# DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc116-62rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC116-62RIB Brand Blend is a 116 RM SmartStax®PRO with RNAi Technology product that offers strong yield potential and versatile placement across soil types and yield environments. This product is attractive, featuring a robust canopy, solid harvest appearance, and a strong disease tolerance package.

## Strengths & management

- Strong agronomics including stalk strength and root strength
- Attractive, robust plant type with wide leaves, good staygreen, and balanced stature
- Very good greensnap tolerance, excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance, and average pH tolerance for western placement
- Very good test weight with acceptable husk coverage for southern areas

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 116 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1380 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2915 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01104490 |

## Plant Description

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

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

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

## Herbicide

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

## Silage Characteristics

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

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Central & North Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **Northwest Iowa** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
