93 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
93 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
# DKC68-48 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-dkc68-48-corn
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- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)
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## Positioning
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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.
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## Strengths & management
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- Hybrid has shown very good stress tolerance, performance stability and versatility across cropping rotations
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- Excellent root strength and very good stalk strength
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- Has demonstrated very good performance on both irrigated and dryland acres
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- Can provide a very good Goss's Wilt tolerance as well as good greensnap tolerance for the Western corn belt
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- Strong overall disease tolerance package with very good southern movement
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- 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
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- Prefers a medium population range
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- For aggressive high yield targets, hybrid has shown response to increase management including fertility (nitrogen)
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## Disease Ratings
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
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| SOUTHERN RUST | 4 |
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| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 |
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| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |
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| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
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| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 | 3 |
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## Growth
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
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| EMERGENCE | 3 |
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| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
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| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
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| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
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| GREENSNAP TOLERANCE | 3 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT | Tall |
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| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |
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## Management
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1380 |
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| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2950 |
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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 | 01086813 |
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## Harvest
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| Characteristic | Value |
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| STAYGREEN | 3 |
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| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
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| DRYDOWN | 3 |
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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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- **CAROLINAS/SE VIRGINIA** — agronomist: Jim Kiser
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- **South Carolina/ SE North Carolina** — agronomist: Zachary Webb
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