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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc110-42",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC110-42 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC110-42 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC110-42",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2026,
  "relative_maturity": "110",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "VT2P"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "VT Double PRO®"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC110-42 Brand has shown strong yield performance potential to the 110 RM DEKALB® brand of products lineup.",
  "strengths": [
    "Medium plant height with medium high ear height features a semi determinant ear style",
    "Strong disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Goss’s Wilt, Gray Leaf Spot, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot",
    "Has shown average emergence with very strong seedling vigor potential",
    "Caution when using growth regulator herbicides",
    "Trecepta® Technology provides broad spectrum control of key above ground pests"
  ],
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        {
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        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "5"
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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",
          "value": "2"
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          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
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        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
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        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Med High"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1335"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2750"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "VT2P"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "110"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01097308"
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      ]
    },
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      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
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        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "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": [],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_VTDOUBLEPRO_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc110-42-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:42:43.914Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-05-25T17:02:04.716432+00:00",
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