# 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

- **2025 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
- **2025 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson
- **North Delta 2026** — agronomist: Josh Rupard
- **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2025#2** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley
- **2026 CAROLINAS PIEDMONT** — agronomist: Jim Kiser
- **West Tennessee** — agronomist: Wes Rodgers
- **Texas -- South of I-10** — agronomist: Scott Stanislav
- **North and Central TX** — agronomist: Steve Carlson
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley
- **Eastern NC & Southeast VA** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
- **Carolina's** — agronomist: Jim Kiser
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2025#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks
