# DKC092-13RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 92
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc092-13rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC092-13RIB Brand Blend is a SmartStax®PRO with RNAi Technology product with incredible yield potential that is broadly adapted to the 90 and early 95RM zone.

## Strengths & management

- Incredible yield potential that is broadly adapted to 90 & early 95 RM zone
- Has exhibited an adaptive, flex ear type responsive to a wide range of populations
- Excellent emergence and vigor enables a wide planting window
- Solid root strength and stalk strength enables normal to late harvest options

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 6 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 5 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 4 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1216 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2310 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 92 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01104331 |

## Harvest

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

## 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 | 18 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2027 MN Seed Guide** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **Montana & Wyoming** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **South Dakota** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2027 Minnesota Seed Guide** — agronomist: Steven Regan
- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
- **North Dakota & Northern MN** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **South Central Minnesota** — agronomist: Daniel Koehler
- **New York and New England** — agronomist: Savanna Shelnutt
- **2027 Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeffrey Fuls
- **Northeast US** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
