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2.7 KiB

DKC50-88RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC50-88RIB Brand Blend has shown excellent yield potential with performance stability centered on the 100RM band; very good northern movement into the 95RM and southern movement into the early 105RM zone. It can provide very good stalk and root strength for late season standability. This hybrid has exhibited an excellent late season harvest appearance with grain quality and test weight.

Strengths & management

  • Very good emergence and seedling vigor for early planting
  • Excellent grain quality and test weight
  • Product has shown a girthy semi-fixed ear type
  • Has performed well on rotated ground as well as corn following corn
  • Excellent late season intactness and harvest appearance
  • Very good stalk and root strength
  • Has shown favorable drought tolerance
  • Hybrid has demonstrated versatility across planting population but recommend medium high density to maximize yield potential
  • Avoid using in heavy Goss's Wilt prone fields
  • Potential for dual purpose silage usage

Management

Characteristic Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT VT2PRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 100
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1270
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2505
PLANTING RATE Medium
SILAGE PROVEN No
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01086087

Plant Description

Characteristic Value
COB COLOR Red
KERNEL CAP COLOR Yellow
KERNEL ROW 18

Growth

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

Harvest

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

Diseases

Characteristic Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 4
GRAY LEAF SPOT 4
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 3
GOSS'S WILT 5

Herbicide

Characteristic Value
GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY A
SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY A
ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE A

Silage Characteristics

Characteristic Value
NDFD 24 HR 4
NDFD 30 HR 4
% OF STARCH 3
IVSD7HR 3
SILAGE YIELD 1
MILK PER TON 3
MILK PER ACRE 2

Regional seed-guide listings

  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler