# DKS28-16 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Sorghum
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks28-16-sorghum
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

High yield potential best adapted to short season and/or higher elevation environments, higher stress environments, as well as late plant and double crop.

## Strengths & management

- High yield potential
- Very good test weight for maturity
- Strong standability
- Favorable IDC tolerance

## Maturity

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

## Agronomic Characteristics

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Early |
| NEW | Yes |
| VARIETY CODE | 1105335 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) | 37-49 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) | 13-15 |
| GRAIN COLOR | Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS | 57 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS | 102 |

## Diseases

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

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 2 |
| THRESHABILITY | 2 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY | 1 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2025-26 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2026 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and  W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
- **2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
