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A field experiment by Ruijia Ma, comparing silage maize (Huidan No. 4) in relay-cropping with flue-cured tobacco (K326) against a monoculture control. The dataset includes photosynthetic indices, chlorophyll content, enzyme activities, and transcriptome sequencing data from maize functional leaves collected at 15, 25, and 35 days after the formation of the intercropping competitive system. It was last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of shading duration on crop photosynthetic performance based on photosynthetic parameter measurements.
• Identifying key genes and pathways involved in C3/C4 photosynthetic responses to intercropping stress based on transcriptome analysis.
• Optimizing the spatiotemporal layout of grain-economic crop relay systems based on the identified suitable symbiotic period of 0–25 days.

Strengths

• Includes multi-modal data combining physiological measurements (e.g., photosynthetic indices, enzyme activities) with molecular data (transcriptome sequencing of 3200 differentially expressed genes).
• Provides a clear temporal dimension with measurements taken at three specific time points (15, 25, and 35 days).
• The study design includes a controlled comparison between relay-cropped and monoculture maize treatments.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (13.9 KB), suggesting it contains summary or processed results rather than raw experimental data.

Provenance

Source

Ruijia Ma via figshare.

Collection Method

Field experiment with two treatments (relay-cropped and monoculture maize), involving physiological measurements and transcriptome sequencing.

Time Range

Measurements taken at 15, 25, and 35 days after the formation of the intercropping competitive system.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:44:10; freshness should be verified.