# DKS49-76 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Sorghum
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks49-76-sorghum
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKS49-76 is a late Medium maturity product combining resistance to Downy mildew with excellent Sugarcane Aphid tolerance

## Strengths & management

- Excellent Sugarcane Aphid tolerance
- Resistant to Downy mildew pathotype 3 and 6
- Excellent defense against stalk lodging & very good against root lodging

## Maturity

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

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HEAD EXERTION | 4 |
| HEAD TYPE | Semi-Open |
| HEIGHT UNIFORMITY | 2 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER | 70 |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MATURITY GROUP | Medium |
| NEW | Yes |
| VARIETY CODE | 01107366 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) | 42-48 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) | 14-16 |
| GRAIN COLOR | Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS | 68 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE | 70 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS | 113 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - TX AND SE | 113 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CHARCOAL ROT | 1 |
| DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6 | Resistant |
| HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE | 5 |
| SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE | 2 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | 2 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| ROOT LODGING | 2 |
| PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 2 |
| POST-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE | 1 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER STRESS | 2 |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |
| THRESHABILITY | 2 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY | 1 |
| PRE-HARVEST SPROUTING & SHATTERING | 4 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2026 WTX, OK & NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **Central Indiana** — agronomist: Corey Sokol
- **2026 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd
- **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **Eastern Missouri 2026** — agronomist: Joe Harris
- **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks
- **2025-26 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley