# DKC098-86 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 98
- **Traits:** CONV (Conventional)
- **Release year:** 2026
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc098-86-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC098-86 Brand has shown exceptional yield performance potential and a strong defensive agronomic package.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent yield performance potential with broad east to west placement
- Very good emergence and seedling vigor offer flexible planting window
- Strong defensive agronomic package with excellent root strength, good stalk strength, and very good greensnap tolerance
- Very strong disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Goss’s Wilt, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot
- Medium short plant height and balanced ear placement

## Disease Ratings

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

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1270 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2465 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | CONV |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 98 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | undefined |

## Harvest

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

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | - |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE | - |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | - |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2026 Washington, Oregon,  SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes