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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc68-95rib",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC68-95RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC68-95RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC68-95RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2022,
  "relative_maturity": "118",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "SSRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
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  "strengths": [
    "Hybrid has showcased very good emergence and seedling vigor",
    "Product has shown strong Southern Rust and very good Southern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance for excellent southern movement",
    "Excellent root and very good stalk strength",
    "Wide fuller canopy to benefit wider planting row configurations",
    "Medium plant and ear height has been displayed by this hybrid",
    "Has shown very good grain quality and test weight",
    "Product has shown a semi-fixed ear type with girth and prefers medium to medium high planting populations",
    "Avoid utilization in fields with a history of Goss's Wilt; Western corn belt movement limited",
    "Slower drydown as product moves North"
  ],
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      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "5"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "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": "1390"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2960"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "118"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01087039"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        }
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    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "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": "18"
        }
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