# DKC084-15RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 84
- **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc084-15rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC084-15RIB Brand Blend is an attractive 84 RM product that combines incredible yield potential with stability and versatility across environments

## Strengths & management

- Strong performance across yield environments and has displayed the ability to move north of RM zone
- Attractive plant appearance, with an open husk on semi-flex ear with excellent drydown
- Medium statured product that flowers early fitting perfectly into the 85 RM
- Good emergence with excellent vigor
- Very good greensnap tolerance and Goss’s Wilt tolerance for western placement

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1090 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2100 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 84 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01104521 |

## Harvest

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

## 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

- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
- **South Central Minnesota** — agronomist: Daniel Koehler
- **North Dakota & Northern MN** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **2027 MN Seed Guide** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **South Dakota** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler