DKC44-98RIB BRAND BLEND
Positioning
DKC44-98RIB Brand Blend is a hybrid that has shown outstanding, next generation yield potential on a medium statured plant. It can provide a well balanced agronomic and disease tolerance package for broad acre utilization spanning the 90 and 95 relative maturity band.
Strengths & management
- Shown to be a versatile hybrid that can be planted across different soil types, tillage and crop management practices stretching in the 90RM and 95RM band.
- Good emergence and seedling vigor
- Has demonstrated very strong agronomics including stalk and root strength as well as greensnap tolerance
- Excellent staygreen and fall harvest appearance
- Very good grain quality and test weight
- Has shown good husk cover properties and excellent drydown
- Hybrid prefers medium to medium high planting rates
- Potential for dual purpose silage usage
Disease Ratings
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT |
5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT |
3 |
| GOSS'S WILT |
5 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 |
4 |
Growth
| Characteristic |
Value |
| SEEDLING GROWTH |
3 |
| EMERGENCE |
3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH |
2 |
| STALK STRENGTH |
2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE |
3 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE |
2 |
| PLANT HEIGHT |
Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT |
Medium |
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION |
1240 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER |
2350 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT |
VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY |
94 |
| PLANTING RATE |
Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT |
NO |
| VARIETY |
01085889 |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| STAYGREEN |
2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE |
1 |
| DRYDOWN |
2 |
| 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
- 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- 2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- 2025 SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Luke Miller
- 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
- 2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
- 2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN — agronomist: Grant Mehring
- 2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY — agronomist: Cody Oswald
- 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- 2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide — agronomist: Courtney Meduna
- 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- 2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
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