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  "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.",
  "strengths": [
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    "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",
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          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
          "value": "Medium-Early"
        }
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          "characteristic": "HEAD EXERTION",
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        {
          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEIGHT UNIFORMITY",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "6"
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      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
          "value": "Medium-Early"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW",
          "value": "No"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY CODE",
          "value": "A1071848"
        }
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    },
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.)",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000)",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "GRAIN COLOR",
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          "characteristic": "DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS",
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          "characteristic": "DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS",
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          "characteristic": "DOWNY MILDEW PATHOTYPE 3 & 6",
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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": "YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PRE-HARVEST SPROUTING & SHATTERING",
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