# DKC70-45RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 120
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2023
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc70-45rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC70-45RIB Brand Blend is a 120 RM product with robust stature and excellent grain quality and test weight. It has shown broad adaptability from east to west with the potential capability to move north of zone.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent grain quality and test weight with very nice husk cover
- Broadly adapted from east to west with the potential capability to move north of zone
- Has shown an overall very good disease tolerance package with excellent Southern Rust tolerance and impressive Northern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance
- Girthy, semi-flex ear type provides planting population flexibility
- Good root and stalk strength has been shown with this product
- Placement caution in areas of high greensnap

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 2 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 2 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| 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 | 1410 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2995 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 120 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01091468 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 1 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 1 |

## 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

- **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **Eastern Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Joe Harris
- **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2026 WTX, OK & NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2026 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd
- **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2025 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd
- **2025 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **Eastern Missouri 2026** — agronomist: Joe Harris
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Mackenzie Trader
- **2025 Southeast Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Terry Mente
- **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2025 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell
- **2026 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell