# DKC115-81 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSP (SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc115-81-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC115-81 Brand is a broadly adapted silage product that has demonstrated excellent silage tonnage and quality potential. This 115 RM product is a medium tall robust plant type with a solid agronomic and disease tolerance package.

## Strengths & management

- Very strong silage yield, milk per ton, and milk per acre potential
- Has shown very strong starch levels and NDFd 30 hr scores for silage quality
- Medium tall plant height with very good staygreen that may extend the silage chopping window
- Solid root and stalk strength
- Strong greensnap tolerance and disease tolerance package for broad placement
- Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window
- SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides protection against corn rootworm with 3 modes of action

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSP |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 115 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1350 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2800 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01096505 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| COMMON RUST | 3 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| EYE SPOT | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 2 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 2 |
| % OF STARCH | 2 |
| IVSD7HR | 2 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 2 |
| MILK PER TON | 2 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley
