# DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2023
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc35-34rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC35-34RIB Brand Blend is the earliest SmartStax® Technology product offered in the DEKALB® portfolio and has shown excellent yield potential and strong agronomics in the 85RM zone.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent yield potential in the 85RM zone
- Medium plant stature with excellent greensnap tolerance and Goss’s Wilt tolerance, enabling placement in western regions
- Very strong Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Anthracnose Stalk Rot disease tolerance package
- Very strong agronomic package with very good emergence and early growth and solid root and stalk strength
- Plant at medium-high populations to help maximize yield potential
- Product has shown early flowering and displayed open husks for good drydown
- Average staygreen with a good appearance at harvest
- Product has shown good stress tolerance

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 85 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1115 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2145 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med High |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD® | YES |
| VARIETY | 01089958 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 6 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |

## Herbicide

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

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 5 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 5 |
| % OF STARCH | 5 |
| IVSD7HR | 6 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 4 |
| MILK PER TON | 3 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 4 |

## Other

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| MARKETING CLASSIFICATION | Disease Shield |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **New York and New England** — agronomist: Savanna Shelnutt
- **Northeast US** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh