# DKC105-35RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2023
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc105-35rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC105-35RIB Brand Blend is a robust 105 RM product that has shown impressive yield potential with broad adaptation across yield environments and good southern movement. Strong emergence and early season growth, very good agronomics, and excellent late season harvest appearance are additional features of this product.

## Strengths & management

- Product has shown impressive yield potential and broad adaptation across yield environments with potential movement south into the early 110 RM zone
- Robust plant type features excellent staygreen and a favorable harvest appearance
- Excellent husk cover on a semi-fixed ear type
- Plant at medium-high populations to help maximize yield potential
- Has shown strong overall disease tolerance package including solid Goss’s Wilt, Northern Corn Leaf Blight, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot tolerance

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 105 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1305 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2605 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01091224 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 1 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 1 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |

## Diseases

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

## Herbicide

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

## Silage Characteristics

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

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
