# DKC101-33RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2023
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc101-33rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC101-33RIB Brand Blend has shown outstanding performance potential with broad adaptation across environments. This medium statured product features a solid agronomic package and very good early season package.

## Strengths & management

- Has displayed outstanding yield potential and stable performance across environments
- Has demonstrated good emergence and excellent early growth
- Disease tolerance package includes strong Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Anthracnose Stalk Rot, and Goss’s Wilt tolerance
- Semi-flex ear type with good tip fill adapts to a range of planting populations
- Medium statured product with medium-low ear placement boasts a full canopy and attractive late season appearance
- Moderate root strength and greensnap tolerance
- Product has dual purpose grain and silage potential

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 101 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1285 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2545 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01095468 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

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

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 3 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 3 |
| % OF STARCH | 3 |
| IVSD7HR | 3 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 2 |
| MILK PER TON | 2 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **North Dakota & Northern MN** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **Montana & Wyoming** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
