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+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    classDef investigationStyle fill:#6c7885,color:#2d3e50,fontWeight:bold;
+    classDef studyStyle fill:#62d4c1,color:#2d3e50,fontWeight:bold;
+    classDef assayStyle fill:#ffd34d,color:#2d3e50,fontWeight:bold;
+    classDef processStyle fill:#D46275,color:#2d3e50;
+    id_0["Exploring natural genetic variation in photosynthesis-related traits of barley in the field"]
+    class id_0 investigationStyle;
+    id_0-->STUDY_id_1
+    class STUDY_id_1 studyStyle;
+    subgraph STUDY_id_1[Study: ClimateChamberExperimentalConditionsAndDesign]
+        id_2[GrowthConditions]
+        class id_2 processStyle;
+        id_3[GasExchangeMeasurement]
+        class id_3 processStyle;
+        id_4[DryWeightMeasurement]
+        class id_4 processStyle;
+    end
+    id_0-->STUDY_id_5
+    class STUDY_id_5 studyStyle;
+    subgraph STUDY_id_5[Study: FieldExperimentalDesign]
+        id_5[FieldExperimentalDesign]
+        class id_5 processStyle;
+    end
+    subgraph ASSAY_id_6[Assay: AssessmentOfMorphologicalAndGrowth-relatedTraits]
+        id_7[RelativeGrowthRate]
+        class id_7 processStyle;
+        id_8[MorphologicalParameters]
+        class id_8 processStyle;
+    end
+    class ASSAY_id_6 assayStyle;
+    subgraph ASSAY_id_9[Assay: AssessmentOfPhotosynthesis-relatedParameters]
+        id_10[FieldExperiment]
+        class id_10 processStyle;
+        id_11[ClimateChamberExperiment]
+        class id_11 processStyle;
+    end
+    class ASSAY_id_9 assayStyle;
+    subgraph ASSAY_id_12[Assay: StatisticalAnalysis]
+        id_12[StatisticalAnalysis]
+        class id_12 processStyle;
+    end
+    class ASSAY_id_12 assayStyle;
+    id_2-->|6|id_3
+    id_2-->|6|id_4
+    id_2-->|6|id_8
+    id_2-->|6|id_11
+    id_5-->|1|id_7
+    id_5-->|3|id_8
+    id_5-->|3|id_10
+    id_8-->|2|id_12
+    id_10-->|1|id_12
+    id_11-->|1|id_12
+
+```