104 lines
2.6 KiB
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104 lines
2.6 KiB
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# DKC61-80RIB BRAND BLEND
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- **Vendor:** Bayer
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- **Brand:** Dekalb
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- **Crop:** Silage
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- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
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- **Release year:** 2022
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- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc61-80rib-silage
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- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)
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## Positioning
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DKC61-80RIB Brand Blend is a 111 RM silage product that offers broad adaptability for use across most of the silage market in the 110 and 115 relative maturity zones. A taller robust plant type, it can offer very good ear flex, higher total starch and starch availability levels.
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## Strengths & management
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- Hybrid can provide outstanding silage tonnage with very good silage milk yield
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- Eye-catching product with dense canopy
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- Good agronomic package including very good early season growth as well as good stalk and root strength
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- Good stress tolerance and can work well on less productive soils
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- Softer kernel type, lower test weight for enhanced starch availability
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- Good grain yields for dual purpose usage when entire field is not going to be chopped
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- Good staygreen and extended harvest window has been demonstrated by this product
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## Management
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
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| RELATIVE MATURITY | 111 |
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| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1365 |
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| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2795 |
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| PLANTING RATE | Med Low |
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| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
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| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
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| VARIETY | 01086752 |
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## Plant Description
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| COB COLOR | Red |
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| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
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| KERNEL ROW | 16 |
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## Growth
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| EMERGENCE | 3 |
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| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
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| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
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| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
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| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
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| GREENSNAP | 3 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT | Tall |
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| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |
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## Harvest
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| STAYGREEN | 3 |
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| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
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| DRYDOWN | 2 |
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| TEST WEIGHT | 5 |
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## Diseases
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
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| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
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| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
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| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
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| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
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| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
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## Herbicide
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
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| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
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| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |
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## Silage Characteristics
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| NDFD 24 HR | 3 |
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| NDFD 30 HR | 2 |
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| % OF STARCH | 2 |
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| IVSD7HR | 2 |
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| SILAGE YIELD | 1 |
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| MILK PER TON | 2 |
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| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |
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## Regional seed-guide listings
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- **Northern Indiana** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
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- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
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