# DKC100-21RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 100 - **Traits:** VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2026 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc100-21rib-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC100-21RIB Brand Blend is a versatile VT Double PRO® RIB Brand Blend product with broad acre placement that has demonstrated strong yield performance potential across various yield environments while maintaining excellent grain quality. This product features strong emergence and exceptional vigor, coupled with very robust root and stalk strength. It exhibits good heat stress tolerance and impressive harvest appearance. ## Strengths & management - Versatile product with broad acre placement - Has shown strong emergence and exceptional vigor - Very strong root strength and stalk strength - Optimal yield performance potential is achieved at medium population densities, and a fungicide application may enhance results in conditions of active disease pressure. ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 | | GOSS'S WILT | 5 | | EYE SPOT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 1 | | EMERGENCE | 2 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 2 | | STALK STRENGTH | 2 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 2 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall | | EAR PLACEMENT | Med High | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1285 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2510 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 100 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01111276 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 3 | | 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 | 18 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Scott Johnson - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler - **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay - **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls - **2026 EAST CENTRAL IOWA** — agronomist: Lance Goettsch - **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **2026 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller - **2026 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes - **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach - **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin - **Wisconsin Seed Guide** — agronomist: Mike Hopke - **2026 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott - **Northeast Iowa 2026** — agronomist: Rich Judge - **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer - **2026 Eastern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **DRINNERT 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert - **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker - **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky