# DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 85 - **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2023 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc35-34rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC35-34RIB Brand Blend is the earliest SmartStax® Technology product offered in the DEKALB® portfolio and has shown excellent yield potential and strong agronomics in the 85RM zone. ## Strengths & management - Excellent yield potential in the 85RM zone - Medium plant stature with excellent greensnap tolerance and Goss’s Wilt tolerance, enabling placement in western regions - Very strong Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Anthracnose Stalk Rot disease tolerance package - Very strong agronomic package with very good emergence and early growth and solid root and stalk strength - Plant at medium-high populations to help maximize yield potential - Product has shown early flowering and displayed open husks for good drydown - Average staygreen with a good appearance at harvest - Product has shown good stress tolerance ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 6 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 | | GOSS'S WILT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 | | EMERGENCE | 2 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | STALK STRENGTH | 2 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 2 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Medium | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1115 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2145 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 85 | | PLANTING RATE | Med High | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD® | YES | | VARIETY | 01089958 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 4 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | 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 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **2025 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill - **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN** — agronomist: Grant Mehring - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide** — agronomist: Courtney Meduna - **2026 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY** — agronomist: Cody Oswald - **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner