DKC103-63RIB BRAND BLEND
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DKC103-63RIB Brand Blend is not just a broad acre SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology product; it stands out with its exceptional yield performance and robust disease tolerance profile, making it a top choice for farmers seeking reliability and productivity in their corn crops.
Strengths & management
- Features a strong stalk strength and excellent root strength, helping to ensure robust plant stability.
- Medium populations are recommended with this semi-flex ear type, which has shown very good test weight and grain quality.
- Product exhibits strong early season vigor and emergence, making it suitable for various planting conditions.
- Strong overall fungal disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Gray Leaf Spot, and Tar Spot tolerance.
- Has shown excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance and good greensnap tolerance enabling western placement.
Disease Ratings
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST |
4 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT |
2 |
| GOSS'S WILT |
3 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 |
4 |
Growth
| Characteristic |
Value |
| SEEDLING GROWTH |
2 |
| EMERGENCE |
2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH |
2 |
| STALK STRENGTH |
2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE |
3 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE |
3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT |
Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT |
Medium |
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION |
1305 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER |
2590 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT |
SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY |
103 |
| PLANTING RATE |
Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT |
NO |
| VARIETY |
01110746 |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| STAYGREEN |
2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE |
3 |
| DRYDOWN |
3 |
| TEST WEIGHT |
3 |
Herbicide
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY |
C |
| 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 — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- Northern Indiana — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- West Central Iowa — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027 — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- Michigan and NW Ohio — agronomist: Doug George
- South Central Minnesota — agronomist: Daniel Koehler
- Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027 — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- South Dakota — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
- 2027 MN Seed Guide — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- New Northwest — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- 2027 Product Guide — agronomist: Jeffrey Fuls
- West-Central Iowa — agronomist: Nora Schultz
- EASTERN OHIO — agronomist: Brad Miller
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