# DKC099-11RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 99 - **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2024 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc099-11rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC099-11RIB Brand Blend is a 99 RM product with impressive yield performance potential and wide adaptation to management practices. ## Strengths & management - Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window - Good staygreen and late season harvest appearance on this medium statured product - Widely adapted across geographies with impressive yield performance - Has demonstrated good drought stress tolerance with average heat stress tolerance ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 | | GOSS'S WILT | 4 | | EYE SPOT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 | | EMERGENCE | 2 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | STALK STRENGTH | 2 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Medium | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1275 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2485 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 99 | | PLANTING RATE | Med High | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01096677 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 2 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | TEST WEIGHT | 4 | ## 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 - **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **2024 Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN** — agronomist: Grant Mehring - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker - **Northeast Iowa 2025** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **Wisconsin Seed Guide** — agronomist: Mike Hopke - **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker - **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon - **2025 Northern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **2026 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **DRINNERT 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert - **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2026 Eastern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner - **2025 Central & Western ND, MT/WY** — agronomist: Courtney Meduna