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  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC55-85RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC55-85RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC55-85RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2017,
  "relative_maturity": "105",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
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  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
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  "strengths": [
    "Has shown good stress tolerance potential",
    "Excellent disease tolerance package, including Goss's Wilt",
    "Awesome yield potential combined with good drydown for maturity",
    "Plant at moderate populations to take advantage of good ear flex capability",
    "Manage for harvest earlier in the season",
    "Performance has been strong in both irrigated and dryland environments",
    "Use caution when applying SU herbicides"
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      "type": "disease ratings",
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          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
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          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "COMMON RUST",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "3"
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        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "3"
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        {
          "characteristic": "EYE SPOT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CORN LETHAL NECROSIS",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "3"
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    },
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      "label": "GROWTH",
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          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "4"
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        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
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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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      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1310"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2610"
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        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "VT2PRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "105"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Med Low"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01070072"
        }
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      "label": "HARVEST",
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          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
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          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "6"
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        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "2"
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          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
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        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
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          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
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        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
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