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2.2 KiB

DKC117-89RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC117-89RIB Brand Blend is a SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology product with outstanding agronomics, including disease tolerance, standability and staygreen.

Strengths & management

  • Strong emergence and vigor enables early planting coupled with excellent tolerance to stalk lodging for late season harvest.
  • Attractive plant type with consistent ear placement.
  • Flowers late but will drydown quickly.
  • Nice late season appearance and intactness.
  • Strong disease tolerance profile with excellent southern rust and tar spot tolerance

Management

Characteristic Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT SSPRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 117
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1400
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2920
PLANTING RATE Medium
SILAGE PROVEN No
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01110954

Plant Description

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

Growth

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

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 2
HARVEST APPEARANCE 2
DRYDOWN 4
TEST WEIGHT 2

Diseases

Characteristic Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 4
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 2
GRAY LEAF SPOT 4
SOUTHERN RUST 3
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 2
GOSS'S WILT 4

Herbicide

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

Silage Characteristics

Characteristic Value
NDFD 30 HR 3
% OF STARCH 5
SILAGE YIELD 3
MILK PER TON 5
MILK PER ACRE 5

Regional seed-guide listings

  • Northwest Iowa — agronomist: Jim McDermott