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  "release_year": 2014,
  "relative_maturity": "115",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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    "DroughtGard™ Hybrids with VT Double PRO® corn"
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    "Excellent seedling growth",
    "Excellent test weight",
    "Very good staygreen and intactness",
    "Very good drought tolerance",
    "Can perform well in irrigated and rainfed production systems",
    "Well adapted to most crop rotations and tillage systems",
    "Can perform best when planted at M-MH plant populations",
    "Avoid positioning in areas prone to greensnap",
    "Use caution when using ALS herbicides"
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          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
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          "characteristic": "COMMON RUST",
          "value": "N/A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
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          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
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          "characteristic": "EYE SPOT",
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          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
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          "characteristic": "STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "CORN LETHAL NECROSIS",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
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          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
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          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
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          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
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          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
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        }
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
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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": "115"
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          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Med Low"
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          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
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          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
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          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
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        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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      "label": "HERBICIDE",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
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          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
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          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
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        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
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