# DKC102-13RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 102 - **Traits:** VT4PRIB (VT4PRO™ RIB Complete® Corn Blend) - **Release year:** 2024 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc102-13rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC102-13RIB Brand Blend is an attractive 102 RM product with strong agronomics and yield performance potential especially adapted for central to eastern geographies. ## Strengths & management - Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window - Very good Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Anthracnose Stalk Rot disease tolerance package - Has shown solid root and stalk strength - Excellent plant stature with an attractive field appearance - VT4PRO™ Technology provides enhanced above ground protection with RNAi Technology for corn root worm protection ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 | | GOSS'S WILT | 5 | | EYE SPOT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 4 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 | | EMERGENCE | 2 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | STALK STRENGTH | 3 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 4 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1285 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2560 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT4PRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 102 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01102540 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 3 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | TEST WEIGHT | 4 | ## Herbicide | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A | | ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE | A | | SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A | ## Plant Description | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | COB COLOR | Red | | KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow | | KERNEL ROW | 18 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **Northeast Iowa 2025** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2024 Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **2025 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **Wisconsin Seed Guide** — agronomist: Mike Hopke - **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky - **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker - **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill - **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations** — agronomist: Jim Donnelly - **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky - **2026 Eastern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner - **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson - **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Nora Schultz - **DRINNERT 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert - **2025 Northern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **2024-2025 Dekalb Seed Guide** — agronomist: Andrew Penney - **2026 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin - **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes