# DKC46-50RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 96
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc46-50rib-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC46-50RIB Brand Blend is a 96 RM hybrid with improved agronomics and improved yield potential versus current DEKALB 95 RM portfolio offerings. This product has showcased good performance stability and a very good yield to moisture ratio for it's maturity; drydown and test weight are top rated attributes.

## Strengths & management

- Product has displayed exceptional early season emergence and seedling vigor, a choice for early planting situations
- Medium chassis plant type with medium ear placement
- Can provide very good tolerance to Anthracnose Stalk Rot
- Product has shown consistent earring with nice tip fill
- Very strong root strength and greensnap tolerance
- Avoid Goss's Wilt prone fields; Western corn belt movement limited
- Product benefits from medium to higher planting rates

## Disease Ratings

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 6 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 4 |

## Growth

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

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1260 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2405 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 96 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01089108 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 4 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 2 |

## 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

- **2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Paige Thomsen
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill
- **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner