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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc68-69",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC68-69 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC68-69 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC68-69",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2018,
  "relative_maturity": "118",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
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  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "VT Double PRO®"
  ],
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  "strengths": [
    "Strong foliar disease tolerance package",
    "Has provided good husk cover and test weight",
    "Decent ear flex allows use at moderate populations",
    "Has shown very good silage yield and milk yield",
    "Moderate root strength and greensnap tolerance",
    "Avoid positioning into fields with a history of Goss's Wilt"
  ],
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      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
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          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
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      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
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          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "5"
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          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Med High"
        }
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    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1380"
        },
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2960"
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          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "118"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01075412"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
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        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
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    }
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