Potential use of Helianthus tuberosus to suppress the invasive alien plant Ageratina adenophora under different shade levels

This dataset contains data from field experiments described in the paper: “Shen, S., Xu, G., Li, D., et al. (2021) Potential use of Helianthus tuberosus to suppress the invasive alien plant Ageratina adenophora under different shade levels. BMC Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01826-5”.

The experiment examines the plant growth, photosynthesis, and competitive ability of the crop Helianthus tuberosus L. (Jerusalem artichoke) and the invasive alien plant Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R. M. King and H. Rob under varying shade levels by utilizing a de Wit replacement series method.

Main results of the experiments are that: The main stem, leafstalk length, leaf area, underground biomass, and aboveground biomass of A. adenophora were significantly lower compared to H. tuberosus in monoculture although A. adenophora had a greater number of branches that were longer on average. Under full sunlight, the total shoot length (stem + branch length), main stem length ...