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. 2012 Nov 8;13:101. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-101

Table 1.

Perennial ryegrass QTLs classified by trait class

Trait class
 Trait sub-class
 Number of QTL
    LG1 LG2 LG3 LG4 LG5 LG6 LG7 Total
Morphological
 Plant mass
 5
 8
 10
 8
 5
 2
 6
 44
 
 Plant height/type
 4
 3
 3
 4
 1
 0
 5
 20
 
 Leaf/pseudostem
 13
 7
 17
 15
 3
 5
 8
 68
 
 Panicle/flower
 5
 11
 7
 13
 4
 3
 3
 46
 
 Root
 2
 1
 1
 2
 0
 0
 0
 6
 
 Seed
 2
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 1
 5
Physiological
 Heading date
 1
 4
 4
 8
 2
 3
 9
 31
 
 Growth
 6
 4
 9
 7
 5
 6
 3
 40
 
 Fertility
 3
 2
 0
 1
 0
 0
 3
 9
 
 Protein content
 3
 8
 3
 3
 2
 0
 1
 20
 
 Carbohydrate content
 6
 3
 3
 1
 2
 7
 3
 25
 
 Fibre content
 14
 9
 6
 0
 5
 10
 16
 60
 
 Alkaloid
 8
 3
 0
 10
 2
 0
 4
 27
 
 Other/unknown content
 16
 13
 2
 11
 0
 0
 8
 50
 
 Digestibility
 0
 0
 3
 1
 0
 0
 2
 6
 
 Other
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 2
Resistance-Tolerance
 Hydrate/dehydrate stress
 8
 0
 8
 2
 5
 4
 0
 27
 
 Cold stress
 2
 3
 5
 6
 10
 0
 0
 26
 
 Crown rust resistance
 4
 5
 4
 4
 3
 2
 5
 27
 
 Stem rust resistance
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 4
 9
 
 Grey leaf spot resistance
 0
 1
 3
 1
 0
 2
 0
 7
 
 Powdery mildew resistance
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 2
 3
 
 Wiltiness
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
Total   106 86 90 100 49 46 83 560