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DKC43-46 BRAND


Positioning

DKC43-46 Brand offers excellent agronomics and high top-end yield potential. It can perform well across different geographies and environments. With excellent stalks, very good roots, and fast drydown, it allows flexible harvest scheduling in the fall

Strengths & management

  • High top-end yield potential
  • Excellent seedling vigor for early planting
  • Has shown excellent stalks and very good roots
  • Has shown excellent drough tolerance
  • Has shown excellent disease package and drydown
  • Adapted from the East to the West
  • Can perform best when planted at M-H plant populations
  • Excellent choice for corn on corn rotations
  • Use caution when applying growth regulator herbicides

Disease Ratings

Characteristic Value
ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT 4
GRAY LEAF SPOT 2
SOUTHERN RUST -
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 4
GOSS'S WILT 4
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 2
STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT 2
CORN LETHAL NECROSIS -
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 3

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 2
EMERGENCE 2
ROOT STRENGTH 5
STALK STRENGTH 3
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 3
GREENSNAP TOLERANCE 3
PLANT HEIGHT Med Tall
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1235
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2325
VALUE ADDED TRAIT RR2
RELATIVE MATURITY 93
PLANTING RATE Medium
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01045391

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 3
DRYDOWN 2
TEST WEIGHT 4

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

  • 2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky
  • NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
  • NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
  • 2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky