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  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc43-46",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC43-46 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC43-46 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC43-46",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2012,
  "relative_maturity": "93",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "RR2"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "Roundup Ready® Corn 2"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC43-46 Brand offers excellent agronomics and high top-end yield potential. It can perform well across different geographies and environments. With excellent stalks, very good roots, and fast drydown, it allows flexible harvest scheduling in the fall",
  "strengths": [
    "High top-end yield potential",
    "Excellent seedling vigor for early planting",
    "Has shown excellent stalks and very good roots",
    "Has shown excellent drough tolerance",
    "Has shown excellent disease package and drydown",
    "Adapted from the East to the West",
    "Can perform best when planted at M-H plant populations",
    "Excellent choice for corn on corn rotations",
    "Use caution when applying growth regulator herbicides"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "COMMON RUST",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EYE SPOT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CORN LETHAL NECROSIS",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Med Tall"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1235"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2325"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "RR2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "93"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01045391"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "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)",
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  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc43-46-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:41:35.256Z",
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