DKC68-48 BRAND
Positioning
DKC68-48 Brand is an attractive robust hybrid widely adapted to the 115 and 120 relative maturity zones, East to West, offering strong yield performance potential against current DEKALB portfolio offerings.
Strengths & management
- Hybrid has shown very good stress tolerance, performance stability and versatility across cropping rotations
- Excellent root strength and very good stalk strength
- Has demonstrated very good performance on both irrigated and dryland acres
- Can provide a very good Goss's Wilt tolerance as well as good greensnap tolerance for the Western corn belt
- Strong overall disease tolerance package with very good southern movement
- Product has exhibited good husk coverage on a semi-flex girthy ear type with very good grain quality and test weight; moderate food grade potential
- Prefers a medium population range
- For aggressive high yield targets, hybrid has shown response to increase management including fertility (nitrogen)
Disease Ratings
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT |
4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST |
4 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT |
3 |
| GOSS'S WILT |
3 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT |
3 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 |
3 |
Growth
| Characteristic |
Value |
| SEEDLING GROWTH |
2 |
| EMERGENCE |
3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH |
2 |
| STALK STRENGTH |
3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE |
2 |
| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE |
3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT |
Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT |
Med High |
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION |
1380 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER |
2950 |
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT |
SS |
| RELATIVE MATURITY |
118 |
| PLANTING RATE |
Medium |
| NEW PRODUCT |
NO |
| VARIETY |
01086813 |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| STAYGREEN |
3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE |
2 |
| DRYDOWN |
3 |
| TEST WEIGHT |
3 |
Herbicide
| Characteristic |
Value |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY |
A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE |
A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY |
A |
Plant Description
| Characteristic |
Value |
| COB COLOR |
Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR |
Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW |
18 |
Regional seed-guide listings
- CAROLINAS/SE VIRGINIA — agronomist: Jim Kiser
- South Carolina/ SE North Carolina — agronomist: Zachary Webb
