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  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC108-17RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
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  "release_year": 2025,
  "relative_maturity": "108",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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  ],
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    "Trecepta™ RIB Complete® corn blend"
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    "Product has shown outstanding yield potential with versatile broad acre placement",
    "Tall, robust plant stature with solid root strength and stalk strength with late season standability",
    "A potential fit with a western profile including very good greensnap tolerance, excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance, above average pH tolerance, and has shown consistent performance in limited and full irrigation management scenarios"
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          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
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        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
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          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
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          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
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          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
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          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "107"
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
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      "label": "HARVEST",
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          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
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          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "4"
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        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
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        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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      "label": "HERBICIDE",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
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        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
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          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
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        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
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