# DKC40-99RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 90
- **Traits:** TRERIB (Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc40-99rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC40-99RIB Brand Blend is a 90 RM, medium short statured product that has shown excellent yield performance potential and stability across years and geographies.  It has shown excellent agronomics and a good overall disease tolerance package.

## Strengths & management

- Broadly adapted across environments in the 90RM band with very good utilization North and South of zone
- Has shown a very good emergence and seedling vigor package
- Excellent stalk and root strength has been exhibited with this product
- Limit exposure in field where Goss's Wilt pressure is high such as corn following corn environments
- Hybrid has shown very good grain drydown on a semi-fixed ear type
- Hybrid has showcased very good drought stress tolerance
- Excellent greensnap tolerance has been viewed in this product

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1185 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2250 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | TRERIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 90 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01085863 |

## Harvest

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

## 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 | 16 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
