# 209-25SSPRIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Channel - **Crop:** Silage - **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2024 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/channel/channel-209-25ssprib-silage - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Strengths & management - Has exhibited broad adaptation with varying growing conditions and great yield potential. - Good overall disease tolerance package including very good Goss’s Wilt tolerance. - Has exhibited good stress tolerance. - Nice medium stature product with good Greensnap tolerance. ## Product Characteristics | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | % OF STARCH | 2 | | IVSD7HR | 3 | | MILK PER ACRE | 3 | | MILK PER TON | 3 | | NDFD 24 HR | 4 | | NDFD 30 HR | 4 | | SILAGE YIELD | 3 | | UNDF240 | 3 | ## Maturity | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2727 | | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1313 | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 109 | ## Agronomic Characteristics | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | EAR FLEX (GRAIN YIELD PER PLANT) | SF | | EAR HEIGHT | M | | GREENSNAP | 2 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | PLANT HEIGHT | M | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | SEEDLING VIGOR | 2 | | STALK STRENGTH | 3 | | TEST WEIGHT | 5 | ## Disease | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 | | GOSS'S WILT | 3 | | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT R1 | 4 | | SOUTHERN RUST | 5 | ## Adaptation | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | FOCUS AREA | W,C,E | ## Herbicides | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A | | PIGMENT INHIBITORS SENSITIVITY | A | | SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A | ## Other | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | KERNEL ROW | 16-18 | | EMERGENCE | 2 | | TRAIT | SSPRIB | | % LIGNIN | 3 | | % NDF | 3 | | VARIETY | 01096419 |