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  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc66-02",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC66-02 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC66-02 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC66-02",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2025,
  "relative_maturity": "116",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "CONV"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "Conventional"
  ],
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  "strengths": [
    "Versatile product that has shown strong yield potential across soil types and a response to higher management, including fertility",
    "Has demonstrated very good performance in both irrigated and dryland environments",
    "Can provide very nice grain quality and test weight; slower drydown may limit northern movement",
    "Strong agronomic package including root and stalk strength and greensnap tolerance",
    "Very good Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Gray Leaf Spot, and excellent Anthracnose Stalk Rot disease tolerance package",
    "May consider a fungicide in high Southern Rust disease pressure areas"
  ],
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      "type": "disease ratings",
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          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Tall"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Med High"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1385"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2910"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "CONV"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "116"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01089276"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        }
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    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Pink"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "18"
        }
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