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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc46-18",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC46-18 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC46-18 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC46-18",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2012,
  "relative_maturity": "96",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "RR2"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "Roundup Ready® Corn 2"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC46-18 Brand can provide excellent agronomics and high top-end yield potential. DKC46-18 has excellent late-season standability for a flexible harvest scheduling in the fall",
  "strengths": [
    "Excellent top-end yield potential",
    "Excellent seedling vigor",
    "Excellent stalks and roots",
    "Has shown excellent drought tolerance",
    "Very good test weight",
    "Has performed best when planted at M-H plant populations",
    "Good early-season growth allows for early planting",
    "Responds well to irrigation",
    "Use caution when applying growth regulator herbicides"
  ],
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      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "COMMON RUST",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EYE SPOT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CORN LETHAL NECROSIS",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1267"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2400"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "RR2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "96"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "A1031275"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
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        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "C"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
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      "agronomist": "Sammie Brantner",
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  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_ROUNDUPREADY2_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc46-18-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:43:31.282Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-05-25T17:04:01.514140+00:00",
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