |
| NEW | No |
| VARIETY CODE | 1102611 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) | 35-43 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) | 13-15 |
| GRAIN COLOR | Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS | 57 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS | 102 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CHARCOAL ROT | 2 |
| DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6 | Susceptible |
| SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE | 2 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | 4 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING VIGOR | 2 |
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| ROOT LODGING | 3 |
| PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 2 |
| POST-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 1 |
| POST FREEZE STANDABILITY | 2 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER STRESS | 1 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |
| THRESHABILITY | 3 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY | 2 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2026 WTX, OK & NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **2026 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2025** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
- **2025-26 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **West Texas Cotton Growing Region** — agronomist: Corey Thompson
- **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **Duplicate 2023 Northeast Seed Resource G** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **2025 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and  W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
