Table 5.

QTLs for the indices for the response to AMF and plant traits in experiments 2006 and 2007

Traitsa	Peak marker	Linkage group	LODb	Mean of the locus from		Variance explained (%)
				A. roylei	A. fistulosum
Indices for the benefit from mycorrhiza (based on total plant dry weight)
R 2006	P35M47-278F	Chrom 2	3.84**	2.31	1.64	15.8
	E37M52A-301F	Chrom 6	4.08**	1.54	2.24	13.5
R 2007	P31M35-247R	Chrom 2	3.70*	6.47	4.95	18.6
	P31M35-328R	Chrom 2	3.86**	6.34	4.92	16.3
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.60*	6.32	4.94	15.2
AP 2006	P35M47-278F	Chrom 2	3.59*	2.49	2.02	19.6
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.13*	2.40	1.98	15.7
	E36M52C-86R	Chrom 4	3.00*	2.38	2.01	12.9
	P35M34-133F	Group 9	4.53**	2.00	2.48	21.0
AP 2007	P31M35-328R	Chrom 2	4.00**	5.21	4.04	13.2
	P31M33-401F	Group 9	4.98**	4.01	5.66	24.7
Total plant dry weightc
AM 2006	P35M47-278F	Chrom 2	3.44*	3.59	2.85	18.8
	E38M52T-156F	Chrom 6	3.00*	2.85	3.50	14.5
	P35M32-59R	Group 9	3.52*	2.83	3.51	15.3
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.57*	3.36	2.75	16.3
AM 2007	P31M35-328R	Chrom 2	4.89**	8.68	6.70	17.6
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.57*	8.52	6.85	12.6
	P31M33-401F	Group 9	4.29**	6.72	8.91	21.8
NM 2006	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.64*	1.37	1.07	15.3
	P38M48-62R	Group 9	3.69*	1.07	1.37	16.0
NM 2007	E35M52T-394R	Group 9	4.50**	1.31	2.33	23.5
Other plant traits of AM plants
Height 2006	P35M32-228R	Chrom 2	5.47**	63.5	52.0	28.7
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.49*	60.7	51.2	19.3
Height 2007	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	5.85**	81.2	68.6	22.4
LDW 2006c	P35M47-278F	Chrom 2	4.83**	1.80	1.21	20.8
	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	3.25**	1.68	1.11	15.8
	P31M33-167R	Chrom 6	3.04*	1.24	1.82	12.4
LDW 2007c	P38M48-187R	Chrom 3	2.86*	5.40	4.01	12.8
	P31M35-306F	Chrom 6	3.91**	4.14	5.27	18..8
BDW 2006c	P38M48-62R	Group 9	5.70**	1.23	1.37	28.0
BDW 2007c	P31M33-401F	Group 9	5.02**	1.56	1.81	24.6
Nr Roots 2006	P38M48-118R	Group 9	3.79**	22.1	27.5	19.1
Nr Roots 2007	P31M33-401F	Group 9	3.74**	34.8	45.6	17.9

AM total dry weight in the treatment inoculated with G. intraradices; NM total dry weight in the non-inoculated treatment. LDW leaves dry weight, BDW bulb/false-stem dry weight, Nr Roots Number of stem-borne roots per plant

** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, ns not significant

^aFor R and AP see Table 2

^bCalculated using multiple QTL mapping in MapQTL 5.0

^cSquare-root transformed before analysis