# DKC68-95RIB 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-dkc68-95rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC68-95RIB Brand Blend is a 118 RM hybrid that can deliver excellent yield potential along with performance stability on a shorter stature plant chassis with very good husk cover, grain quality and test weight.  An attractive fuller canopy type of product; it can offer flexibility and versatility across all soil types and crop rotations.

## Strengths & management

- Hybrid has showcased very good emergence and seedling vigor
- Product has shown strong Southern Rust and very good Southern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance for excellent southern movement
- Excellent root and very good stalk strength
- Wide fuller canopy to benefit wider planting row configurations
- Medium plant and ear height has been displayed by this hybrid
- Has shown very good grain quality and test weight
- Product has shown a semi-fixed ear type with girth and prefers medium to medium high planting populations
- Avoid utilization in fields with a history of Goss's Wilt; Western corn belt movement limited
- Slower drydown as product moves North

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 3 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 6 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 2 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1390 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2960 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 118 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01087039 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 4 |
| 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

- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Mackenzie Trader
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2024 CA Grain Corn Guide** — agronomist: Barb Kutzner
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Jamie Long
