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  "vendor": "Bayer",
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  "product_id": "CORN_DKC41-54RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC41-54RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2024,
  "relative_maturity": "91",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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  ],
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    "SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
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  "strengths": [
    "Incredible test weight with great kernel depth on a girthy ear; average drydown",
    "Medium plant height with excellent staygreen and nice appearance at harvest",
    "Product has shown strong stalk strength",
    "Solid disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Goss’s Wilt, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot",
    "SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides protection against corn rootworm with 3 modes of action"
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      "type": "disease ratings",
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          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "COMMON RUST",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
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          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
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        },
        {
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        }
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          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
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          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
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    },
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      "type": "management",
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
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        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "91"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01089992"
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      ]
    },
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      "label": "HARVEST",
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        {
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          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "2"
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        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "1"
        }
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    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
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        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "18"
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