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  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "westbred-wb4243",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "WESTBRED",
  "product_name": "WB4243 BRAND",
  "product_id": "WHEAT_WB4243 BRAND_WESTBRED_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "WB4243",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "wheat",
  "release_year": 2024,
  "relative_maturity": "Medium-Early",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [],
  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "WB4243 is a Hard Red Winter Wheat Variety with excellent yield potential and test weight. Suited for the Northern and Central Regions, this variety has excellent Soil-Borne Mosaic Virus tolerance and very good Wheat Stem Sawfly tolerance.",
  "strengths": [
    "Excellent Yield Potential",
    "Very Good Wheat-Stem Sawfly Tolerance",
    "Very Good Drought Tolerance",
    "Excellent Test Weight with Very Good Protein Content"
  ],
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST",
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        }
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      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
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          "value": "-"
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        {
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          "value": "Medium-Early"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION",
          "value": "Pending"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED",
          "value": "Yes"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CROP SYSTEM",
          "value": "DR"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PATENT PROTECTION",
          "value": "Pending"
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          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
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          "characteristic": "TILLERING POTENTIAL",
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          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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          "characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
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      ]
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          "characteristic": "PROTEIN CONTENT",
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          "characteristic": "MILLING/BAKING QUALITY",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANCE",
      "type": "pest and disease resistance",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)",
          "value": "6"
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          "characteristic": "LEAF RUST",
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          "characteristic": "SOIL-BORNE MOSAIC",
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        {
          "characteristic": "WHEAT STEM SAWFLY",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC",
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  "regional_recommendations": [],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/Westbred-wheat-field-seed-4243",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb4243-wheat"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:43:51.941Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-06-01T06:17:03.199677+00:00",
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