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-# Please add a valid title for your ArcInvestigation
-### Please add a valid description to your ArcInvestigation
-
-## Table of Contents 
-
-
- 1. Studies 
-
-
-
- 2. Assays 
-
-     - [RNAseq_raw_data](#assay--rnaseq_raw_data)
-     - [FASTQC](#assay--fastqc)
-
-## Graphical overview
- 
-```mermaid
----
-title: Effects_of_Ppd-H1_and_High_Ambient_Temperatures_in_Barley
----
-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["<no-title>"]
-    class id_0 investigationStyle;
-    id_0-->STUDY_id_1
-    class STUDY_id_1 studyStyle;
-    subgraph STUDY_id_1[Study: RNAseq_analysis]
-    end
-    subgraph ASSAY_id_2[Assay: Salmon_quantification]
-    end
-    class ASSAY_id_2 assayStyle;
-    subgraph ASSAY_id_3[Assay: RNAseq_analysis_of_MSA]
-    end
-    class ASSAY_id_3 assayStyle;
-    subgraph ASSAY_id_4[Assay: RNAseq_raw_data]
-        id_5[NewTable0]
-        class id_5 processStyle;
-    end
-    class ASSAY_id_4 assayStyle;
-    subgraph ASSAY_id_6[Assay: RNAseq_analysis_of_leaf]
-    end
-    class ASSAY_id_6 assayStyle;
-    subgraph ASSAY_id_7[Assay: FASTQC]
-        id_5[NewTable0]
-        class id_5 processStyle;
-    end
-    class ASSAY_id_7 assayStyle;
-    id_5-->|1|id_5
-    id_5-->|389|id_8
-    id_8-->|1|id_5
-    id_8-->|1|id_8
-
-```
- 
-### Additional details
-| Meta Data | Description |
-| --------- | ----------- |
-| Submission Date  | tba |
-| Public Release Date | tba |
-| Study identifiers | RNAseq_analysis |
-| Study Count | 1 |
-| Assay identifiers | Salmon_quantification , RNAseq_analysis_of_MSA , RNAseq_raw_data , RNAseq_analysis_of_leaf , FASTQC |
-| Assay Count | 5 |
-
-
-
-
-## Assay: _RNAseq_raw_data_
-### Additional details
-| Meta Data | Description |
-| --------- | ----------- |
-| Measurement Type | RNA-Seq |
-| Technology Type | Illumina NovaSeq 6000 |
-| Table Count | 1 |
-| Table Names | NewTable0 |
-| Sample Count | 406 |
-| Data File Count | 406 |
-| Associated studies |  |
-### Annotation headers
-
-**Parameters**: [library strategy](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000035),[library preparation kit](http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0000085),[library preparation kit version](http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0000149),[adapter sequence](http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0000083),[next generation sequencing instrument model](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000040),[base-calling software](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000017),[base-calling software version](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000018),[base-calling software parameters](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000019),[library strand](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000020),[Raw data file format](http://purl.org/nfdi4plants/ontology/dpbo/DPBO_0000021)
-
-## Assay: _FASTQC_
-### Additional details
-| Meta Data | Description |
-| --------- | ----------- |
-| Technology Type | FASTQC |
-| Table Count | 1 |
-| Table Names | NewTable0 |
-| Sample Count | 840 |
-| Data File Count | 0 |
-| Associated studies |  |
-### Annotation headers
-
-**Characteristics**: [Format](https://bioregistry.io/NCIT:C42761)