seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/dekalb-dkc39-54rib.json

{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc39-54rib",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC39-54RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2022,
  "relative_maturity": "89",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "SSRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC39-54RIB Brand Blend is a broadly adapted medium stature product with excellent stalk strength, a good foliar disease tolerance package and excellent yield potential.  It has shown excellent emergence and seedling vigor for early planting.  ",
  "strengths": [
    "Has show very good yield potential across the cornbelt in the 90 RM zone with good north of zone movement",
    "Widely adapted germplasm from East to West",
    "Can provide very good tolerance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight",
    "Product can show very good Goss's Wilt tolerance for elevated field pressure and corn following corn environments",
    "Can provide very good test weight and grain drydown",
    "Hybrid has shown to perform well in stressed growing conditions",
    "Semi-flex ear type has shown good performance at lower plant populations"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "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": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1200"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2225"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "89"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01081376"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
      "product_list_name": "2027 Product Guide",
      "agronomist": "Jeffrey Fuls",
      "agronomist_email": "jeffrey.fuls@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J8P"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "2027 Product Guide",
      "agronomist": "Jeffrey Fuls",
      "agronomist_email": "jeffrey.fuls@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J8L"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "2027 Product Guide",
      "agronomist": "Jeffrey Fuls",
      "agronomist_email": "jeffrey.fuls@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC39-54RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J8J"
    }
  ],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_SMARTSTAX_RIBCOMPLETE_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc39-54rib-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-18T15:42:08.234Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-05-25T17:03:29.450865+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}