# DKC56-65RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc56-65rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC56-65RIB Brand Blend is a 106 RM hybrid that can offer a grower standout yield potential balanced with solid agronomics.  It has shown a very good foliar disease package as well as harvest appearance.

## Strengths & management

- Product can provide very good emergence and seedling vigor for early planting
- Can provide utilization in field with known physoderma history
- Hybrid has shown food grade potential
- Has shown an attractive shorter plant profile with excellent root and stalk strength
- Has show good utilization in corn following corn rotations
- May benefit from a fungicide in heavy Gray Leaf Spot fields
- Position on medium to higher productivity soils for best performance

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 106 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1325 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2650 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01080705 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

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

## Herbicide

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

## Silage Characteristics

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

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- **2024 South Dakota Product Guide** — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- **2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations** — agronomist: Jim Donnelly