# DKC093-76RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 93
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc093-76rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC093-76RIB Brand Blend is broadly adapted product with excellent yield performance potential, an attractive field appearance, and has shown good northern movement.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window potential
- Attractive statured plant with medium tall plant height
- Solid northern disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Anthracnose Stalk Rot, and Goss’s Wilt
- Has demonstrated solid stalk strength and average root strength
- SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides protection against corn rootworm with 3 modes of action

## 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 | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1230 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2325 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 93 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01096142 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| 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 | 18 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN** — agronomist: Grant Mehring
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
- **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and  W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill
- **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide** — agronomist: Courtney Meduna