Effect of shading and light recovery on the growth, leaf structure, and photosynthetic performance of soybean in a maize-soybean relay-strip intercropping system

Yuanfang Fan; Junxu Chen; Yajiao Cheng; Muhammad Ali Raza; Xiaoling Wu; Zhonglin Wang; Qinlin Liu; Rui Wang; Xiaochun Wang; Taiwen Yong; Weiguo Liu; Jiang Liu; Junbo Du; Kai Shu; Wenyu Yang; Feng Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198159

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Effect of shading and light recovery on the growth, leaf structure, and photosynthetic performance of soybean in a maize-soybean relay-strip intercropping system

Yuanfang Fan,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Junxu Chen,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Yajiao Cheng,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Muhammad Ali Raza,

Roles Visualization

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Xiaoling Wu,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Zhonglin Wang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Qinlin Liu,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Rui Wang,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Xiaochun Wang,

Roles Software

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Taiwen Yong,

Roles Software

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Weiguo Liu,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Jiang Liu,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Junbo Du,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Kai Shu,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Wenyu Yang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

* E-mail: mssiyangwy@sicau.edu.cn(WY); f.yang@sicau.edu.cn (FY)

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Feng Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mssiyangwy@sicau.edu.cn(WY); f.yang@sicau.edu.cn (FY)

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R. China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, P.R. China, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, P.R. China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-6169

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Effect of shading and light recovery on the growth, leaf structure, and photosynthetic performance of soybean in a maize-soybean relay-strip intercropping system

Yuanfang Fan,
Junxu Chen,
Yajiao Cheng,
Muhammad Ali Raza,
Xiaoling Wu,
Zhonglin Wang,
Qinlin Liu,
Rui Wang,
Xiaochun Wang,
Taiwen Yong

Published: May 31, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198159

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