# DKC47-23 BRAND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Corn - **Relative maturity:** 97 - **Traits:** CONV (Conventional) - **Release year:** 2019 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc47-23-corn - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC47-23 Brand can provide a unique combination of outstanding top-end yield potential with excellent drought tolerance and overall agronomics. Has shown strong roots and stalks that provide excellent late season standability for flexible harvest scheduling. ## Strengths & management - Outstanding top-end yield potential for a 97 RM product - Has shown excellent drought tolerance - Has shown very good emergence and excellent seedling vigor - Excellent stalks and roots - Very good overall disease package including above average Goss's wilt tolerance - Strong emergence and early growth can allow early planting - Can perform well in dryland and irrigated production systems - Well suited for most row spacings, tillage practices and crop rotations - Use caution when applying growth regulator herbicides ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 | | COMMON RUST | 3 | | SOUTHERN RUST | 5 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 5 | | GOSS'S WILT | 4 | | EYE SPOT | 3 | | SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 | | STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT | 3 | | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 | | EMERGENCE | 3 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 4 | | STALK STRENGTH | 3 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 | | GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Medium | | EAR PLACEMENT | Medium | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1253 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2375 | | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | CONV | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 97 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | A1019710 | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 3 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | DRYDOWN | 2 | | TEST WEIGHT | 2 | ## Herbicide | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | C | | 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 - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg - **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler