# DKC108-17RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 108
- **Traits:** TRERIB (Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc108-17rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC108-17RIB Brand Blend is an exciting product in the DEKALB® portfolio that has shown high yield potential, outstanding agronomics, and versatile broad acre placement.

## Strengths & management

- Product has shown outstanding yield potential with versatile broad acre placement
- Tall, robust plant stature with solid root strength and stalk strength with late season standability
- A potential fit with a western profile including very good greensnap tolerance, excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance, above average pH tolerance, and has shown consistent performance in limited and full irrigation management scenarios

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 6 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1320 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2729 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | TRERIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 107 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01104921 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 4 |
| 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 | 16 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **Southeast and South-Central** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **Kentucky** — agronomist: James Ladd
- **2027 Idaho and Utah Product Guide** — agronomist: David Heimkes
- **Northeast & East Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2027 Central and Southwest KS** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeffery Schaef
- **Southeast and South-Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Chris Anderson
- **Central & North Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **EASTERN OHIO** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **West Central Iowa** — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- **Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **Southern IN Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell
- **Northern Indiana** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
