seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/dekalb-dks29-07-sorghum.json

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  "source_key": "dekalb-dks29-07-sorghum",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKS29-07 BRAND",
  "product_id": "SORGHUM_DKS29-07 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKS29-07",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "sorghum",
  "release_year": 2017,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [],
  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "Early Cream hybrid with Sugarcane Aphid tolerance, disease tolerance to multiple stalk and head diseases and outstanding yield potential.",
  "strengths": [
    "Very good Sugarcane Aphid tolerance",
    "Unique Early maturity genetics with excellent pre-flower stress tolerance",
    "Outstanding yield potential for Early maturity hybrid, even under stressful environments",
    "Excellent disease resistance package with very good tolerance to Charcoal Rot, Head Smut, and Fusarium Head Blight"
  ],
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      "type": "maturity",
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          "value": "Early"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS",
      "type": "agronomic characteristics",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "HEAD EXERTION",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
          "value": "Intermediate"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEIGHT UNIFORMITY",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
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        {
          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
          "value": "Early"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW",
          "value": "No"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY CODE",
          "value": "A1071963"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT (IN.)",
          "value": "38-46"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "APPROX. SEEDS PER POUND (000)",
          "value": "15-17"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAIN COLOR",
          "value": "Cream"
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        {
          "characteristic": "DAYS TO FLOWER - PLAINS",
          "value": "59"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DAYS TO FLOWER - TX AND SE",
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          "characteristic": "DAYS TO HARVEST - PLAINS",
          "value": "105"
        },
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        }
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          "characteristic": "CHARCOAL ROT",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "HEAD SMUT RESISTANCE",
          "value": "2"
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          "characteristic": "SUGARCANE APHID TOLERANCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT",
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        }
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      "label": "GROWTH",
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        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
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        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT LODGING",
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          "characteristic": "PRE-FLOWER STRESS TOLERANCE",
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          "characteristic": "POST FREEZE STANDABILITY",
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          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER STRESS",
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        }
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        {
          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL FOR MATURITY",
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      "product_list_name": "2027 West Texas Seed Guide",
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      "product_list_name": "2027 West Texas Seed Guide",
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      "variant_id": "SORGHUM_DKS29-07 BRAND_DEKALB_US_2027_G2U"
    },
    {
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      "agronomist": "Jeff Spieler",
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      "product_list_name": "South Dakota",
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      "variant_id": "SORGHUM_DKS29-07 BRAND_DEKALB_US_2027_J8A_2"
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  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/sorghum/dekalb/dekalb-dks29-07-sorghum"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-06-30T21:31:30.280Z",
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