DKC115-81RIB BRAND BLEND
Positioning
DKC115-81RIB Brand Blend is a broadly adapted silage product that has demonstrated excellent silage tonnage and quality potential. This 115 RM product is a medium tall robust plant type with a solid agronomic and disease tolerance package.
Strengths & management
- Very strong silage yield, milk per ton, and milk per acre potential
- Has shown very strong starch levels and NDFd 30 hr scores for silage quality
- Medium tall plant height with very good staygreen that may extend the silage chopping window
- Solid root and stalk strength
- Strong greensnap tolerance and disease tolerance package for broad placement
- Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window
- SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides protection against corn rootworm with 3 modes of action
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT |
SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY |
115 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION |
1350 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER |
2800 |
| PLANTING RATE |
Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN |
Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT |
NO |
| VARIETY |
01096505 |
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 |
3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE |
3 |
| GREENSNAP |
2 |
| PLANT HEIGHT |
Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT |
Med High |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| STAYGREEN |
2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE |
2 |
| DRYDOWN |
3 |
| TEST WEIGHT |
4 |
Diseases
| Characteristic |
Value |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT |
3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST |
5 |
| 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 |
2 |
| NDFD 30 HR |
2 |
| % OF STARCH |
2 |
| IVSD7HR |
2 |
| SILAGE YIELD |
2 |
| MILK PER TON |
2 |
| MILK PER ACRE |
2 |
Regional seed-guide listings
- Michigan and NW Ohio — agronomist: Doug George
- Kentucky Seed — agronomist: James Ladd
- Northern Indiana — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- Northeast & East Central Nebraska — agronomist: Josh Erwin
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