# DKC110-28RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 110 - **Traits:** VT4PRIB (VT4PRO™ RIB Complete® Corn Blend) - **Release year:** 2026 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc110-28rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC110-28RIB Brand Blend product is a versatile addition to the DEKALB® Brand VT4PRO™ Technology product Portfolio, delivering strong yield performance potential across diverse regions and yield environments. This product features a robust plant health package and good standability traits. ## Strengths & management - Good root strength and stalk strength - Very strong plant health package including Gray Leaf Spot, Northern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance, and average Tar Spot tolerance - Impressive greensnap tolerance, good Goss’s Wilt tolerance, and above average pH tolerance enabling western adaptation - Potential movement south with strong stress tolerance and southern rust tolerance ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | SOUTHERN RUST | 4 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 | | GOSS'S WILT | 4 | | EYE SPOT | 3 | | SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 | | CORN LETHAL NECROSIS | 1 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 4 | | EMERGENCE | 3 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | STALK STRENGTH | 3 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 4 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 2 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Medium | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1360 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2760 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT4PRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 110 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01116281 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 2 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | DRYDOWN | 2 | | 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 | 16 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **2026 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Nora Schultz - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin - **handout2026** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen - **Chris 2026 handout** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen - **Southwest Iowa 26 DK AG Ohara 2** — agronomist: John Swalwell - **2026 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach - **Southwest Iowa 26 DK AG AAron** — agronomist: John Swalwell - **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky - **Southwest Iowa 26 Dekalb Asgrow** — agronomist: John Swalwell