DK8899S Corn (DK 8899): Yield, Maturity and Characteristics
DK8899S corn is a yellow GM hybrid corn variety, also sold or known as DK 8899 or 8899S. It was registered with the National Seed Industry Council in 2019 as NSIC 2019 GMCn 67. Monsanto/Bayer bred it. It takes about 106 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain, with 8.73 tonnes per hectare in the trials (9.2 in Luzon, 8.26 in Mindanao).
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for DK 8899 or 8899S, this is the same corn. Its seller and farm sources add notes, listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our corn variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Pagtatanim ng mais, step by step.
- Days to harvest: about 106 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain.
- Yield: 8.73 tonnes per hectare in the trials (9.2 in Luzon, 8.26 in Mindanao).
- Plant height: about 214.1 cm.
- Recommended for: Luzon and Mindanao.
- Type: Yellow GM hybrid.
Key facts about DK8899S corn
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | NSIC 2019 GMCn 67 |
| Year approved | 2019 |
| Breeder or owner | Monsanto/Bayer |
| Also known as | DK 8899, 8899S, Dekalb 8899 |
| Type | Yellow GM hybrid |
| Days to harvest | about 106 days |
| Average yield | 8.73 t/ha |
| Plant height | 214.1 cm |
| Recommended area | Luzon and Mindanao |
| Ear length (cm) | 17.5 |
| Shelling recovery (percent) | 80.59 |
| Lodging resistance | Resistant |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
DK8899S corn takes about 106 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain. That is about the average of the 89 yellow GM hybrid corn varieties with a day count, 105.4 days. A shorter crop frees the field sooner and dodges more of the weather, while a longer one often fills more.
Its average yield of 8.73 t/ha beats the average of its group, 8.13. One tonne of shelled corn fills about 20 sacks of 50 kilograms. Trial yields come from well managed plots, so your own will depend on water, fertilizer, pests and timing. Its seller gives 105 to 110 days at low elevation, 115 to 125 days at high elevation.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
| Pest or disease | Rating | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Corn borer | Resistant | Held up well |
It showed no weak spot in the ratings on record. Still, a resistant variety can break down when a new strain or pest population comes, so keep scouting. Read up on Asian corn borer.
The pests and diseases that hit corn fields most often: Asian corn borer, banded leaf and sheath blight, Corn downy mildew, Corn ear rot, Corn earworm. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What the grain is like
Its ears grew about 17.5 cm long in the trials. The shelling recovery was 80.59 percent, the share of the ear weight that comes off as grain. A higher share means more grain from every sack of ears. Against lodging it rated resistant, so it stood up well when wind and rain pushed the plants.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Yield: Potential 12.6 t/ha, shelling recovery 82 percent.
- Traits in the seed: VT Double PRO RIB Complete (Bayer's trait code VT2PRIB): two Bt proteins with different modes of action against Asian corn borer, fall armyworm, corn earworm and common cutworm, its registered events are MON 89034 x NK603, so the plant also tolerates glyphosate (Roundup). The bag holds 95 percent traited seed and 5 percent refuge seed already mixed, so no separate refuge block has to be planted.
- Where: Mindanao, high and low elevation areas.
- Elevation: Low and high elevation Mindanao, maturity runs about 10 to 15 days longer up high.
- Stand: 70,000 to 80,000 plants per ha, furrows 60 or 70 cm, hills 20 cm.
- Orange yellow semi dent grain, 18 rows.
- Semi erect plant with stay green leaves, ears set at medium height.
- Good standability.
- Tolerant to Diplodia ear rot.
- High tolerance to leaf diseases, given on the page only as PLS, NLS and GLS (PLS is Phaeosphaeria leaf spot on Bayer's other pages).
Why farmers know it: one of three featured hybrids on Bayer's current Philippine Dekalb list. These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual corn on the same ground.
Where and when to plant DK8899S corn
It is recommended for Luzon and Mindanao. Start with the color your buyer pays for: yellow corn goes to feed mills, while white and glutinous corn go to the table. Next, pick between a hybrid, which yields more but needs new seed every season, and an open pollinated variety, whose seed you can save. Then match the island group in its recommendation, because trials in Luzon and Mindanao give different winners. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Land preparation for corn.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
Start freeCorn varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the corn varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
- P3585YHR: 105 to 107 days, 8.89 t/ha, 2021
- DEKALB®9919S VTDoublePro RIB Complete: 105 to 107 days, 8.5 t/ha, 2020
- H102G: about 106 days, 10.7 t/ha, 2019
- PAC 339 VT2 PRO: about 106 days, 7.7 t/ha, 2019
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