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  "source_key": "dekalb-dks33-07-sorghum",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKS33-07 BRAND",
  "product_id": "SORGHUM_DKS33-07 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKS33-07",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "sorghum",
  "release_year": 2017,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "DKS33-07 is a Medium-Early Sugarcane Aphid tolerant hybrid with outstanding pre- and post-flower stress tolerance, excellent standability, very good disease resistance and outstanding yield potential for its maturity.",
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    "Great Sugarcane Aphid tolerance",
    "Excellent standability with outstanding root and stalk lodging resistance ratings",
    "Outstanding disease package with very good resistance to Charcoal Rot, Head Smut, and Fusarium Head Blight",
    "Visually appealing hybrid with very uniform plant height that also has excellent threshability for ease of harvest"
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          "characteristic": "HEAD EXERTION",
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          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEIGHT UNIFORMITY",
          "value": "2"
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        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "6"
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        {
          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
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        {
          "characteristic": "NEW",
          "value": "No"
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        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY CODE",
          "value": "A1071848"
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          "characteristic": "DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS",
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          "characteristic": "HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE",
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          "characteristic": "SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
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          "characteristic": "PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "POST-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "POST FREEZE STANDABILITY",
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