# DKC68-48RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 118
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc68-48rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC68-48RIB Brand Blend is an attractive robust hybrid widely adapted to the 115 and 120 relative maturity zones, East to West, offering strong yield performance potential against current DEKALB portfolio offerings.

## Strengths & management

- Hybrid has shown very good stress tolerance, performance stability and versatility across cropping rotations
- Excellent root strength and very good stalk strength
- Has demonstrated very good performance on both irrigated and dryland acres
- Can provide a very good Goss's Wilt tolerance as well as good greensnap tolerance for the Western corn belt
- Strong overall disease tolerance package with very good southern movement
- Product has exhibited good husk coverage on a semi-flex girthy ear type with very good grain quality and test weight; moderate food grade potential
- Prefers a medium population range
- For aggressive high yield targets, hybrid has shown response to increase management including fertility (nitrogen)

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1380 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2950 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 118 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01086813 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| 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

- **2025 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Chris 2026 handout** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- **2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Paige Thomsen
- **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2024-2025 Dekalb Seed Guide** — agronomist: Andrew Penney
- **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Chris Kallal
- **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **Southwest  Iowa 24** — agronomist: Andrew Penney
- **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Southwest  Iowa 25** — agronomist: John Swalwell
- **handout2026** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
