# DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc39-54rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC39-54RIB Brand Blend is a broadly adapted medium stature product with excellent stalk strength, a good foliar disease tolerance package and excellent yield potential.  It has shown excellent emergence and seedling vigor for early planting.

## Strengths & management

- Has show very good yield potential across the cornbelt in the 90 RM zone with good north of zone movement
- Widely adapted germplasm from East to West
- Has shown very good tolerance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight
- Product has shown very good Goss's Wilt tolerance for elevated field pressure and corn following corn environments
- Potential for very good test weight and grain drydown
- Product has shown to perform well in stressed growing conditions
- Semi-flex ear type has shown good performance at lower plant populations

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 89 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1200 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2225 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01081376 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 2 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 5 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 5 |
| % OF STARCH | 3 |
| IVSD7HR | 2 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 3 |
| MILK PER TON | 4 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 3 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
- **2025 Washington, Oregon,  SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN** — agronomist: Grant Mehring
- **2025 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- **2026 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide** — agronomist: Courtney Meduna
- **Wisconsin Seed Guide** — agronomist: Mike Hopke
- **2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY** — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- **2026 Washington, Oregon,  SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill