S. miltiorrhiza plants were grown in Shangluo, a Salvia planting base in Shaanxi Province, China. A group of plants was grown in the field where S. miltiorrhiza had not been planted for more than five years. The other group was grown in the field where the same cultivar had been grown in the previous year. For convenience of description, we name the former and latter groups as the first year plants (FYP) and second year plants (SYP), respectively. S. miltiorrhiza plants (five independent FYP and same number SYP) were collected at the tuberous root expansion stage (September 2013).
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