# DKC56-15RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 106
- **Traits:** TRERIB (Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc56-15rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC56-15RIB Brand Blend is a product that combines an excellent disease package with solid agronomics and a very good late season appearance.  It can provide broad adaptability from West to East with increasing performance potential as it moves East.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent foliar disease package plus good physoderma tolerance has been displayed by this product
- Has shown most compelling yield performance centered on 105 RM zone
- Hybrid can exhibit very good stalk strength
- Has shown good test weight and grain quality, food grade potential
- Can provide above average drought tolerance
- Girthy ear type that has shown to maximize yield potential at medium to higher plant populations
- Has shown good tolerance to Tar Spot

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
| EMERGENCE | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 4 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 4 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1300 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2650 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | TRERIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 106 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD® | YES |
| VARIETY | 01082044 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| 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 | 20 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller
- **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2025** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
- **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
