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93 lines
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# DKC68-95 BRAND
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- **Vendor:** Bayer
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- **Brand:** Dekalb
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- **Crop:** Corn
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- **Relative maturity:** 118
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- **Traits:** SS (SmartStax®)
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- **Release year:** 2022
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- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc68-95-corn
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- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)
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## Positioning
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DKC68-95 Brand is a 118 RM hybrid that can deliver excellent yield potential along with performance stability on a shorter stature plant chassis with very good husk cover, grain quality and test weight. An attractive fuller canopy type of product; it can offer flexibility and versatility across all soil types and crop rotations.
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## Strengths & management
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- Hybrid has showcased very good emergence and seedling vigor
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- Product has shown strong Southern Rust and very good Southern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance for excellent southern movement
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- Excellent root and very good stalk strength
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- Wide fuller canopy to benefit wider planting row configurations
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- Medium plant and ear height has been displayed by this hybrid
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- Has shown very good grain quality and test weight
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- Product has shown a semi-fixed ear type with girth and prefers medium to medium high planting populations
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- Avoid utilization in fields with a history of Goss's Wilt; Western corn belt movement limited
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- Slower drydown as product moves North
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## Disease Ratings
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 3 |
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| SOUTHERN RUST | 3 |
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| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
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| GOSS'S WILT | 6 |
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| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 2 |
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| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 5 |
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## Growth
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
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| EMERGENCE | 3 |
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| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
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| STALK STRENGTH | 2 |
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| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
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| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
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| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |
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## Management
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1390 |
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| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2960 |
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| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SS |
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| RELATIVE MATURITY | 118 |
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| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
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| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
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| VARIETY | 01087039 |
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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 | 4 |
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| TEST WEIGHT | 3 |
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## Herbicide
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
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| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE | A |
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| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
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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 | 18 |
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## Regional seed-guide listings
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- **South Carolina/ SE North Carolina** — agronomist: James Bookhart
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