Table 1 QTL associated with various traits across four data sets. Data I, II, III, and IV were included in the analysis of QTL additive effects and Data III was used in the analysis of QTL dominance coefficients

Data I

Days to anthesis

12

Anthesis-to-silking interval

8

Grain yield

5

Kernel number

7

100-kernel weight

11

Plant height

14

Data II

Branch number

2

Cob diameter (teosinte)

4

Culm diameter

1

Cupules per rank

2

Days to pollen

4

Glume score

5

Inflorescence length

2

Lateral branch internode

3

Lateral branch

2

Lateral inflorescence branch

1

Length of central spike

2

Male spikelet length

3

Mean lateral branch internode

2

Number of barren nodes

1

Number of tassel branches

5

Percent staminate spikelets

3

Plant height (teosinte)

6

Prolificacy

2

Ranks of cupules

3

Tassel branching space length

5

Tillering

1

Data III

Kernel oil concentration

11

Root angle

10

Plant height

5

Dry matter digestibility (in vitro)

4

Cell wall digestibility (in vitro)

3

Neutral detergent fiber

4

Acid detergent fiber

5

Water-soluble carbohydrate

2

Kernel oil content

4

Kernel protein content

4

Kernel starch content

5

Stripe virus resistance

6

Grain yield

3

100-kernel weight

9

Kernel number per ear

6

Cob weight per ear

7

Kernel weight per ear

3

Ear weight

5

Ear number per plant

5

Data IV

20-kernel weight

202

Days to anthesis

403