# DKC68-48RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2022
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc68-48rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC68-48RIB Brand Blend is an attractive robust hybrid widely adapted to the 115 and 120 relative maturity zones, East to West, offering strong yield performance potential against current DEKALB portfolio offerings.

## Strengths & management

- Hybrid has shown very good stress tolerance, performance stability and versatility across cropping rotations
- Excellent root strength and very good stalk strength
- Has demonstrated very good performance on both irrigated and dryland acres
- Can provide a very good Goss's Wilt tolerance as well as good greensnap tolerance for the Western corn belt
- Strong overall disease tolerance package with very good southern movement
- Product has exhibited good husk coverage on a semi-flex girthy ear type with very good grain quality and test weight; moderate food grade potential
- Prefers a medium population range
- For aggressive high yield targets, hybrid has shown response to increase management including fertility (nitrogen)

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 118 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1380 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2950 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01086813 |

## Plant Description

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

## Growth

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

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 4 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
| 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 | 4 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 3 |
| % OF STARCH | 3 |
| IVSD7HR | 3 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 3 |
| MILK PER TON | 3 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 4 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **Central & North Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky