QTLs in Interspecific Gossypium Populations
| Trait | # QTLs LOD>3 | Range of % variation explained | Favorable genotype[ii] | Environment sensitivity[iii] | |||||
| GH | H+ | H− | GB | Water-limited | Well-watered | Relative value | |||
| DM | 4 | 4.9–11.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SC | 14 | 4.1–20.5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| HI | 11 | 4.4–29.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| BW | 15 | 4.4–23.1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BN | 4 | 4.0–17.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| OP | 12 | 4.3–20.2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| δ13C | 11 | 1.7–13.6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| CT | 4 | 3.9–17.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chl-a | 3 | 11.0–23.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chl-b | 4 | 3.9–13.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FL | 6 | 2.9–13.7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FLU | 7 | 2.1–13.3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FS | 21 | 2.5–17.4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| FE | 9 | 3.4–7.3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FF | 25 | 2.2–30.3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| FC | 11 | 2.5–14.9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
[i] Summary of QTLs in interspecific cotton (Gossypium hirsutum × G. barbadense) population associated with dry matter yield (DM), seed-cotton yield (SC), harvest index (HI), boll weight (BW), boll number (BN), osmotic potential (OP), carbon isotope ratio (δ13C), canopy temperature (CT), chlorophyll a (Chl-a) and b (Chl-b) contents, and fiber length (FL), length uniformity (FLU), strength (FS), elongation (FE), fineness (FF) and color (FC).
[ii] Number of QTLs at which G. hirsutum (GH) orG. barbadense (GB) are favorable or the heterozygote superior (H+) or inferior (H−) to either homozygote (overdominance or underdominance, respectively).
[iii] Number of QTLs specifically effective under well-watered or water-limited irrigation regime, or that specifically affected relative values (water-limited/well-watered).