DKS38-16 BRAND
Positioning
Medium-early maturity hybrid with excellent top end yield potential for any maturity and maintains yield potential under stress conditions.
Strengths & management
- Impressive yield potential, even under stressed growing conditions
- Excellent test weight
Maturity
| Characteristic |
Value |
| MATURITY GROUP |
Medium-Early |
Agronomic Characteristics
| Characteristic |
Value |
| HEAD EXERTION |
3 |
| HEAD TYPE |
Semi-Open |
| HEIGHT UNIFORMITY |
3 |
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY |
3 |
Management
| Characteristic |
Value |
| MATURITY GROUP |
Medium-Early |
| NEW |
No |
| VARIETY CODE |
A1071922 |
Plant Description
| Characteristic |
Value |
| TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.) |
43-51 |
| APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000) |
14-16 |
| GRAIN COLOR |
Bronze |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS |
62 |
| DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE |
62 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS |
108 |
| DAYS TO HARVEST - TX AND SE |
105 |
Diseases
| Characteristic |
Value |
| CHARCOAL ROT |
2 |
| DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6 |
Susceptible |
| HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE |
1 |
| SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE |
6 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT |
3 |
Growth
| Characteristic |
Value |
| SEEDLING VIGOR |
3 |
| STAYGREEN |
2 |
| ROOT LODGING |
5 |
| PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE |
3 |
| POST-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE |
2 |
| POST FREEZE STANDABILITY |
3 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER STRESS |
1 |
Harvest
| Characteristic |
Value |
| TEST WEIGHT |
1 |
| THRESHABILITY |
1 |
| YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY |
1 |
| PRE-HARVEST SPROUTING & SHATTERING |
3 |
Regional seed-guide listings
- Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky
- Central Kansas — agronomist: Jeffery Schaef
- Southeast and South-Central Nebraska — agronomist: Chris Anderson
- Northeast & East Central Nebraska — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- 2027 Central and Southwest KS — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- Central & North Central Nebraska — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
