# DKC47-27RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 97
- **Traits:** DGVT2PRIB (DroughtGard™ Hybrids with VT Double PRO® RIB corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2013
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc47-27rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC47-27RIB Brand Blend is a 97 RM Genuity® DroughtGard® Hybrids with VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend offering a unique combination of outstanding top-end yield potential with excellent drought tolerance and overall agronomics. Has shown strong roots and stalks that provide excellent late season standability for flexible harvest scheduling.

## Strengths & management

- Outstanding top-end yield potential for a 97 RM product
- Has shown excellent drought tolerance
- Has shown very good emergence and excellent seedling vigor
- Excellent stalks and roots
- Very good overall disease package including above average Goss's wilt tolerance
- Strong emergence and early growth can allow early planting
- Can perform well in dryland and irrigated production systems
- Well suited for most row spacings, tillage practices and crop rotations
- Use caution when applying growth regulator herbicides

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 4 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 1 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1253 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2375 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | DGVT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 97 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01048675 |

## Harvest

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

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | C |
| 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
- **EASTERN OHIO** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **Northeast US** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
