# 197-99SSPRIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Channel
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 97
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/channel/channel-197-99ssprib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Strengths & management

- Excellent silage tonnage potential hybrid in a SmartStax Pro ™ offering.
- Good emergence and excellent early growth.
- Very good stalks and roots.
- Overall strong disease package, good late season intactness, and suited for corn-on-corn conditions.

## Maturity

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2426 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1260 |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 97 |

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| EAR FLEX (GRAIN YIELD PER PLANT) | F |
| EAR HEIGHT | MH |
| GREENSNAP | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | MT |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
| SEEDLING VIGOR | 2 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |

## Disease

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 5 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT R1 | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 6 |

## Herbicides

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| PIGMENT INHIBITORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |

## Other

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| VARIETY | undefined |
