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
Disease Ratings
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST |
3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT |
2 |
| GOSS'S WILT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT |
2 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 |
4 |
Growth
| Characteristic |
Value |
| SEEDLING GROWTH |
2 |
| EMERGENCE |
2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH |
2 |
| STALK STRENGTH |
2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE |
2 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE |
3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT |
Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT |
Medium |
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION |
1400 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER |
2920 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT |
SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY |
117 |
| PLANTING RATE |
Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT |
NO |
| VARIETY |
01110954 |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| STAYGREEN |
2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE |
2 |
| DRYDOWN |
4 |
| TEST WEIGHT |
2 |
Herbicide
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY |
A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE |
A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY |
A |
Plant Description
| Characteristic |
Value |
| COB COLOR |
Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR |
Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW |
16 |
Regional seed-guide listings
- Northeast & East Central Nebraska — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027 — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027 — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- Northwest Iowa — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- Southeast and South-Central — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- West-Central Iowa — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- West Central Iowa — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- New Northwest — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- Southeast Iowa — agronomist: Terry Mente