# DKS33-07 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Sorghum
- **Release year:** 2017
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks33-07-sorghum
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKS33-07 is a Medium-Early Sugarcane Aphid tolerant hybrid with outstanding pre- and post-flower stress tolerance, excellent standability, very good disease resistance and outstanding yield potential for its maturity.

## Strengths & management

- Great Sugarcane Aphid tolerance
- Excellent standability with outstanding root and stalk lodging resistance ratings
- Outstanding disease package with very good resistance to Charcoal Rot, Head Smut, and Fusarium Head Blight
- Visually appealing hybrid with very uniform plant height that also has excellent threshability for ease of harvest

## Maturity

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

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HEAD EXERTION | 3 |
| HEAD TYPE | Semi-Open |
| HEIGHT UNIFORMITY | 2 |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | 6 |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Medium-Early |
| NEW | No |
| VARIETY CODE | A1071848 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) | 38-46 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) | 14-16 |
| GRAIN COLOR | Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS | 62 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE | 58 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS | 108 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - TX AND SE | 102 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CHARCOAL ROT | 2 |
| DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6 | Susceptible |
| HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE | 2 |
| SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE | 2 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | 4 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 3 |
| THRESHABILITY | 2 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY | 1 |
| PRE-HARVEST SPROUTING & SHATTERING | 5 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2027 Central and Southwest KS** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **Northeast & East Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeffery Schaef
- **Central & North Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **2027 West Texas Seed Guide** — agronomist: Corey Thompson
- **Southeast and South-Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Chris Anderson
