# DKC096-21RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 96
- **Traits:** TRERIB (Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc096-21rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC096-21RIB Brand Blend is a 96 RM product that is broadly adapted with impressive yield performance potential and stress tolerance.

## Strengths & management

- Has demonstrated outstanding stress tolerance package
- Solid agronomic package including root strength and stalk strength
- Good greensnap tolerance and Goss’s Wilt disease tolerance enables western placement
- Balanced plant with a medium plant and ear height with semi-flex type ear
- Has shown very good emergence with average vigor
- Trecepta® Technology provides broad spectrum control of key above ground pests

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 6 |
| COMMON RUST | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
| EYE SPOT | 3 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| EMERGENCE | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1265 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2400 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | TRERIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 96 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01096658 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 4 |
| 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

- **2027 Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeffrey Fuls