# DKC57-29RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** TRERIB (Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc57-29rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC57-29RIB Brand Blend is an attractive 107RM hybrid with very good agronomic ratings and has displayed stability across yield environments.  A strong disease package has allowed this product to be broadly adapted across most growing environments East to West in the U.S.

## Strengths & management

- Typically provides a medium short plant stature
- Strong root and stalk strength
- Potential to be utilized across most soil types and grower management systems
- Has shown a very strong overall disease tolerance package
- Hybrid has shown excellent staygreen and harvest appearance
- Product has displayed excellent test weight and grain quality; moderate to high food grade potential
- Semi-flex ear type that prefers medium high planting populations has been demonstrated by this hybrid

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | TRERIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 107 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1310 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2685 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | - |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | undefined |

## Plant Description

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

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 1 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 1 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 5 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| 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 | 3 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 3 |
| % OF STARCH | 5 |
| IVSD7HR | 4 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 5 |
| MILK PER TON | 4 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 5 |
