Table 3. Impact of five methylation patterns on agronomic traits in seedlings and buds.

Pattern	Plant Height	Main Inflorescence Length	No. of Branch	No. of Podper Plant	No. of Seedper Pod	Seed Yield	Biomass
Seedling
P1 = P2 = F1						0.36/0.26*
P1 = F1≠P2	0.09/0.11*	0.13/0.17**	0.10/0.07		1.64/0.4***		0.47/0.08
P2 = F1≠P1			−2.4		−18.3333		0.53/0.66***
Hypomethylation				1.40/0.17**
Hypermethylation				4.1/0.36***	5.79/0.05
Bud
P1 = P2 = F1				1.03/0.15**			−0.89/0.57***
P1 = F1≠P2							0.76/0.09
P2 = F1≠P1						0.49/0.07
Hypomethylation						−2.03/0.33**
Hypermethylation	−4.14286	−0.48/0.15*		−13.0909	−3.95/0.19**

The loci in association with heterosis detected by using single marker analysis were used for stepwise regression analysis of methylation patterns against heterosis at the default 0.150 level. The numbers to the left and right of each slash represent the regression coefficient and coefficient of determination, respectively.

^*,**,***: p = 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively.