# DKC111-33RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 111 - **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2023 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc111-33rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC111-33RIB Brand Blend is a 111 RM SmartStax® PRO Technology product that has shown high yield potential, broad adaptability, and strong agronomics. Additional features of this product include excellent grain quality, Southern Rust tolerance, and root strength. ## Strengths & management - Broadly adapted product that has shown high yield potential with movement north and south of zone - Attractive, medium-tall statured plant features a semi-flex ear type with excellent test weight and good tip fill - Medium-high plant populations are recommended for best results - Impressive agronomic package with solid root strength, stalk strength, and greensnap tolerance - Very strong Southern Rust tolerance ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | SOUTHERN RUST | 2 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 5 | | GOSS'S WILT | 4 | | SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 | | EMERGENCE | 3 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 2 | | STALK STRENGTH | 3 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 4 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1335 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2800 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 111 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01091047 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 3 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | 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 | 16 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph - **Southwest Iowa 24** — agronomist: Andrew Penney - **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Nora Schultz - **2025 Southeast Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Terry Mente - **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley - **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **2025 East Central Iowa** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch - **Eastern Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Joe Harris - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner - **Northeast Iowa 2025** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2025 East Central Illinois Product Guide** — agronomist: Randy Niver - **West Central Illinois 2025** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon - **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2026 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell - **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson - **2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations** — agronomist: Jim Donnelly - **Southwest Iowa 26 Dekalb Asgrow** — agronomist: John Swalwell - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon - **2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione - **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Paige Thomsen - **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill - **West Central Illinois 2023** — agronomist: Chris Kallal - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2025 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell - **2023 NORTHEAST IOWA Duplicate** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch - **Dekalb/Asgrow Seed Guide SE Indiana 2024** — agronomist: Megan Taylor - **DAD UAT V3** — agronomist: Darshit Marwah - **2025 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2024-2025 Dekalb Seed Guide** — agronomist: Andrew Penney - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **Southwest Iowa 26 DK AG Ohara 2** — agronomist: John Swalwell - **Southwest Iowa 26 DK AG AAron** — agronomist: John Swalwell