# DKS38-16 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Sorghum
- **Release year:** 2016
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks38-16-sorghum
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

Medium-early maturity hybrid with excellent top end yield potential for any maturity and maintains yield potential under stress conditions.

## Strengths & management

- Impressive yield potential, even under stressed growing conditions
- Excellent test weight

## Maturity

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Medium-Early |

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HEAD EXERTION | 3 |
| HEAD TYPE | Semi-Open |
| HEIGHT UNIFORMITY | 3 |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | 3 |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Medium-Early |
| NEW | No |
| VARIETY CODE | A1071922 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) | 43-51 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) | 14-16 |
| GRAIN COLOR | Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS | 62 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE | 62 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS | 108 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - TX AND SE | 105 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CHARCOAL ROT | 2 |
| DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6 | Susceptible |
| HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE | 1 |
| SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE | 6 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | 3 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| SEEDLING VIGOR | 3 |
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| ROOT LODGING | 5 |
| PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 3 |
| POST-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 2 |
| POST FREEZE STANDABILITY | 3 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER STRESS | 1 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 1 |
| THRESHABILITY | 1 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY | 1 |
| PRE-HARVEST SPROUTING & SHATTERING | 3 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2025-26 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **MidAtlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Mackenzie Trader
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley
- **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2026 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **Duplicate 2023 Northeast Seed Resource G** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **Eastern Missouri 2026** — agronomist: Joe Harris
- **2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **handout2026** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2026 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Chris 2026 handout** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VT2P TRAIT FOCUS** — agronomist: Jamie Long
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach